relief agency

relief agency
A humanitarian organization trying to bring relief to the poor and needy.

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  • relief agency — agency that provides assistance to those in need …   English contemporary dictionary

  • Jewish Relief Agency — The Jewish Relief Agency (JRA) is a charitable organization, associated with the Chabad Lubavitch movement, whose aim is to identify and feed needy Jewish clients in the Greater Philadelphia region. Almost 57,000 Jews, representing nearly a… …   Wikipedia

  • Adventist Development and Relief Agency — Infobox Company company name = Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) company company type = Non Profit Organization company slogan = Changing the World, One Life at a Time foundation = (1956) location = Maryland, USA key people = Charles …   Wikipedia

  • debt relief agency — Any person who provides any bankruptcy assistance to an assisted person in return for the payment of money or other valuable consideration. Does not include nonprofit organizations, creditors of assisted persons, depository institutions, or… …   Glossary of Bankruptcy

  • Islamic American Relief Agency — The Islamic American Relief Agency (IARA USA) is an American non profit organization established in 1985 and dedicated to the empowerment of disadvantaged people everywhere through relief and participatory development programs emphasizing human… …   Wikipedia

  • Community Development and Relief Agency — The Community Development and Relief Agency (CODRA) is a Non Governmental Organisation founded in 2001 to work with the poor or marginalised sections of society, to help them achieve sustainable socio economic growth. The Headquarters of CODRA is …   Wikipedia

  • debt relief agency — Any person or company including lawyers and bankruptcy petition preparers, but excluding banks, nonprofits, and government agencies that provides advices, information, counsel, document preparation, or other services to a person who is… …   Law dictionary

  • Adventist Development and Relief Agency — ADRA steht für Adventist Development and Relief Agency und führt weltweit Projekte der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit sowie der humanitären Hilfe in Katastrophenfällen durch. ADRA ist eine nichtstaatliche Hilfsorganisation, die von der evangelischen… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • relief — re‧lief [rɪˈliːf] noun 1. [uncountable] when a bad situation is reduced or stops for a time: • Any sign of relief from price pressures will be welcome news for the economy. 2. money, food, clothes etc given to people who are poor or hungry: • a… …   Financial and business terms

  • CARE (relief agency) — Current CARE Logo CARE (Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere) is a broad spectrum secular relief, humanitarian, and development non governmental organization fighting global poverty. It is non political, non sectarian and operates… …   Wikipedia

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