Resources
There is a multitude of resources that could be listed on this page. We have compiled just a few that we believe you may find useful before or after your GCN experience. The resources have been sorted around the issues of Travel Assistance, Community Development, Fair Trade, and Philanthropy.
Health
Center for Disease Control
http://www.cdc.gov/travel
Includes information on outbreaks, specific diseases, recommended vaccinations, and traveling with children and pets.
U.S. State Department
http://www.state.gov
Official site of the U.S. Department of State. Includes information about countries and regions, traveling and living abroad, and more.
Conversion Rates
X-Rates.com
http://www.x-rates.com
Offers interactive foreign currency exchange rate conversion based on the 12:00p.m. EST buying values from the Federal Reserve Bank in New York.
Time Zones
World Time Zone
http://www.WorldTimeZone.com
Features a time zone map that displays current local time for locations around the world.
Telephone
Country Calling Codes
http://www.countrycallingcodes.com/
Interactive series of codes needed to make a phone call to and from anywhere by selecting the appropriate countries and cities from pull-down menus.
Translation
AltaVista
http://world.altavista.com
Language translator used for translating text or web pages from English and other languages to French, German, Greek, Chinese, Spanish, and others.
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One World
http://www.oneworld.net
News source that synthesizes the news resources of over 1,600 organizations that promote human rights
Indigenous Cultural Survival
http://www.culturalsurvival.org/home.cfm
News source by and about indigenous rights
World Views
http://worldviews.igc.org
Provide information and educational materials about peace and justice. Particular attention paid to nations of Latin America, Africa, Asia and Pacific, the Caribbean, and the Middle East
Millennium Institute
http://www.millenniuminstitute.net
The Millennium Institute seeks to develop and provide advanced analytical tools for development on a national and global scale, and to form values-related questions and analyses on the consequences of development strategies.
Resource Center of the Americas
http://www.americas.org
Inform, education and organize to promote human rights, democratic participation, economic justice and cross-cultural understanding in the context of globalization, particularly in the Americas.
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Peace Coffee
https://www.peacecoffee.com
Organic, shade grown coffees and information on the ecology of coffee farming. "A cultural, social and consumable revolution with grounds firmly fixed in a Farmer Friendly Fair Trade Reality"
Ten Thousand Villages
http://www.tenthousandvillages.com
Provides fair income to people living in the non-Western world by marketing their handicrafts in North America. Ten Thousand Villages makes an effort to work with artisans who would otherwise be unemployed or underemployed.
Coat of Many Colors
St. Paul, MN 651-690-5255
Provide clothing, jewelry and gifts from cottage industries around the world. 20% of profits return to third world development.
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Universal Giving
www.universalgiving.org
Directory of giving opportunities to socially responsible international organizations
Network for Good
http://www.networkforgood.org
Guide to local and national charities with information on how to donate, volunteer, and speak out on a variety of issues.
MicroPlace
http://www.microplace.com
Online service that enables individuals to learn about microfinance, find investment opportunities, and invest. A web-based, eBay-like marketplace to connect ordinary people (with investable assets as little as $100) with microfinance entities that need capital.
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These websites have been listed for reference purposes only;
GCN is in no way responsible for the content of these sites.
