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Both ENDS Donor Newsletter # 3-2004 |
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The information in this donor newsletter series is based on data from the Both ENDS database of donor- and organisation profiles. Maintenance of this database is part of the ongoing services of Both ENDS to environmental organisations in the South and in Central and Eastern Europe. This donor news is the third in a new series of three issues regarding funding opportunities in the field of development and environment. This issue concentrates on funding possibilities for projects and programmes concerning food sovereignty or food security and also regarding food aid or relief. This series of publications is made possible by a grant of the Dutch Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment (VROM). |
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ACTED -- Action Against Hunger UK -- Alisei -- Belgian Survival Fund -- Christian World Service -- Concern UK -- Dorcas Aid International -- FOOD FOR ALL -- Global Finland -- GOAL Ireland & UK -- GOAL USA Fund -- Hunger Plus -- Oxfam New Zealand -- Pesticides Action Network UK -- Pueblo Partisans -- Rokpa International -- Samaritan's Purse International -- Self-Development for People -- Self Help International -- SOS FAIM -- Stop Hunger Now -- Tearfund -- Union Rescue Mission -- ViSkogen -- World Relief
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ACTED (Agence d'Aide à la Coopération Technique et au Développement) |
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Background: ACTED is an international relief agency created in 1993 that implements projects in the fields of emergency, rehabilitation and development in countries in crisis. ACTED uses a threefold strategy: continuing to support people in emergency situations, large scale support for reconstruction needs and paving the way to initiate development orientated projects.
Activities: ACTED reacts to emergency situations through emergency relief and rehabilitation activities aimed at the implementation of food and non-food items distribution programmes, in the support to vulnerable groups and the rehabilitation of public and private infrastructures. After that first phase of support ACTED implements food security programmes (with elements as seeds, in-kind credit, fresh food and support to agro-economic activities) in the framework of integrated rural development programmes.
Project example(s): Poverty Alleviation Program Central Asia: a 5-year programme ensuring food security for vulnerable households concentrating on the support of farmer communities of the cotton-growing plains (Khatlon province, Tajikistan and the Ferghana valley in Uzbekistan) and the Eastern Pamir region. The aim is to optimise the yield of household plots, of “presidential land” and of the limited land that beneficiaries succeed in renting from the kolkhozes in order to attain food security.
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Other issues: Local Development: supporting local structures, micro-finance projects, community-based development and institutional support (including housing and infrastructure projects). Public health: preventing illness linked with poor hygiene conditions, better access to drinking water and sanitation programmes. Cultural activities: archaeological projects support, cultural heritage protection and support to cultural and educational activities. Natural disaster prevention: achievement of data banks (GIS) and natural disaster prevention programmes (erosion, soil degradation).
Geographic concentration: Africa: Chad, Dem. Rep. Congo, Sudan –- Asia: Afghanistan -- Central America & Caribbean: Haiti, Nicaragua -- Newly Independent States: Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan -- South Eastern Europe: Macedonia, Serbia & Montenegro.
Contact Information: Address: 33 rue Godot de Mauroy, 75009 Paris - France Phone: +33-1-4265.3333; Fax: +33-1-4265.3346 E-mail: paris@acted.org Website: http://www.acted.org
ACTED Brussels: Address:Impasse Josse 3, 1030 Brussels - Belgium Phone/Fax: + 32-2-245.52.12 Information collected: 11/2004
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Background: Founded in 1979, Action Against Hunger UK is part of the Action Against Hunger International network, one of the leading international organisations in the fight against hunger and malnutrition. The aim of AAH is to save lives by combating hunger, diseases, and those crises threatening the lives of helpless men, women and children. Activities: Action Against Hunger intervenes: in situations of natural or man-made disasters which threaten food security or result in famine; in situations of social/economic breakdown, linked to internal or external circumstances which place particular groups of people in extremely vulnerable positions; and in situations where survival depends on humanitarian aid. AAH brings assistance either during the crisis itself through emergency intervention, or afterwards through rehabilitation and sustainable development programmes. Its activities include the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of malnutrition and programmes of food security, agriculture and water and sanitation.
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Other issues: Other AAH activities concentrate on providing access to drinking water to populations in precarious situations, such as displaced persons, refugees or minorities (especially pastoralists). At the same time, AAH carries out sanitation works as well as health education programmes. The organisation is active in rural as well as urban environments.
Geographic details: Africa: Cameroon, Kenya, Sudan -- Asia: Afghanistan, Cambodia -- Central America & Caribbean: El Salvador, Haiti -- South Eastern Europe: Kosovo, Macedonia -- Newly Independent States: Tajikistan.
Contact information: Address: Unit 7B Larnaca Works, Grange Walk, SE1 3EW London - United Kingdom Phone: +44-20-7394.6300; Fax: +44-20-7237.9960 E-mail : info@aahuk.org Website: http://www.aahuk.org
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Background: Alisei is a NGO founded in 1998 as a result of a merger between Nuova Frontiera and Cidis that had been operating since the 80's in the field of international co-operation for development, humanitarian assistance and inter-cultural promotion. Alisei's purpose is to manage development and training operations in the South; Alisei also carries out, on behalf of the EU, co-operation activities, humanitarian aid and emergency programmes, especially in health, housing and educational sectors.
