Despite ongoing challenges, there have been significant positive developments in human rights worldwide. For example, the number of people living in extreme poverty has declined from 1.9 billion in 1990 to 689 million in 2019, with many countries making significant progress in reducing poverty and increasing access to education and healthcare. The global literacy rate has also increased from 77% in 1980 to 86% in 2016, with significant gains made in countries such as China and India. In addition, there has been a growing recognition of the importance of human rights, with many countries adopting new laws and policies to protect the rights of marginalized communities. For example, in 2020, the United States Supreme Court ruled that workplace discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity is illegal, while around the same time, India decriminalized homosexuality. These positive developments indicate that progress is being made in advancing human rights worldwide, although there is still much work to be done to ensure that all people are able to live with dignity and freedom.

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The American Pakistan Foundation

The American Pakistan Foundation (APF) is dedicated to socio-economic and cultural development in Pakistan and building lasting bridges among peoples, leaders, and institutions of Pakistan and the United States.

New York, New York

Contemporary Arts Center

Our vision is that the Contemporary Arts Center in New Orleans be a multi-disciplinary arts center, nationally recognized as a leader in the presentation and support of contemporary arts, artists, and emerging art forms. In doing so, it will explore and involve the diverse cultures of our communities.

New Orleans, Louisiana

3 Bluebirds Farm

The mission of 3 Bluebirds Farm is to create an environmentally sustainable agricultural community of choice in Raleigh, NC, where adults on the autism spectrum can live dignified and meaningful lives with support. Additionally, to offer individualized day camp and track-out programs to school-aged children with autism (Camp Bluebird, a division of 3 Bluebirds Farm), in which they can thrive and continue to grow and learn socially, physically, and intellectually on a farm setting.

Raleigh, North Carolina

ABUNDANT HOPE INTERNATIONAL

Passion Statement: “Go, visit the Holocaust Survivors. Hug, kiss and love them; tell them I love them.” With these words burning in her heart, Susan Heagy began visiting Survivors of the Shoah, bringing hope and compassion to many who were alone and forgotten. Susan, and those who joined her in her efforts, soon discovered an entire segment of the population starved for relationship and the loving touch of someone who cared. These people were bereft of family members through the brutality of the Nazis during the Second World War. Traumatized and orphaned, both emotionally and literally, they made their way to Israel and other places in the world. Sadly, many are still alone today. Abundant Hope International (AHI) is making a difference in the lives of these special people who are so close to the Heart of Adonai. Through visitation, Survivor Adoption, volunteering and educational programs, Survivors of the Shoah are receiving the hugs, kisses and love they so desperately need. Survivors are dying at the rate of one every thirty minutes in Israel; time is short. AHI is working quickly to relieve the suffering of loneliness among the last of the Survivors. We trust the God of Abraham, Isaac and Yacov. HaShem loves these sweet Survivors even more than we do. We trust their own Messiah will speak to them as we bring our offerings of love, without conditions. We need more hands and feet to go and embrace them. We welcome you to join us.

San Antonio, Texas

Englewood Family Outreach

#RestorationThroughProclamation -- To restore our communities in Englewood, Chicago by proclaiming Christ, training in godliness, and empowering the vulnerable

Chicago, Illinois

SIM USA

Our mission is to use Christian missions to respond to need, proclaim the Gospel, and equip the church around the world.

Charlotte, Illinois

Royal Diadem Intl Network

Royal Diadem Intâ€™l Networkâ€™s mandate is to reach out to nations and affect people positively through books, conferences, social welfare and capacity building.

Erith, England

CHAMPLAIN COMMUNITY SERVICES, INC

Our Mission Statement: Champlain Community Services provides essential supports to people with intellectual disabilities and autism, building a community where everyone participates and belongs.

Colchester, Vermont

Global Woman P.E.A.C.E. Foundation

Global Woman P.E.A.C.E. Foundation is a 501c3 not for profit organization, located in the Washington, D.C. metro area. We advocate on behalf of women and girls against female genital mutilation. (FGM)

Centreville, Virginia

The Gathering for Justice

The Gathering for Justice’s mission is to build a movement to end child incarceration while working to eliminate the racial inequities that permeate the justice system.

New York, New York