Centre for Agriculture and Rural Development CARD

Realizing Dreams for Rural India

Established in the year 2000 under the Societies Act 1860, CARD is a national level non-governmental organization, which is addressing the social, policy and technical needs related to the development of agriculture. CARD is dedicated to give voice to the cause of farming community and to strive towards improving the quality of life of rural masses. (Homepage).

Board; Executives; Advocacies; Latest News; Press; Web; Agriculture Today;
Community Development; Programs; Rural studies; Training; Links;
Addresses /Head Office Delhi: Centre for Agriculture and Rural Development, 502, Rohit House, Tolstoy Road, New Delhi – 110 001, India;
Online feedback; Contacts.

About /Vision: To play a vibrant role in the national endeavor of developing India through agriculture led transformation; and participate in addressing environment, policy, technology, resource and information related issues for livelihood, security and improving the quality of life of rural masses.   Continuer la lecture de « Centre for Agriculture and Rural Development CARD »

Save the Children.org UK

  • We’re outraged that over 9 million children a year die before reaching their fifth birthday, mostly from preventable illnesses.
  • A huge amount is known about how to save children’s lives. We provide direct help when and where it matters. Learn more about our biggest-ever campaign and read our report Saving Children’s Lives.
  • By combining our work with children all over the world with research and policy expertise, we influence the people who make decisions that affect children every day.
  • Our hunger, health, education and protection work aims to come up with long-lasting solutions to these ongoing problems affecting the poorest children. Our work on rights and economic justice looks to research and explain the underlying reasons for the hardship so many children suffer.
  • … (full text Issues we focus on).

Homepage; Sitemap;
What you can do; Donate; Take action; Give time; Events; Save the children’s lives;
Our submission to the DFID Annual Report 2008; Child Development Index; Research, resources;
map of the Child Development Index; News; Blogs; Jobs; Links;
Address: Save the children, 1 St John’s Lane, London EC1M 4AR, United Kingdom;
Contact.

About: Too many children are still dying because they haven’t got enough food or because they can’t get treatment for simple illnesses. Millions aren’t getting an education and are being exploited and abused. This is not good enough.   Continuer la lecture de « Save the Children.org UK »

Department for International Development DFID annual reports

Linked with £8m boost for local projects fighting global poverty.

  • How DFID began: When the Department for International Development (DFID) was set up in 1997, it made fighting world poverty its top priority. This marked a turning point for Britain’s aid programme, which until then had mainly involved economic development.
  • In its manifesto the government elected in May 1997 pledged to create a new department for international development headed by a cabinet minister. Previously the aid programme was managed by the Overseas Development Administration (ODA), a wing of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
  • … (full long text History).

Homepage; Sitemap;
Global Issues; How we fight poverty; Countries struggling to slow increase in child hunger; Get Involved; Jobs;
Working to make Global Aid more effective; Millennium Development Goals MDG; Policy and research; Future challenges;
Where we work (map); Access to Info; Press; Finance-Performance; Working with DFID; Our Organization;
Contact.

About; The Annual Report is published in May each year. It provides parliament and the UK public with a comprehensive account of how DFID is spending and intends to spend public funds.   Continuer la lecture de « Department for International Development DFID annual reports »

The Hunger Project THP

The Hunger Project works in partnership with grassroots people in Africa, Asia and Latin America to develop effective bottom-up strategies. We have discovered three critical elements that, when combined, empower people to make rapid progress in overcoming hunger and poverty:

  • Mobilizing people at the grassroots level to build self-reliance
  • Empowering women as key change agents; and
  • Forging partnerships with local government.

The Hunger Project’s approach is different from the conventional, top-down planning used by many development agencies and governments. These top-down approaches follow a service-delivery model and often undermine our most important resource: the creativity and self-reliance of people living in conditions of hunger and poverty themselves … (full text Methodology).

Homepage;
Our Principles; Program Overview; History; Board; Partners; FAQs;
Get Involved: Give; make a pledge, Volunteer, Youth in action;
Address: The Hunger Project, 5 Union Square West, New York, NY 10003, USA;
Contact.

Mission: The Hunger Project is a global, non-profit, strategic organization committed to the sustainable end of world hunger.   Continuer la lecture de « The Hunger Project THP »

Iraqi Widows Organization

Iraqi Widows Organization is a non-governmental Iraqi Organization issued on January  9, 2004. The headquarter is in Ad-Diwaniyah City; with branches in Baghdad. We are one of the Civil Society Organizations working in the new Iraq. The Organization is registered as one of the working non-governmental Iraqi organizations in the non-Governmental Organizations Center of the Ministry of Planning and Development Cooperation under the No. 1Z4024 … (full text Homepage).

Activities: a report of 15 pdfd-pages; About the Chief and the founder of the Organization;
Address: Iraqi Widows Organization, Headquarter, Kurnish Street, Adjacent to Ad-Diwaniyah FM Radio Station, Ad-Diwaniyah City, IRAQ;
Contact.

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