Avaaz Reviews 

Keep well clear of this outfit. They mix genuine causes with ones on their own political agenda and certainly would never be accepted as a UK charity. Shame as they had good intentions when they started but like all organisations appear to have lost their way

Fake org.. Stay far..

My credit card got compromised after making a payment to these guys. I had to raise a claim and wait for about 5 months before it was investigated and refunded.

You've been warned.. Be aware

I also am unable to contact this bunch of useless burks. Can't email them, social media neither and unsubscribe fails too.
Don't subscribe to this site!

Great organization pursuing a progressive agenda. They are really focused on bringing the world together and they seem to be very effective at this. For example, Brexit/Trump/Brazil/Russia/Climate-Change stances of the organization all make sense in this light. I.e. they will oppose policies that split us apart/ignore global problems that require a global solution.

I have attempted to unsubscribe from Avaaz nonstop and continue to receive daily emails with the subject line "we've been hijacked" etc. This looks bad on my phone notifications and is very annoying. AVOID ALL USE

An organization that still believes in a just world where human rights are valued. I have personally been impressed with them so far and often donate for their meaningful projects.

Nothing but a leftist propaganda machine deternined to shut down the right under the guise of destroying 'fake news.' In other words, just more insulting BS for peope who can't think far enough beyond their noses to realize what's really going on in the world!

Used to get some "actual" campaigns that were of interest and now its just rubbish. This morning I got an email saying -

Tomorrow Theresa May will bring her Brexit plan to Parliament, and if it goes through, Brexit's a done deal.

But we're on the cusp of an amazing victory that could stop it!

Regardless of what people voted for (and I wanted to remain), the majority voted in favour of leaving the EU, so trying to rally up support to go against the will of the majority is pathetic and shows even those with a child's mentality are able to setup campaigns. No choice but to unsubscribe.

The World needs more such organisations which takes up various urgent and vital social/humanitarian issues to the world level.

Avaaz—meaning "voice" in several European, Middle Eastern and Asian languages—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.

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. We 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.

The Avaaz Way: How We Work

From technology, new nimbleness and flexibility
Previous international citizens' groups and social movements have had to build a constituency for each separate issue, year by year and country by country, in order to reach a scale that could make a difference.

Today, thanks to new technology and a rising ethic of global interdependence, that constraint no longer applies. Where other global civil society groups are composed of issue-specific networks of national chapters, each with its own staff, budget, and decision-making structure, Avaaz has a single, global team with a mandate to work on any issue of public concern--allowing campaigns of extraordinary nimbleness, flexibility, focus, and scale.

Avaaz's online community can act like a megaphone to call attention to new issues; a lightning rod to channel broad public concern into a specific, targeted campaign; a fire truck to rush an effective response to a sudden, urgent emergency; and a stem cell that grows into whatever form of advocacy or work is best suited to meet an urgent need.

Avaaz's priorities and power come from members
Each year, Avaaz sets overall priorities through all-member polls (See 2016 poll results here), and campaign ideas are polled and tested weekly to 10,000-member random samples—and only initiatives that find a strong response are taken to scale. Campaigns that do reach the full membership are then super-charged by, often, hundreds of thousands of Avaaz members taking part within days or even hours.

An ethic of servant leadership
Avaaz staff write email alerts to the Avaaz community the way that an aide briefs a president or prime minister: we have just a moment to convey the vital information the reader needs in order to decide whether to get involved, and the campaign hinges on that decision..

To make that moment of attention count, it's the job of staff to find ways that a few minutes, multiplied across huge numbers of people, can make a genuine difference on something that matters. Staff work with partners and experts to develop effective, member-driven campaign strategies; summarize them through clear and compelling alerts; and, if the Avaaz membership chooses to proceed, makes sure that the campaign is carried through—delivering petitions and members' messages, arranging member-funded ad campaigns, or whatever else is required.

In other words, Avaaz staff don't set an agenda and try to convince members to go along with it. It's closer to the opposite: staff listen to members and suggest actions they can take in order to affect the broader world. Small wonder, then, that many of our most successful campaigns are suggested first by Avaaz members themselves. And leadership is a critical part of member service: it takes vision and skill to find and communicate a way to build a better world.

We focus on tipping-point moments of crisis and opportunity
In the life of an issue or a cause, a moment sometimes arises when a decision must be made, and a massive, public outcry can suddenly make all the difference. Getting to that point can take years of painstaking work, usually behind the scenes, by dedicated people focusing on nothing else. But when the moment does come, and the sunlight of public attention floods in, the most crucial decisions go one way or another depending on leaders' perceptions of the political consequences of each option. It is in these brief windows of tremendous crisis and opportunity that the Avaaz community often makes its mark.

