NGOs – we & others

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2011-05-01: Peace Pledge Union PPU;
2011-05-01: Peace Research and Education Trust PRET;
2011-05-01: UK Uncut;
2011-05-02: Investigative Fund;
2011-05-02: TomDispatch.com;
2011-05-02: Nation Institute;
2011-05-03: Development Co-operation Directorate DCD-DAC;
2011-05-03: Public Education Network PEN;
2011-05-03: access.org;
2011-05-04: Peace Building Initiative;
2011-05-04: Global School Network;
2011-05-04: Radio Voices Without Frontiers RVWF;
2011-05-05: International Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology ICSPP;
2011-05-05: Southern Regional Education Board SREB;
2011-05-05: International Association of Professionals in Humanitarian Assistance and Protection PHAP;
2011-05-06: Informed Comment;
2011-05-06: New Tactics in Human Rights Project;
2011-05-06: Center for Victims of Torture;
2011-05-07: World Educational Social Forum Palestine;
2011-05-07: Arab NGO Network for Development ANND;
2011-05-07: Global Campaign for Education;
2011-05-08: South Asia Analysis Group SAAG;
2011-05-08: Soka Gakkai International SGI;
2011-05-08: Global Cooperation Council;
2011-05-09: Fair Test;
2011-05-09: Center for Strategic and International Studies CSIS;
2011-05-09: Chennai Center for China Studies CCCS;
2011-05-10: Bibiothèques Virtuelles Humanistes BVH;
2011-05-10: Indian Ocean Research Group IORG;
2011-05-10: Khushal Awareness and Development Organization KADO;
2011-05-11: PARIVARTAN;
2011-05-11: Parivar Seva Sanstha PSS;
2011-05-11: allAfrica.com and PeaceAfrica;
2011-05-12: Healing Trust NFSH;
2011-05-12: Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network GLSEN;
2011-05-12: Save the Children India;
2011-05-13: EduQua;
2011-05-13: New Mexico Media Literacy Project NMMLP;
2011-05-13: National Forum to Accelerate Middle-Grades Reform;
2011-05-14: Global Site;
2011-05-14: Credit Card Nation;
2011-05-14: Responsible Debt Relief RDR Institute;
2011-05-15: SOS Children’s Villages of India;
2011-05-15: American Bankruptcy Institute ABI;
2011-05-15: Commission de recherche et d’information indépendantes sur la radioactivité CRIIRAD;
2011-05-16: Consumer Federation of America CFA;
2011-05-16: Children’s Defense Fund CDF;
2011-05-17: Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practice;
2011-05-17: Mind and Life Institute;
2011-05-18: Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting;
2011-05-18: Local 1005 – Proud Canadian Steelworkers;
2011-05-19: Oracle Education Foundation OEF;
2011-05-19: ThinkQuest – think together;
2011-05-20: IRIN – Humanitarian News and Analysis;
2011-05-20: International Humanitarian City IHC;
2011-05-21: Rue89;
2011-05-21: Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre iDMC;
2011-05-22: Australian Services Union ASU;
2011-05-22: Fair Work Australia FWA;
2011-05-23: International Alliance in Support of Workers in Iran IASWI;
2011-05-23: RAINBO.org – Research, Action Information Network for the Bodily Integrity of Women;
2011-05-24: Refuge.org (UK);
2011-05-24: Rochester Women’s Shelter, Inc. (US)
2011-05-25: Center for Contemplative Mind in Society;
2011-05-25: Mines Advisory Group MAG;
2011-05-26: Commonwealth Institute TCI;
2011-05-26: Project on Defense Alternatives PDA;
2011-05-27: Women’s Shelters – SheltersForWomen.org (US);
2011-05-27: Shelternet.ca;
2011-05-28: Black in Latin America;
2011-05-28: War Is A Crime.org;
2011-05-29: Democratic Underground.com;
2011-05-29: Adbusters Media Foundation;
2011-05-30: Taiwan International Workers’ Association TIWA;
2011-05-30: Mindfulness – page maintained by Christopher Walsh;
2011-05-31: International Economic History Association IEHA;
2011-05-31: World Economics Association WEA.

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Linked on our blogs with Assault on the Establishment, and tomorrow with real-world economics review – Invitation from 141 economists to join the World Economics Association.

• The World Economic Association WEA was launched on May 16, 2011. It fills a gap in the international community of economists — the absence of a truly international, inclusive, pluralist, professional association. The American Economic Association and UK’s Royal Economic Society provide broad associations mainly for their country’s economists. The WEA will do the same for the world’s community of economists, while promoting a pluralism of approaches to economic analysis … (full text Introduction).
• Privacy Policy Statement  /About Us: This website is operated by World Economics Association, which is a Community Interest Company.

Homepage and Online Form for Membership;
Journals: WEJ, ET, RWER; Online Conferences; Press Releases; Join; Founders; Donate;
Address: World Economics Association, 12 Maurice Road, St. Andrews, Bristol BS6 582, UK;
Contact.

Manifesto: The World Economics Association (WEA) seeks to increase the relevance, breadth and depth of economic thought.  Continue Reading…

Welcome to the homepage of the International Economic History Association (IEHA)! The IEHA has been established in 1960, and unites economic historians from almost 40 countries in Africa, America, Asia, Europe and Oceania. Today the seat of the Associaction is Utrecht. The aims of the IEHA are to maintain and develop personal contacts between scholars interested in economic history and to encourage all forms of research and publications relevant to the development and diffusion of economic history. Every three or four years the IEHA organizes a World Economic History Congress. The association’s next congress will take place in Stellenbosch in 2012. (Homepage).

Organization; Members; Statutes; Projects; Newsletters;
Address: IEHA c/o Department of Economic History, University of Tuebingen, Mohlstrasse 36, 72074 Tuebingen, Germany;
Contact.

