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Linked with the Consortium for Street children, with Khuphuka Project and with Dharmagiri.

• The Mandala Trust is a member of the Consortium for Street children – a UK based network of NGOs working to promote and protect the rights of street associated children in the developing world.
• The Mandala Trust is a UK based NGO working in partnership with a variety of grass roots organisations overseas.  We have a particular focus on projects which support vulnerable children and are currently active in Southern Africa, Cambodia, India, China and Peru.(Homepage).

Aims; Projects; News; Photos; Help us; Donate online;
Address: The Mandala Trust, The Stables, Langham Place, Rode, Somerset BA11 6PL, England;
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History: Things were set in motion when a man travelling in India met and became friends with a local man who worked as a shoe wallah.  The two would sit together each day on the side of the road as the Indian man worked, drinking chai (sweet tea), sharing stories and eventually becoming good friends.  Continuer la lecture de « The Mandala Trust »

putting a human face on the global economy

• Few of the estimated 30 million migrant workers in China’s Guangdong Province have health insurance as factories will not pay for it.  If a worker gets sick, seeing a doctor in a hospital is prohibitively expensive, costing $25.59, more than a full week’s wages, including overtime. (Feb. 2007)
• It is all too easy for factories in China producing goods for export to U.S. companies to violate the laws on occupational health and safety and work injuries with complete impunity.  The U.S. companies involved are also displaying a total indifference when it comes to respecting worker rights.” (Feb. 2007).
• Forced labor, including the exploitation of children, continues in Burma, as do extrajudicial killing, disappearances, rape and torture. (June 2008)
• … etc. etc. – see down the right column of each page.

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News; NCL shop; Newsletter: head of each page; support us; Our (full) YouTube channel;
Address: National Labor Committee, 5 Gateway Center, 6th Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, USA;
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About Mission: Transnational corporations now roam the world to find the cheapest and most vulnerable workers. The people who stitch together our jeans and assemble our CD-players are mostly young women in Central America, Mexico, Bangladesh, China and other poor nations, many working 12 to 14-hour days for pennies an hour. Continuer la lecture de « The National Labor Committee NLC »

There are two primary causes for both poverty and war:

• 1.Two crucial concepts: Plunder by trade, and Property rights law, as applied to nature’s resources and technologies, denying others their rightful share of what nature offers to us all for free.
• 2.We are culturally trained to unsustainable conspicuous consumption, unaware that much of this wealth is unearned through causes one and two listed above.

Those fundamentals of world trade and domestic economies (item one) is the heart of the enormously violent and wasteful world monopoly system. Well over half of our labors and resources expended adds nothing to our quality of life. We suggest these links for a quick initial understanding: … (full text Homepage).

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A Message to Global Warming, Poverty Elimination, and No-More-War Activists;
Address: The Institute for Economic Democracy, 13851 N 103 Ave, Sun City, AZ 85351, USA;
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About: This institute, founded by Dr. J.W. Smith, is a 501C3 non-profit/educational foundation researching the causes of, and elimination of, poverty and war.  Continuer la lecture de « Institute for Economic Democracy »

mainly in chinese – based in China serving China, organising and sourcing a variety of projects bringing together people desiring to serve and those in need.

The Yellow River Soup Kitchen is a not for profit NGO, registered in the UK. A secular organisation that is open to everybody, it is wholly run by volunteers for volunteers and as such has no overheads of any description. Our objective is to organise or source a variety of projects, with the aim of bringing together two specific groups of people; namely those with a desire to serve and those that are in need. Hence, providing an opportunity, a vehicle, support and empowerment, to enable volunteers to channel their energies for the benefit of others whilst at the same time achieving personal growth and development. Facilitating the opportunity to cultivate a small change inside potentially manifesting in a larger change outside … (full text english Homepage/about).

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Forum; Register; Past activities; Photos; Want to help?
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On going projects: Soup Kitchen, in Xi’an: Several large filled steamed buns called Baozi stuffed with a combination of vegetables, tofu and noodles, pots of hot soup and tea are served three times weekly, on Monday, Wednesday and Friday evenings at the catholic church on Wu Xing Jie.   Continuer la lecture de « Yellow River Voluntary Alliance »

Children’s Health Foundation is a member of Children’s Miracle Network CMN and a Canadian Registered Charity (about/down left column).

