Scriptorium

(also in Urdu and French)

Linked with ANF’s work in Pakistan.

ANF is established as an independent, Non-Governmental Registered Organization to provide shelter and support to destitute children, who have been deprived of family. Foundation has a sharp focus, clearly defined objectives and a consistent approach to its work.  Our efforts are to provide food, shelter, education, heath care to the deprived and deserving people of Pakistan. Aagosh-e-Noorani Foundation had asquired 43 kanal piece of land to construct a state of art complex for the orphans and shelter less old age citizens. Our mission is to provide the family environment to fill the vacuum, which the destiny has brought in their lives. The complex will be consist of a well equipped library, play ground and all facilities to impart education of modern sciences and computer with offering food, dress and shelter to the homeless, deprived and neglected persons. (about /Mission).

Homepage; Members;
Projects; Achievements; Rural working aereas;
Press release; Photo-Gallery;
Address: AAGOSH-E-NOORANI Foundation, Farooq Ahmad Project Director, 72 Walayat Khan Road, Chaklala Scheme III, Rawalpindi, Pakistan;
Contact.

About: Noreen Tahir, Founder & Chairperson of Aagosh-e-Noorani Foundation is active social worker last 23 years.

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Social, Political and Economic Change, understanding the world today

Goal: Bring together knowledge of our social, political and economic world. Where we are, how we got here, and where we are going.  A solid understanding of the world is the first step for improving living conditions of all people throughout the world … (More on Overview).

Main page;
What’s new; reports; basic guides to the world;
Resources: theories; Free Data; Profiles of countries and regions; Free Software;
the hunger site;
Links;
Contacts: Gene Shackman, his website; and Norman Shackman, his website.

Who we are: … (a full long page of links).

Burundi – Association pour la protection des droits humains et des personnes détenues

• en français;
• in english (still under construction).

Linked with Pierre Claver Mbonimpa – Burundi.

L’Association Burundaise pour la Protection des Droits Humains et des Personnes Détenues « APRODH » exprime sa compassion envers toutes les victimes de la barbarie humaine où qu’elles soient … (full text REMERCIEMENTS).

Accueil;
Détention dans les cachots et prisons; Peine de Mort; Situation des Droits Humains au Burundi;
Violences Sexuelles; Torture; Lutte contre l’Impunité;
Criminalité;
Brèves infos;
Rapports de l’APRODH; Rapport d’activité, excercice 2006 et Couverture du rapport;
Adresse: Bujumbura, Rohero II, 113, Boulevard de l’Indépendance ; BP 3335 Bujumbura-Burundi;
Contact.

Présentation /Historique /De la création de l’APRODH … DE L’IDEE A LA CREATION:
L’Association Burundaise pour la Protection des Droits Humains et des Personnes Détenues « APRODH » est une association apolitique et sans but lucratif.
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Comissao de Acolhimento, Verdade e Reconciliaçao CAVR de Timor-Leste

Linked with Galuh Wandita – Indonesia.

The Timor-Leste Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation (CAVR – the Portuguese acronym) – was set up in 2001 and functioned from 2002 until its dissolution in December 2005. It was an independent, statutory authority led by seven East Timorese Commissioners and mandated by UNTAET Regulation 2001/10 to undertake truth seeking for the period 1974-1999, facilitate community reconciliation for less serious crimes, and report on its work and findings and make recommendations. Its 2,800 page report entitled ‘Chega!’ was presented to the President, Parliament and Government of Timor-Leste following its completion in October 2005. (Homepage).

Formation of the Commission; CAVR Poster Exhibition;
Chega! The CAVR Report; Truth Seeking; Reconciliation; Analyses of CAVR;
Disseminating Chega! – Report on the Post-CAVR Technical Secretariat Dissemination Program, January 2007, 39 pdf-pages;
Post-CAVR Technical Secretariat: profile; News and Updates; CAVR archives and library;
The Comarca;
Links;
Address: CAVR, Executive Director: Rev Agustinho de Vasconselos,
– Street address:Rua Balide, Dili, Timor-Leste.
– Postal address: PO Box 144, Dili, Timor-Leste;
Contact.