The 16th World Economic History Congress 2012: The Economic History Society of Southern Africa and The Department of Economics, Stellenbosch University invite you to be part of the XVIth World Economic History Congress from 9-13 July 2012. Continue Reading…

• The concept mindfulness on en.wikipedia: about mindfulness in Buddhism.
• For information on the use of mindfulness in Western psychology, see Mindfulness (psychology).
• For other uses, see Mindfulness /disambiguation.
• … This site is designed to assist people who are interested in the integration of psychotherapy and medical therapies, for their own well being , for the purpose of enhancing the therapeutic relationship or to improve the quality of clinical interventions.
• Taking advantage of the recent acceptance of mindfulness meditation by cognitive therapists, Chris presented this paper to the 28th National Conference for the Australian Association for Cognitive and Behavioural Therapy in April 2005. (Homepage ).

Articles; Books; News; Links;
Address: Dr Christopher Walsh, Specialist Suite 6, Bromham Place, 130 Church St, Richmond, Victoria 3121, Australia;
Contact: email, Ph: +61 (0)3 9487 4647, Fax: +61 (0)3 9487 4646

MINDFULNESS INSTRUCTIONS /Introduction: Mindfulness is the act of deliberately paying attention in a particular way.  Continue Reading…

a website with each page mainly in chinese and short texts in english

The main goals of TIWA （the Taiwan International Workers’ Association）are to promote cooperation between migrant and local workers, to improve the working conditions and social environment for migrant workers in Taiwan, and to increase workers’ rights and benefits. Taiwan began implementing a guest worker program in 1989. There are currently over 300,000 migrant workers in Taiwan, mostly from the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, and Indonesia. Not only have they contributed their labor, but they have become a unique part of Taiwan’s vibrant society and cultural life. (About).

Homepage;
Network; International Solidarity; Archives; A Chinese only page;
Contact.

TIWA named on other websites:  Continue Reading…

• The Media Foundation: We are a global network of artists, activists, writers, pranksters, students, educators and entrepreneurs who want to advance the new social activist movement of the information age. Our aims is to topple existing power structures and forge a major shift in the way we will live in the 21st century … (about 1/2).
• on en.wikipedia: Adbusters Media Foundation is a not-for-profit, anti-consumerist organization founded in 1989 by Kalle Lasn and Bill Schmalz in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The foundation describes itself as “a global network of artists, activists, writers, pranksters, students, educators and entrepreneurs who want to advance the new social activist movement of the information age.”[1]
• on fr.wikipedia: Adbusters est à la fois un magazine (Adbusters magazine) et une fondation (Adbusters Media Foundation).

Homepage;
Current Issue; Back Issues; Magazine; Campaigns; Videos; Blogs; Subscribe; Donate;
Address: Adbusters Media Foundation, 1243 West 7th Avenue, Vancouver, BC V6H 1B7, Canada;
Contact.

About 2/2 … /Adbusters Magazine: Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Adbusters is a not-for-profit, reader-supported, 120,000-circulation magazine concerned about the erosion of our physical and cultural environments by commercial forces.  Continue Reading…

• Democratic Underground (DU) was founded on Inauguration Day, January 20, 2001, to protest the illegitimate presidency of George W. Bush and to provide a resource for the exchange and dissemination of liberal and progressive ideas. Since then, DU has become one of the premier left-wing websites on the Internet, publishing original content six days a week, and hosting one of the Web’s most active left-wing discussion boards … (about 1/2).
• on en.wikipedia.
• on Google-Video-results.

Homepage;
Latest; Forums; Journals; Articles; Store; Options; Lobby; Greatest; Help/FAQs; Journal Help; Donate;
Contacts.

About 2/2: … We welcome Democrats of all stripes, along with other progressives who will work with us to achieve our shared goals.  Continue Reading…

formerly AfterDowningStreet

• In May 2010 we renamed AfterDowningStreet.org (into) WarIsACrime.org.
• “All Members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, or in any other manner inconsistent with the Purposes of the United Nations.” UN Charter
• “all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land.” US Constitution.
• AfterDowningStreet.org is a nonpartisan coalition working to expose the lies that create and sustain wars and occupations and to hold accountable those responsible. We have speakers available … (about 1/2).

Homepage;
War$; Topics; Take Action; Upcoming Events; Bloggers; Images; Donate;
Find regarding After Downing Street: Videos, on en.wikipedia;
Contact.

About 2/2 … /BACKGROUND: … //  Continue Reading…

Linked on our blogs with Black in Latin America /Mexico and Peru: A Hidden Race.

Black in Latin America, a new four-part series on the influence of African descent on Latin America, is the 11th and latest production from renowned Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., writer and presenter of the acclaimed PBS series African American Lives 1 (2006), Oprah’s Roots (2007), African American Lives 2 (2008), Looking for Lincoln (2009) and most recently Faces of America (2010). Black in Latin America is the third of a trilogy that began in 1999 with the broadcast of Professor Gates first series for public television, Wonders of the African World, an exploration of the relationship between Africa and the New World, a story he continued in 2004 with America Beyond the Color Line, a report on the lives of modern-day African Americans. Black In Latin America, premiering nationally Tuesdays April 19, 26 and May 3, 10, 2011 at 8 p.m. (ET) on PBS (check local listings), examines how Africa and Europe came together to create the rich cultures of Latin America and the Caribbean … (about 1/2).

Homepage and Current Features;
Resources; Essays; Gallery; Timelines; Videos: on PBS, and on YouTube;
(Contact)/Feedback online.

About 2/2: … Latin America is often associated with music, monuments and sun, but each of the six countries featured in Black in Latin America including the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Cuba, Brazil, Mexico, and Peru, has a secret history. Continue Reading…

in many languages, as: Punjabi, Farsi, Arabic, Chinese, Vietnamese, Portuguese, Polish, Spanish, French, English

Shelternet is Canada’s first and only national online resource and support network for abused women and their children. Since its inception ten years ago, the organization has helped thousands of women across the countries who are victims of domestic violence. Shelternet is dedicated to decreasing the barriers faced by women accessing help online, increasing the technological capacity of shelters for abused women and their children, and facilitating a multi-sectoral response to violence against women and their children … (about 1/2 /Mission).

