Which organisation was founded by Reverend Chad Varah in 1953?
"and new stalls were added, providing 200 more seats. The organ was removed to a position behind the pulpit. These alterations cost over £1,000 (equivalent to £ in ). Between 1942 and 1949 the vicar of the church was Chad Varah, who later founded The Samaritans. In 1946 the side galleries were removed, retaining the west gallery. Holy Trinity was declared redundant on 1 April 1981, and was vested in the Trust on 18 May 1984. Holy Trinity is designed in Gothic Revival style. Its plan consists of a three-bay nave with a clerestory, north and south lean-to aisles, north"
"boundaries on the basis that a service which is not political or religious should not recognise sectarian or political divisions. Samaritans offers support through over 21,200 trained volunteers (2015) and is entirely dependent on voluntary support. The name was not originally chosen by Chad Varah: it was part of a headline to an article in the ""Daily Mirror"" newspaper on 7 December 1953 about Varah's work. In 2004, Samaritans announced that volunteer numbers had reached a thirty-year low, and launched a campaign to recruit more young people (specifically targeted at ages 18–24) to become volunteers. The campaign was fronted by"
"of China—and Elsie Tu, GBM, a missionary from Newcastle-upon-Tyne of England who came to Hong Kong in the 1950s, began their tasks in helping its underprivileged. They established the Mu Kuang English School. Working at this school in 1973 was Dave Tredrea, an ex-Samaritan from the United Kingdom, who was pivotal in shaping the local suicide prevention activities similar to that of his home country. Chad Varah, founder of the Samaritans in the United Kingdom, visited Hong Kong in 1974/ He was instrumental in the formation of a Hong Kong branch – the Samaritans Hong Kong. It became the first"
"Diocese of London. His inspiration came from an experience he had had some years earlier as a young curate in the Diocese of Lincoln. He had taken a funeral for a girl of fourteen who had killed herself because she feared she had contracted an STD. In reality, she was menstruating. Varah placed an advertisement in a newspaper encouraging people to volunteer at his church, listening to people contemplating suicide. The movement grew rapidly: within ten years there were 40 branches and now there are 201 branches across the UK and Ireland helping many, deliberately organised without regard to national"
"support the project. Today, Atid Varod has spread throughout Israel. Blutrich was the founder and first Chairman of the Israeli Forum in 2005, a Toronto-based Israeli-expat community that attempts to deepen the links between Israeli and North American Jews, as well as Canadian society as a whole. The Forum includes various wings including the Canada-Israel Chamber of Commerce, Hamifgash (an Israeli cultural organisation), and Kachol Lavan (an Israeli-education school system for expats). In 2008, thousands of other organisations joined the Forum to create one of the strongest non-religious connective organisation between Israelis and the Jewish diaspora. Prioritising social responsibility in"
"organization run by Haredim, which provides emergency first response medical attention at suicide bombing scenes and retrieves human remains found there to provide proper burial. Another important unifying organization is Yad Sarah, established by Uri Lupolianski (mayor of Jerusalem 2003–2009) in 1977. Yad Sarah is the largest national volunteer organization in Israel, with over 6,000 volunteers representing all ages and backgrounds, including different socioeconomic sectors and cultural and religious backgrounds. Yad Sarah provides free loans of medical and rehabilitative home-care equipment to Jews, Christians, Muslims and Druze, enabling hundreds of thousands of sick, disabled, elderly and recuperating patients to live"
"International Vaish Federation International Vaish Federation is an International social organization of Vaishya community, was founded on 13 July 2013. Ramdas Agarwal, former MP is the founder president of IVF. Newly formed New York City chapter team of IVF is led by its president Kailash Rawat. On 13 July 2014, International Vaish Federation celebrated its 1st foundation day. Union Health Minister of India, Dr Harsh Vardhan was present as the Guest of Honor at the first foundation day of the International Vaish Federation taking place at Talkatora Indoor Stadium in New Delhi. Other Guests of Honor at the occasion were"
"Oorah (organization) Oorah, or sometimes Oorah Kiruv Rechokim, Hebrew for ""awaken and bring in those who are far"" (a reference to educating non-observant Jews), is an incorporated Orthodox Jewish kiruv (outreach) organization founded in 1980 ""with the goal of awakening Jewish children and their families to their heritage."" It is a United States-based 501(C)3 non-profit organization. Oorah, Inc. was founded by Rabbi Chaim Mintz and its day-to-day operation is run by Rabbi Eliyohu Mintz (son of the founder) out of Lakewood, New Jersey. Oorah operates and/or funds 49 different programs that target Jewish outreach (Kiruv) and learning, family support, personal"