Dissemination: As part of its mandate, the Post-CAVR Technical Secretariat has engaged in active dissemination of the CAVR report Chega! and other CAVR products. This dissemination has focussed on Timor-Leste but has also included some international outreach conducted in a number of countries mainly by civil society organisations in the UK, Indonesia and Australia.

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Bringing Market Experience to the Pursuit of Better Lending Policies

The Center for Responsible Lending is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research and policy organization dedicated to protecting homeownership and family wealth by working to eliminate abusive financial practices. CRL is affiliated with Self-Help, one of the nation’s largest community development financial institutions … (about 1/2).

Homepage – with NEW FORECLOSURES-TICKER – (now, Wednesday evening at 325’353);
Sitemap;
Mortage Lending overview;
Latest Issue’s overview; Press kit; Download our factsheet;
Research and Publications;
Legislation and Policy;
Get involved; Current job listings; Visit Self-Help’s website;
Address: Center for Responsible Lending, 302 West Main Street, Durham, NC 27701, (919) 313-8500, USA;
Contacts.

About 2/2: … In the late 1990s, homeowners began coming to Self-Help Credit Union seeking help to avoid foreclosure. Unfortunately, it was too late for many of these families. Unscrupulous lenders already had stolen their home equity—their greatest source of wealth and future financial security.

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University of California /Berkeley

The Human Rights Center investigates war crimes and other serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law. Our empirical studies recommend specific policy measures to hold perpetrators accountable, protect vulnerable populations, and help rebuild war-torn societies. (Homepage).

News;
Publications: reports; articles; journal; books; resources; photos; newsletter;
Current events; Courses: Current Courses, Spring 2009;
Current fellows;
Address: Human Rights Center, University of California, Berkeley, 460 Stephens Hall, #2300, Berkeley, CA 94720-2300, USA;
Contact.

About HRC: The Human Rights Center promotes human rights and international justice worldwide and trains the next generation of human rights researchers and advocates. We believe that sustainable peace and development can be achieved only through efforts to prevent human rights abuses and hold those responsible for such crimes accountable. We use empirical research methods to investigate and expose serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law. In our studies and reports, we recommend specific policy measures that should be taken by governments and international organizations to protect vulnerable populations in times of war and political and social upheaval.

HISTORY:

Established in 1994 through the generosity of the Sandler Family Supporting Foundation, the Human Rights Center (HRC) has conducted major human rights investigations in more than a dozen countries, including the United States, Iraq, Rwanda, Uganda, Burma, and the former Yugoslavia. HRC has used DNA analysis to reunite families divided by war and conducted population-based studies to ensure that the voices of victims are heard by policymakers. HRC’s research has been provided to the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, and the International Criminal Court.

The Center has provided more than 100 fellowships to graduate students over the past ten years, and its alumni have taken leadership positions with universities, nongovernmental organizations, and activist groups worldwide … (full text).

Health Freedom Threats: Codex, FDA, Vaccinations, GMO’s

Linked with Rima E. Laibow, M.D. – USA, and with the video: Compléments alimentaires / about Food complements.

The Natural Solutions Foundation initiated powerful public response/grass roots campaigns when health freedom threats arise in the US including health-hostile legislation, attacks on natural doctors’ licenses, dangerous and restrictive FDA guidance documents and policies which threaten natural health options and the wellness industry. Each of these public response grass roots campaigns has generated anywhere from 100,000 to nearly 600,000 email and fax actions within days to weeks. (DID YOU KNOW).

Homepage;
About Codex Alimentarius: the 5-Minute Tour and its in depth info;
Organics for you; Bills to support and oppose; Resources;
Donnate;
Newsletter: sign up, and go to its Archives;
Address: Natural Solutions Foundation, P.O. Box 722, Maryville, MO 64468, U.S.A.;
Contact.

About us: The Natural Solutions Foundation is an exempt international NGO (non-governmental organization). The Mission of the Foundation is to discover, develop, demonstrate and disseminate natural solutions to the problems facing us and threatening our health and freedom. Since its founding in 2004, the Natural Solutions Foundation has pursued a vigorous program on many fronts, including natural solutions to significant social problems involving health and wellness. We consider health freedom to be part of those solutions. The threats to health and freedom are both domestic and international, as are the solutions.