Frontpage for many languages; english Homepage; Sitemap;
Find a shelter /search-tools; Safety Plan; Understanding Abuse; How do I know; Types of Abuse; Who we are; Board; Team; Online Resources; Women; Teens; Kids; Friends, Family; Workplace; e-Services; Links;
Address: Shelternet for Abused Women, Centre for Social Innovation, 215 Spadina Avenue, Suite 120, Toronto, ON  M5T 2C7, Canada;
Feedback online, Contact: Tel. (416) 642-5463; Fax (416) 979-3939

About 2/2 … /Definition of Woman Abuse: Woman abuse is any verbal threat or physical force used to create fear and exert control over what a woman does.   Continue Reading…

is dedicated to providing free information for women in need

• SheltersForWomen.org is dedicated to providing free information for women in need. The online housing database consists of over 3,000 listings and includes homeless shelters, transitional housing, residential drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs. We are dedicated to helping the homeless and low-income persons find the shelter they need … (full text about).
• Women’s shelter on wikipedia.

Sitemap;
Schelters: for Families; for Homeless; for Youth; for Women, community outreach programs for women;
REHAB Centers – Drug and Alcohol Rehabs at the Salvation Army; Domestic Violence … /and women; /and Psy of Abuser; /and Rape; /and Hurts;
Contacts: go to Paths to Wellness and choose your (US-) State.

Violence Begins at Home (Author: Navneet Brar): Most of you reading this statement, ‘violence begins at home’, would be shocked. Continue Reading…

Linked on our blogs with Project on Defense Alternatives PDA.

• The Commonwealth Institute’s mission is to support women CEOs, entrepreneurs and senior corporate executives by helping them grow their businesses and careers.
• Click on PLAY to watch a 5-minute video about TCI Boston … (about 1/2).

Frontpage; Homepage Boston Chapter; (see also: Commonwealth Institute /South Florida Chapter).
Events, Programs; Membership; Sponsorship; Business Resources; Board; Staff; News;
Address: The Commonwealth Institute, 101 Federal Street, Suite 1900, Boston, MA 02110, USA;
Contact.

About 2/2 … /Who are we? A nonprofit women’s membership organization with a distinct mission to help entrepreneurs, CEOs, Executive Directors, and senior corporate executives build successful businesses.   Continue Reading…

a project of the Commonwealth Institute – Linked on our blogs with The Commonwealth Institute TCI.

• Since its inception in 1991, the Project on Defense Alternatives has sought to adapt security policy to the challenges and opportunities of the post-Cold War era. Toward this end it promotes consideration of the broadest range of defense options.
• Central to its mission is the development of “transitional security policy,” which would serve to create conditions favorable to the advent of regional and global cooperative security regimes … (about Mission Statement 1/2).

Homepage; Sitemap;
Current Programs; Left and right columns: Publications, Library, Reviews, Archives, Affiliations, Updates, Bulletin, Compilations; What’s New; PDA in the News; Links;
Address: The Project on Defense Alternatives, The Commonwealth Institute, P.O.Box 398105, Inman Square Post Office, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA;
Contact: c/o the Commonwealth Institute.

About Mission Statement 2/2: … In the Project’s perspective a transitional security policy would:  Continue Reading…

Linked on our blogs with International Campaign to Ban Landmines ICBL.

• MAG Mines Advisory Group – is a neutral and impartial humanitarian organisation that clears the remnants of conflict for the benefit of communities worldwide.
• Saving lives and limbs … We work in current and former conflict zones, to reduce the threat of death and injury from remnants of conflict. These include anti-personnel and anti-vehicle landmines, as well as rockets, missiles, mortars, grenades, ammunition, small arms and light weapons, and many more types of deadly items. So we don’t just carry out plain landmine or bomb clearance – some of our projects aren’t even about landmines … (about 1/2).
• MAG on en.wikipedia, and on fr.wikipedia.

Homepage; Sitemap;
Where we work; News; Multimedia; Media Center; Downloads, Reports; Get involved; Jobs; FAQs; Donate;
Address: MAG, 68 Sackville Street, Manchester, M1 3NJ, UK;
Contact.

About 2/2: … We educate people living, working and travelling through contaminated areas, to minimise the risks of them, their friends and families being killed or maimed.   Continue Reading…

What are Contemplative Practices? Contemplative practices quiet the mind in order to cultivate a personal capacity for deep concentration and insight. Examples of contemplative practice include not only sitting in silence but also many forms of single-minded concentration including meditation, contemplative prayer, mindful walking, focused experiences in nature, yoga and other contemporary physical or artistic practices. We also consider various kinds of ritual and ceremony designed to create sacred space and increase insight and awareness to be forms of contemplative practice … (full long text).

Homepage; Sitemap;
Our Programs; Tree of …; Resources; Research; Publications; Newsletter; Events; Staff; FAQs; Links; Donate;
Address: The Center for Contemplative Mind in Society, 15 Conz Street, Suite 1, Northampton, MA 01060, USA;
Contact.

About the Center 2/2: The Center for Contemplative Mind in Society works to integrate contemplative awareness and contemporary life in order to help create a more just, compassionate, reflective, and sustainable society.   Continue Reading…

Women’s Shelter, Inc. was started by and has been sustained by survivors of domestic abuse. It began in the late 1970’s by four survivors who were determined to give other abused women something they didn’t have: a safe and secure place to live and help in learning how to live independently. Over the years, Women’s Shelter, Inc. has expanded to provide more space to safely house women and children … (about /History 1/2).

Homepage;
Resources /Fact Sheets; Services; Donations;
Address: Rochester Women’s Shelter, PO Box 457, Rochester, MN 55903, USA;
Contacts.