"in 2013. He made charitable contributions to the Friends of the IDF, a fundraising organization for the Israel Defense Forces. He also endowed the Darche Noam yeshiva and the Midreshet Rachel women's seminary in Jerusalem. In 2006, he made a donation for the establishment of the David and Fela Shapell Family Shoah and Heroism Study Center for Youth at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem. Through the David and Fela Shapell Family Foundation, he has also endowed the David and Fela Shapell Digitalization Project at the National Library of Israel in Jerusalem. He has also endowed the David and Fela Shapell Family"
"Publishing in 2012. Chidanand Saraswati is the founder or co-founder of several humanitarian and environmental organizations which serve a number of causes, including: Ganga Action Parivar, to preserve and protect the Ganga river and its tributaries; India Heritage Research Foundation (IHRF), which provides education, health care, youth welfare, and vocational training; Divine Shakti Foundation, which provides education and assistance to widowed and impoverished women and children, as well as the protection of street animals in India such as cows and dogs; the Global Interfaith WASH Alliance (GIWA) to provide access to safe drinking water, improved sanitation and proper hygiene; and"
"or organization that has done important work for the benefit of the State of Israel and/or Jewish people. Past recipients of the prize include Ilan Ramon, the Israeli astronaut who died in the Columbia disaster; Kaare Kristiansen, a Norwegian statesman who quit the Nobel Prize Committee when the prize was awarded to Yasser Arafat; and Rabbi Avraham Elimelech Firer, founder of Ezra L'Marpeh, a society that guides people seeking medical treatment. In November 2013, it was announced that the recipient would be NGO Monitor, a watchdog organization that states it monitors organizations which claim to be safeguarding human rights while"
"Nonviolence International Nonviolence International describes itself as a decentralized network of resource centers that promote the use of nonviolence and nonviolent resistance. Founded by Palestinian activist Mubarak Awad in 1989, NI is a 501(c)(3) organization registered in Washington, DC, United States. They are active in educating and training the public and activists in the use of nonviolent resistance. They are particularly known for their work in conflict zones and Civil Society at the United Nations building coalitions to find and advocate for those nonviolent solutions across the globe. Their mission statement is: Nonviolence International operates as a collective of independent"
"Waste Warriors Waste Warriors is a non-governmental organisation which undertakes waste collection, waste management consultancy, event waste management, and other related projects in Dehradun, Dharamshala, Corbett National Park, Goa, Himachal Pradesh and other parts of India. It was founded by Jodie Underhill and Taashi Pareek. Waste Warriors has done extensive work in the area of waste collection and waste management. Since they were registered in 2012, Waste Warriors has collected and processed over 4223 tonnes of waste from Bhagsunag and Triund. Due to the efforts of Waste Warriors, Triund is now known as one of the cleanest hiking destinations in"
"best-known Chad of modern times who was so-named was Chad Varah, an Anglican priest and social activist, whose father was vicar of Barton-upon-Humber – the probable site of Chad's monastery in the north of Lindsey. Due to the somewhat confused nature of Chad's appointment and the continued references to 'chads' – small pieces of ballot papers punched out by voters using voting machines – in the 2000 US Presidential Election, it has been jocularly suggested that Chad is the patron saint of botched elections. In fact there is no official patron saint of elections, although the Church has designated a"
"organisations to give to in its list of top charities. This placed Pratham below the top-ranked charities Against Malaria Foundation and Schistosomiasis Control Initiative and alongside Innovations for Poverty Action, GiveDirectly, KIPP (Houston branch), Nyaya Health, and Small Enterprise Foundation. GiveWell also lists Pratham as its top charity in the developing world education category. GiveWell has also published a detailed review of Pratham, last updated in March 2012. Pratham Pratham is one of the largest non-governmental organisations in India. It was co-founded by Madhav Chavan and Farida Lambay . It works towards the provision of quality education to the underprivileged"
"as well. The organisation is particularly active in Sri Lanka. Kalki Avatar Foundation The Kalki Avatar Foundation is a spiritual organisation and the sister organisation of Messiah Foundation International. It was founded in 2000 by Younus AlGohar under the guidance of Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi, and bases its principles on his teachings. The Kalki Avatar Foundation's goals include raising awareness of the spiritual sciences, promoting divine love and tolerance among all peoples, and propagating the belief that Shahi is the awaited Kalki Avatar. Though headquartered in London, United Kingdom, the organisation operates in Sri Lanka, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, the"
"Jegath Gaspar Raj Jegath Gaspar Raj is a Chennai-based Catholic priest. He is the founder of the ""Tamil Maiyam"" organisation and co creator of the ""Chennai Sangamam"" festival. During 1995–2001 he served as the director of the Tamil service for ""Radio Veritas"". He is also the organiser of the Idea-GiveLife Chennai International Marathon. He is also the founder of the Naller publications, a book publishing company. In 2009, during the final stages of Eelam War IV, he functioned as an intermediary between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and the Government of Tamil Nadu. He also founded an organisation for"
