Catégorie : Civil Society

The Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development or AFA is a regional alliance of 9 farmer federations in 8 Asian countries, representing 10 million farmers. Established in May 2002, our formation was a fruit of 5 Farmers’ Exchange Visits in 1999-2001 … (about 1/2).

Homepage;
Events; Members; News; Publications; Photos; Videos; Links;
Address: Address: AFA, Rm 206 Partnership Center, 59 C. Salvador St., Loyola Heights, 1108 Quezon City, Philippines;
Contact.

About 2/2: … OUR VISION – We envision Asian rural farming communities: Where we, small men and women farmers and producers, and our families as well, are free from hunger and poverty, are happy and in good health, and live in peace and prosperity;   Continuer la lecture de « Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development »

Linked with It’s Your Right! – a new teaching resource for immigrants to Australia.

• A human rights act is needed to provide an Australian framework by which our society can more transparently and consistently protect and promote fundamental human rights.
• This list of frequently asked questions addresses many of the issues of why, how and what we need to do to better protect the human rights of everyone in Australia. (why a HR act).

Homepage;
The Campaign; Get involved; Resources;
Partner: Australian Human Rights Group;
FAQs, (and Newsletter in the rights column);
Link: Australian Human Rights Commission.
Contact.

16 Mythbusters, The facts about a Human Rights Act from the Castan Centre (scroll down): Continuer la lecture de « A Human Rights Act for Australia »

The Anandilal Ganesh Podar Society established and managed since 1927 the Podar Education Complex

The Podar Education Complex is a dynamic, constantly evolving nucleus, imparting education at various levels. It also manages two Non fee Schools, the Marathi & Hindi medium & Jr. College. Currently there are over 25,000 students studying in its schools spread across Maharashtra. In the internet we encounter two websites, representing this education complex:

1). PODAR.net, showing us the Newsletters of:

• Lilavatibai Podar Sr. Secondary School (ICSE);
• Podar International School (IB);
• R.N.Podar School (CBSE);
• Podar International School (SSC);
• Podar Jumbo Kids.

2). PODAR.org, the internet platform of this NGO:   Continuer la lecture de « The Anandilal Ganesh Podar Society »

This project is run by the Center for Grassroots Oversight … (also named on educate-yourself.org, on altacocker.com, and on inezha.com, … see more on Google Web-search).

The History Commons contains summaries of 13,845 events, which are published on the website in the format of dynamic timelines. These timelines can be filtered by investigative project, topic, or entity (e.g., a person, organization, or corporation). You can even generate a “scalable context” timeline for any event in the History Commons database simply by clicking the date of the timeline entry. You can search for events by using the search box at the top right-hand corner, or by browsing through the list of projects … (full text Homepage).

The History Common’s Blog;
Timelines; Forum; Development; Volunteer; Donate;
Contact.

About: The History Commons website is run by the Center for Grassroots Oversight (« CGO »), an organization that is fiscally sponsored by The Global Center, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. CGO was incorporated as a public benefit corporation in late 2006, and is currently applying for its own 501(c)3 status … Continuer la lecture de « History Commons »

A coalition birthed in 1998 to protect and serve the Christian Community, Minorities, and the Oppressed Castes

• The All India Christian Council (aicc) is a nation-wide alliance of Christian denominations, mission agencies, institutions, federations and Christian lay leaders. We have lived and worked side by side in the name of Christ through several decades.
• The formation of the AICC in 1999 was the spontaneous response of these entities who sought to have a united voice to protect and serve the interests of Christians. The alliance now cuts across denominational barriers to act against the growing violence and hate campaigns against the Christian community, minorities and oppressed castes. We are unique for several reasons. The idea from the beginning was to pursue proactive and not just reactive actions to help the Christian community and other minorities, as well as Dalits, tribals and backward communities …  (about /Who we are 1/2).

Homepage;
Christian news: attacks; Threats & Abuses; Related Issues;
Dalit news: attacks; Threats & Abuses; Related Issues;
Resources: Laws & policies; Other info & links; Opinions; In the press; Videos & photos; AICC papers;
Get involved: report attacks; Join AICC; Sponsor a Dalit child; Donate; AICC leader’s blogs; Newsletter;
Sister Organisations; Historical Milestones: FAQ;
Postal address: All India Christian Council, P. O. Box 2174, Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India, 500003;
Contact.

About /Who we are 2/2 …  We mobilize committed and talented people to put their energies into safeguarding these peoples through all constitutional means.  Continuer la lecture de « All Indian Christian Council AICC »