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Events; Media, publications; Priorities; Code; How we … ; Board; History; Donor Bill of Rights; How to get to … ;
Address: Children’s Health Foundation, 345 Westminster Ave, London, Ontario N6C 4V3, CANADA;
Contact.

About: Children’s Health Foundation is the charitable fundraising resource for Children’s Hospital and Children’s Health Research Institute. We are an independent, incorporated non-profit organization that has been raising money and granting funds to children’s health care and research for over 80 years. Since 1999, Children’s Health Foundation has granted over $29 million to Children’s Hospital and Children’s Health Research Institute.  Continuer la lecture de « Children’s Health Foundation »

also in chinese

As communications and transportation technologies have developed and global migration has intensified people from varying cultural backgrounds work and live side by side. However, the long-term vitality of international relations and civil society requires much more than merely living side by side in mutual tolerance. Efforts must be made to draw on the strengths of diversity in the interest of forging ideals and goals that can be shared. (full text Homepage /Mission).

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Projects; Connections; Pacific Region Forum; Events;
Address and map: David Lam Centre, David Lam Centre, 515 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6B 5K3;
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ABOUT THE DAVID LAM CENTRE /STEERING COMMITTEE: … Paul Crowe’s teaching and research focus is on Chinese religions and intellectual history and on cultivation of intercultural understanding. Continuer la lecture de « David See-Chai Lam Centre for International Communication »

vision for a sustainable world

Worldwatch Institute delivers the insights and ideas that empower decision makers to create an environmentally sustainable society that meets human needs. Worldwatch focuses on the 21st century challenges of climate change, resource degradation, population growth, and poverty by developing and disseminating solid data and innovative strategies for achieving a sustainable society. (About 1/2 /Mission).

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Blogs: Dateline Copenhagen, Nourishing the Planet, Green Economy, Transforming Cultures;
Press; Publications; Programs; Global Partners; Support;
Address: Worldwatch Institute, 1776 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036-1904, U.S.A.;
Contact.

About 2/2: … The Worldwatch Institute is an independent research organization recognized by opinion leaders around the world for its accessible, fact-based analysis of critical global issues. The Institute’s three main program areas include Climate & Energy, Food & Agriculture, and the Green Economy.  Continuer la lecture de « Worldwatch Institute »

• We have no up front application or processing cost. We collect the program fee only after a participant arrives in the United States and begins to receive money by participating in the program.
• We provide medical insurance from the day of arrival in the United States to the day of departure at no cost to the participant, except for a modest deductible required by the insurance company.
• For programs of one year or longer we pay the cost of travel from the port of entry into the United States to the host sites as well as travel to the port of debarkation when the program is completed.
• We have programs available to improve English-speaking skills and to acquire basic entrepreneurial techniques, in addition to learning agricultural skills. (Learn).

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Hosting Program; Personal Experiences;
Address: Worldwide Farmers Exchange, 1650 Solano Avenue, Suites B & D, Berkeley, CA 94707-2126, USA;
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Farmer Exchange Program: Opportunities Await You with Our Trainee and Intern Exchange Programs: Under the Mutual Education and Cultural Exchange Act Worldwide Farmers Exchange has been certified by the U.S. Department of State to sponsor and operate a trainee program, also known as P-3-05119, and an intern program, also known as P-3-12380.  Continuer la lecture de « Worldwide Farmers Exchange »

The Earth Charter Initiative and Earth Charter Dove Design (or « Logo ») are the trademarks of Earth Charter Associates, Ltd. (also in português and in español)

Linked with the english Earth Charter Text.
Download the Text, in many languages (most in pdf, some in word).

The Earth Charter is a declaration of fundamental ethical principles for building a just, sustainable and peaceful global society in the 21st century.  It seeks to inspire in all people a new sense of global interdependence and shared responsibility for the well-being of the whole human family, the greater community of life, and future generations.  It is a vision of hope and a call to action … (full long text What is the Earth Charter).

