Useful Links
There are several government and non-governmental organizations which work in areas related to humanitarian emergencies and rebuilding after disasters in the USA and internationally.
It may be possible for graduates from our Certificate Programs to volunteer/undertake short internships or even find employment in them.
Some of them include:
- International Relief Organizations
- International Human Rights Organizations
- Regional Human Rights Organizations
- National Governments and International Agencies
- Gender and Disasters
- Children and Disasters
- The Elderly and Disasters
- Disabled People and Disasters
- Minorities and Disaster
- State Government and Local Information
- Career Opportunities
International Relief Organizations
- ACTIONAID
- African Medical and Research Foundation
- American Rescue Team International
- AmeriCares
- Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team
- Australian Aid
- Catholic Agency For Overseas Development
- Children's Aid Direct
- Children's Disaster Services
- Doctors Without Borders
- Food for the Hungry
- HelpAge International
- Humanitarian Aid Department of the European Commission
- InterAction
- International Medical Assistance Programs MAP
- International Rescue Committee
- Project HOPE
- Samaritan's Purse
-
World Relief
International Human Rights Organizations
Below is a partial list of government and non-governmental and non-profit organizations which work in areas related to humanitarian emergencies and rebuilding after disasters in the USA and internationally.
The Center encourages graduates of our Certificate programs to volunteer with, undertake internships in, or seek employment with these organizations and will assist them in doing so.
- Amnesty International
- Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
- Cultural Survival
- Global Justice Center
- Habitat International Coalition
- Human Rights Defence
- Human Rights First
- Human Rights Without Frontiers
- International Center for Transitional Justice
- International Centre for Human Rights Research
- International Federation for Human Rights
- International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
- International Foundation for Human Rights and Tolerance
- International Human Rights Association
- International Human Rights Organization
- International Institute of Human Rights
- International League for Human Rights
- International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs
- Islamic Human Rights Commission
- Physicians for Human Rights
- Release International
- Society for Threatened Peoples
- Survival International
- The Advocacy Project
- Witness
- World Future Council
Regional Human Rights Organizations
- Asian Human Rights Commission (Asia)
- Asian Centre for Human Rights (Asia)
- Asian Legal Resource Centre (Asia)
- Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (Commonwealth Nations)
- Council on Hemispheric Affairs (Americas)
- Derechos Human Rights (Latin America)
- Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (Euro-Mediterranean Region)
- European Roma Rights Centre (Europe)
- Federal Union of European Nationalities (Europe)
- Helsinki Citizens Assembly (Europe)
- Human Rights Foundation (Americas)
- Incomindios Switzerland (Americas)
- Journalists for Human Rights (Africa)
- Kurdish Human Rights Project (Iraq, Turkey, Syria, Iran & elsewhere)
- Memorial (Ex-USSR)
- Washington Office on Latin America (Latin America)
National Governments and International Agencies
- African Union
- Canadian International Development Agency
- Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency
- Emergency Management Australia
- European Union
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (USA)
- Germany Federal Agency for Technical Relief
- India National Disaster Management Authority
- Netherlands Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations
- New Zealand Ministry of Civil Defense & Emergency Management
- Pan American Health Organization
- Public Safety Canada
- Russia Ministry of Emergency Situations
- UNICEF
- United States Agency for International Development
- United Nations Development Agency
- United Kingdom Civil Contingencies Secretariat
- United Nations Economic and Social Council
- US Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance
Gender and Disasters
- Adaptation Learning Mechanism
- African Union
- AIDS, Security & Conflict Research Hub
- Alert Net
- Amplify Your Voice
- Antioch University
- Asia Society
- Asian Development Bank
- Asian Disaster Reduction Center
- Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
- Australian Government
- Best for Women
- Bridge
- Canadian Women's Health Network
- Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management
- Centre for Effective Learning Environments
- Clamour Magazine
- Concern Worldwide
- Crisis Prevention and Recovery
- Development in Practice
- Development Resource Centre
- Disaster Watch
- Disaster Reduction
- DRR Alliance
- Economic Commission for Africa
- Ecumenical Women
- Emforum
- Feminist Peace Network
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- For A Better Urban Future
- For Mountains and People
- Forced Migration Online
- GBV Prevention Network
- Gender and Disaster Network
- Gender and Disaster Resilience Alliance
- Gender and Climate
- Gender Equality Disaster Risk Reduction
- Gender CC
- Gender and Water Alliance
- Gender Concerns International
- Gender Justice Women's Rights
- Genero y Desastres
- Global Fund for Women
- Global Ministries
- Governance and Social Development Research Centre
- Haiti Gender Equality Collective
- Humanitarian Reform
- I Know Politics
- India Disaster Management Congress
