VEERU
The Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics Research Unit (VEERU) is based at the Department of Agriculture, University of Reading. It specialises in the study of epidemiology and economics in the livestock sector with special reference to the developing world. The Unit runs postgraduate training courses, carries out research and implements overseas consultancies and projects.
www.rdg.ac.uk/VEERU/

VSO
Voluntary Service Overseas
VSO is an international development charity that works through volunteers. Their vision is a world without poverty in which people work together to fulfil their potential.They bring people together to share skills, creativity and learning to build a fairer world. VSO welcomes volunteers from an ever increasing range of countries, backgrounds and ages.
www.vso.org.uk

WaterAid
WaterAid is an international NGO dedicated exclusively to the provision of safe domestic water, sanitation and hygiene education to the world's poorest people.WaterAid works in both rural and urban areas, and currently has programmes in 15 countries in Africa and Asia.
www.wateraid.org.uk

WEDC
Water, Engineering & Development Centre
WEDC is concerned with education, training research and consultancy for the planning, provision and management of physical infrastructure for development in low and middle-income countries.
info.lboro.ac.uk/depa rtments/cv/wedc/index.html

WELLDEV
Wellbeing in Developing Countries
A research group at the University of Bath dedicated to the study of poverty, inequality and the quality of life in developing countries. Their current research programme aims to develop a coherent conceptual and methodological framework for understanding the social and cultural construction of well-being in specific developing societies.
www.welldev.org.uk/

World Health Organisation
A specialized agency of the United Nations with 191 Member States, WHO promotes technical cooperation for health among nations, carries out programmes to control and eradicate disease and strives to improve the quality of human life.
www.who.int/en

The World Bank
The World Bank's goal is to reduce poverty and improve living standards by promoting sustainable growth and investment in people. The Bank provides loans, technical assistance and policy guidance to developing-country members to achieve this objective.
www.worldbank.org/

ZNet
ZNet is the online web system maintained by Z Magazine. ZNet includes nearly 1,000 Z articles and associated search engines, as well as a pen pals system, a discussion and chat system, online instructionals and other educational tools, a wide range of specifically online articles and resources on current struggle and crises, in-depth sections focusing on matters of race, gender, class, international relations, ecology, youth, gay liberation, etc., alternative media coverage, activism tools and coverage, e-mail updates, audio offerings, web guidance, and much more including the daily commentary and sustainer program.
http://www.zmag.org/weluser.htm