Activities: Alisei focuses on several macro intervention areas: strengthening of local capacities for self-organisation and self-development, social/health care, education/training, micro-credit, farming/livestock breeding and rural development, and the environment, as those which can best contribute to the reinforcement, creation and multiplication of opportunities for improving the socio-economic conditions of individuals, families, groups, disadvantaged populations and countries.
Programmes: Integrated Rural Development: support for the sensitisation, informing and training at the community level of small farmers and livestock breeders and of local institution officials, in order to improve their skills in the management of services and productive activities; rehabilitation and construction of the social infrastructure, building of wells and small electrical plants, protection of water sources; furnishing of means, materials or equipment to stimulate the development of agriculture, livestock breeding and artisan practices and the processing and marketing of farm products, resulting in increased employment, family income and food security.
Project examples: Kenya: Agro-forestation and natural resources conservation project in the area around Arabuko-Sokoke-Goshi (Province of Costa): to reduce the depletion of the natural resources of the forest and its surrounding area by introducing natural agro-forestry techniques, organising the population into groups for the protection of nature and the production and marketing of traditional and new products. Guatemala: Support for the productive activities of the indigenous community of the Atitlán Lake (District of Sololá): for the development of organised rural groups from four indigenous Mayan communities of the region by supporting their activities in the agriculture/breeding sectors (production and processing of organic coffee with eco-compatible methods, irrigated vegetable growing and fish-breeding) and of traditional crafts (weaving).
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Other issues: Environment: the approach mainly is concerned with agro-forestation and community reforestation and the appropriate use of trees and their fruits; and the creation of new sources of income and employment. Human Rights: activities aim at the protection of the rights to life, safety and respect for the human person and in particular combating the denial of minors their fundamental right of access to food, education and health. Micro-Credits: Alisei contributes to feeding Rotation Funds that permit the distribution of small loans to women. Social/Health Care: in particular, attention is placed on health education, provision of water and environmental upgrading, nutrition, reproductive and maternal/infant health, prevention and control of widespread endemic disease, reasonable management of basic medicines, appreciation of traditional medicine, as well as the training of physicians and paramedical personnel. Sustainable emergency: emergency humanitarian intervention must be followed by rehabilitation and reconstruction thus facilitating the transition towards a medium and long-term sustainable development process.
Geograpic concentration: Africa: Angola, Dem. Rep. Congo, Etiopía, Gabon, Kenya, Mozambique, Sao Tomé & Principe, Tunisia -- Asia: Afganistan -- Newly Independent States: Georgia -- Central America & Caribbean: Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras -- South America: Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador -- South Eastern Europe: Bosnia-Hercegowina, Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia-Montenegro, Slovenia.
Contact Information: Milan office: Address: Piazza Fidia 3, 20159 Milano – Italy Phone:
+39-2-6680.5260; Fax: +39-2-6680.9723 E-mail:
nfmilano@alisei.org Website:
http://www.alisei.org Perugia office: Address:
Via della Viola 1, 06122 Perugia – Italy Phone:
+39-75-572.08.95; Fax: +39-75-573.56.73 E-mail:
alisei.pg@alisei.org
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Background: Established in 1945, Christian World Service is the Development, Justice and Aid Agency of the Conference of Churches in Aotearoa New Zealand (CCANZ). CWS responds to people in greatest need, regardless of race, religion or gender and believes that all human beings have the right to a livelihood that ensures justice, human dignity and environmental integrity. Activities: CWS supports community development in over 20 countries, helping people overcome poverty and improve their own lives and assisting people in need when humanitarian emergencies strike. Recognising that local people are best placed to understand local needs and find their own solutions, CWS supports the initiatives of community organisations amongst others regarding food security.
Project example(s): Sri Lanka: Movement for National Land and Agricultural Reform (MONLAR): support of provision of training on breast feeding and child nutrition, food security, home gardens, community leadership and collective action.
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Other activities: Other project areas include human rights, peace and reconciliation, women’s rights, HIV/AIDS, environmental protection, agriculture, livelihood and economic sustainability. Geographical concentration: Africa: Kenya, South-Africa, Sudan, Uganda, Zimbabwe -- Asia: Bangladesh, Cambodia, East-Timor, India, Malaysia, Philippines, Sri Lanka -- Pacific: Fiji, Papua-New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tonga -- Latin America & Caribbean: Brazil, El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua. Contact information: Address: PO Box 22652, Christchurch - New Zealand Phone:
+64-3-366.9274; Fax: +64-3-365.2919 E-mail:
cws@cws.org.nz Website:
http://www.cws.org.nz Information collected 11/2004
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Background: Founded in 1968, Concern currently works in 27 countries worldwide: in Africa, Asia, the Indian sub-continent and the Caribbean. Its mission is defined as "working for a world where no one lives in fear, poverty or oppression." Activities: Concern UK engages in long term development work, responds to emergency situations, and undertakes development education and advocacy on those aspects of world poverty which require national or international action. Development activities concentrate on work that helps people to earn more so that they can obtain the resources to assert their human right to food, shelter, health and education services. Programmes: Livelihoods Approach: Concern's policy aim is to contribute to the improvement of poor peoples' long term, sustainable access to food and income through: building upon communities' existing resources; advocacy strategies which support communities to engage with constraints in the external environment; social protection strategies; and developing the capacity of Concern and its partners to implement the livelihood security approach. Project example(s): Burundi: Integrated food security programme in three food insecure provinces of Cibitoke, Bujumbura Rural and Bururi.