- Indian Environment Portal
- Inter Action
- International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
- International Recovery Platform
- International Union for Conservation of Nature
- LCG Bangladesh
- MADRE
- Managing Climate Risk in the Pacific
- Men's Resources International
- Mercy Corps
- Ms. Foundation for Women
- National Sexual Violence Resource Center
- National Resource Center
- New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault
- NGO Pulse
- Norwegian University of Life Sciences
- Outreach Activities & Resources
- OXFAM International
- Pacific Disaster Net
- Pan American Health Organization
- Peace Women
- Practical Action
- Prevention in Consortium
- Prevention
- Relief Web
- Risk Reduction Education for Disasters
- Shelter Centre
- Sociologist for Women in Society
- Stanford University
- Terraviva
- The World Bank
- The United Nations Population Fund
- The Daily Star
- The Australian Psychological Society
- Understanding Risk
- United Nations Entity for Gender Equality
- United Nations Development Group
- United Nations
- Urgent Action Fund
- Women in Politics
- Women's Rights
- Women's Environment & Development Organization
- World Health Organization
- World AgroMeteorological Information Service
- World Alliance for Citizen Participation
Children and Disasters
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- American Psychiatric Association
- American Red Cross
- American Psychological Association
- American School Counselor Association
- American Anthropological Association
- American Humane
- American Hospital Association
- American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- California Child Health Program
- Center for Development and Learning
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Change
- Child Welfare League of America
- Child Welfare
- Child Care Aware
- Child Rights Information Network
- Children and Disasters Network
- Children in Disasters
- Children Today
- Children and War Foundation
- Children and Disaster
- Children in a Changing Climate
- Children, Youth, and Families Education and Research Network
- Children's Health Fund
- Children's National
- Children's Defense Fund
- Cincinnati Children's Hospital
- Citizens Corp
- City of Honolulu
- City of Monrovia, California
- Community Health Training Center
- Disaster Volunteers
- Disaster News Network
- Disaster Accountability Project
- Eldis
- Emergency Management Ontario
- Enable US
- Extension Disaster Education Network
- Family Voices
- Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
- Federal Register
- Feed the Children
- FEMA
- FEMA Lessons Learned Information Sharing
- Habitat for Humanity
- Health and Human Rights Information
- Healthy Children
- Home Safety Council
- Homeland Security
- Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies
- Identity, Rights and Responsibilities
- India Together
- Integrated Training Summit
- Intercountry
- Kids Health
- Kids in Distress Situations
- Massachusetts Child Care Resource and Referral Network
- Medicine Net
- Mental Health America
- Missing and Exploited Children
- National Association of Child Care Resources & Referral Agencies
- National Association of School Psychologists
- National Child Care Information and Technical Assistance Center
- National Conference of State Legislatures
- National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners
- National Children's Advocacy Center
- National Evacuation Conference
- New York Online Access to Health
- North Carolina Head Start Association
- NYU Child Study Center
- Oregon State University
- Pediatric Disaster Resource and Training Center
- Plan International
- Psychology Today
- Queen Anne's County
- Ready America
- Save the Children
- Sesame Street Workshop
- South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
- State of Rhode Island
- State of Connecticut
- State of Arkansas
- Strategic Outreach to Families of all Reservists
- Stress, Anxiety & Depression Resource Center
- Talaris Institute
- Texas Disaster Education Network
- The National Disaster Education Coalition
- The Child Advocate
- The National Academies
- The National Child Traumatic Stress Network
- The Australian Child & Adolescent Trauma, Loss & Grief Network
- The Child-to-Child Trust
- UNESCO
- UNICEF
- United States Fund
- University Hospitals
- West Virginia Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management
-
World Vision Asia Pacific
The Elderly and Disasters
- Administration on Aging
- Agency for Health Care Research and Quality
- Alabama Cooperative Extension System
- American College of Emergency Physicians Foundation
- American Health Care Association
- American Red Cross
- Asian Disaster Reduction Center
- Atlantic County, New Jersey
- Big Medicine
- BMC Public Health
- California Department of Aging
- California Fire Foundation
- Cambridge Journals
- Campbell County, Kentucky
- Caring Neighborhoods
- Caritas Germany
- Center for Disaster and Risk Analysis
- Center for Disease Control and Prevention
- CEPAL
- Chatham University
- Chattanooga Red Cross
- Citizen Corps
- City of Honolulu
- City of Lancaster
- City of New Orleans
- City of San Carlos
- City of Worcester, Massachusetts
- Clinical Geriatrics
- Community Emergency Response Team Program
- Connecting Communities
- Disaster News Network
- Eurek Alert
- Extension Disaster Education Network
- FEMA
- Florida Department of Elder Affairs
- Florida Disaster
- Foundation for Health in Aging
- Fresh Start
- Gerbang Lansia
- Global Action on Aging
- Golden Cross
- Help Age India
- Humanitarian News and Analysis
- Institute For Crisis, Disaster and Risk Management