About 2/2: … In addition, Women’s Shelter, Inc. has added children’s advocacy, an International Shelter with programming specific to immigrant battered women and their children, Transitional Housing, and a multi-lingual staff.  Continue Reading…

• A refuge is a safe house for women and children escaping domestic violence. The address is confidential and no men are allowed in the building. A refuge is a place where women can be sure they are safe, and where they can access emotional and practical support from staff who understand what they have been through.
• Every woman in the refuge is escaping abuse, meaning they can share their experiences and offer each other support … (about /what we do 1/2).

Homepage;
Get help now; Questions; Policy, Research; Prevention, Education; Events; Links; Get involved; Volunteering; Donations;
Office Address: Refuge.org, 4th Floor, International House, 1 St Katharine’s Way, London E1W 1UN, UK;
Contact.

About /what we do 2/2: … We recognise that some women may wish to live in refuges sensitive to their cultural needs or preferences. Some of our refuges are specifically for women from particular ethnic or cultural backgrounds.  Continue Reading…

RAINBO (Research Action and Information Network for the Bodily Integrity of Women) – alternatively RAINB♀ – is an international non-governmental organisation working to eliminate female circumcision FC, (resp.) female genital mutilation FGM through women’s self-empowerment and social change … (full long text on en.wikipedia /last updated 6 March 2011).

Homepage: the original Website has been suspended …

… but RAINBO is presented on other websites, as:

• on Wiser Earth (with Address /Contact on RAINBO, 275 Madison Avenue, 6th Floor, New York, New York, USA).
• on Arab Info Mail as as Rainbo UK, Address:Queens Studios, 121 Salusbury Road, London NW6 6RG, UK, Phone:+ 44-20-7625-3400, Fax:+ 44-20-7625-2999, Website /not found!
• on AboutUs / with Description as an African-led international non-governmental organisation, working on issues of women’s empowerment, sexual autonomy, reproductive health, and freedom from violence, with a focus on female genital mutilation and women’s rights to their bodily integrity.
• on Mediterranean Women/en as an African led, international, non-governmental organisation working on issues of women’s empowerment, gender, reproductive health, sexual autonomy and freedom from violence as central components of the African development agenda …

… The work of RAINBO is divided into two main programmatic areas:  Continue Reading…

Website in Farsi – Linked on our blogs with Workers’ Struggles in Iran, November 1, 2006.

The International Alliance in Support of Workers’ in Iran (IASWI) was formed in January 2000, with labour endorsements, particularly from Canadian labour movement, to launch and organize collaborative international solidarity campaigns in support of workers’ rights and struggles in Iran. (About).

english Homepage;
Campaigns; Seminars; Articles; News; Archives; Links; Partners: LabourStart; LabourNet UK /Homepage with search to many topics, do./Iran;
Address: IASWI, Box 1164, Station Q, Toronto, Ontario, M4T 2P4, Canada;
Contact.

What are our Objectives?: The lack of free and independent labour organizations, and the lack of the right to strike in Iran, have created great obstacles for workers in their struggles for the realization of their rights and demands. The working class in Iran needs the international support of the workers and their organizations in other parts of the world in its struggle. Continue Reading…

in some 2 dozen languages (language assistance) – Linked on our blogs with Australian Services Union ASU, and with Women are paid the same as men for equal work.

What is FWA: (it) is the national workplace relations tribunal. It is an independent body with power to carry out a range of functions including:

• providing a safety net of minimum conditions, including minimum wages, in awards
• facilitating good faith bargaining and the making of enterprise agreements
• granting remedies for unfair dismissal
• regulating the taking of industrial action
• resolving a range of collective and individual workplace disputes through conciliation, mediation and in some cases arbitration
• functions in connection with workplace determinations, equal remuneration, transfer of business, general workplace protections, right of entry and stand down.

The work of Fair Work Australia is carried out by FWA members with the support of administrative staff. (full text about /our role).

Homepage; Sitemap;
Annual wage reviews; Members; Panels; News, Media; Services; Contracts; Careers; Fact sheets, guides; Updates; FWA database; History;
Addresses (1 of 8): FWA, Australian Capital Territory, 2nd Floor, CML Building, 17-21 University Avenue, Canberra, 2600 / resp. GPO Box 539, Canberra City, 2601, Australia;
Website feedback; Contact.

About agreement making: … Enterprise agreements: … are agreements made at an enterprise level between employers and employees about terms and conditions of employment.  Continue Reading…

Linked on our blogs with Fair Work Australia, with Australia: Union prepares sell-out of PPG paint workers, and with Women are paid the same as men for equal work.

• ASU Indigenous Members share unique interests and have special needs. There are many indigenous members working in industries covered by the ASU around Australia.
• The ASU is encouraging the formation of an ASU Indigenous network across the Union to caucus and advise the Union on advocacy of indigenous issues.
• The ASU is active in Indigenous Issues within the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) and the various State and regional Trades and Labour Councils. Read more about the ACTU’s Indigenous Committee … (full text AIM /Introduction).
• ASU on en.wikipedia.

Homepage;
Campaigns; Calendar; Women; Latest News; Join us; Union Links; FAQs;
Addresses: ASU Headquarter, National Office Melbourne, Ground Floor, 116 Queensberry Street, Carlton South VIC 3053, Australia;
Contact /Feedback.

AIM 2/2: … /ASU Award coverage for indigenous members: Continue Reading…

an Update of iDMC’s presentation on this blog of December 2, 2005.

• The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC), established in 1998 by the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), is the leading international body monitoring conflict-induced internal displacement worldwide.
• Through its work, the Centre contributes to improving national and international capacities to protect and assist the millions of people around the globe who have been displaced within their own country as a result of conflicts or human rights violations … (about 1/2).

Homepage; Sitemap;
Monitoring and Advocacy; IDP database; Countries; Training; Thematic; Resources; News; Newsletter; Publications; Maps; Key Docs; Links;
Address: IDMC, Chemin de Balexert, 7-9, 1219 Chatelaine, Geneva, Switzerland;
Contact.