Other activities: Basic Education: Concern's policy aim is to sustainably improve the livelihoods of extremely poor women, men and children by stimulating their demand for, and increasing access to quality basic education. Health & Nutrition: Concern's policy aim is to assist in the long term reduction of mortality and morbidity rates, and to improve health security for all. This will be achieved through support to the development of sustainable health care delivery systems and supporting public health interventions. Aids/HIV: The policy's aim is to empower target groups to minimize their vulnerability to and risk of HIV infection, and to minimize the impact of AIDS among those infected and affected by it.
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Geographic concentration: Africa: Angola, Burundi, Dem. Rep. Congo, Eritreo, Etiopía, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Níger, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe -- Asia: Afganistán, Bangladesh, East-Timor, India, Laos, North-Korea, Pakistan -- Caribbean: Haiti
Contact information: Address: 248-250 Lavender Hill, SW11 1L J London - United Kingdom Phone:
+44-207-738.1033; Fax: +44-207-738.1032 E-mail:
infolondon@london.concernworldwide.org Website:
http://www.concern.net Concern Ireland: Address: 52-55 Lower Camden Street, Dublin 2 Phone:
+353-1-4754162; Fax: +353-1-4757362 E-mail:
info@concern.ie Concern Northern Ireland: Address: 47 Frederick Street, Belfast BT1 2LW Tel: +44-28-9033.1100; Fax: +44-28-9033.1111 E-mail: infobelfast@concernworldwide.org Concern Scotland: Address: 40 St. Enoch Square, Glasgow G1 4DH Tel: +44-141-221.3610; Fax: +44-141-221.3708 E-mail: concerng.glasgow@btinternet.com
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Dorcas Aid International (DAI) |
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In
relief and rehabilitation operations Dorcas serves to lessen the effects
of disasters (both man-made and natural) by providing food, clothing and
medical assistance; refugees are assisted in resettling.
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concentration:
Contact
Information: Dorcas
Aid Int. Belgium
Dorcas
Aid America
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Background:
In 1985 the Food Industry Crusade Against Hunger (FICAH) was founded as the food industry's response to assisting in the devastating Ethiopian famine. In that same year, a group of concerned citizens in Southern California founded an organization called FOOD FOR ALL. Twelve years later, in 1997, FICAH merged with FOOD FOR ALL. Activities:
Projects
funded by FOOD FOR ALL will contribute to long-term solutions to hunger
and malnutrition by increasing the capacity of hungry, malnourished people
to better feed themselves and their families. FOOD FOR ALL will fund
projects that: clearly address obstacles to food security and increase
participants' self-reliance in nutritional food and procurement; are
self-help and participatory in nature; enable local organizations to
become self-sufficient; integrate women and youth; assure that net impact
on the environment will be positive; are innovative and respond to local
needs as identified by the community; have the potential for
replicability; that are designed and implemented in coordination with
other agencies operating in the same region and on similar programs.
Project
examples: Bolivia:
Quechua Sustainable Agriculture Project: promotes food security in 10
communities of mostly Quechua indigenous people, by providing training in
sustainable agriculture and natural resource management, as well as
capacity building to participate in local development processes. Ecuador: Indigenous Fishculture Project: supports the Secoya and Siona indigenous people to experiment with and promote an environmentally sustainable approach to fish farming using native species and local resources, in order to provide a stable source of nutrition.
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Indonesia: Nusa Tengarra Community Development Support Service: supports farmers in West Timor to increase food production by providing farmer-to-farmer training in sustainable agriculture, reforestation for fruit and firewood production, control of free-grazing livestock and improved livestock management.
Other activities: Integrated rural development, Micro-credit programmes, alternative energy, afforestation and agro-forestry projects, vocational training Geographic concentration: Africa:
Gambia, Ghana, Malawi, Niger, Rwanda, Uganda, Zambia -- Asia: Bangladesh,
Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Vietnam --
Central America & Caribbean: El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras,
Mexico --South America: Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru Grant
information: Grants
range from US$ 15,000 to US$ 50,000 Contact
Information: Address:
201 Park Washington Court, VA 22046 Falls Church - United States Phone:
+1-800-896.5101; Fax: +1-703-237.4163 E-mail:
FICAH@ix.netcom.com Website:
http://www.foodforall.org
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Background: The Department for International Development Co-operation, formerly known under the name FINNIDA, is the department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland, which is responsible for international development co-operation. It allocates development cooperation funds to international and regional NGOs as well as other international organisations whose activities are in line with Finland's foreign and development policy priorities and goals.
