Helpful Links

Health

World Health Organization: www.WHO.int

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:  www.CDC.gov

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services:  www.HealthData.gov

U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid:  www.cms.gov

International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC): https://www.icrc.org/en

International Federation of Red Cross/Red Crescent Societies (IFRC): https://www.icrc.org/en

American Red Cross (ARC): https://www.redcross.org/

American Red Cross of Greater Chicago and Northern Illinois:  https://www.redcross.org/local/illinois/chicago-and-northern-illinois.html

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.Global Health NOW 

Sign up for Global Health NOW: http://www.globalhealthnow.org/subscribe

Global Polio Eradication Initiative: http://polioeradication.org/  

International Humanitarian Organizations

Rotary International: www.rotary.org 

International Council of Voluntary Agencies (ICVA):  https://www.icvanetwork.org/

Interaction:  www.interaction.org

Mercy Corps International: https://www.mercycorps.org/

UN Wire (UN Foundation): https://www2.smartbrief.com/getLast.action?mode=last&b=un_wire

Sign up:  https://www2.smartbrief.com/signupSystem/subscribe.action?pageSequence=1&briefName=un_wire&campaign=in_brief_signup_link&utm_source=brief

Center for Global Development: https://www.cgdev.org/

Devex:  https://www.Devex.com  

Environment

World Resources Institute: https://www.wri.org/

World Wildlife Fund: https://www.worldwildlife.org/

Greenpeace: https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/

Humanitarian Organizations

UN Jobs:  www.unjobs.org

Refugees, Displaced People, Migrants

UNHCR: https://www.unhcr.org/

UNICEF: https://www.unicef.org/

UNICEF USA – Midwest: https://www.unicefusa.org/supporters/regional/chicago

International Organization for Migration (IOM): https://www.iom.int/

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs: https://www.unocha.org/

Housing

Catholic Charities: https://www.catholiccharities.net

Habitat for Humanity: https://www.habitat.org/

Habitat for Humanity-Chicago: https://www.habitatchicago.org/

Habitat for Humanity-Chicagoland: http://www.chicagolandhabitat.org

Mental Health

Protection of Women and Children

UNICEF: https://www.unicef.org/

YWCA: https://www.worldywca.org/

YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago: https://ywcachicago.org

YWCA of Evanston/Northshore: https://www.ywca-ens.org/

Prevent Human Trafficking:  https://www.preventhumantrafficking.org/

Sarah’s Circle: https://www.sarahs-circle.org/

UNICEF USA-Midwest Region: https://www.unicefusa.org/supporters/regional/chicago

 

Human Rights

Human Rights Watch: https://www.hrw.org/

Human Rights Watch – Chicago: https://www.hrw.org/about/get-local/chicago

ACLU: https://www.aclu.org/

ACLU of Illinois: https://www.aclu-il.org/

Southern Poverty Research Center: https://www.splcenter.org/

Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law: https://www.povertylaw.org/

Amnesty International: https://www.amnesty.org/en/

Amnesty International Chicago:

https://www.amnestyusa.org/reports/chicago-illinois-a-10-point-human-rights-agenda/

Used Books

Abe Books:  www.AbeBooks.com