- Integrated Medical, Public Health, Preparedness and Response Training Summit
- International Committee of the Red Cross
- International Federation of Aging
- International Recovery Platform
- Jamaica Information Service
- Leading Age
- Louisiana Assistive Technology Access Network
- Lutheran Social Services of the Virgin Islands
- MDC
- Mennonite Disaster Service
- Mokena Emergency Services & Disaster Agency
- Morton County, North Dakota
- National Caregivers Library
- New York City
- Northwest Public Health
- One Storm
- Operation Blessing International
- Oregon Emergency Management
- Pacific Disaster Center
- Pennsylvania Department of Health
- Psychiatric News
- Pub Med
- RAND Health
- Ready America
- Rockwell Collins
- Safe & Sound
- Santa Clara County
- Service Community Innovation
- Smart Connected Communities Institute
- St. Louis Red Cross
- St. Tammany Parish Government
- State of Louisiana
- State of New Jersey
- Stony Brook University Medical Center
- Tanzania Disabled
- The American Geriatrics Society
- The Carter-Jerkins Center
- The Daily Star
- The Irrawaddy
- Town of Buckeye, Arizona
- Township of Bonfield
- TV NZ
- United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
- United States Search and Rescue Task Force
- University of Florida
- University of Oklahoma
- University of Texas Medical School at Houston
- University of West Georgia
- Value Option
- West Virginia Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management
- Western Washington University
- Wilchase Foundation Disaster Assistance and Planning
Disabled People and Disasters
- Adventist Development and Relief Agency
- Alamo Service Connection
- American Red Cross/ FEMA
- American Council of the Blind
- American Diabetes Association
- American Family Values
- American Association of the Deaf-Blind
- Arcata Fire Protection District
- Bridges for Kids
- California Hospital Association
- Center for Disease Control and Prevention
- City of Honolulu
- City of Los Angeles
- Common Dreams
- Community Action Partnership
- Danishkadah
- Disability Preparedness
- Disability Resources
- Disability Funders Network
- Disability World
- Disabled American Veterans
- Disaster and Emergency Management
- Disaster Mitigation for Persons with Disabilities
- Diversity Works
- Division of Family Health Services, State of New Jersey
- Emergency Kit
- Eurek Alert
- Federal Communications Commission
- Federal Citizen Information Center
- Federation of American Scientists
- FEMA
- Florida Developmental Disabilities Council
- Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants
- Go Direct
- Grundy County Government Offices
- Independent Living Institute
- International Institute of SPORT
- International Council of Sport Science and Physical Education
- Janaseva Foundation
- Leonard Cheshire Disability
- Massachusetts General Hospital
- Montrose Counseling Center
- Nassau County, New York
- National Council on Disability
- National Fire Protection Association
- National Weather Service
- National Council on Disability
- National Resource Center on Advancing Emergency Preparedness for Cultural Diverse Communities
- National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities
- National Organization on Disability
- New York University
- Nobody Left Behind
- Northwest North Carolina Red Cross
- Operation Fresh Start
- Pan American Health Organization
- Practical Action
- Prehospital and Disaster Medicine
- Prepare Now
- Public Sphere Project
- Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau
- Ready America
- Relief Web
- Right at Home
- Safety Chairs
- Scoop New Zealand News
- Smart Connected Communities
- South Carolina Emergency Management Division
- Southeastern District Health Department
- Southeastern Association of Area Agencies on Aging
- The National Association of Triads
- The Center for an Accessible Society
- U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
- U.S. Department of Transportation
- U.S. Fire Administration FEMA
- U.S. Department of Justice
- U.S. International Council on Disabilities
- UCLA Newsroom
- United States Access Board
- United Nations Human Rights
- United Cerebral Palsy
- University of Florida
- Western University of Health Sciences
- World Press
-
World Bank
Minorities and Disaster
- Action Aid
- Administration on Aging
- Administration for Native Americans
- AFACeAFACe
- America's Union Movement
- Black Sheep Books
- Central and East Africa Disaster Risk Reduction
- Church of Brethren
- Civicus
- Culturally Competent Mental Health
- Disaster Safety
- Diversity Preparedness
- Drexel University School of Public Health
- Edutopia
- Environment America
- Forced Migration
- General Assembly Mission Council
- Global Humanitarian
- Hispanic Federation
- Human Rights Congress for Bangladesh Minorities
- Humanitarian Reform
- Humanitarian News and Analysis
- Info Change India
- MDC
- Mercy Corps
- Minority Rights
- Minority Health Project
- Muslim Serve
- National Congress of American Indians
- Native American Alliance for Emergency Preparedness
- NPR
- Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
- Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum
- One Free World International
- Pambazuka News
- Pan American Relief
- Peace Women
- Poverty Environment
- Preparedness and Catastrophic Event Response
- Public Health Preparedness
- RAND Health
- Rights & Wrongs
- Science and Sensibility
- Socialist Alternative
- Southeast Asian Press Alliance
- The Office of Minority Health
- The Christian Century
- The American Prospect
- United Nations
- United Sikhs
- University Network for Disaster Risk Reduction in Africa
- US AID
- V Day
- Women's Health
- World Concern
- World Food Programme
