Mois : octobre 2009

The Northern Family Health Society (NFHS) has adopted the butterfly and the knot as their logo.  The Butterfly is a symbol of metamorphosis, change, and transformation throughout the different stages of life; the knot is symbolic of the umbilical cord, through which the nutrients of life are passed.  NFHS and our various programs identify the logo as symbolic for the “lifespan” of services continuing to be offered by the society. (Homepage 2/2).

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Homepage 2/2: The Northern Family Health Society is a non-profit society incorporated in Prince George, BC in 1989. The purposes of the Northern Family Health Society are: Continuer la lecture de « Northern Family Health Society NFHS »

Headquartered in Costa Rica, the United Nations-mandated University for Peace was established in December 1980 as a Treaty Organization by the UN General Assembly. As determined in the Charter of the University, the mission of the University for Peace is: “to provide humanity with an international institution of higher education for peace with the aim of promoting among all human beings the spirit of understanding, tolerance and peaceful coexistence, to stimulate cooperation among peoples and to help lessen obstacles and threats to world peace and progress, in keeping with the noble aspirations proclaimed in the Charter of the United Nations” … (about 1/2).

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About 2/2: … To ensure academic freedom, the University was established under its own Charter, approved by the General Assembly. UPEACE is not subject to UN regulations and is directed by its own Council of renowned personalities with expertise in peace and security matters. This has allowed the University to move rapidly and to innovate, focusing its new, rigorous academic programme on the fundamental causes of conflict through a multidisciplinary, multicultural-oriented approach.  Continuer la lecture de « University for Peace – Universidad para la Paz »

• Preparing grounds for political, ethnic religious and different identity based groups to find the common grounds.
• KIIR organized different seminars and workshops. International Center for Religion and Diplomacy (ICRD), a Washington DC based NGO, initiated a Faith-based Reconciliation project in 2003 in Kashmir. KIIR was ICRD’s partner organization from Azad Kashmir. The objective of the project was to draw upon various faith-based traditions to promote consensus with regards to peace building at the grass root level via: …
• … (full text peace and reconciliations).

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Address: Kashmir Institute of International Relations, No. 11, 2nd Floor, Victory Tower Plaza, F-8 Markaz, Islamabad, Pakistan;
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About /History: Kashmir Institute of International Relations is a Non-profit, Non-partisan, Non-governmental organization established in 1993. with the motto of ‘Peace through Dialogue’, KIIR is working for a peaceful South Asia, with special emphasis on Kashmir.  Continuer la lecture de « Kashmir Institute International Relations KIIR »

The Himalayan Research and Cultural Foundation is a national level multi-disciplinary research, cultural and development facilitative organisation set up by eminent area specialists, environmentalists, development experts, literateurs and cultural personalities, which has been registered as a non-governmental and non-profit body under the Indian Societies Registration Act, 1860 … (about 1/2).

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About 2/2: Founded in 1989 at New Delhi, the Foundation has been initiating, coordinating and promoting the systematic and micro-study of various issues pertaining to the Himalayan and Trans-Himalayan regions in South and Central Asia or parts thereof, connected with its environment, biodiversity, regional development, human resources, history, art and culture, language and literature, social structures, economies, human rights, peace processes, geopolitics etc. Continuer la lecture de « Himalayan Research and Cultural Foundation HRCF »

why are people hungry? –

• Hunger Notes is an online publication of WHES. In print for 25 years, Hunger Notes is, as of 2001, a web publication … (/about);
• World Hunger Education Service Associates WHES make Hunger Notes Online possible. Thanks to Dan Shaughnessy for being a WHES Associate;
• An online publication of the World Hunger Education Service (WHES) … (Homepage and latest news).

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About World Hunger Education Service WHES & Hunger Notes: Mission Statement: For the past 33 years, since its founding in 1976, the mission of World Hunger Education Service is to undertake programs, including Hunger Notes, which:  Continuer la lecture de « Hunger Notes & World Hunger Education Service WHES Associates »