"The Adamah Farming Fellowship was also founded in 2003 at IF (now called the Isabella Freedman Retreat Center) by Shamu Sadeh, an alumnus educator of the Teva program. In the past few years, Jewish environmental consciousness has poured itself into the farming movement, sparked by Adamah, and the food movement, focalized by Hazon. For a more comprehensive view of North American Jewish environmental organizations, see the Jewcology ""map of initiatives"". Hazon itself was founded by Nigel Savage in 2000 with an inaugural bike ride across North America to raise money for Jewish environmental causes in North America and Israel. Hazon"
"these schools. The organization is developing related facilities in association with the schools to create centers for Jewish community life. It is financed by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, local communities, and private individuals. In 1945, Syrian-born Isaac Shalom of New York City, together with Joseph Shamah of Jerusalem and Ezra Teubal of Buenos Aires, worked together to develop a way to offset what they saw as Jewish spiritual decline and intellectual impoverishment in Mandate Palestine and the Mideast. They founded Ozar Hatorah as a non-profit organization in Jerusalem under the chairmanship of Joseph Shamah. The organization began its"
"the International Peace Bureau (IPB). Nonviolence International is further affiliated with the Holy Land Trust, and the al Watan Center. It is also the co-sponsor/administrator of the El-Hibri Peace Education Prize. The main focus of the organization is promoting nonviolent solutions through the training and education of individuals, NGOs, and governments. It provides education materials, and sponsors and organizes training and strategy sessions. Specifically the organization: Nonviolence International Nonviolence International describes itself as a decentralized network of resource centers that promote the use of nonviolence and nonviolent resistance. Founded by Palestinian activist Mubarak Awad in 1989, NI is a 501(c)(3)"
"Hadassah Women's Zionist Organization of America Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America is an American Jewish volunteer women's organization. Founded in 1912 by Henrietta Szold, it is one of the largest international Jewish organizations, with 330,000 members in the United States. Hadassah fundraises for community programs and health initiatives in Israel, including the Hadassah Medical Center, a leading research hospital in Israel renowned for its inclusion of and treatment for all religions and races in Jerusalem. In the US, the organization advocates on behalf of women's rights, religious autonomy and US-Israel diplomacy. In Israel, Hadassah supports health education and"
"corporate and charitable trust like Sir Ratan Tata Trust, A. H. Wadia Trust, Pirojsha Godrej Foundation are associated with organization to fund its activities to provide treatment and rehabilitation to cancer patients at minimum cost. It is associated with Tata Memorial Hospital to provide treatment and rehabilitation programs for cancer survivors. They also do research and publish data on types of cancer patients in India. Indian Cancer Society Indian Cancer Society is non-government, non-profit, national organization for awareness, detection, and providing cure and treatment for cancer patients in India. It was established in 1951 by noted oncologist, Dr. D.J. Jussawalla"
"Chai Lifeline Chai Lifeline is a New York City volunteer-based 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that primarily works with children battling cancer. It has multiple regional offices in the United States as well as affiliates in Canada, England, Israel, and Belgium. Founded in 1987 and currently headed by Rabbi Simcha Scholar, Chai Lifeline was primarily a cancer support organization that mushroomed into an umbrella organization which carries the motto ""Fighting Illness With Love"". A widely acclaimed project is its pilot program Camp Simcha, a summer camp for children battling cancer and other hematological illnesses. Camp Simcha has since expanded and opened a"
"Bais Chana Women International Bais Chana Women International is a Chabad non-profit organization that works to provide an environment for Jewish girls and women, ages 15 and up and from all backgrounds, to explore Jewish teachings and traditions. Bais Chana’s founding was inspired and motivated by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson's support of Jewish education for all women. In 1971, its first home was opened in the Twin Cities, Minnesota. In 1991 the organization began diversifying its program to include shorter retreat segments in locations around the world. Women of all ages and little or no formal background"
"a first office in Portland, Oregon. Originally, the charity operated as a missionary service organization meeting emergency needs in crisis areas in East Asia, where in 1954 it opened an office in South Korea. In order to restructure the organization World Vision International was founded in 1977 by Walter Stanley Mooneyham the then president of World Vision. In 1967, the ""Mission Advanced Research and Communication Center (MARC)"" was founded by Ed Dayton as a division of World Vision International. It became the organizational backbone of the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization, collected and published data about ""unreached people"" and also"
