The Council for International Development (Kaunihera mō te Whakapakari Ao Whanui in Māori) is a charity that works to achieve effective high quality international development programmes that focus on the alleviation and eradication of poverty.
The Council for International Development was formed in 1985 by a small group of aid and development agencies which identified the need to coordinate some activities and present a single voice on issues of common concern.
Today it has over 80 members that include most of New Zealand's major Non Governmental Organisations that work in aid and development.
It: It facilitates the Non-Governmental Organisations Disaster Relief Forum, an open forum for New Zealand-based NGOs that have an interest and involvement in international humanitarian response and emergency management issues.
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