Member Organisations

Amnesty International’s vision is of a world in which every person enjoys all of the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights instruments. Amnesty International forms a global community of human rights defenders with the principles of international solidarity, effective action for the individual victim, global coverage, the universality and indivisibility of human rights, impartiality and independence, and democracy and mutual respect.

In addition to its work on specific abuses of human rights, Amnesty International urges all governments to observe the rule of law, and to ratify and implement human rights standards; it carries out a wide range of human rights educational activities; and it encourages intergovernmental organizations, individuals, and all organs of society to support and respect human rights.

The country-specific work within the German section of Amnesty International is guided by volunteers that work together in committees. The committee responsible for the Philippines represents Amnesty International Germany within the Action Network Human Rights – Philippines.

Dreikönigsaktion (DKA), the international development cooperation organization of the Catholic Children’s Movement in Austria, is committed to a just world in which all people can live in dignity. At the turn of each year, around 85,000 children and young people, supported by 30,000 adults, go from house to house as carol singers. They bring blessings for the new year and ask for donations to help people in need.

The donations collected through the carol singing campaign support around 500 initiatives and programs in 19 countries. These projects aim to combat poverty and promote social justice.

In addition to its project work, the Dreikönigsaktion is also active in advocacy, education, and lobbying. In Austria and across Europe, the focus is on taking responsibility for a shared world and encouraging acts of solidarity. The goal is to transform global economic and social structures toward a more sustainable and just coexistence—both locally and globally.

Misereor is the German Catholic Bishops’ Organisation for Development Cooperation in the countries of the South. Misereor supports the weakest members of society – it is of no importance whether those in need of help are men or women, what religious beliefs they hold or where they come from. Projects supported by Misereor therefore strengthen the self-initiative of the poor, and encourage them to articulate their interests and needs – not as supplicants, but as people who know their rights and obligations.

Therefore Misereor advises and promotes peasants, campaigns for human rights, trains the youth in sustainable careers and supports small businesses with microloans. Since 1958, more than 100,000 Misereor development projects in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Oceania received over 6.0 billion euros.

Missio München is one of the two German branches of the Pontifical Mission Societies and as such responsible for the Bavarian dioceses and the diocese of Speyer.

Missio München aims to promote missionary awareness, to build bridges of solidarity and friendship within the World Church and to support the pastoral work of the local churches in Africa, Asia and Oceania, morally and financially. Missio München sees itself within the bounds of the World Church as partner of the Young Churches which are facing manifold challenges: In many regions they live as minorities, suffering from prejudice or repression in society. To a great extent they are a Church of the poor and cannot yet carry the financial burden of pastoral care by themselves.

The financial assistance provided by Missio München is designed to promote self-help, according to the needs and priorities of the local Churches of Africa, Asia and Oceania. Missio München is guided by the new mission concept of the Church as well as the principles of the Catholic Social Teaching, in particular the element of subsidiarity.

The United Evangelical Mission (UEM) is an international communion of 34 churches from various traditions in Africa, Asia, and Germany. The United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP) is also part of this communion. UEM supports its members by pursuing a holistic sense of mission. This includes striving for justice, peace, and the integrity of Creation, development and diaconal work, evangelization and promotion of North-South partnerships between churches and communities in the ecumenical context.

The goal is for our members to cooperate and support each other through personnel exchanges, scholarships, development cooperation, intercultural meetings, project support and advocacy (whether between the Northern and Southern Hemispheres or the Southern and Southern Hemispheres).