• Oxfam International Twitter Feed

Oxfam is a huge international alliance of 14 charity organizations working together in almost 100 countries on various projects. They work closely together with local communities focusing on poverty and human rights. Their Twitter feed includes frequent updates on their projects as well as the works and the issues their partner organizations are facing.

• SOS Children’s Villages Twitter Feed

SOS Children’s Villages are present in some 132 countries worldwide, fighting children poverty, and aiming to give home to children in need. SOS Children’s Villages focuses on family-based, long-term care of children who can no longer grow up with their biological families. Their Twitter Feed includes heart-warming stories, galleries and regular updates on their works and projects.

• UNICEF offical Twitter feed

Founded in 1946, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), is the UNO’s official agency to protect children all over the world. The organization is undoubtedly the leading advocate for children’s rights, active in 190 countries through country programs and National Committees. Their numerous focus areas include basic education and gender equality, child protection, from violence exploitation or abuse, HIV/AIDS infected children and others. UNICEF’s Twitter feed is a good wrapup of the agency’s activities, at the time of this writing featuring a year-end look-back here.

• Gates Foundation Twitter feed

Bill and Melinda Gates, one of the wealthiest couples on Earth, launched their foundation in 1994, amied at helping all people lead healthy, productive lives, focused on global health, global development, & U.S. education. The activities of the foundation are governed by a 15-point list of guiding principles. The Twitter feed of the foundation focuses on innovation in charities with quite a few inspiring stories and photographs.

• Greenpeace US official Twitter feed

Greenpeace are an independent, often conflict-seeker global campaigning organization that aims to change attitudes and behavior, to protect the environment and promote peace. Currently active across 40 countries, Greenpeace has been campaigning against environmental degradation since 1971. To maintain its independence it refuses funds from national governments and relies solely on donations from individual supporters and foundation grants. Greenpeace’s Twitter feed focuses mostly on environment-friendly solutions, ideas, as well as updates on the group’s activities and ongoing campaigns.

• Peta official Twitter feed

International animals’ rights agency, Peta’s Twitter feed is maintained by official twitterer Royale Ziegler, involving various guest-tweeters from time to time. The organization – known mostly for its sexy celeb supporters and provocative (sometimes shocking) campaign actions features shocking videos, sexy photos, and vegan-related recipes in their Twitter feed. Due to the laid back tone of the Twitter feed its a really lively, vivid source of information.

• Isoh/Impact official Twitter feed

ISOH/Impact is an organization to reach out and serve others in disaster areas all around the world. Founded in 1958, the organization gained attention this year mostly with its effors and involvement following the Haiti earthquake. Their Twitter feed is directed more to their volunteers and internal members than to the public audience, but due to the great interest in the areas they work, it is still worth keeping an eye on them.

• EarthShare Twitter feed

Based in Washington D.C. Earthshare is an association of various charities aimed to organize workplace giving campaigns to support hundreds of environmental charities. A workplace giving campaign is an annual, employer-sponsored program that lets employees contribute a few dollars per paycheck as their charitable donation. Currently representing some 70 organizations EarthShare raises funds for more than 400 community every year, national and international member charities in hundreds of campaigns at public and privates sector workplaces across the US. EarthShare’s Twitter feed includes news updates, personal discussions, photos and, obviously, updates on their ongoing activities.

• Environmental Defense Fund Twitter Feed

Environmental Defense Fund are working directly with businesses, government and communities to create lasting solutions to the most serious environmental problems. Their areas of focus include Oceans, Land, Water and Wildlife, general health issues and global warming. Their Twitter feed features up-to-date studies, interesting stories on the environment, and amazing videos.

• Nature Conservancy Twitter Feed

Nature Conservancy (aka. Nature.org) is the leading conservation organization working around the world to protect ecologically important lands and waters for nature and people. Operating in over 30 countries, and all 50 US states, Nature Conservancy protects rivers, lands and are working on over 100 marine conservation projects. Their Twitter feed is focused on discussions, donations and activism.

• Clinton Foundation Twitter feed
  

Former US President Bill Clinton started to focus on various charity efforts and projects after leaving the White House in 2001. He established the William J. Clinton Foundation with the mission to alleviate poverty, improve global health, strengthen economies, and protect the environment, by fostering partnerships among governments, businesses, nongovernmental organizations, and private citizens — leveraging their expertise, resources, and passions — to turn good intentions into measurable results. Through its numerous initiatives and missions, the Clinton Foundation strives to change global systems, entire communities, and the way business is done in both developed and developing countries — while emphasizing solutions that make meaningful and positive changes in individual lives. The Clinton Foundation’s Twitter feed features personal messages from President Clinton as well as pictures and stories of the everyday activities of the Foundation. The feed has a special focus on the Haiti recovery efforts, and other projects that aim to tackle the poverty in the developing world.

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“We have seen first-hand the remarkable job SOS does to raise orphaned and abandoned children and keep families together,” said Angelina Jolie, in a statement. “The poor outcomes for foster children indicate that we must do a much better job of supporting them,” Brad Pitt added.

SOS Children’s Villages is an organization providing orphaned children an alternative to foster care. The sixty-year-old non-profit network currently has some 500 villages in 132 countries, helping approximately 80,000 children transition into adulthood.

From the two fortunate locations that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie chose to support with their generous donation the Florida village provides a home for 75 children, with services that include tutoring, therapy, life skills and family reunification, when possible. Illinois’ two villages care for nearly 200 children and youths and a social center provides day care and support services.

Angelina and Brad themselves are parents of six children, three of whom are adopted. Angelina Jolie is a Goodwill Ambassador of UNHCR since early 2001, while the couple has established the Maddox Jolie-Pitt Foundation in 2006 to fight extreme rural povertyto protect natural resources and for wildlife conservation projects.

The footage above shows Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, George Clooney and various other celebrities at a UNICEF charity party in Los Angeles on Dec 11, 2009.

Via: Los Angeles Times Blog, Washington Business Journal