Use this site like a reference book... find a topic you are interested in in the General Contents, and focus on what you are looking for. It is a good idea to read the whole site, but that could take a week if you are looking up websites on this portal. It is good just to browse first and see what is useful. Don't feel overwhelmed. I tried to overload you with information so that you would have plenty to work with, but that doesn't mean you have to use it all or even explore it all... it is simply here for your reference. There is plenty of real help in the world, for real needs. If you are overwhelmed by the portal, just find the Poverty Relief Via the Internet sites that interest you. Email them and ask them to come and help you, with what problems you are trying to solve. Show them this web portal, and ask them if they can help you with it.
Be aware of the changes you are making in your village by using this website. See Ladakh . This website is not intended to change your community or religious life, but only to help you. 'Take what you need, give what you can' is an old European saying that is still very true today. Don't burden yourself with unnecessary things and give what you can to your local community as you learn and grow. And remember it always helps to share, cooperate and work in community groups. Those who have skills in building, etc. can share those skills with others so that everyone succeeds.
In cases of wisdom, farming, education, medicine, community tradition etc. I ALWAYS encourage you to ask questions locally and problem solve within your community before looking to big, thoughtless development organizations (like the World Bank or USAID) to solve local problems. Many times, the most basic problems of a community can be solved by talking, defining and understanding needs, and acting cooperatively to solve needs. Native wisdom is as important (if not more so) than new Western wisdom and invention. Sometimes, however, as in the case of human rights or humanitarian aid, you need outside help.
When you use this website and write letters (or email) and ask for help you want to explain fairly clearly what you are trying to do, and work with groups that are doing what you want to do. You can find out more about what groups on this site are doing by clicking the 'about us' or similar button that should explain what they do. Explain why you are emailing in detail, what your interest is and how you would like to receive help. If it is a problem that is a common concern affecting lots of people you will want to explain that also. For example, if your whole community is facing famine or you are concerned about increasing violence in your city neighborhood or your government is oppressive it is good to outline this concern to your contact, stating the common problem. And if the organization you are contacting can't help you, it is good to ask who else might help.
As a general rule of thumb I suggest that if you don't know how to do something, or you don't have money, materials or resources to do what you want to do, find a free way to get help. The section on Poverty Relief Via the Internet is a great example. Just by sending an email or a letter you can get help from international organizations to help you with local projects that you might not be able to do on your own, such as the more difficult projects listed on this site. When you don't know what to do, always ask for help of the people that can help you. And I personally also suggest that you pray... the greatest answers often come from within.
Make sure to ask about other, similar organizations when you contact organizations that you are interested in. For every organization listed here there may be a dozen others just like it not listed here. Please be sure and ask. When you find a site that you like, be sure and look at the links. There may be other sites of interest.
You will notice that this website is very confusing. Some sites are located in the resources or links section of websites on the portal. When you find a site you really like, write it down. Also, the website is very large... it is easy to lose your place and forget where you found a site. For this, I suggest using the Edit>Find tabs on the toolbar, above. You can easily find a word in the body of this text by using Edit>Find. When looking for a website, use Edit>Find to find the whole name as listed on the site. For example, to find Google Books you enter Google_Books in Edit>Find. This will save you hours of work trying to find sites on this portal.
If you feel especially confident that an organization listed here can really help you with your problem, a letter is a good idea. You should get a response within 4-6 weeks of mailing the letter. Again, be sure to clearly express the problem, and ask for the proper person to talk to in your local area ... or organizations in the national or international area that you can email.
Beware that the Internet has been known to host businesses that are fraudulent. If you need to make purchases on the Internet that are large (like appropriate technology purchases on the Net) I suggest that you make small purchases that are necessary first to see if the company is fraudulent. I have no reason to suspect fraud, but be careful. Never send large amounts of money to an organization that you have never done business with.
Purchases of books through amazon.com is very safe and international. Most of the books listed in this website can be found through amazon.com and can be shipped to you or your local library. You will need a credit or debit card for amazon.com. Please note that the books I list on this website date back to about 2001 and I will not be updating them. For the newest books, do searches in amazon.com under the search title you are interested in. Please order books through your local library 1) so that others can use them 2) it is less expensive for you, and 3) less trees are killed. If you have books (or other items) shipped to you make sure that the shipping company can deliver to your area. You may have to pick up packages at the local post office.
http://poverty.relief.angelfire.com is now the ONLY site for this webpage. You will need Java to open many of these sites. If you do not have Java, download it from Sun_microsystems. This site changes frequently, it is advisable to make a print copy of this site now and then for your records. This portal can be found in Google by Googling poverty relief, human rights and peace. The portal seemed to come up in the second spot when I tried.
It will help if you write down this URL address. When you go to a link you have to click the back button to get back to this site, and sometimes you cannot get back. Please write down the web address, and click on the back button to get back to this site. If you cannot use the back button to get back, try using the down arrow immediately to the right of the back button on your toolbar. Also, if the link doesn't come up when you click it, type the name of the link listed in Google (I made sure to use the names listed on the website). It may come up that way. The listings in a series should be alphabetical by the URL address (not by title of the website).
This listing is a relatively random listing of resource organizations that I have either heard about or can be found on the Internet using simple searches. I am not a professional in any of these fields, I am an activist that has lived and worked in a variety of circumstances to challenge poverty here in America. This website is not a perfect way out of poverty, it is only designed to help. You will find that your own choices in helping yourself will be more useful to you than what I can suggest, but I do add things that you may find useful. In some cases, through my lack of knowledge, I have made suggestions that may not be in your best interests or misleading. I never intend to do this, but inadvertently I have made mistakes, so please be ever vigilant and use your own wisdom and intelligence to figure out your best plan of action based on this website. I apologize for any mistakes. Also, this website is so large and cumbersome, and it changes so frequently, that there are bound to be errors. Please forgive me, and simply use common sense.
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