Auteur/autrice : Heidi Barathieu-Brun

en espanol – Linked with Alliance of Information and Referral Systems.

… United Way is a worldwide network in 45 countries and territories, including nearly 1,300 local organizations in the U.S. It advances the common good, creating opportunities for a better life for all, by focusing on the three key building blocks of education, income and health. The United Way movement creates long lasting community change by addressing the underlying causes of problems that prevent progress in these areas. LIVE UNITED is a call to action for everyone to become a part of the change. (full text about).

Homepage; Sitemap /your local Way;
Our work; Partners; Our community; Governance; Diversity and inclusion; Media; Board; Jobs; Volunteer; Advocate; Contribute;
Contacts.

United Way on wikipedia: United Way of America, based in Alexandria, Virginia, is a non-profit organization that works with nearly 1,300 local United Way offices throughout the country in a coalition of charitable organizations to pool efforts in fundraising and support. Continuer la lecture de « United Way of America »

… is part of the Center for Strategic and International Studies CSIS; Washington/USA

Linked with Center for Strategic and International Studies CSIS.

• Each week, the Africa Policy Forum publishes an essay on a significant Africa policy topic and then opens that essay for comment and discussion in order to facilitate the Africa policy debate … (full text online Africa Policy Forum).
• Conducting research and analysis on major elements of U.S. policy toward Africa that is centrist, activist, and forward looking … (Africa Program 1/2).

Homepage /Overview;
Experts; Multimedia; Publications; Events; Blog; Completed; Conflicts; Global Health;
Forum: East Africa, Online Africa Policy; USA interests; US security in Africa; after Bush; China’s;
Address CSIS: Center for Strategic and International Studies, 1800 K Street, NW, Washington, DC 20006, USA;
Contact by CSIS.

Africa Program 2/2: … The core mission of the CSIS Africa Program is to conduct sustained and timely research and analysis on the major elements of U.S. policy toward Africa, with the aim of substantially shaping discourse in Congress, the executive branch, and among private interest groups. Continuer la lecture de « Online Africa Policy Forum »

Registered as a Charity no: 249637

Linked with Irish Centre for Human Rights, with European Court of Human Rights Death Penalty Decision Raises Difficult Issues, and with Irish Centre for Human Rights 2010 Summer Schools.

• The International Law Association has branches around the world and a growing membership of academics and practising professionals with an interest in international law.
• The main objectives of the Association are the study, clarification and development of both public and private international law. It is in the work of the various International Committees that these aims are pursued and biennial conferences provide a forum for comprehensive discussion and endorsement for the work of these committees … (full text Homepage).

Sitemap;
News; Events; Branches; Committees; Publications; Members; Patron(s) & Officers; Join; Links;
Address: International Law Association, Charles Clore House, 17 Russell Square, London WC1B 5JD, UK;
Contact.

About: The International Law Association was founded in Brussels in 1873. Its objectives, under its Constitution, are « the study, clarification and development of international law, both public and private, and the furtherance of international understanding and respect for international law ».  Continuer la lecture de « International Law Association »

• The United Community Housing Coalition (UCHC) is a nonprofit comprehensive housing assistance organization which has provided a variety of housing-related services to Detroit’s low-income residents since 1973.
• The organization has worked with tenants, homesteaders, homeowners, the homeless, community organizations rebuilding neighborhoods and providing affordable housing, religious, civil rights, labor and housing advocacy organization to improve, preserve and expand affordable housing opportunities for low-income Detroiters.
• Because of its long history and significant expertise as a comprehensive housing services provider in Michigan, the organization is frequently asked to provide advice to other organizations in communities across Southeast Michigan.
• All service are provided to income-eligible families and individuals free of charge … (full text Homepage).

Address: United Community Housing Coalition, 220 Bagley, Suite 224, Detroit, MI 48226, USA;
Contact and map.