Objectives: Long-term development objectives of the Finnish development cooperation: reduction of poverty; combating global and local environmental threats; promotion social equality, democracy and human rights; strengthening of global security; and enhancement of economic interaction.
Activities: Poverty reduction is the main goal of Finland’s development policy all project themes are linked to this central aim; food security is a central element within this policy aim especially within the context of integrated rural development.
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Other activities: Education; health; drinking water and sanitation (water projects have been implemented in fifteen countries, in 2003 water project are being implemented in eight countries); forestry issues; environment (sustainable use of natural resources as well as environmental protection are two of the criteria's for choosing long-term partner countries for Finland in development cooperation); public administration; rural development; gender; human rights, democracy and good governance; and trade and development Geographic details: Africa: Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, South-Africa, Tanzania, Zambia -- Asia: Nepal, Vietnam -- Central & South America: Bolivia, Honduras, Nicaragua, Peru -- Middle East: Egypt, Palestinian Authority Contact Information: Visit address: Kanavakatu 4 a, Helsinki Post address: P.O. Box 176, 00161 Helsinki – Finland Phone: +358-9-1605.6370 / 1605.6349; Fax: +358-9-1605.6375 E-mail: firstname.surname@formin.fi Website:
http://global.finland.fi/english Information collected 11/2004
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GOAL Ireland & UK |
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Background: Founded in 1977, GOAL is an international humanitarian organisation dedicated to the alleviation of suffering among the poorest of the poor in the developing world. Its mission is to respond quickly and efficiently with emergency supplies and life saving services. GOAL works towards ensuring that the poorest and most vulnerable in our world and those affected by humanitarian crises have access to the fundamental needs and rights of life, ie. food, water, shelter, medical attention and primary education. Activities: GOAL's priority is to bring life-saving assistance to people affected by emergencies, by providing food, healthcare and other basic requirements. Once emergency situations have been resolved, GOAL implements a wide range of rehabilitation programmes. Finally long term development programmes are implemented in such areas as health, nutrition, education and capacity building of indigenous humanitarian organisations.
Project example(s): Malawi: Agricultural programmes: to encourage crop diversification and the formation of community seed banks GOAL distributed seeds and cuttings of ‘non-maize crops’ to vulnerable rural families. Training was also given in seed production, storage and post harvest management techniques including food preparation and organisational capacity building. Dem. Rep. Congo: Agricultural programme in Northern Katanga: training in sustainable agriculture techniques and distribution of seeds and tools to 10,000 families in the more remote parts of the area. GOAL runs three agricultural centres where new crop varieties and alternative management techniques have been tested and over 100 people a year are trained in sustainable agriculture techniques.
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Other activities: At present GOAL is operational in fourteen countries, while provide financial support is provided to a whole range of indigenous groups and missionaries who share GOAL's philosophy in many other deprived countries. In addition to relief and development, GOAL's work focuses strongly on street children. Additional issues are: alternative energy, income generating activities, community development, agricultural and vocational training schemes, infrastructural and building activities, drinking water and sanitation. Geographic concentration: Africa:
Angola, Dem. Rep. Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Sierra
Leone, Sudan, Uganda, Zimbabwe -- Asia: Afganistán, India, Philippines --
Central America: Honduras -- South Eastern Europe: Kosovo. Contact Information: Postaddress: P.O. Box 19, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin – Ireland Phone: +353-1-280.97.79; Fax: +353-1-280.92.15 E-mail: info@goal.ie Website: http://www.goal.ie
GOAL UK Office Address: 7 Hanson Street, W1W 6TE London - United Kingdom Phone: +44-20-7631.3196; Fax: +44-20-7631.3197 E-mail: info@goal-uk.org Website:
http://www.goal-uk.org Information collected 09/2004
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Background: GOAL USA is the American branch of the Irish-based humanitarian organization GOAL which is dedicated to alleviating the suffering of the poorest of the poor in the developing world. GOAL works towards ensuring that those poorest and most vulnerable in our world, and or those who are affected by humanitarian crises, have access to the fundamental needs and rights of life, i.e. food, water, shelter, medical attention and primary education.
Activities: GOAL prioritizes working with those who have been affected by emergency situations, either natural or otherwise, providing life saving food, water, medicines and shelter. GOAL is involved in implementing a range of rehabilitation programmes in the health, infrastructure and water and sanitation sectors and in long-term health, nutrition and education development programmes.
Project example(s): Ethiopia: A basic needs assistance program targeting 30,000 semi-nomadic pastoralists from the Kereyou tribe and an integrated health, feeding, water program and a development program for pastoralists and argo-pastoralists in Borana Zone.