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ECI Council; Earth Charter Commission; Who we are; How participate; Guidelines; Endorse; Donate; Volunteer;
Country activities; Focus; Resources; News, events; Virtual Library; Newsletter;
Address: Earth Charter International Secretariat, Earth Charter Center for Education for Sustainable Development at UPEACE, c/o University for Peace, P.O.Box138 6100, San José, Costa Rica;
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About: Earth Charter Initiative: “The Earth Charter Initiative” is the collective name for the extraordinarily diverse, global network of people, organizations, and institutions that participate in promoting and implementing the values and principles of the Earth Charter.  Continuer la lecture de « Earth Charter Initiative »

In addition to job-training for needy people in Fort Wayne, the house of the Friends of the Third World helps sell products made by exceptional enterprising groups in the Third World, including the Bombolulu Workshop for the Handicapped in Mombasa, Kenya, as well as trying to help Nicaraguan Medical Aid … (about /What do we do).

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at the Center; Action facts; M.L.King Jr. Day; News, events; PartnersAction Facts; Venezuela today; Fair Trade; Shop; Links;
Address: Jim Goetsch, Friends of the Third World, Inc., and Marian Waltz of the Third World Shoppe, 611 W. Wayne Street, Fort Wayne, IN 46802-2167, USA;
Contacts.

About 2/2: … History of the Organization: Taken from a recent newsletter: Friends of the Third World (FOTW) began in 1972 when students and teachers formed a fundraising project to aid the hungry.   Continuer la lecture de « Friends of the Third World FOTW »

• Greenstar Social Marketing Pakistan (Guarantee) Limited (originally called “Social Marketing Pakistan”) was established by Population Services International (PSI) in 1991 as a nonprofit devoted to improving quality of life among low-income people. A non-governmental organization, Greenstar works through the private sector and with the Government of Pakistan, empowering healthier choices and improving access to affordable, high-quality health products and services.
• Mission: To improve the quality of life among people throughout Pakistan by increasing access to and use of health products, services and information, particularly in the lower socio-economic population groups … (full text Homepage).

Services: Reproductive Health; Diseases; Mother/Child; Family Health; GS in Earthquake;
Products; Medical refs /Links; News; Newsletter; Brochure; Events; What; Where; Working With Us;
Addresses (1 of 10): Head Office GS, 21-C, Zamzama Commercial Lane No.5, Phase V, D.H.A, Karachi, Pakistan;
Contacts.

About /Who We Are: Greenstar Social Marketing Pakistan (Guarantee) Limited is a nonprofit, non-governmental organization devoted to improving quality of life among low-income people.  Continuer la lecture de « Greenstar GS Social Marketing, Pakistan »

Our belief that every life has equal value is at the core of our work at the foundation. We follow 15 guiding principles, which help define our approach to our philanthropic work, and employ an outstanding leadership team to direct our strategies and grantmaking.
Read a letter from Bill and Melinda Gates, where our co-chairs share the vision behind their philanthropy. (About the Foundation).

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Programs, Partnership; What we are learning; Topics; Regions; Grants; Jobs; News Campus;
Addresses (1 of 4): Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Main Office, PO Box 23350, Seattle, WA 98102, USA;
Contacts.

Fact Sheet: Guided by the belief that every life has equal value, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation works to help all people lead healthy, productive lives.  Continuer la lecture de « Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation »

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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Children; Resources; Publications, research; Newsletters; Jobs;
Address: 2666 Queensway Street, Prince George, BC (British Columbia), V2L 1N2, Canada;
Map; Contact.

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).

english Homepage;
Programmes; UPEACE system; Calenda; Other peace sites;
News; Faculty manual, 36 p; Student’s handbook, 87 p; Monitor; Glossary;
Address: University for Peace, Apdo. 138-6100, Ciudad Colon, Costa Rica;
Contact.

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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Human Rights: Enforces disappearances; Women rights; Custodial killings; Children; Torture; Executive Office;
Conflict resolution; Research, publications; Activities, conferences; Principles; Structure; Links;
Address: Kashmir Institute of International Relations, No. 11, 2nd Floor, Victory Tower Plaza, F-8 Markaz, Islamabad, Pakistan;
Contact.

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 »