Civil Society Organisations in Africa

Non-governmental Organizations (NGO) new Database

This database is part of the United Nation's ongoing efforts to improve collaboration and facilitate information exchange among civil society organizations (CSOs), as well as with other development partners.

The following links and especially the NGO search engine below may help you get started.
Available: NGO Custom Search Engine, International Guides & Directories, Regional Guides & Directories, NGOs and the United Nations

The UC Berkeley libraries also obtain print publications from NGOs, which can be located by searching in the Pathfinder or Melvyl catalogs.

A guide to resources covering NGO-generated information, including websites, publications, and other resources.

The following resources are a few of the guides available for locating NGOs in particular countries or regions of the world. Of course, country-based searches are possible with most of the general directories above as well.

WANGO connects and serve NGOs beyond borders.

WANGO (World Association of Non-Governmental Organizations)'s resources for NGOs.

NGOs in consultative Status with the ECOSOC

The database is freely accessible, and contains the fully searchable profiles in English and in French of the above mentioned organizations, as well as the contact details of their institutional members.
Database: http://ngo-db.unesco.org/

Volunteers around the world contributes to tens of millions of man hours every year, helping organisations to do more than would otherwise be possible. This investment is worth billions of pounds of labour costs with many volunteers providing strong skill-sets and long hours that drive NGOs forward.

The links below will connect you with sister NGOs and churches as well as government agencies, international institutions, and other groups with a role or interest in Africa.
They are arranged alphabetically grouped by issues: Africa General, Africa's Image in the World, AIDS, Angola, Ecology, Economic Justice, Gender, Government, Human Rights, Media, Peace, Religious and Faith Groups, Resource Extraction, Social Change, Sudan, Youth, Children and Education, and Zimbabwe.

List of CSOs that have benefited from he social development civil society fund

Grant resources supported by the World Bank: http://tinyurl.com/phrv2kg

NGOs (non-governmental organizations) are present in nearly every country around the globe and work to address social issues. There is no central search engine that catalogs the work and focus areas of every NGO in the world. However, the web sites below provide a good starting point for research.

World Bank: http://tinyurl.com/2zfhx

Full overview of the geographic and thematic choices of Dutch NGOs.