Association for Reproductive and Family Health (ARFH) Nigeria Expand view PO Box 30259, Secretariat Ibadan, Oyo State ARFH's vision is to ensure the improved reproductive health status of individuals in Nigeria and elsewhere in Africa. Its mission is to initiate, promote, and implemetn quality community based reroductive health programmes that meet the needs of men, women and youth through training, technical assistance and programme support to individuals ans organisations in Nigeria and eleswhere in Africa. The ARFH resource centre is open to the public
Baby Milk Action (BMA) UK Expand view 23 St Andrew's St Cambridge CB1 3AX BMA aims to save infant lives and to end the avoidable suffering caused by inappropriate marketing policies and practices of the baby feeding industry and by ensuring that mothers and infants worldwide are effectively represented wherever decisions affecting infant feeding are made www.babymilkaction.org
Humanist Institute for Development Cooperation (HIVOS) Netherlands Expand view Raamweg 16 2596 HL Den Haag Hivos is an organisation working to further emancipation and democracy and to combat poverty in developing countries. It provides financial support to over 800 local private organisations in more than 30 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and South-eastern Europe. The acitivities of these organisations centre around the 5 Hivos policy themes: economy and credit facilities, culture and the arts, women and development, sustainable development, and human rights and AIDS. Hivos works to fight poverty, to make society a more equitable place to live, and lobbies to influence policy in favour of these objectives. In a European context, Hivos works closely with like-minded development organisations in Alliance2015, a network of organisations that aim to fight poverty and provide healthcare and education for all by 2015. Within the Netherlands, Hivos joins forces with civil society organisations that have expertise in one or more of its own major policy domains. HIVOS is also a member of the South North Federation, a broad coalition of Dutch NGOs, working on development, environment, human rights, fair trade, health and investment. http://www.hivos.nl
Centro de Estudios Economicos y Sociales de la Juventud (CEPESJU) Peru Expand view Coronel Zegarra 722 Jesus Maria Lima 11 CESIP works for the strengthening of civil society and building skills for personal development, community leadership and management, and the exercising of citizens’ rights by women, children and adolescents. Its mission is to contribute to “building citizenship with equity.” CESIP constucts programmes for the benefit of children, adolencents and youth in order to better their chances of taking control of and making their own lives better. The CEPESJU resource centre is open to the public
Tearfund UK Expand view 100 Church Road Teddington Middlesex TW11 8QE Tearfund is a Christian international relief and development agency with more than 40 years' experience. We work with partners and the local church across the world to tackle the complex challenges of poverty. Tearfund is recognised as a leader in its work, integrating community development, disaster response and recovery, disaster risk reduction and advocacy. Tearfund works in more than 50 countries worldwide, in partnership with communities, churches and local organisations to overcome poverty and injustice. http://www.tearfund.org
Cordaid Netherlands Expand view PO Box 16440 2500BK The Haag Cordaid is one of the biggest international development organisations. Together with more than a thousand local organisations, Cordaid fights poverty and injustice in over forty countries throughout Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, Central and Eastern Europe and the Netherlands. Cordaid works to create a permanent healthy, liveable environment and sufficient income for poor and vulnerable groups in cities in developing countries. Particular attention is paid to women, young people, the elderly and refugees. Cordaid is working in the themes of health and care, peace and conflict, access to markets, quality of urban life, the rights and care of marginalised groups, and HIV/AIDS http://www.cordaid.nl
Wemos Foundation Netherlands Expand view PO Box 1693 1000 BR Amsterdam Wemos is an advocacy group, which aims to improve the health of men, women and children in developing countries by influencing international policy. They believe that international standards, legislation and agreements are necessary in protecting and promoting people's health in developing countries. Wemos follows five distinct strategies: lobbying, information gathering, cooperation with partners in the developing countries, cooperation with other organizations, and campaigning among Dutch healthcare professionals. In particular, Wemos looks at the impact that internatioanl policies and agreements have on the health of people in the developing world. http://www.wemos.nl
Together Against AIDS Positive Association (TAAPA) Uganda Expand view P.O. Box 27066 Kampala This is a local organisation, founded and run by PLWHA and working in the Wakiso District. Its activities include mobilization and sensitization of PLWHA, providing positive-living skills to PLWHA, prevention of mother-to-child transmission, training for the general community, providing skills to create and manage income-generating activities, support for primary school orphans and vulnerable children (school fees and scholastic materials), education on nutrition and palliative care, training community on “memory projects” and paralegal issues (rights and obligations)
Organisation Tunisienne de Défense des Droits des Personnes Handicapées (OTDDPH) Tunisia Expand view 55 rue Sakiet Sidi Youssef bardo 2000 Tunis A Tunisian Disabled People's Organisation which was created in the aftermath of the Arab Spring. Their motivations and rationale is upon a rights-based approach to disability, as exemplified by the UN CRPD. http://www.otddph.org/
Surviving gun violence project (SGVP) Australia Expand view PO BOX 501 Freshwater NSW 2096 The Surviving Gun Violence Project (SGVP) was developed in mid-2011 and explores the connections between gun violence, disability, human rights and trauma. http://survivinggunviolence.org/
Coordination SUD France Expand view 14 passage Dubail 75010 Paris Coordination SUD – Solidarité Urgence Développement is the national coordination body of French NGOS made up of 160 member NGO. The organsation has a double mission - to improve the professionalisation of French NGOs and the represent those NGOs' positions to public and private institutions in France, Europe and globally. http://www.coordinationsud.org/
National Ethnic Disability Alliance Inc. (NEDA) Australia Expand view PO Box 971 Civic Square ACT 2608 Australia Mobile: 0407878 933 An Australian disability NGO focused on creating "An inclusive Australia where cultural diversity and disability rights are valued as essential aspects of an equitable society", most particularly in regards to those who have a non-English speaking background. Their activities tend to revolve around consultancy, multimedia, and advocacy work to highlight the situation faced by those minorities with disability in Australia http://www.neda.org.au/
Rural rehab South Africa (RuReSA) South Africa Expand view "RuReSA strives to be a voice for therapists working in rural areas. RuReSA aims to create a network of personal and professional support for rural therapists, including the sharing of information relevant to the disability, rehabilitation and public health fields within and outside South Africa. It lobbies for appropriate working conditions for therapists in the public sector in rural areas, including staffing norms, service delivery strategies and recommended resources. Its secondary objectives are to promote best practice in rural areas through exchange of resources and experience, to promote rural rehabilitation careers amongst prospective students and therapists, through partnerships with schools, universities and professional associations" http://www.ruresa.com/
Autism Europe Belgium Expand view Rue Montoyer 39 Brussels 1000 "Autism-Europe aisbl is an international association whose main objective is to advance the rights of people with autism and their families and to help them improve their quality of life.It ensures effective liaison among more than 80 member autism organisations in more than 30 European countries, including 25 Member States of the European Union, governments and European and international institutions.Autism-Europe plays a key role in raising public awareness, and in influencing the European decision-makers on all issues relating to the rights of people with autism and other disabilities involving complex dependency needs" http://www.autismeurope.org/
European association of service providers for persons with disabilities (EASPD) Expand view Handelsstraat / Rue du Commerce 72 B- 1040 Brussels - Belgium EASPD, a non-profit NGO in the disability sector, promotes the views of over 15,000 social services and their umbrella associations. There are over 80 million people with a disability throughout Europe. The main objective of EASPD is to promote equal opportunities for people with disabilities through effective and high-quality service systemshttp://www.easpd.eu/fr; http://www.easpd.eu/de; http://www.easpd.eu/easy http://www.easpd.eu/en;