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Other activities: Activities are also heavily concentrated on providing assistance for street children and those affected by HIV/AIDs. Geographical concentration: Africa: Angola, Dem. Rep. Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Uganda, Zimbabwe -- Asia: Afganistan, India, Philippines -- Central America: El Salvador, Honduras -- South Eastern Europe: Kosovo. Contact information: Address: 229 E 120 St., NY 10035 New York - United States Phone:
+1-212-831.7420 E-mail:
nyoffice@goalusa.org Website:
http://www.goalusa.org Information collected 09/2004
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Background: Hunger Plus, Inc., established in 1997 by members of Rotary, is a not-for-profit relief agency that provides food and related supplies for emergency use and for long term projects to improve food security. A close association with Rotary remains though Hunger Plus, Inc. is not an official Rotary program. Activities: Hunger Plus seeks to reduce suffering from hunger whether the cause is disaster, conflict, or chronic in nature. The aim is to feed the hungry and help them become self-sufficient. The objectives are: to raise public awareness of hunger and its causes; to promote cooperation to solve both emergency and long-term hunger problems; and to equip people to feed themselves and encourage them to help others.
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Other activities: Projects in self-sufficiency on agriculture, water, health, education, housing and technology. Geographic concentration: Africa: Ethiopia, South Africa – Asia: Philippines -- Central America & Caribbean: Guatemala, Haiti, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama -- Central & Eastern Europe: Belarus, Poland, Romania, Russia Contact information: Visit address: 3009 Olton Road, Plainview Mail address: P.O. Box 337, TX 79072 Plainview - United States Phone:
+1-806-293.4413; Fax: +1-806-293.7444 E-mail:
hungersupport@texasonline.net Website: http://www.hungerplus.org
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Background:
Oxfam
New Zealand is an independent secular organisation, working with all
people regardless of race or religion. Oxfam New Zealand works with
communities in developing countries to overcome poverty and injustice by
addressing the causes of inequality and powerlessness, and building the
capacity of our partners to advocate for change. Activities: One
of Oxfam’s main aims is the right to a sustainable livelihood: basic
needs such as food, shelter and clean water should be achievable for all,
people should be able to preserve the natural resources on which they
depend. Project
example(s): Cambodia:
to assist 12 isolated rural communities in the Seambok and Thala districts
of North East Cambodia to improve food security and basic health. Cambodia: support to self-help groups in rural communities in Preykabass and Trang districts to tackle chronic food shortage and increase income generation.
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Other
activities: Capacity building, rural development, income generating activities, natural resources management, human rights, healthcare, drinking water and sanitation projects.
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concentration:
Africa:
Dem. Rep. Congo, Ethiopia, Malawi -- Asia: Afghanistan, Cambodia,
East-Timor, India, Indonesia -- Pacific: Fiji, Papua-New Guinea, Samoa,
Solomon Islands, Vanuatu -- Central America: Mexico Grant
information: Budget
2002 for overseas programmes: NZ$ 2.1 million Contact
Information: Visit
address: 62 Aitken Terrace, Kingsland, Auckland Mail
address: PO Box 68357, 1032 Auckland
- New Zealand Phone:
+64-9-355 6500; Fax: +64-9-355 6505 E-mail:
oxfam@oxfam.org.nz Website:
http://www.oxfam.org.nz
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Pesticides Action Network UK (PAN-UK) |
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Background: The Pesticides Action Network is a charity concerned with the health and environmental problems of pesticides. It was formed as the Pesticides Trust in 1987 to respond to worker, environment and Third World pesticide concerns. Purpose: PAN UK works nationally and internationally with like-minded groups and individuals concerned with health, environment and development to: eliminate the hazards of pesticides; reduce dependence on pesticides and prevent unnecessary expansion of use; increase the sustainable and ecological alternatives to chemical pest control. Development activities: Support for field work: PAN supports projects with partners in developing countries to demonstrate the viability of organic production as a means of providing farmers with economically viable, socially acceptable and environmentally sound livelihoods.
Project example(s): PAN UK has initiated fieldwork, supporting conversion to organic cotton with farmers in Senegal, Zambia and Zimbabwe through NGO liaison in Africa. Another project supports the development of three resource centres on pesticides and alternatives in Africa (Ghana, Senegal and Benin). Other activities: Information: PAN publishes information on pesticides for governments and decision-makers, researchers, trade unions, public interest groups, those affected by pesticides, the media, academics, educational bodies and concerned citizens. Research: PAN undertakes and targets appropriate research to promote better understanding of the cause and effect of pesticide problems.
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Policy advocacy: PAN promotes effective and progressive policies to eliminate pesticide hazards, representing concerns of users, consumers and exposed communities nationally and internationally. Networking and capacity building: PAN’s actions with other networks expands their own capacity to be effective, and PAN’s information and research strengthens their understanding of pesticide problems.
Geographical concentration: Worldwide.