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Linked with Prak Sokhany – Cambodia.

• ACTS is a collaborative initiative to develop innovative MA courses in Conflict Transformation Studies in regions affected by intractable conflicts.
• ACTS is for people actively working on critical social issues, including peacebuilding, conflict transformation, reconciliation, rights, development, the environment
• … (full text Homepage).

News;
Highlights of the ACTS Conference 2007;
ACTS: in the Balkans and Middle East, in ASIA; in Africa; in Western Europe; in America.
About ACTS Partners;
Downloads; and Links;
Addresse Headquarter:ACTS, 1046 Bristol Road, Selly Oak, Birmingham, B29 6LJ, UK;
Contacts.

ABOUT THE PROGRAMME: ACTS is a two year part-time MA course, during which time participants come together for 6 residential seminars. It is run by participating regional centres, and each learning group is recruited from within that region.

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The African Diaspora Policy Centre (ADPC) is an independent organisation which was established in The Netherlands in 2006. ADPC provides a platform that enables African Diaspora in Europe to connect more closely with the continent as a collective force, pool their resources and proactively undertake initiatives for the promotion of peace, better governance and brain gain in Africa. ADPC pursues its goals by facilitating the effective harnessing of the considerable, and largely untapped, social capital of the huge African Diaspora population in Europe for the promotion of peace, better governance and brain gain in Africa … (about).

Homepage;
Agenda; Vacancies;
Publications; Factsheets; Newsletter;
Links;
Addresses – Visiting address: ADPC, Timorplein 41, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Postal address: ADPC, P.O. Box 3245, 1001AA, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;
Contact.

Who’s Who – African Diaspora Skills Database: Welcome! – to the African Diaspora Skills Database. This database was compiled to provide an overview of qualified African Diaspora professionals with varied areas of expertise and experience. The African diaspora contribute substantially to the social, economic and political development of Africa, and this database is set up to further mobilize this considerable potential. You also have access to numerous African diaspora organisations in the Netherlands and beyond whose transnational long-distance development related activities are having a positive impact on the development of the continent. This database is aimed to contribute to the efforts geared in mitigating the adverse effects of the brain drain in Africa.

HOW IT WORKS: … (go on with the links in the right column).

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The Association for Progressive Communications (APC) is a global network of civil society organisations whose mission is to empower and support organisations, social movements and individuals in and through the use of information and communication technologies ICTs Information and Communication Technologies. (Homepage).

News; press; blog; media gallery;
members; a special partner: women’s networking support programme wnsp;
projects; publications; training materials;
glossary;
Address: APC Executive Director’s Office, PO Box 29755, Melville, 2109, South Africa;
Contact.

About APC: The APC vision: “A world in which all people have easy, equal and affordable access to the creative potential of ICTs to improve their lives and create more democratic and egalitarian societies.”

The APC mission: “We are a global network of civil society organisations whose mission is to empower and support organisations, social movements and individuals in and through the use of information and communication technologies to build strategic communities and initiatives for the purpose of making meaningful contributions to equitable human development, social justice, participatory political processes and environmental sustainability.”

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Linked with Mary Liston Liepold – USA, with The World-Uniting Force of a New American President, and with What Women want: RESPECT.

… The National Science Teachers Association (NSTA), founded in 1944 and headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, is the largest organization in the world committed to promoting excellence and innovation in science teaching and learning for all. NSTA’s current membership of 60,000 includes science teachers, science supervisors, administrators, scientists, business and industry representatives, and others involved in and committed to science education … (about /overview 1/2).

Homepage;
Sitemap;
Membership; Professional Development; Get involved;
Conferences and Institutes; Publications and Products; Science store;
FAQ;
Addresse: National Science Teachers Association, 1840 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington VA 22201, USA;
Contact.

About /overview 2/2: … NSTA’s Guiding Principles:

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(Indonesian homepage)

Linked with Lita Anggraini – Indonesia.