About 2/2: … At the request of the United Nations, the Geneva-based IDMC runs an online database providing comprehensive information and analysis on internal displacement in some 50 countries.  Continue Reading…

Rue89 is a French website created by former journalists from Libération. It was officially launched on 6 May 2007, on the day of the second round of the French presidential election. Its news editor is Pascal Riché, former Op-ed editor of Libération, and its chief editor and president of the society Rue 89 is Pierre Haski, former deputy editor of Libération … (rue89 on en.wikipedia 1/2 /no wikipedia-article on Rue89 in french).
Libération on fr.wikipedia.

Accueil;
Rubriques: Monde, Politique, Société, Culture … etc.; Marseille89; Eco89; Services; Le Mur; FAQ;
Contact online.

Rue89 on en.wikipedia 2/2: … Rue89 was co-founded by Pierre Haski, Pascal Riché, Arnaud Aubron, Michel Lévy-Provençal, and Laurent Mauriac.  Continue Reading…

The global humanitarian and aid hub: International Humanitarian City (IHC) is a global humanitarian and aid hub, which aims to facilitate aid and development efforts by providing local and international humanitarian actors with facilities and services specifically designed to meet their needs … (about 1/2).

Homepage;
Mission and Vision; IHC Decree; Services; Members; Press; Events; Volunteering; Join us; Careers; FAQs;
Address: International Humanitarian City, P.O. Box 506030, Dubai, United Arab Emirates;
Contact.

About 2/2: … An independent free zone authority created by the Government of Dubai (through the merger of Dubai Aid City and Dubai Humanitarian City), IHC consolidates Dubai as an essential link in the humanitarian value chain.  Continue Reading…

a service of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs – also in french and arabic

• IRIN is an award-winning humanitarian news and analysis service covering the parts of the world often under-reported, misunderstood or ignored.
• It delivers unique reporting from the frontlines of humanitarian action to over a million online readers.
• IRIN exists to make a difference. According to a 2008 survey by the global marketing research company ACNielsen, IRIN is the premier online humanitarian news source for people who describe themselves as having a “strong impact on humanitarian issues”. Its reports are used directly in planning, advocacy and policy development … (about 1/2).
• IRIN on en.wikipedia.

english Homepage;
Global Issues; Analysis; In-Depth reports; PlusNews; Jobs; Donors;
Feedback online; Contact: Ben Parker/Nairobi on Twitter.

About 2/2: … The survey also found that when it comes to keeping abreast of humanitarian news and issues, IRIN’s coverage was preferred to its closest rival, BBC Online, by a ratio of 4 to 1. Continue Reading…

Linked on our blogs with ORACLE Education Foundation OEF.

• … What is ThinkQuest is an online learning platform that helps students develop important 21st century skills, including communication, critical thinking, and technology skills. It includes: …
• … The Oracle Education Foundation (OEF) provides ThinkQuest as a free service to K-12 schools globally. No advertising or spam is allowed … (full text What is ThinkQuest).

english Homepage;
Get started; Safety Rules; How to Use Help; FAQs; Projects; Competition; Library;
Contact online.

More about ThinkQuest on wikipedia, as Oracle Thinkquest: Oracle ThinkQuest is an online learning platform that helps students develop important 21st century skills, including communication, critical thinking, and technology skills.  Continue Reading…

Linked on our blogs with ThinkQuest.

The Oracle Education Foundation OEF is a nonprofit organization funded by Oracle Corporation. Its mission is to inspire students globally to think, connect, create and share – using technology to help them dissolve boundaries, fulfill their potential, and create a better society … (about OEF on en.wikipedia 1/2).

Homepage;
Grants; Board, Staff; Partners; FAQs;
Address: Oracle Education Foundation, Attn: Colleen Cassity, 500 Oracle Parkway 5OP-8, Redwood Shores, CA 94065, USA;
Contact online.

OEF on en.wikipedia 2/2: The Foundation operates an educational program called ThinkQuest, offers professional development for teachers, and makes grants to schools and nonprofits by invitation only.  Continue Reading…

1. We are in the process of setting up some training at our local union hall. We would like to do a class on Behavior Based Safety as a way to inform our members as to what BBS safety really is. This would be a good time during this Lockout to get our members well educated for when we go back into the workplace .We are still working out the details but it would most likely be an 8 hour course, compiling with any EI requirements … (full text EDUCATION TRAINING UPDATE).

Homepage;
Educationals; Lockouts; President’s; Executives; Newsletter; Events; Gallery; Videos on Google Search;
Collective Agreement: Part I, 62 pdfd-pages, Part II, 80 pdf-pages, Supplementary, 24 pdf-pages;
Address: Local 1005, 350 Kenilworth Avenue North, Hamilton ON L8H 4T3, Canada;
Contact online.

Steel Industry News /No end in sight to 6-month U.S. Steel lockout:

• For 181 long, empty days, the men and women who used to make steel at the former Stelco plants have been walking a picket line with no end in sight for the bitter dispute.
• Today marks six months since U.S. Steel locked the gates of the former Stelco plant to back its demands for sweeping changes to its pension plans.
• Since that angry November evening, the confrontation has settled into a dull grind – workers walk in endless circles under the unblinking eye of the new security cameras the company has installed at its Wilcox Street main gate … (more on the spec.com).

Vigorous May Day Actions Across the Country and Around the World:

• May Day on Parliament Hill — Workers Pledge to Fight for a New Direction for the Economy and to Hold Governments to Account
• On the eve of a federal election, some 2,500 workers and their allies from Ontario and even parts of Quebec responded to the call of United Steelworkers Local 1005 to demand a new direction for the economy and vow that no matter what government is established after the election it must do its duty by upholding public right, not monopoly right.
• Workers who assembled before the seat of Canadian power represented the entire socialized economy — both public and private, industrial and commercial. They were greeted by the music of well-known local musician Kevin Dooley and Friends playing traditional Irish music and working class songs. In a profound gesture symbolizing the common interests of the First Nations and workers, the rally was opened with a traditional Six Nations welcome by two Mohawk youth. Gary Howe, Vice-President of USW Local 1005 emceed the event which started with USW Local 1005 retiree Bill Mahoney reciting the poem May Day … (more on cpcml.ca).

