Avaaz is only five years old, but has exploded to become the globe's largest and most powerful online activist network. — The Guardian
Avaaz means "voice" in several European, Middle Eastern and Asian languages.
I have personally supported several actions since Avaaz was launched in 2007 with a simple democratic mission : organize citizens of all nations to close the gap between the world we have and the world most people everywhere want.
If you don't know them, have a look at Avaaz website... as they are really doing incredible work.
Avaaz empowers millions of people from all walks of life to take action on pressing global, regional and national issues, from corruption and poverty to conflict and climate change. Our model of internet organising allows thousands of individual efforts, however small, to be rapidly combined into a powerful collective force.
The Avaaz community campaigns in 15 languages, served by a core team on 6 continents and thousands of volunteers. These people take action -- signing petitions, funding media campaigns and direct actions, emailing, calling and lobbying governments, and organizing "offline" protests and events -- to ensure that the views and values of the world's people inform the decisions that affect us all.