Urban Poor linkage (UPLINK) Indonesia is a national coalition of NGOs and CBOs that focuses its concern and activities on urban poor issues. It started as a loose network that was formalised and effectively founded in July 2002, prior to the Afro-Asian Urban Poor Dialog participated by urban poor people in Asia (Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Philippines, India, Korea, Pakistan, Indonesia) and Africa (South Africa, Namibia, Kenya, Nigeria) in Indonesia in September 2002 … (full text of the english homepage).

Articles;
Create user account;
Address: Urban Poor Linkage (Uplink) National Secretariat, CO-Coordinator : Wardah Hafidz, Lita Anggraini, and  Ari Ujianto, National Facilitator Team : M. Nawir, Rusdianto, Abdul Jalil, Sudarto, Yanto Hutabarat, Wardah Hafidz, Lita Anggraini, Ari Ujianto, Edi Saidi, Abdurrachman, Billy Moon Blok H-1/7 Jakarta 13450, Indonesia;
Contact: Phone, 62-21-8642915, Fax, 62-21-86902408, e-mail, Website.

About:

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Linked with Brendan Barber – England, and with TUC New Year Message.

With member unions representing over six and a half million working people, we campaign for a fair deal at work and for social justice at home and abroad.

Homepage;
Sitemap;
Britan’s Unions; TUC Directory 2009; Union professionals; Work rights;
Events; Congress TV;
Publications; Email Alerts/Newsletter;
Addresses: Headquarter, Trades Union Congress, Congress House, Great Russell Street, London, WC1B 3LS, England;
TUC Brussels office: International Trade Union House, Rooms 409 / 411, Boulevard du Roi Albert II, 5, B-1210, Brussels, Belgium;
Contact.

About the TUC: The TUC is the voice of Britain at work. With 58 affiliated unions representing nearly seven million working people from all walks of life, we campaign for a fair deal at work and for social justice at home and abroad.

We negotiate in Europe, and at home build links with political parties, business, local communities and wider society.

For more information about the TUC see the links below: … (full long text about TUC’s work, regions, people, etc.).

(in de, en, es, fr)

Picked up on Weitzenegger’s Website for International  Development Cooperation and its Newsletter.

• It has been the historic role of trade unionism, and remains its mission, to better the conditions of work and life of working women and men and their families, and to strive for human rights, social justice, gender equality, peace, freedom and democracy.
• More than ever in its history, confronted by unbridled capitalist globalisation, effective internationalism is essential to the future strength of trade unionism and its capacity to realise that mission.
• The Confederation calls on the workers of the world to unite in its ranks, to make of it the instrument needed to call forth a better future for them and for all humanity. (About 1/2).

Homepage in english;
Sitemap;
Press and publications; campaigns; YouTubeChannel;
Equality; Human and Trade Union Rights; Economic an Social Policy;
Member’s section; young workers; jobs at ITUC;
Regional structures; Global Unions; Mailing list: down left column; Links;
Address: ITUC, 5 Boulevard du Roi Albert II, Bte 1, 1210 Brussels, Belgium;
Contacts.

About 2/2: … The ITUC adheres to the principles of trade union democracy and independence, as set out in its Constitution. It is governed by four-yearly world congresses, a General Council and an Executive Bureau. The chief executive of the ITUC is its General Secretary Guy Ryder, supported by Deputy General Secretaries Mamounata Cisse and Jaap Wienen.

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Linked with Situation in Kenja’s prison.

Faraja Trust is a charitable, non-governmental organisation, which is since its fundation in 1999 located in Nairobi. Faraja Trust is founded, bildt up and marked by the Swiss Benedictian Missionary Peter Meienberg, who is dedicating his life the poor and needy people in East Africa since fifty years. A contact facility in Switzerland is provided by the Donor’s Association of Faraja Trust, founded in 2004 (on Homepage).

News; News-Archive;
Humanitarian Aid; Frater Peter Meienberg’s Legacy; Prison work; Farm Training Institute;
Income Generation Projects; Origine of Funds; Donations; Faraja Trust Fund, Care for HIV affected individuals in Morogoro (raises the money for the Faraja Trust);
Photogallery; Downloads;
Address: Zanzibar Road, South B, P.O.Box 3302, 00506 Nairobi, Kenya;
Contacts in Kenya, and in Switzerland.

About – Who we are /what we do;

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