Caught in cross-border crossfire: … (full long text Steel Industry News).

Linked on our blogs with Toxic Flood Gives Marginalized Roma a New Chance.

• The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting is an innovative award-winning non-profit journalism organization dedicated to supporting the independent international journalism that U.S. media organizations are increasingly less able to undertake. The Center focuses on under-reported topics, promoting high-quality international reporting and creating platforms that reach broad and diverse audiences … (about (our mission 1/2).
• Also on en.wikipedia.

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Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, 1779 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Suite #615, Washington, DC 20036, USA;
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About /Our Mission 2/2: … The Center’s educational programs provide students with fresh information on global issues, help them think critically about the creation and dissemination of news, and inspire them to become active consumers and producers of information. Continue Reading…

Linked on our blogs with Change your Mind Change your Brain.

• The Mind & Life Institute is a non-profit organization that seeks to understand the human mind and the benefits of contemplative practices through an integrated mode of knowing that combines first person knowledge from the world’s contemplative traditions with methods and findings from contemporary scientific inquiry. Ultimately, our goal is to relieve human suffering and advance well-being … (full text Values, Vision, Mission & Strategy).
• See also on fr.wikipedia, and on en.wikipedia.

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Address: Mind & Life Institute, 7007 Winchester Cir., Suite 100, Boulder, CO 80301, USA;
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Dalai Lama and Mind and Life: His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama is the leader of Tibetan Buddhism, a spiritual leader revered worldwide, and (he was until recently) the head of the Tibetan government-in-exile.   Continue Reading…

at Prifysgol Bangor University, Bangor, UK.

• The Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practice (CMRP) is a self-funding organisation based in School of Psychology which is part of Bangor University.
• The CMRP is committed to the promotion of wellbeing through the application of mindfulness-based approaches. This is achieved by training professionals in the application of mindfulness based approaches and researching applications of mindfulness. We also offer classes in mindfulness based stress reductions (MBSR) and mindfulness based cognitive therapy (MBCT) to specific populations and the general public both locally and further afield … (full text about the Centre).
• University Prifysgol.

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Address: Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practice, School of Psychology, Dean St Building, Bangor University, Bangor LL57 1UT, UK;
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About Mindfullness: What is ‘mindfulness’ and how can it help?  Continue Reading…

The Children’s Defense Fund grew out of the Civil Rights Movement under the leadership of Marian Wright Edelman. The first Black woman admitted to the Mississippi Bar, Mrs. Edelman directed the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund office in Jackson, Miss.; worked with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., as counsel for his Poor People’s Campaign; and dedicated her early career to defending the civil liberties of people struggling to overcome poverty and discrimination … (about /OHistory 1/2).
CFD on wikipedia.

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Address: Children’s Defense Fund, 25 E Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20001, USA;
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About /History 2/2: … In 1969, Mrs. Edelman began the Washington Research Project, a public interest law firm that monitored federal programs for low-income families and, out of that initiative, she founded the Children’s Defense Fund in 1973.  Continue Reading…

• The Consumer Federation of America (CFA) is an association of non-profit consumer organizations that was established in 1968 to advance the consumer interest through research, advocacy, and education. Today, nearly 300 of these groups participate in the federation and govern it through their representatives on the organization’s Board of Directors … (about /Overview 1/2).
• CFA on wikipedia.

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Adress: CFA, 1620 I Street, NW – Suite 200, Washington, DC 20006, USA;
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About /Overview: … CFA is a research, advocacy, education, and service organization.  Continue Reading…

• La CRIIRAD, Qu’est-ce que c’est? 1986, création de la CRIIRAD: Alors que les services officiels indiquent que la France, en raison de son éloignement, a été totalement épargnée par le nuage radioactif de Tchernobyl, des familles entières consomment, sans le savoir, du lait, du fromage, des légumes frais … gorgés de produits radioactifs.
• C’est en réaction au manque de prise en considération des conséquences de cet accident pour l’environnement et l’être humain que la CRIIRAD s’est constituée … (en savoir plus 1/2).
• CRIIRAD in english on en.wikipedia.

Ce Site a un seul URL pour toutes ses pages. Liens internes pour Accueil, En savoir plus, subventions; Dossiers 2009 resp. 2008, Publications, Stages de Formation, Bulletin, Addhésion/Don, Pétitions; Contrôler la radioactivité: en labo, sur le site, leRadon, Compteur Geiger, Menaces radioactives sur les aliments.
URLs externes: Adhésion/Don, Dossier Japon, Balises, Publications: M. Roland DESBORDES;
Adresse Commission: 471 Avenue Victor Hugo, 26000 VALENCE, FRANCE;
Contact Commission, Info Radioactivité.

En savoir plus 2/2: … /La CRIIRAD, Qu’est-ce que c’est? La CRIIRAD a pour vocation:  Continue Reading…

The American Bankruptcy Institute is the largest multi-disciplinary, non-partisan organization dedicated to research and education on matters related to insolvency. ABI was founded in 1982 to provide Congress and the public with unbiased analysis of bankruptcy issues. The ABI Canal Center Plaza membership includes more than 12,000 attorneys, auctioneers, bankers, judges, lenders, professors, turnaround specialists, accountants and other bankruptcy professionals providing a forum for the exchange of ideas and information … (about 1/2).