Grant information: Budget 2002 for international projects and programmes £ 555,000 Contact Information: Address: 56-64 Leonard Street , EC2A 4JX London - United Kingdom Phone:
+44-20-7065.0905; Fax: +44-20-7065.0907 E-mail:
admin@pan-uk.org Website:
http://www.pan-uk.org
Note: Pesticide Action Network (PAN) is a network of over 600 participating NGOs, institutions and individuals in over 90 countries working to replace the use of hazardous pesticides with ecologically sound alternatives. Its projects and campaigns are coordinated by five autonomous Regional Centers: PAN Europe, Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA), Alianza por una Mejor Calidad de Vida/Red de Acción en Plaguicidas (PAN Latin America), PAN Asia and the Pacific (PANAP), PAN Africa. Information
collected 10/2004
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Background: Pueblo Partisans is a Canadian non-profit organisation engaged in international community development work in Guatemala. Its primary goal is to promote community response to shared human aspirations while considering the specific relationships of communities to a larger society. Current involvements occur in both urban and rural environs with predominantly aboriginal and migrant populations in particular circumstances, and with mixed populations in others. Activities: The focus is on community development and implementation of integrated social progams that address issues in agriculture, cultural retention, education, health, human rights, income generation, food security and nutrition. Project example(s): Comitancillo Advanced Sustainable Agroforestry Project: Pueblo Partisans overall development goal for this project is to increase the agricultural, silvicultural and fruiticulture output of the Comitancillo region to help the villagers achieve greater economic security and build skills and structures for community development.
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Geographic concentration: Central America: Guatemala Contact
information: Address: 1831 Fern Street, V8R 4K4 Victoria (British Columbia) - Canada Phone:
+1-250-595.3610; Fax: +1-250-414.4960 E-mail:
pueblo@web.net
Website:
http://www.web.net/~pueblo United States Washington Office: Address: 2011 St. John's Blvd, WA 98661 Vancouver - United States Phone: +1-360-737.1100; Fax: +1-360-695-2089 Information collected 10/2004
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example(s): Zimbabwe: Supplying food to over 1,000 people including: families with disabled children, destitute people, single mothers and orphans.
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Samaritan's Purse International (SPIR) & Affiliates |
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Background: Samaritan's Purse, established in 1970, is a large nondenominational evangelical Christian organization. It provides physical and spiritual assistance to victims of war, famine, disease, and natural disaster through a broad range of relief and development projects. SPI predominantly supports “Christian” organisations and people. Missionary activities are an integral part of almost all activities. Activities: SPIR projects include emergency humanitarian relief, large-scale rehabilitation, community health assistance, educational support, and micro-enterprise development. Medical personnel, equipment, and other aid are provided to hospitals and clinics in crisis areas and developing countries. Special emphasis is placed on helping poor, sick, and suffering children. Water (water filter projects all over the world) and Sanitation.
Project examples: Livestock project Honduras: Samaritan's Purse livestock projects help fight starvation and malnutrition in impoverished communities. SPI supplies the animals, and trains people in caring for them. SPI has started goat, chicken, rabbit, and other such programs in rural communities throughout Honduras, giving poor families nutritious food as well as a means of income. Geographical concentration: Worldwide.
Grant information: Expenses for overseas aid in 2002: US$ 134,000,000.
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Contact Information: Address: P.O. Box 3000, NC 28607 Boone - United States Phone: +1-828-262.1980; Fax: +1-828-266.1053 E-mail: projectinfo@samaritan.org Website: http://www.samaritanspurse.org
Affiliates: Samaritan's Purse Australia: Address: Two Leabons Lane, suite 7, NSW 2147 Seven Hills Phone: +61-2-8811.5544; Fax: +61-2-8811.5556 E-mail: australia@samaritan.org Website: http://www.samaritanspurse.org
Samaritan's Purse Canada: Address: Box 20100, Calgary Place, AB T2P 4J2 Calgary Phone: +1-403-250.6565; Fax: +1-403-250.6567 E-mail: canada@samaritan.org
Samaritan's Purse UK: Address: Victoria House, Victoria Road, 1G9 5EX Buckhurst Hill Phone: +44-20-8559.2044; Fax: +44-20-8502.9062 E-mail: uk@samaritan.org
Samaritan's Purse Ireland: Address: Gledswood Lodge, Bird Avenue, Clonskeagh, Dublin 14 Phone: +353-1-269.5055 E-mail: info@samaritanspurse.ie
Samaritan's Purse Nederland Phone: +31-341-418061 E-mail: info@samaritanspurse.nl
Information collected: 11/2004
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Self-Development for People (SDOP) |
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Background:
Self-Development
of People is a ministry of the Presbytarian Church of the USA which was
established in 1970. Its aim is to participate in the empowerment of
economically poor, oppressed, and disadvantaged people who are seeking to
change the structures that perpetuate poverty, oppression, and injustice. Activities:
Direct
Food Relief: provides food relief to hungry people, throughout the world.