Programs – Housing Homeless Families: UCHC housing placement counselors work with homeless families in shelters, on the streets and in substandard or overcrowded housing, to identify decent and affordable housing opportunities and help the families relocate. Continuer la lecture de « United Community Housing Coalition »

The ENN was set up in 1996 by an international group of humanitarian agencies to accelerate learning and strengthen institutional memory in the emergency food and nutrition sector. The ENNs flagship publication, Field Exchange, was developed as the main means of achieving this … (about 1/2).

Homepage;
IFE core group; Network with others;
Report; Resources; Research; Links; Supporters; Donate; Field Exchange (magazine);
Address: Emergency Nutrition Network ENN, 32 Leopold Street, Oxford, OX4 1TW, UK;
Contact.

About 2/2: … Since its inception, the ENN has developed a range of complementary activities including production of Special Supplements on areas of cutting edge programming, production of training materials and policy guidance on Infant Feeding in Emergencies, research initiatives, and independent reporting on/facilitation of international meetings. Continuer la lecture de « Emergency Nutrition Network ENN »

a national hotline

Founded in 1959 by Sara O’Meara and Yvonne Fedderson, Childhelp(R) is a leading national non-profit organization dedicated to helping victims of child abuse and neglect. Childhelp’s approach focuses on prevention, intervention and treatment. The Childhelp(R) National Child Abuse Hotline, 1-800-4-A-CHILD, operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and receives calls from throughout the United States, Canada, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and Guam. Childhelp’s programs and services also include residential treatment services (villages); children’s advocacy centers; therapeutic foster care; group homes; child abuse prevention, education and training; and the National Day of Hope(R), part of National Child Abuse Prevention Month every April … (full text about).

Homepage; HOTLINE;
Programs; Statistics; Stories; Chapters; Events; Take actions; Contribute; Volunteer;
Address: Cild Help.org, 15757 N. 78th Street, Suite #B, Scottsdale, Arizona, 85260, USA;
Postal: Child Help.org, P.O. Box 360, Hollywood, CA 90028, USA;
Contacts.

Help for Kids – You Should Know:  Continuer la lecture de « Child Help.org »

knowledge, skills and stategies for professionals (See also our first small presentation of July 1, 2006: NGO Management School).

Linked with Essentials of NGO Management – Course on Bohol Island, Philippines.

Managing and leading an NGO is becoming increasingly complex and sophisticated. More and more NGOs are coming to realize that a widening range of knowledge, skills and strategies are necessary to achieve results, to enhance their impact and to remain effective in the work they do. The NGO Management School (NMS) provides training for professional and effective NGO management. Together with local partner organisations, we bring management courses nearby to you and make training easily available to NGOs and other civil society organisations. We jointly organise and deliver courses that can be adapted to the needs of the participants and their organisations. NMS is a non-profit institution … (full text Homepage).

Course News; Course dates; Learning Methods; Library; Benefits; Downloads;
Address: NGO Management Association, 3 ruelle de la Repentance, 1269 Bassins, Switzerland;
Contacts.

Who we are: The NGO Management School was set up in 2007 by a group of people in Switzerland and the Philippines in response to a growing demand by NGOs and individuals for training in NGO management and organisational development. The School is a nonprofit institution. Continuer la lecture de « NGO Management School NMS, Switzerland »

• The Child Abuse Hotline is a 501(C)(3) Charity # 20-355-3474
• The Child Abuse Hotline has been providing free information for abused children and spouces for nearly a decade. Over the prior 9 years we have never recieved any funds to make this free service available. We are now forced to ask you for your kind assistance in helping us to keep this service online. Your donations of any amount will helpThe Child Abuse Hotline stay online for another decade.
• The Child Abuse Hotline in order to provide you with the most up to date services must have your support.
• … (full text Homepage).

Sitemap;
Hotline report; Who is a child abuser; What is a child abuser; Partners;
Contact.

About us: The Child Safe Network’s mission is to protect our nations most valuable asset, our children! Continuer la lecture de « The Child Abuse Hotline.com »

Community Legal Resources, with the assistance of private attorneys, provides pro bono legal representation to Michigan nonprofit organizations that are working with disadvantaged communities and individuals and are unable to pay for traditional legal services. Since our inception in 1998, Community Legal Resources’ volunteers have contributed an estimated $8,000,000 in pro bono legal services to over 800 nonprofit organizations building affordable housing, attracting new businesses, feeding and sheltering the homeless, and mentoring youth throughout Michigan. (Homepage /Accueil).