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Address:  American Bankruptcy Institute, 44 Canal Center Plaza, Suite 400, Alexandria, VA 22314, USA;
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About 2/2: … In fulfillment of its mission to provide information to its members, journalists, Congress and the public, ABI is engaged in numerous educational and research activities, as well as the production of a number of publications both for the insolvency practitioner and the public. Continue Reading…

SOS Children’s Villages take action for children as an independent non-governmental social organization. We respect varying religions and cultures, and we work in countries and communities where our mission can contribute to development. We work in the spirit of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and we promote these rights around the world. With the SOS Children’s Village concept, our organization pioneered a family approach to the long-term care of orphaned and abandoned children. The concept is based on four principles … (full text our Roots).

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Address NATIONAL OFFICE: SOS Children’s Villages of India, Plot No. 4, Block C-1, Institutional Area, Nelson Mandela Marg, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi – 110 070, INDIA;
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Recognition: The Government of India has appreciated the work of SOS Children’s Villages of India and has recommended it to other child-care organization in the country to follow this pattern.  Continue Reading…

The Leader in Consumer Finance Innovation, FOUNDER & CEO Robert D. Manning, Author of Credit Card Nation – Linked on our blogs with Credit Card Nation.

• RDR is a non-profit organization dedicated to the objective and empirical assessment of consumer debt capacity that provides the basis for innovative loan underwriting based on a net cash flow position of individuals and households.
• RDR also serves as a clearing house for matching appropriate debt repayment programs based on household repayment capability. The RDR Institute works closely with commercial banks, credit unions, consumer credit counseling service organizations, partial payment debt resolution companies and bankruptcy practitioners to provide the most appropriate debt resolutions services based on consumer repayment capability … (full text who we are).

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Bankruptcy Avoidance Program; Debt Resolution Plan; Media; a Video, 2.08 min; Loan underwriting; Links FTC: Abusive Debt, Relief;
Address: Responsible Debt Relief RDR, 1100 University Avenue, Suite 209, Rochester, NY 14607, USA;
Contact, Phone 1-585-563-7675, Fax 1-585-385-6227.

Background: … Dr. Manning Submits Comment to FTC Regarding Proposed Amendment to the FTC’s Telemarketing Sales Rule to Address the Sale of Debt Relief Services. Continue Reading…

Linked on our blogs with Responsible Debt Relief RDR Institute.

• The objective of our educational program is to explain how individuals can empower themselves by better understanding the financial issues that create emotional and economic stress.
• Our program begins with assessment quizzes that compare your knowledge of amusing cultural information with important practical information on the use of credit cards. The focus is on the early use of credit cards (typically in college and increasingly high school). Your individual performance then directs you to a level in the 3-step credit card education program (novice-intermediate-advanced) … (full text Financial Education).

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Assessment Quizzes; Credit Card Education; Fincial Modules; Educatinal Programs; Debt Zapper Calculator online; Partners;
Address: Responsible Debt Relief RDR, 1100 University Avenue, Suite 209, Rochester, NY 14607, USA;
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Legislation: With Clinton’s pocket veto of the Bankruptcy Reform Act, the future of legislation regulating credit cards and consumer bankruptcy is now the responsibility of the nearly evenly divided U.S. Congress. Continue Reading…

critical gateway to world politics, society and culture

In the twenty-first century, the social sciences face new intellectual and political challenges. The world has been undergoing profound political and military upheavals, in which both national and international relations of power are being transformed.
Increasingly global capitalist relations pose old questions of inequality and social conflict in new forms. Both the contents and forms of cultural relations are rapidly changing, together with their political and economic significance, and the challenge of the Internet is part of this process … (editorial /statement of aims 1/2).

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new writing in the critical social sciences; subscribe; languages; editors; board; writing; reviews; comment; justpeace; obituaries;
Address: The Global Site, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9SN, England;
Contact: Tel. +44 1273 678892, Fax +44 870 127 6581.

Editorial /statement of aims 2/2 … the challenges: – The global site has been founded, therefore, to address five challenges to our understanding that these developments raise for the social sciences:  Continue Reading…

In order to prepare students to be lifelong learners ready for college, career, and citizenship, the National Forum seeks to make every middle grades school academically excellent, responsive to the developmental needs and interests of young adolescents, and socially equitable … (vision 1/2).

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Members; Forum; Leaders; Research; Resources; Improving Schools; Excellence; Responsiveness; Equity; Key Initiatives; News;
Address: National Forum, PO Box 224, Savoy, IL 61874, USA;
Contact: Phone (217) 351-2196; Fax (217) 351-1068.

Vision 2/2: … High-performing schools with middle grades are academically excellent. They challenge all students to use their minds well, providing them with the curriculum, instruction, assessment, support, and time they need to meet rigorous academic standards.  Continue Reading…

in french: Certificat suisse de qualité pour les institutions de formation continue – in german: Schweizerisches Qualitätszertifikat für Weiterbildungsinstitutionen – in italian: Certificato svizzero di qualità per istituzioni di formazione continua.

Quality – Transparency – Comparability in Further Education: The eduQua-Certificate: labels a good quality institute in further education; contributes to securing and developing quality of institutes in further education; adds more tranparency for clients. Find here: … (full text english Homepage).

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Address: eduQua Agency, Oerlikonerstrasse 38, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland;
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The Label: Through eduQua, the first Swiss quality label geared towards adult continuing education was established.  Continue Reading…

Excellent materials on critical media literacy teaching

Media Literacy Project was founded by Deirdre Downs and Hugh Downs in 1993. That same year, Albuquerque Academy agreed to house the project and we have remained here ever since.  Media Literacy Project is a nationally recognized leader in media literacy resources and education. Since 1993, Media Literacy Project has delivered dynamic multimedia presentations at conferences, workshops, and classrooms across the country. Our media literacy curricula and action guides are used in countless schools and communities and our training programs have inspired thousands of people to think critically and take action … (about MLP 1/2).