When possible, it works through well-planned food assistance programs of
ecumenical agencies, most often supplementing those food resources
available through government and international agencies, but initiating
food relief programs when necessary. Development
Assistance: support of church's community-based hunger-related development
programs. It encourages those programs that combat hunger through
integrated development and the empowerment of people, in such areas as
agricultural training, community organization, economic development, and
nutrition education.
Project
example(s): Zongo Sheep Keepers Society, Hohoe, Volta Region, Ghana: sheep keeping project which will provide full-time employment and generate income to improve the living conditions for this group.
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activities: Public Policy Advocacy: support of policy changes that will provide food for poor and hungry people, and empower their self-development, and enabling them, by just and peaceful means, to be free from oppressive and unjust systems that fail to meet basic needs.
Geographic
concentration:
Africa:
Cameroon, Dem. Rep. Congo, Egypt, Malawi, Sierra Leone, South Africa,
Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe -- Asia & Pacific: India,
Indonesia, Philippines, Solomon Islands -- Central America &
Caribbean: Barbuda, Belice, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras,
Mexico, Nicaragua -- South America: Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Peru Grant
information: Grants
range from $2,000 to $30,000 internationally. Contact information: Address:
100 Witherspoon Street, KY 40202 Louisville – United States
Phone:
+1-502-569.50.00; Fax: +1-502-569.50.18
E-mail:
fredw@ctr.pcusa.org
Website:
http://www.pcusa.org/pcusa/wmd/sdop
Information collected 04/2004
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Self Help International (SHI) |
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Background: Self
Help International, founded in 1959, works at the grassroots level in
international development to improve the quality of life and income of
rural people by introducing appropriate, sustainable agricultural methods.
SHI's programs are designed to promote self-reliance and create linkages
between farmers and their communities. Activities:
Self-Help
focuses its programs on agricultural development and technology (by
helping farm cooperatives purchase appropriate equipment), rural
transportation, women's projects, nutrition, marketing training, and
leadership development.
Other
activities: To
provide interest loans for women to start small-scale businesses in order
to increase their income. To cooperate with other organizations and
agencies in the introduction of appropriate farming practices.
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Project
example(s):
Ghana:
Quality Protein Maize (QPM) (This new maize was developed through
traditional plant breeding) and Seed Corn Dryer: To increase production
from 70 to 200 acres.Following volunteer training assignments, the Fufuo
farmers cooperative planted an additional 30 acres of QPM. Youth
Agribusiness Enterprise: To provide revolving fund loans and to teach
youth basic skills in small farm enterprises such as raising poultry,
vegetables, corn/cassava, mushrooms, and snails. This project is
implemented in collaboration with the National Youth Council. Geographical
concentration: Africa:
Ghana -- Central America: Nicaragua Grant
information: Expenses
Overseas Programs 2002: US$ 91,000 Contact
information: Address:
805 West Bremer Avenue, IA 50677 Waverly - United States Phone:
+1-319-352.4040 ; Fax: +1-319-352.4820 E-mail:
selfhelp@netins.net Website:
http://www.selfhelpinternational.org
Information collected 11/2004
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Background:
Activities:
Other
activities:
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Geographical
concentration:
Contact
Information:
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Stop Hunger Now (SHN) |
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Background:
SHN
is a nongovernmental relief organization established in 1998. SHN provides
food, medicine and medical equipment, and funding to its in-country
partner agencies. SHN coordinates the distribution of food and other
life-saving aid across the globe. Its expanding relationships with global
relief agencies and partnerships with established local relief groups
allow it to distribute massive amounts of emergency food and other
life-saving aid in a short amount of time. Activities:
Stop
Hunger Now works to end hunger through its Emergency Food Relief Program:
providing emergency food aid, medical supplies and food-related
necessities to areas impacted by natural disasters, civil upheaval,
drought and famine. The Food Security Program: giving grants to local
organizations effectively meeting the needs of the hungry. And its Seeds
Programs: partnering with organizations to supply people in areas of
chronic drought and famine the necessary resources to rebuild their lives. Other
activities: With its Rapid Response Program SHN responds to disasters within 72 hours, with food and medical aid. Furthermore SHN provides medicine and medical equipment; micro-credit loans which help impoverished women climb out of destitution by funding partner organizations that provide low-interest, revolving loans to empower women to start their own business; supporting partnership organizations with capacity building grants designed to maximize food and aid transportation, improve storage locations and local program infrastructure.
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Grant
information: Overseas
Programs Budget 2002: US$ 8,000,000 Contact
information: Adress:
501 Clark Avenue, Suite 301, NC 27607 Rleigh - United States Phone:
+1-919-839.06.89 ; Fax: +1-919-839.89.71 E-mail:
info@stophungernow.org Website:
http://www.stophungernow.org Geographic
concentration:
Africa:
Angola, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Sierra
Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Zambia, Zimbabwe -- Asia: Afghanistan, Bangladesh,
Cambodia, India, Iraq, Philippines, Vietnam -- Far East: Russia=Siberia,
Mongolia, North-Korea -- Central America & Caribbean: Belize,
Dominican Rep., El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua -- South
America: Chile, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela -- Newly Independent States:
Armenia, Azerbaijan-Georgia -- South Eastern Europe: Albania,
Bosnia-Herzegowina, Serbia-Montenegro. Information collected 11/2004
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Background: Tearfund is an evangelical Christian relief and development agency founded in 1968. It works in partnership with churches and Christian agencies in over 90 countries worldwide. Tearfund's principal objectives are to relieve poverty, suffering and distress and prevent disease and ill health among the peoples of the world.