In any country or on any issue, those moments might come only once or twice a year. But because Avaaz can work in all countries and on all issues, these moments can crop up several times in a week.

Our member-funded model keeps us independent and accountable
Because Avaaz is wholly member-funded, democratic accountability is in our DNA. No corporate sponsor or government backer can insist that Avaaz shift its priorities to suit some external agenda—we simply don't accept funds from governments or corporations. (Read more about why it's worth donating to Avaaz here, and chip in here.)

Instead of fragmenting, we grow—united by values
Movements, coalitions, and organizations often fracture over time into many smaller pieces—or spend more and more of their time trying to hold warring factions together. At Avaaz, we recognize that people of good will often disagree on specifics; instead of straining for consensus, each of us simply decides whether to participate in any particular campaign.

But underlying Avaaz campaigns is a set of values—the conviction that we are all human beings first, and privileged with responsibilities to each other, to future generations, and to the planet. The issues we work on are particular expressions of those commitments. And so, over and over, Avaaz finds the same thing: that people who join the community through a campaign on one issue go on to take action on another issue, and then another. This is a source of great hope: that our dreams rhyme, and that, together, we can build the bridge from the world we have to the world we all want.

Spider sense is tingling. Something does not feel right. Got an email about making it sound like Russia is acting on behalf of their own self interest as compared to promoting white supremacy in partnership with USA which is a cancerous clone of the UK. We seem to be looking at an effort to confuse activists as to who the true enemy is, Europeans and white people. Not Russians acting on their own.

When it comes to donations as soon as you click for a weekly donation,they deduct 4 weekly donations from your credit card,the details data was stolen from my phone.They don't give a receipt,neither could I cancel the amount.Finally I have to block my card.

Avaaz is an incredible charity that has done incredible things anyone who doesn't think so it's just not paying attention

It's so funny (and depressing) how many people here are calling Avaaz fake and coming up with all sort of crazy conspiracy theories. Just because their actions are not compatible with your nationalist or ideological framework doesn't mean they aren't doing good things. And not only good things, but things most people with empathy and common sense can and will agree with. They are not against particular countries or peoples but they do campaign against unethical practices and corrupt and draconian politics. That is important on every possible level.

I do however agree that they send quite a lot of messages which is sometimes annoying. But that is a small price to pay for trying to make the world a better place.

Most of the negative reviews on here are calling Avaaz "fake" because the organization has targeted an organization or political agenda they stand behind. Something doesn't become "fake" because you disagree with one of their campaigns. Avaaz, for better or for worse depending on your point of view, takes political action just as they promise.

Avaaz uses legal tools including lawsuits and lobbying to forward humanitarian causes on a case-by-case basis. By signing their petitions, you sign your name to a particular campaign. By giving them money, you give them free reign to assign it where they choose (less control for you).

When people flame an organizations like this and then say "do your own research", it's good advice, but go beyond easily manipulated review sites like Trustpilot. Start by asking what you want to find out: are you trying to see if you agree with Avaaz' causes? Are you trying to see if their petitions get to the intended audiences? Are you trying to see where they spend their money? Then see how often the news they publish (usually along the lines of "hooray we won xyz lawsuit") actually corresponds with news outlets from the affected region. In my region, they have a good track record and I'm happy to support them.

It seems to be fake. Some agenda site speciallyc against India. If u see the people sigh bar the countries who dont speak or read english also signing the petitions.😂😂

This is one of the fake humanitarian organization which has its own propaganda. It twists the truth around the facts blaming different people and communities to suit their agenda. Also never sign any of the petition as they will bombard you with tons of mails. Its right called as lobbyist in the skin of activism. Such organizations are disgrace to humanity.

I've been a supporter of some causes in the past BUT, is everyday more and more evident that this is no charity organization, just look at all the campaigns launched against Russsia from them, they are doing it over and over like the one going right now about the FIFA world cup, trying to make ppl sign for a anti-rússia petition and pushing the western "agenda" as I now see it. AVAZZ is indeed a FAKE Humanitarian Organization.
Don't thrust my word for it and DO YOUR OWN research before you label me as just another conspiracy theory looney, the internet is more than Fakebook(for now).

At GlobalReseach CA
“Avaaz has become so influential that they were involved in disseminating propaganda with the proxy war in Syria. In fact, Avaaz has been supportive of the manufactured uprising in Syria that has made the Free Syrian Army (FSA) [ie terrorists] so successful...”

Signed up to check out the site to create a neighborhood petition. what a mistake!!! once you they have your email, you will get bombarded with petitions from them for all kind s of stuff.
READ THE FINE PRINT BEFORE SUBSCRIBING!!!!