Friends of the Breathless Foundation India Expand view 6 Ankita Aptt SNO260/2/16 Aunah, Pune 411007 Works in the fields of asthma, TB, occupational health, HIV/AIDS and disaster medicine. Focusses on advocacy, patient education, information dissemination promotion of networking materials production, distribution, adaptation and translation
AIDS Action and Research Group (AARG) Malaysia Expand view School of Social Sciences University Sains Malaysia 11800 Penang http://www.aargusm.cjb.net
Alternative for India Development (AID) India Expand view No. 1 VGN Nagar, Iyyappan Thangal Chennai 600 056 This organisation aims to empower poor people to deal with their problems by themselves; to provide training, information and resource support for the strengthening of grassroots organisations; to promote education and health for all; and to enhance livelihoods. Their resource centre is open to the public http://www.aidindia.net/
Philippines NGO Support Program (PHANSuP) Philippines Expand view Mezzanine Brickville Condominium 28 N. Domingo Street New Manila 1112 Quezon City Aims to limit the spread of HIV and the impact of AIDS in order to enhance the quality of life of indivivduals, families and communities by mobilising and actively building the capacity of NGOs and comunity-based organisations to develop, implement and improve their reprodctive health programmes. PHANSuP provides comprehensive support including financial, organisational and technical support to NGOs, and CBOs, local units of professional associations to build their capacity to carry out effective sustainable responses to reproductive and sexual health and HIV/AIDS. The resource centre will open in June 2002
Information and Research Centre at the King Hussein Foundation (IRC) Jordan Expand view PO BOX 941096 11194 Amman IRCs mission is to inform the positive development of policies and programmes affecting the human development of Jordanians through their different life-cycles as children, teenagers, youth, adults and elderly. Their main objectives are to become a focal point for the data and information needed to form a comprehensive profile on human development in Jordan and to achieve accreditation for producing high quality policy research. It is affiliated with Chapin Hall Centre for Child Research at the University of Chicago, USA. The resource centre is open to the public http://www.mosd.gov.jo/ntfc.html
Centre for Research Information Publication & Traing (CRIPT) India Expand view D No 14-1-442, 394-CIB Block New Agapura Hyderabad - 500 001 The main objective is to establish an information and resource centre for NGOs in different parts of India in order to promote and sustain voluntary action. CRIPT is currently processing and collecting information and resource centre material to equip their library and documetation centre in order to disseminate information to NGOs on development. The library is open to the public http://www.criptorg.evisionbiz.com
Disability Division|ActionAid India Expand view C-88, N.D.S.E-II New Delhi 110049 http://www.actionaidindia.org
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
Action Zimbabwe Expand view GT1274 Graniteside Harare The mission of Action is to stimulate and catalyse interest and debate in the environment, health, development and education amongst children, educators and policy makers. It does this through the development of accessible, high quality materials in print and electronic format, about training, curriculum development and networking in Zimbabwe and Southern Africa. Action's objectives are to develop and produce environmental, health and development education materials; to improve the quality of teaching and learning about environmental, health and development issues in education institutions nationally and regionally; and to share and network information, ideas, services and resources between agencies with related objectives nationally, regionally and internationally. The resource centre is open to the public http://www.action.co.zw
African Development Foundation (ADF) Zimbabwe Expand view PO Box 5150 Harare ADF focuses on expansion of direct economic assistance to indigenous African groups in such areas as food production, education, husbandry, water management and health
Women and AIDS Support Network Zimbabwe (WASN) Zimbabwe Expand view PO Box 1554 Harare Women and AIDS Support Network (WASN) is a local NGO/AIDS Service Organisation (ASO) that deals specifically with women’s issues in the advent of HIV/AIDS, advocating for policies in favour of women in various issues related to their reproductive health rights http://www.wasn.org.zw
Girls' Power Initiative (GPI) Nigeria Expand view PO Box 3663 UNICAL Post Office Calabar GPI trains adolescent girls between the ages of 10 and 18 on issues of sexuality, humanrights, sexual and reproductive health and rights, as well as equipping them with leadership, economic and other life management skills to cope with growing up, enabling them to live an empowered womanhood. The training is aimed at laying the basis to ensure their enjoyment of healthy sexuality and womanhood while taking positive actions towards the realisation of social and gender justice for future generations. Its resource centre is open to the public http://www.electronic community.org/ngos/Girls Power
ISIS - Women's International Cross Cultural Exchange (ISIS-WICCE) Uganda Expand view PO Box 4934 Kampala Runs an action oriented women's resource centre which was started in 1974. The organisation is committed to fairness, equality and justice in all human relationaships. Promotes the empowerment of women and the flow of information and ideas which lead to gender sensitivity and equal opportunity at all levels. The organisation's objectives are to influence policy makers and civil sociey towards gender sensitivity and equal opportunity at all levels; to cultivate mutually beneficial networking relationships with organisations at the national, regional and international levels; to adopt innovative means of information sharing; and to repackage and disseminate information for the different target groups. Resource centre open to the public http://www.isis.or.ug
Integrated Holistic Approach Urban Development Project (IHA UDP) Ethiopia Expand view PO Box 6889 Addis Ababa The basic objective of the Project is to reduce the effects of poverty and enable the target people for self-dignity, self-respect and self-worth
Development Network of Indigenous Voluntary Associations (DENIVA) Uganda Expand view PO Box 11224 Kampala Aims to enable the NGO sector to provide appropriate socio-economic development services and influence policies for people-centred national development through exchange of information, knowledge, skills and collective action. The resource centre is open to the public
