Catégorie : Z – OLD + privat

Linked with our presentation of Maria Teresa Leal – Brazil, and … realities about business and poverty ….

The mission statement of COOPA-ROCA, Rocinha Seamstress and Craftwork Co-operative Ltd is to provide conditions for its members, female residents of Rocinha, to work from home and thereby contribute to their family budget, without having to neglect their childcare and domestic duties. The work developed at COOPA-ROCA has made it possible to improve the quality of life of the craftswomen and, indirectly, also their families. Apart from providing work which can be carried out at home and generating extra income, an improvement can be seen in terms of professional quality, in general health (through voluntary work by acupuncturists) and in their self-esteem. It has also lead to a collective intrinsic understanding of the practices of a co-operative as clearly demonstrated by COOPA-ROCA´s impact on the local community.

Established at the beginning of the 80s, COOPA-ROCA arose as an offshoot from a recycling project involving the local children (1981). The craftwork produced from textile remnants was the idea behind organising the first group of women and then later the formation of the co-operative.

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Linked with our presentation of Antonio Jacanamijoy – Colombia.

COICA is the Coordinating Body for the Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon Basin. COICA is a group that brings more than four hundred indigenous people together. It was founded in Lima Peru in 1982 in order for native people to be able to defend their rights, fight for the survival of their culture, and to exchange experiences in to find solutions to their various problems.

Since 1992 COICA has made its headquarters in Quito, Ecuador. They have a Congress that meets every four years in order to make up policies and find new authorities. It is this group that comes up with official goals such as the desire to promote and develop the interaction between indigenous peoples and COICA members. They also want to be able to defend territorial restoration, indigenous peoples self-determination and the human rights of its members. An additional goal is to strengthen the unity for the region’s indigenous peoples; and finally, to promote the cultural comeback and recuperation of the Amazon indigenous peoples.

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Linked with our presentation of CADTM activities.

CADTM, Committee for the abolition of the Third World dept. e-mail:

Read: The creation of the Bretton Wood Institution.

The International Debt Observatory is born under the impulse of the Committee for the abolition of the Third World Debt (CADTM) and of the Left-wing Economists (EDI, Argentina) on January 28th, 2005 at the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil.

The International Debt Observatory is a tool of exchange of knowledge, analyses and research on the problematic of the debt. Its aim is to provide precise analyses in most domains relating to problematic of the debt as well as a unique statistical database to the individuals and the organizations that study the mechanism of the debt and/or act for an alternative to the domination of the most powerful countries of the North.

The IDO does not especially substitute itself for the national and international campaigns on the debt. It rather stands at their sides as a resource to provide them of the detailed information and a recognized appraisal.

All those that wish an alternative to the present economic model that, via the debt, submits the populations of the countries of the South to the requirements of the creditors, with the complicity of the local potentates, are welcomed to join the IDO.

The IDO secretary office of the is held by the CADTM Belgium, that has built its website. The IDO website aims to encourage the collaborations between its members and to foster the research and the diffusion of their results.

To become members, read more on this page of CADTM.

Linked with our presentations of Katrin Rohde – Burkina Faso & Germany, and of Dialog der Kulturen.

In 1995 I moved from Germany to Burkina Faso, West Africa, in order to found a home for street boys. I called this very first house « A.M.P.O. » (Assocation Managré Nooma Pour la Protection des Orphélins). « Managré Nooma » means Kindness is never forgotten in the country’s native language. I strongly believe in this saying until this day. From these small beginnings an organisation has developed, which is also called « Kingdom of the poor » within the population. All institutions have grown out of local necessities and have not been planned at the round table. We are exclusively financed by private contributions. We are small and efficient, and this is exactly how we want to stay! In this poor country it is still possible to help a lot with a little. Now about 150 girls and boys belong to our projects. Their age ranges from 6 to 18 years and they are orphans, half-orphans, abandoned children, and boys from the street – all live and learn together. What started as a small home, grew into a long term institution. I did not expect this to happen in 1995, though it is obvious: Kindness is never forgotten. » (Read this and more on AMPO Sahel eV).

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Linked with our presentation of Ayorinde, or Ayo Ajayi – Ghana.

The Population Council, an international, nonprofit, nongovernmental organization, seeks to improve the well-being and reproductive health of current and future generations around the world and to help achieve a humane, equitable, and sustainable balance between people and resources. The NGO conducts biomedical, social science, and public health research.

See this Text: Globalization is transforming the adolescence in the developing world.

See here about research areas.

Population Council’s Press Release.

BIOMEDICINE: The Population Council conducts fundamental research on reproductive and immunological processes, which serves as the basis for the development of new contraceptive methods, hormone therapies, and AIDS-prevention products.

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