Agency for the Co-operation and Research into Development (ACORD)

An international consortium of NGOs (including Oxfam, War on Want) working together for long-term development in Africa. ACORD works in Uganda with the Primary Health Care Association, with AIDS awareness projects in eastern Africa and with a refugee project in Uganda which has a component for working with disabled people. Small documentation centre organised thematically and geographically containing material on development (gender, organisational development/support), pastoralism, agriculture etc. Archives include project reports from 15 African countries. Visit by appointment.