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What we do; Resources; Learn; News; Get involved; Staff; Partners; Funders; Clients;
Address: Media Literacy Project, 6400 Wyoming Blvd. NE, Albuquerque NM 87109, USA;
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About MLP 2/2: … Our mission is to advance education and advocacy for media justice. Our vision is a world where all people and communities have affordable access to utilize any and all media tools to ensure their self-determination and a healthy media landscape.  Continue Reading…

Save The Children India, a non-profit organisation that envisions India as a child friendly nation

Mission: Save The Children India is committed to preventing exploitation and all other forms of discrimination o f vulnerable women and children, and empowering them to lead a life of dignity, self-respect, and independence.
Vision: Save The Children India is an organisation that envisions India as a Child-Friendly Nation. (Mission /Vision).

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Projects; Team; Trustees; Partners; Newsletter; Events: Power Of One, Magic Box, Araaish; FAQs; Donate;
Addresses (1 of 2): Save The Children India /Mumbai, SF9, G Block, Adjacent to American School of Bombay,  Bandra – Kurla Complex, Bandra (East), Mumbai 400 098,  India;
Feedback; Contact.

Our Founder – Late Mrs. Vipula Kadri: A social worker who has made a difference in the lives of millions of Indians, the late Mrs. Vipula Kadri was the founder of Save the Children India, along with sister organisations PRIDE INDIA and WISE.  Continue Reading…

The Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network strives to assure that each member of every school community is valued and respected regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity/expression … (about us /Mission 1/2).

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Addresses (1 of 2): GLSEN National Headquarters, 90 Broad Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10004, USA;
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About us /Mission 2/2: … The Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network strives to assure that each member of every school community is valued and respected regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity/expression. Continue Reading…

• … The Healing Trust is the working name of The NFSH Charitable Trust Ltd, Registered Charity 1094702 … (on Freshwinds.org).
• The Healing Trust is the new working name of The NFSH Charitable Trust Ltd (Charity No 1094702). Our pan-denominational organisation is the largest and oldest membership organisation of Spiritual Healers in the UK. Founded in 1954, we strive to raise the standards and awareness of healing in the UK and overseas by providing: … (full text Homepage).

Find a Healer; Training /Course; Workshops; In NHS; Membership; Events; Latest News; FAQs;
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About /What is Healing: … Spiritual Healing is a natural energy therapy.  Continue Reading…

PeaceAfrica – supporting Africa’s Peacebuilders – is a Website created by allAfrica.com

… AllAfrica Global Media is a multi-media content service provider, systems technology developer and the largest electronic distributor of African news and information worldwide. Registered in Mauritius, with offices in Johannesburg, Dakar, Lagos and Washington, D.C., AllAfrica is one of a family of companies that aggregate, produce and distribute news from across Africa to tens of millions of end users … (allAfrica /Who we are 1/2).

english Homepage allAfrica.com, french Accueil allAfrica; english Homepage;
PeaceAfrica-Pages: People, Projects and Organizations Database; Resources; Calendar;
allAfrica.com-pages: Site Guide; Content Providers; Headline Modules; BizzTech;
Contact online /Feedback for both.

allAfrica.com /Who we are 2/2: … This website, allAfrica.com, is among the Internet’s largest content sites, posting over 1000 stories daily in English and French and offering a diversity of multi-lingual streaming programming as well as over 900,000 articles in our searchable archive (which includes the archive of Africa News Service dating from 1997).   Continue Reading…

The mission of Parivar Seva Sanstha is to enhance the quality of life of women, men, adolescent and children by addressing the challenges in health, population and development. This is being achieved through various interventions pertaining to research, advocacy & awareness generation, education & training, technical assistance, service delivery and product distribution … (about 1/2).

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about Clinics and their Services; CSMP; Education, Training; Projects; Family Planning; MTP Abortions; HIV/AIDS; RTI/ STI; Anemia;
Address: Parivar Seva Sanstha, C-374, Defence Colony, New Delhi-110024, India;
Contact.

About 2/2: … Parivar Seva works for the low income groups, mainly living in urban slums, peri urban and rural areas, who are unable to afford commercial services and products, but are also reluctant to avail free of cost services from the public sector.   Continue Reading…

Already mentionned on our NGO-blog in a text on August 16, 2006 (it’s link is no more working).

• Parivartan is a movement against extortionist type of corruption, where people have to pay bribes to get their legitimate work done in Government.
• Appeal to the public: Don’t pay bribes for your legitimate rights. Unite and resist such demands.
• Support from Parivartan: If you are based in Delhi and are being demanded bribes to get your grievance resolved in Income Tax Department or Delhi Vidyut Board, please do not pay bribes. Contact Parivartan.
• Parivartan will try and get your work done without payment of bribes.
• Parivartan is doing it as a social service and is not charging anything for its service. (Homepage).

This website has for all pages the same URL. Click on internal links for: Mission, Team, Associates, Join, News and Events, Net Meeting, Financial Contribution, FAQs, Contact.
And for Project Income Tax, Project DVB, Press Coverage, Success so far, Submit Grievance Online.

Address: Parivartan, 5B, Navkala Apartments, 14, I P Extension, Patparganj, New Delhi – 92, India;
Telephone: (011) 2727430: E-Mail: see on Contact-page.

Mission /Income Tax Refunds/ PAN: A common taxpayer has to face a lot of problems in getting his refund or Permanent Account Number from the Income Tax Department.  Continue Reading…

• To educate the deprived and under privileged common folk about the basic human rights and find basis to incorporate their efforts in mobilization to achieve maximum output.
• Buildings the capacities of the local communities/ Govt. and Non government organizations and skills development institutes with the focus on local female folk in the development initiatives … (full text Objectives).

All pages have the same URL. Click on the internal links for: Home, About us, Contact Us, Programs, Aims and Objectives, Partners, Projects, Staff, Executives, Gallary, Updates.
Address: KADO, House # 158, Opposite Hockey Ground, Sector-1, KDA, Kohat, Pakistan.

Background: Khushal Awareness & Development Organization (KADO) is a not for profit and non-governmental organization, born in July-2002 by a group of volunteers, human rights activists, young community development professionals and common citizens.  Continue Reading…