"Schizophrenia Research Foundation Schizophrenia Research Foundation (SCARF), is a non governmental, non profit organisation based in Chennai. Founded in 1984 by a group of philanthropists and mental health professionals led by M. Sarada Menon, a psychiatrist by profession. SCARF has established itself as a center of repute in rehabilitation and research in disorders of the mind. SCARF is one of the very few NGOs in the world to be named as a collaborating centre of the World Health Organization for mental health research and training. SCARF has been involved in several studies conducted by the World Health Organisation. Some of"
"the UK membership body for non-governmental organisations and a member of NCVO, National Council for Voluntary Organisations, an organisation with 11,000 members that champions the voluntary sector and volunteering. It was first established in 1985, in response to the 1983–85 famine in Ethiopia, by 23 organisations based in Britain. It was initially led by a committee including Cat Stevens and members from the Muslim Council of Britain. Stevens served as chairman until his resignation in 1996. Suhaib Hasan became the next chairman. Mahmood al-Hassan became executive director in 1993. From 1995, Iqbal Sacranie was a trustee. The following year, conflicts"
"of Charles F. Sweet, an IVS volunteer who served in Vietnam during wartime, are available at Cornell University Library in its Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections. International Voluntary Services International Voluntary Services Inc. (IVS) was a private nonprofit organization that placed American volunteers in development projects in Third World countries. IVS had volunteers in Algeria, Bolivia, Ecuador, Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, Laos, Nepal, South Vietnam and other countries. Despite the organization's roots in Christian pacifism, it operated on a nonsectarian basis, accepting volunteers regardless of their religious beliefs. With this declaration, IVS was founded in 1953 by Mennonite, Brethren and"
"MIFTAH, a Palestinian organization founded by Hanan Ashrawi, who is on the executive committee of the group's governing board. MIFTAH has been accused by the pro-Israeli group NGO Monitor of fabricating the quotation. Based on the reported Ouze Merham interview, the Islamic Human Rights Commission announced Sharon as the winner of the ""Most Islamophobic International Politician of the Year"" award at the 2003 Annual Islamophobia Awards ceremony. The host told the recipient, described as a ""Palestinian freedom fighter,"" to personally deliver the award to Sharon. In a June 9, 2004 interview on Australian Broadcasting Corporation's ""The Religion Report"", interviewer Stephen"
"Kalki Avatar Foundation The Kalki Avatar Foundation is a spiritual organisation and the sister organisation of Messiah Foundation International. It was founded in 2000 by Younus AlGohar under the guidance of Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi, and bases its principles on his teachings. The Kalki Avatar Foundation's goals include raising awareness of the spiritual sciences, promoting divine love and tolerance among all peoples, and propagating the belief that Shahi is the awaited Kalki Avatar. Though headquartered in London, United Kingdom, the organisation operates in Sri Lanka, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, the United States of America, Canada, Australia, Japan, and South Korea"
"Chesed Shel Emes Chesed Shel Emes is a Jewish voluntary organisation that is found in various forms around the world. In Israel. the primary Chesed Shel Emes is known as ZAKA, though other organizations exist. The name ""Chesed Shel Emes"" means “Charity of Truth” or “Charity of True Loving Kindness”. Chesed Shel Emes of Canada was established in 1930 as a non-profit organization with a mandate to prepare members of the Jewish community for burial according to Orthodox tradition. Each person is treated with the same consideration and respect. No one is refused service due to financial hardship. Chesed Shel"
"members of Shafallah being employed by the airline. Shafallah Center The Shafallah Center, or Shafallah Center for Children with Special Needs, is a Qatar-based organization founded in 1999 for the welfare of people with intellectual disabilities, mainly autism spectrum disorders. The center provides health services and special care. Additionally, Shafallah has education centers, and signs agreements with local firms in order to help its graduates secure jobs. Shafallah Center was established in 1999. An annual forum focusing on global issues affecting people with disabilities is organized by the Shafallah Center. Called the ""Annual Shafallah Forum"", topics of discussion at the"
"of United Nations Youth Organisation at the age of 23 (1993). With his exposure into the mainstream society, he realised that casteism is present in all walks of life. With the Indian Government tackling the issue with its reservation policies and making it perennial, Raghuvanshi chose the path of uplifting them by making their voices heard. He founded the People's Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (PVCHR) in 1996, along with his wife, Shruti Nagvanshi, historian Mahendra Pratap, musician Vikash Maharaj, and poet Gyanedra Pati. In 1999, Raguvanshi founded a community-based organisation, Jan Mitra Nyas (People-friendly Association), which was backed by"