Activities: TEAR fund supports partners by means of funds or personal assistance. These partners implement a diverse package of projects. As a part of its focus on sustainable development and capacity building community development programmes are implemented with much attention for improvements in food production and nutrition. Within the context of disaster preparedness and mitigation Tearfund helps vulnerable communities improve their food security.
Other activities: Relief and development programmes in the following main sectors: primary health care, including HIV/AIDS, street children, water and sanitation, agriculture, environment, education and vocational training, micro-credit, income generating and micro-enterprise development, institutional development and capacity building, emergency relief and recovery operations, fair trade.
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Geographical concentration: Africa: Angola, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Dem. Rep. Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe -- Asia: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Nepal, Pakistan -- Central America & South America: Guatemala, Brazil, Colombia, Peru -- Middle East: Iran, Iraq.
Grant information: Total expenses for projects (including material and emergency aid) £ 16.271.000.
Contact information: Address: 100 Church Road, TW11 8QE Teddington - United Kingdom Phone: +44-20-8977.9144; Fax: +44-20-8943.3594 E-mail: enquiry@tearfund.org Website: http://www.tearfund.org
Tearfund Netherlands: Address: PO Box 104, 3970 AC Driebergen - The Netherlands Phone: +31-343-523.823; Fax: +31-343-516.089 E-mail: enquiry@tearfund.nl Website: http://www.tearfund.nl
Information collected 10/2004
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ViSkogen or Vi Agroforestry |
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Background:
The
Foundation ViSkogen (English name Vi Agroforestry) was established in
1983. Its overall aim is the
preservation of trees in East Africa. Activities: ViSkogen
plants millions of trees every year, to prevent famine and help East
Africans build themselves a sustainable future. Agroforestry is a word
which perfectly describes how the ViSkogen is using these resources to the
very best advantage. Project
example(s): Vi Agroforestry works with agroforestry in East Africa around Lake Victoria. The programme mission is to integrate agroforestry within the farming systems of small-scale farmers and make it the engine of economic growth and poverty alleviation. The goal is to contribute towards improved livelihood of small-scale farmers. Immediate objectives are: increased food and nutritional security; increased fuel-wood availability; and increased income.
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Geographical concentration: Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda Contact information: Visit address: St Göransg. 160A, Stockholm Mail address: PO Box 302 27, 104 25 Stockholm – Sweden Phone:
+46-8-657.47.36 ; Fax: +46-8-657.47.39 E-mail:
plantera@viskogen.se Website: http://www.vi-skogen.com/index.html Information collected 10/2004
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Union Rescue Mission (URM) |
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Background: Union
Rescue Mission is a non-profit organization dedicated to serving the poor
and homeless. Established in 1891, URM is the largest rescue mission of
its kind in the United States. Activities: URM
provides food, clothing, shelter, hygiene services, medical care, dental
care, legal aid, mental-health services, educational instruction,
vocational training, and residential recovery programs. While providing
these services URM stimulates community awareness to meet the emergency
needs and produces long-term solutions to the urban poor and homeless. Geographical
concentration: Africa: Ghana, Kenya, South Africa -- Asia: Afghanistan, China, Iraq, Israel, North Korea, Philippines -- Latin America & Caribbean: Brazil, Cuba, Guatemala, Mexico -- Central & Eastern Europe: Russia.
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Grant
information: Expenses
Overseas Programs in 2002: US$ 6,000,000 Contact
information: Address:
545 South San Pedro Street, CA 90013-2101 Los Angeles – United States Phone:
+1-213-347.6312; Fax: +1-213-673.4587 E-mail:
bbarta@urm.com Website:
http://www.unionrescuemission.org Information collected 11/2004
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Background:
Activities:
Project
example(s):
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Other activities: Besides sustainable agricultural development World Relief's development programs focus on micro-enterprise development, maternal and child health programs, AIDS prevention, and child development. With its local church partners, World Relief carries out disaster-response activities.
Geographic
concentration: Africa: Burkina Faso, Burundi, Congo, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Zimbabwe -- Asia: Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Iran, Mongolia -- Central America & Caribbean: El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Nicaragua -- South Eastern Europe: Kosovo Grant information: Expenses overseas programs in 2002: US$ 14 million. Contact information: Address: 7 East Baltimore Street, MD 21202-1602 Baltimore - United States Phone:
+1-443-451.1900 ; Fax: +1-443-451.1995 E-mail:
worldrelief@wr.org Website:
http://www.wr.org Information collected 11/2004
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