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Juristes pour l'Environnement au Congo (JUREC)
DR Congo
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Kinshasa
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Environment
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Headfort Foundation for Justice
Nigeria
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Magodo, Lagos
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Advocacy & Civil Rights
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Life foundation
Egypt
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Zagazig
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Social Services
The Registered Trustees of the Cece Yara Foundation
Nigeria
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Lagos
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Advocacy & Civil Rights
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Bullyid
Indonesia
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Depok, West Java
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Human Services
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ARDD
Jordan
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Amman
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Advocacy & Civil Rights
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Amman Center for Human Rights Studies
Jordan
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Amman
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Advocacy & Civil Rights
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National Centre for Human Rights
Jordan
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Amman
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Advocacy & Civil Rights
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Penal Reform International
Jordan
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Amman
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Advocacy & Civil Rights
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Observatoire de la Gouvernance et des Droits Humains en RDC
DR Congo
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Bukavu
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Advocacy & Civil Rights
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Chirezi Foundation (Fondation Chirezi / FOCHI)
DR Congo
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Uvira, South Kivu
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Advocacy & Civil Rights
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AdvocAid
Sierra Leone
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Freetown, Western Area
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Advocacy & Civil Rights
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Observatoire pour la Défense des Droits des Personnes Handicapées
DR Congo
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Goma, Nord-kivu
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Advocacy & Civil Rights
CDFJ
Jordan
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Amman
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Advocacy & Civil Rights
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Lembaga Bantuan Hukum Pekanbaru
Indonesia
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Pekanbaru, Riau
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Advocacy & Civil Rights
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What is a legal aid charity?
Legal aid charities provide free legal help to people who cannot afford a lawyer: advice, casework, and representation in court. Listings run from national legal aid providers and law centers down to volunteer advice clinics serving a single city, and the directory can be narrowed by country and by organization size. An organization appears here because GiveRadar assigned it the legal aid tag from its name, stated mission, and registry classification, never because it chose or paid for the label.
A legal aid charity is a nonprofit that provides free or low-cost legal services to people who cannot afford to pay for them, typically in civil matters such as housing, family law, debt, benefits, and immigration. How legal aid works varies by organization: some employ staff lawyers who take on cases and represent clients in court, some run advice clinics and helplines, and some coordinate volunteer lawyers who take cases for free. In many countries these organizations sit alongside a government legal aid scheme and fill the gaps it leaves: case types the scheme excludes, people just above its income limits, or regions it does not reach. Access to justice work also sits under UN SDG 16, peace, justice and strong institutions.
What do legal aid charities do?
Legal aid charities do the everyday legal work that keeps people housed, safe, and solvent. Typical work includes:
- Representing clients in civil cases: eviction and housing disputes, family law, debt, employment, and welfare benefits appeals
- Running free legal advice clinics, helplines, and drop-in sessions staffed by lawyers, paralegals, and trained volunteers
- Immigration and asylum casework: applications, appeals, and representation at hearings
- Coordinating pro bono programs that match private lawyers with clients who cannot pay
- Know-your-rights education: workshops and plain-language guides on tenancy, work, and family rights
- Helping self-represented people navigate courts, forms, and deadlines
- Test-case work: representing individual clients in cases chosen because a win would improve how courts and agencies treat everyone in the same situation
What to look at before you donate to legal aid
Legal aid organizations often mix charitable donations with government legal aid contracts and grant funding, and the filings on each profile here show that mix: they tell you how dependent an organization is on public contracts and what donated money adds, which is often the unrestricted work those contracts do not cover. Two more checks are specific to this cause. First, the delivery model: an organization's stated mission and description should make clear whether it represents clients itself, gives advice and refers cases onward, or coordinates volunteer lawyers; all three are legitimate, but they are different things to fund. Second, scope: legal services are bound to the jurisdictions where their lawyers can practice, so a small organization serving one region or one court system is the normal shape of this cause rather than a reason for concern. Every profile here lists registration details, leadership, and financials where filed, alongside an integrity assessment that measures how fully an organization discloses, not the quality of its casework. The five-step check is laid out in full in our guide for donors, and the charity checker searches any single organization by name.
Common questions
What is a legal aid charity?
A legal aid charity is a nonprofit that provides free legal services to people who cannot afford a lawyer: advice, casework, and court representation, most often in civil matters like housing, family law, debt, and immigration. Some employ their own lawyers, some run advice clinics and helplines, and some coordinate private lawyers who take cases pro bono. Many operate alongside government legal aid schemes and focus on the people and case types those schemes do not cover.
Who qualifies for legal aid?
Eligibility for legal aid is set by each country's scheme and by each organization, so there is no single answer: most programs are means-tested against income and assets, and many are limited to specific case types such as housing, family, or immigration matters. Charitable legal aid organizations often help people who fall outside the government scheme, and each sets its own intake criteria. If you are looking for help rather than looking to give, the directory above can be filtered to organizations in your country; check an organization's own website for its eligibility rules.
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