Action Aid
Focus mainly on primary level resources that look at, amongst other issues, water, food and homes.
Links: Home Page | Teaching Resources
CAFOD
A range of teaching resources for both primary and secondary schools. Under primary, there is a Fairtrade section and a food and hunger section that includes a resource discussing why some people go hungry. Under secondary, there is also a resource looking at Fairtrade World Enterprise day.
Links: Home Page | Primary Level Resources | Secondary Level Resources
Christian Aid
Offer a range of free, downloadable resources for both primary and secondary schools looking at the issues of child mortality, poverty and justice.
Links: Home Page | Teaching Resources
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
Children speak out against poverty.
Link: Home Page
Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Two Reports on Poverty and Himan Rights.
Links: Ending Child Poverty in a Changing Economy | Poverty, Inequality and Human Rights
Oxfam
Oxfam's main website features an entire section for teachers, including a 'Citizenship/PSHE' page. This features activities linked to Fairtrade, economic rights and rights of the child.
Links: Main Education Page | Citizenship/PSHE Resources | Links Page
The Poverty Site
This site monitors what is happening to poverty and social exclusion in the UK. The material is organised around 100 statistical indicators covering all aspects of the subject, from income and work to health and education.
Links: Home Page
Red Cross
The Red Cross looks at a broader range of issues. Many of their resources look at the damaging impact of internal and external conflict on ordinary peoples' lives. One resource in particular, the food insecurity assembly pack for primary and secondary schools, looks directly at issues relating to the Amnesty Poverty and Human Rights pack.
Links: Home Page | Food Insecurity Assembly Pack
Save the Children
This website contains a poverty resources page. In this section there is a free resource with lesson plans focusing on why children in some countries die before they reach their fifth birthday. There is also a primary level resource featuring a DVD and lesson plans looking at the lives of children around the word and costs £20.
Links: Home Page | Teaching Resources
Send My Friend to School
Focuses primarily on the issue of primary education as a right for all children. There are a variety of resources and their main event is the 'Big Read.'
Links: Home Page
Stand Up and Take Action!
For the fourth year in a row, millions of people around the world will Stand Up and Take Action to show their support for the fight against poverty and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Join the global movement to end poverty on16-18 October 2009.
Links: Home Page
UNICEF
UNICEF 'Teacherzone' has links to relevant campaigns as well as downloadable classroom activities and assembly ideas, alongside resource packs which can be ordered and paid for via the website.
Links: Home Page | Teacherzone
Download this as document: Websites about poverty and human rights (pdf)