Grassroots International

Grassroots International works to create a just and sustainable world by building alliances with progressive movements. We provide grants to our Global South partners and join them in advocating for social change. Our primary focus is on land, water and food as human rights and nourishing the political struggle necessary to achieve these rights. (full text homepage and latest news).

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Contact: 179 Boylston Street, 4th floor, Boston MA 02130, USA, e-mail, tel: 617.524.1400, fax: 617.524.5525.

Who We Are:
Grassroots International works to create a just and sustainable world by building alliances with progressive movements. We provide grants to our Global South partners and join them in advocating for social change. Our primary focus is on land, water and food as human rights and nourishing the political struggle necessary to achieve these rights.

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MADRE

Demanding Human Rights for Women and Families around the world

We know that the world has reached a tipping point in its ability to absorb the harmful impacts of unsustainable resource use, economic greed, and militarism. This planet-wide crisis is the defining issue of our time and a keen reminder that there are no single issues: global problems are interrelated and so are smart solutions … (about 1/2).

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About 2/2: MADRE is driven by a commitment to solutions. We use human rights to advance social, environmental, and economic justice, understanding that human rights are not a hierarchy, but an indivisible set of standards for all people to enjoy. MADRE’s focus is on delivering results – meeting immediate, local needs and creating sustainable, long-term alternatives.

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ETTA projects – out of hunger, On to Hope

Mission: Etta Projects empowers Bolivian families to transcend poverty by offering education, economic opportunities and a supportive community to women and by providing balanced meals, vitamins and basic preventative healthcare to their children.
Vision: Etta Projects envisions a Bolivia in which hunger does not interfere with daily life. (About 1/2).

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Etta Projects strives to serve those most drastically affected by poverty. We believe that our energy and resources are best used to provide the most impoverished Bolivian children with nutritious meals, and to offer nutrition, hygiene, and economic development classes for their mothers, allowing families to realize immediate, drastic improvement to their situation.

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Graines de Paix

(grains of peace)

Graines de Paix est une association humaniste qui vous propose de contribuer à la paix en aidant chacun à mieux transmettre les valeurs humaines aux jeunes et moins jeunes. Elle est indépendante de toute obédience religieuse, sectaire ou politique, tout en étant activement ouverte au dialogue et à l’échange. Elle a été reconnue d’utilité publique et bénéficie de l’exonération fiscale. Elle est basée en Suisse et active dans plusieurs autres pays. Nos outils sont conçus pour sensibiliser les jeunes et les moins jeunes à trois idées fortes:

  • les valeurs humaines, force inspiratrice pour la paix;
  • les « réflexes de paix » , outils pour inviter la paix dans l’action;
  • « l’inacceptabilité » de la violence pour soi-même, pour contribuer à la paix.

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Adresse: Graines de Paix, Rue Cornavin 11, 1201 Genève (2e étage, à droite en sortant de l’ascenseur);
Contactez-nous: Tel +41 022 700 9414, Fax +41 022 700 9416, e-mail info.

Nos constatations: La société civile, les écoles, les institutions internationales et locales s’engagent de plus en plus à contribuer à un climat de paix. Sur le plan positif:

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One H.E.A.R.T. Tibet

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The Mission of One H.E.A.R.T. is to save the lives of Tibetan women and children, one birth at a time.

Saving the lives of Tibetan women and their children is of utmost urgency for the survival of the Tibetan people and culture. Improving maternal health and reducing child mortality have globally been recognized as vital to promoting development and eradicating poverty, as set out in the United Nations Millennium Development Goals … (full text/background).

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History: One H.E.A.R.T., is a 501(c)(3), established in 1998 under the umbrella of the University of Utah Health Sciences Center (UUHSC) after Maternal-Fetal Medicine (MFM) division members returned from a visit to the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). This visit sought to address the very high maternal and infant morbidity and mortality rates and took place at the invitation of the Lhasa City Municipal Hospital and the TAR Health Department. Initial efforts were well received and officials invited One H.E.A.R.T. to collaborate with the TAR Health Bureau in an ongoing, advisory capacity … (full text).