Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama (INCAP) Guatemala Expand view Apartado Postal 1188 Guatemala City INCAP is a Central American institution of technical cooperation, with leadership and scientific-technical excellence, that promotes, facilitates and supports actions that will enable its Member Countries to reach food and nutrition security. In order to promote the Initiative of Food and Nutrition Security, the institutional fields of action are related to the transfer of technology and technical assistance, operational research, training of personnel and strengthening of institutional capacity, mobilisation of resources and development of collaborative works. Also establishing strategic alliances with Central Americsan institutions as well as those outside the region. The INCAP resource centre is open to the public http://www.incap.org.gt
Enterpriseworks Worldwide USA Expand view 1828 L Street NW Suite 1000 Washington DC 20036 Enterprise Works Worldwide generates economic growth and fights poverty in Afirca, Asia and Latin America through market-based development programmes that promote profitablity, environmentally sustainable microenterprises. By systematically improving production, processing and marketing, EnterpriseWorks helps small-scale farmers and manufacturers increase productivity, expand operations, form new regional and international business links, and ultimately capture more of the value of their products EnterpriseWorks focuses on five progrsmme areas: Coffee and tree crops, Energy, Farming & Food Processing, Livestock, and Natural Products http://www.enterpriseworks.org
Associacion de Prevencion y Ayuda a Enfermos de SIDA (APAES/SOLIDARIDAD) Guatemala Expand view PO Box 1636 Guatemala City NGO working mainly with gay men offering support and care, self-help groups, counselling and workshops. Also outreach work in prisons across the community http://www.apaes.org
CIPAC Costa Rica Expand view Apartado 335-1002 Paseo de Los Estudiantes CIPAC is an investigation into the situation and promotion of human rights of socially marginalised populations, in particular gays, lesbians and people living with HIV/AIDS. The CIPAC resource centre is open to the public http://www.gaycostarica.com/cipac
Comite Regional de Promociónde Salud Comunitaria (CRPSC) Nicaragua Expand view Apartido 3267 Managua The Regional Committee for the Promotion of Community Health is a regional network of community-based organisations and movements. It promotes advocacy and training in Primary Health Care through its national coordinating organisation. Present activity is concerned with the defence of the right to health
Gruop Latinoamericanaopara la Participacion la Inclusion de las Personas con Discapacidad (GLARP-IIPD) Colombia Expand view Carrerra 21 No 84-48 Zonal Postal 8, Antiguo County Bogota Resource centre is open to the public
Y Care International (YMCA) UK Expand view 3-9 Southampton Row London WC1B 5HY The international development agency of the YMCA movement. Focuses on the needs and contributions of young people in the developing world, who face the severest of economic and social conditions. They aim to provide financial support for projects that aim to promote self-sufficiency. Funds are chanelled through local YMCAs, which develop projects with their local communities. They aim to broaden the opportunities available to marginalised young people and enable them to escape the poverty trap. They also aim to raise the awareness of development issues in the UK http://www.ycare.org.uk
CIET International USA Expand view 511 Avenue of the Americas #132 New York, NY 10011 CIET is an international group of professionals from a variety of disciplines, including epidemiology, medicine, planning, communications and other social sciences, who bring scientific research methods to community levels. By involving people at these levels in information gathering and analysis, CIET helps them to participate, in an increasingly informed way, in decisions that affect their lives. Through both formal and on-the-job training over a series of reiterative survey cycles, CIET shares its collective skills and its methods with national, regional and local planners to help develop local stakeholder information systems and build indigenous capacities for evidence-based planning and action. CIET is also an academic centre, based at the Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero in Mexico that provides formal training in evidence-based planning through short courses and an intensive eight-week course as well as through diploma, masters and doctoral programmes. In addition to New York and Mexico, it also has offices in Nicaragua, Pakistan, London, Ottawa and Johannesburg http://www.ciet.org
International Centre for the Advancement of Community Based Rehabilitation, Queen's University (ICACBR) Canada Expand view 154 Albert Street Kingston Ontario K7L 3N6 ICACBR is an organization committed to advancing the concept of community based rehabilitation (CBR) practice in partnership with persons with disabilities and their communities around the world. All activities are directed towards achieving international excellence in CBR education, policy, service delivery and research. The Centre's goal is to increase the acceptance and knowledge of CBR as an appropriate and realistic method for fulfilling human rights and improving the quality of life of persons with disabilities, their families, and their communities. http://www.queensu.ca/icacbr/index.html
LOH Medical USA Expand view 318 Davis Street Clarks Summit, PA 18411 Loh Medical is a supplier of durable medical equipment that specialises in providing assistive and rehabilitative technology to people with disabilities.Examples of their products include power mobility equipment such as scooters and power chairs, pediatric pacer gait trainers, and other orthopedic devices. They are experts at assisting medical professionals, distributors and individuals in the selection of appropriate assistive technology, with a special focus on mobility.LOH Medical knows the logistical and documentation needs of the international markets.Their technical support assures many years of satisfaction for our customers, and the assurance of innovative solutions for special needs.Users can visit their website to find the contact information for specific regions. LOH Medical has dedicated staff and offices located in key areas for easy accessibility to their clients. http://www.lohmedical.com/en
Equal Measures 2030 Expand view Equal Measures 2030 envisions a world where no girl or woman is invisible. They connect data and evidence with advocacy and action, helping to fuel progress towards gender equality. That means making sure girls’ and women’s movements, rights advocates and decision makers have easy-to-use data and evidence to guide efforts to reach the Global Goals by 2030. http://www.equalmeasures2030.org/#contact-us