Community Org Info; Projects; Volunteer Attorney; Resources, Links; Contributions;
Address: Community Legal Resources, 615 Griswold, Suite 1400, Detroit, MI 48226, USA;
Contact. Phone US: (313) 962-3171, fax US: (313) 962-0797, e-mail.

About: Community Legal Resources delivers free legal services to nonprofit organizations building neighborhoods in Detroit and throughout Michigan. Continuer la lecture de « Community Legal Resources »

Do the mean awful angries keep creeping up on your family?

Talk, Trust & Feel Therapeutics provides innovative toys and books to help parents, teachers and therapists teach children to express uncomfortable feelings, take responsibility for their own behavior and learn positive social skills. Our commitment is to develop products to help children feel good about identifying and breaking into their acts of power and replacing them with acts of love. Our unique mission is to help children and adults learn how to deal with their anger and express it in safe, constructive ways. Our philosophy is that changing our world is possible when adults approach children’s misbehavior with love and compassion and teach them better ways to act. We are a mom, pop company determined to make a difference on the planet … (about 1/2 /who we are).

Homepage;
Grownups; Kids; Parents; Couples; Teachers; Violence in families; Catalog; Newsletter;
No contact (see about 2/2).

About 2/2 /Lynne Namka: … Lynne Namka Ed. D. developed most of the anger release products after years of working with angry children in groups and with families with anger problems. Continuer la lecture de « Angries Out Center – Get Your Angries Out »

The mission of the ILCU Foundation is to alleviate poverty in developing countries by supporting credit unions, their representative bodies and other co-operative type organisations as a means for socio-economic development through the provision of financial and technical assistance … (about 1/2).

Homepage; Sitemap;
Projects; Recent developments; Case studies; Get involved; Links;
Address: ILCU International Development Foundation LTD., 33-41 Lower Mount Street, Dublin 2, Ireland;
Contacts.

About 2/2: … Irish credit unions have been contributing to the work of the ILCU Foundation since 1980, when at the ILCU Annual General Meeting (AGM) it was decided that credit unions should be invited to contribute towards a fund to be administered by the ILCU « to provide aid, financial or otherwise, to developing countries with particular emphasis on credit union and other co-operative projects ». Continuer la lecture de « ILCU Foundation »

Linked with Michigan Legal Services.

MichUHCAN Expands the scope of our Mission to include include advocacy for equitable health outcomes. Watch this clip to learn more about health equity and creating healthy communities. (Homepage, and MichUHCAN’s 5th Annual HCH Dinner, June 11, 2010).

Health Care Resources; National view;  Calendar; Blog; Donate; Links;
Address: MichUHCAN, 15687 Surrey, Livonia, MI 48154, 734-812-0664, USA;
Contact online /get involved, e-mail, phone 734-812-0664

About: MISSION: Michigan Universal Health Care Access Network (MichUHCAN) is a state-wide network that promotes comprehensive health care for all and improved health outcomes by addressing the social determinants of health through education, strategy development and advocacy. Continuer la lecture de « MichUHCAN »

… and United Community Housing Coalition’s Property Tax Foreclosure Prevention Project 2009

Linked with MichUHCAN.

Michigan Legal Services is a nonprofit legal services organization dedicated to eliminating systemic causes of poverty in the areas of housing, health, public benefits, and community economic development through impact-oriented legal services and support for community organizations engaged in efforts to rebuild low-income communities.  Michigan Legal Services has been serving low-income communities across the state for nearly thirty years.  For the past decade, it has focused its efforts in the metropolitan Detroit area where the organization is based … (about 1/2).

Homepage;
Services; Resources;
Address: Michigan Legal Services 220 Bagley, Suite 900, Detroit, MI 48226, USA;
Contacts online with staff.

About 2/2: … In order to accomplish this mission, MLS currently operates two core programs:  Continuer la lecture de « Michigan Legal Services »