SHETU (Shirashuni Humanitarian Enhance Territorial Unity) Bangladesh Expand view Vill & PO: Shirashuni Thana: Tala Dist: Satkhira SHETU aims to build up an infrastructure with the initiative of group members through which they will be able to implement their programme without any help from outside in future. Further objectives include: (1) Establish self-reliant organisation among poor community; (2) work with gender approach to enhance the status of women and men in society and develop their relationship; (3) incorporate local and human resources in developmetn activities; (4) protect natural environment and development progrommes. The SHETU resource centre is open to the public
Gabriela - Department of Women's Health and Services Philippines Expand view PO Box 4386 Manila 2800 Gabriela is an umbrella organisation which campaigns for women and children's issues. It is primarily an advocay group which consists of professional women. They are involved in HIV primarily from a health perspective, especially that of prevention and care. Resource Centre is open to the public
National Council for the Welfare of Disabled Persons (NCWDP) Philippines Expand view PO Box 2943 Manila 2/F SRA Annex North Avenue Quezon City Povides policy leadership and coordination in disability issues and concerns; provides support to and creates opportunies for capability building programmes for people with disabilities (PWDs), their families and communities; advocates for a "rights based" approach in helping PWDs and informs the public about disability concerns; monitors and evaluates programmes/projects for PWDs; conducts research and studies on disability concerns maintains a data bank and referral system; provides technical assistance to heads of government departments on the concerns, views and needs of PWDs; and establishes international linkages for resource generation and exchange of information and expertise. Its resource centre is open to the public http://www.ncwdp.gov.ph
Acupuncture Therapeutic and Research Center (ATRC) Philippines Expand view 82-A Malakas Street Diliman Quezon City ATRC's objectives are to make acupuncture and other forms of traditional medicine more accessible, to define scientifically the therapeutic and preventative capabilities and limitations of these procedures and to encourage acupuncture and traditional medicine in community-based health programmes where appropriate. The ATRC resource centre is open to the public
China Disabled Person's Social Service Advisory Center (CDPSSAC) China Expand view PO Box 2619 Beijing In charge of making and implementing the Work Programme for Disabled Persons During the Period of the 10th Five Year National Development Plan, 2001-2005. Disseminates rehabilitation information; offers all kinds of rehabilitation services; has set up a group of national experts to guide the functional training in families, communities and organisations all over China. Also runs various training workshops and conduct applied research projects and international cooperation projects
Oxfam Community Aid Abroad (OCAA) Australia Expand view 156 George Street Fitzroy Victoria 3065 OCAA aims to work in a professional, flexible, responsive, strategic and innovative manner with vulnerable communities so that these communitites can participate in, and take control over their own development. They can do this by working collaboratively with us, the Oxfam International community, and with Oxfam Community Aid Abroad's partners in the field who in turn participate with these vulnerable communitites in their development. Oxfam Community Aids Abroad will achieve for the poor and marginalised, a fairer world in which more of them exercise their basic rights, control their own lives and the environment in which the depend is better sustained. The resource centre is open to the public http://www.caa.org.au
Cambodian Disabled Peoples' Organization (CDPO) Cambodia Expand view 2008 Phnom Penh CC Box 216 CDPO's programme of activities cover three main areas, advocacy and representation for disabled people; organisational capacity building; and grassroots work with the disabled
Papua New Guinea Institute for Medical Research (PNG IMR) Papua New Guinea Expand view PO Box 60 Goroka EHP The aim of all of the Institute's research is to provide effective interventions, leading to improvements in people's health and the control and prevention of disease. Its research programmes are firmly based in the community, with community-based staff and active involovement from the participating communitites. the resource centre is open to the public
Women's Action for Change (WAC) Fiji Expand view PO Box 12398 Suva Aims to empower women, in particular less privileged women through direct action research and advocacy, enabling them to develop thir full potential to control and direct their lives. Promote shared family responsibility in order to advance the status of the woman. They do this through community theatre group, child care for governement workers' children
Pearl S Buck International Inc (PSBI) Philippines Expand view cor. Rizal and San Nicolas Sts 6541 Ormoc City Leyte The PSBI resource centre is open to the public
Health Rights Initiative (HRI) Nigeria Expand view PO Box 15700 Ikeja Lagos HRI is a non-profit, non-governmental private initiative formed to defend, protect and promote health rights in Nigeria. The HRI pursues its objectives through education, research, conferences, seminars, workshops and publication of a newsletter. It has offices in Maiduguni, Abraka dn Lagos
Inter Care (Medical Aid for Africa) UK Expand view 46 The Halcroft Syston Leicester LE7 1LD Aims to support the medical work of African Catholic nuns in rural areas in the specified countries. The support also includes workshops on diabetes and other relevant topics
IMPACT UK Expand view 151 Western Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 3LH Impact's aim is that no-one should become disabled through disease, lack of knowledge or shortage of medical services. With effective delivery of today's know-how, it believes that, given the will and resources, it should be possible to reduce by one third the incidence of avoidable disability in developing countries, while at the same time helping to break the link between ageing and disability in industrialised countries like their own http://www.impact.org
Outreach|Television Trust for the Environment USA (TVE USA) USA Expand view PO Box 820 Shelburne VT 05482 Outreach Goal: To help improve the lifestyles and the environment of children and the poor in the developing world by supporting community based health and envionmental programmes through the provision of learning materials and by increasing awareness in industrialised countries of global environmenal and health issues, particularly the way in which they affect children and the poor in the developing world
Mujahid Education Trust (MET) India Expand view PO Box 60 17/194-A M'Square Complex, Pavamani Road Calicut 673 001 The association works for the economic, educational, social and moral advancement of people, in particular, Muslims, deprived classes, and scheduled castes and tribes. It works for the establishment of educational institutions, training centres, workshops and industries so as to provide employment to women in the deprived sections of the community. It organises programmes to establish cultural centres, hostels, destitute homes, balwadies and nutritional centres, and works for the establishment of hospitals, relief camps and other medical aid programmes. It also organises camps, courses, and literacy programmes for the wefare of children, youth and women; advocates for the publicaiton of periodicals, books and the establishment of libraries; fosters the improvement of the evaluation of socio-economic programmes; and works in the field of drug abuse prevention and addiction http://www.awhonline.org
