Social Awareness Service Organisation (SASO) India Expand view Khwai Lalambung Makhong Rims Road South Imphal - 795 001, Manipur SASO aims: To achieve the social and general upliftment of the people as well as giving them the best of advantages. To promote culture, education , science, sport and other social activities. To work in the field of drug addiction, HIV/AIDS, etc. To raise funds by receiving donations, subcription monies and contributions from members and non-members as well as finance from the government and civil bodies.
Amar Jyoti Rehabilitation and Research Centre India Expand view Amar Jyoti Charitable Trust Karkardooma Vikas Marg Delhi-110 092 Amar Jyoti provides rehabilitation services with the following objectives: creating opportunities for education, medical care, vocational training and employment of disabled people; organising integrated cultural and sports activities for all round development; mainstreaming disabled people for equality and dignity. Its activities include the organisation of mass contact programmes, awareness generation through health Melas (fairs), pilot study programmes resulting in early intervention, and the dissemination of health education through puppet shows, street theatres, handbills and posters. Its resource centre is not open to the public Amar Jyoti prints the Hindi edition of Disability Dialogue (Akshamata Samrad) and the newsletter Reaching Out Amar Jyoti documents lessons learned through its work by writing time bound reports and taking photographs. Key lessons that have been learned learned are the importance of community and family acceptance of disabled people and the importance of providing disabled people with information on health, medical and rehabilitation services. Knowledge and experience sharing is done with most NGOs working in operational area. Sharing lessons learned takes place through the placement of foreign experts in the organisation, workshops for staff development organised by foreign agencies and its through publications http://www.amarjyotirehab.org/
Centre for Women's Development Studies (CWDS) India Expand view 25 Bhai Vir Singh Marg New Delhi-110001 Aims: To see women as active participants in politics and in plans for national development and not merely as passive recipients of marginal hand-outs. To focus attention on women's pressing and special needs for maternity protection, child care, literacy, education widening opportunities for and resources form various sections of society. To re-examine educational and other values generating processes which promote mystification, ignorance and distortion regarding women and the roles insociety. The CWDS resource centre is open to the public
Institute for Indian Mother and Child (IIMC) India Expand view Vill- Tegharia Post- Sonarpur Dist- 24 Pgs(S), WB IIMC is a Voluntary NGO working for the poorest of the poor in the field of primary health, education and rural development. IIMC is concerned with health education and health promotion, working towards their main objective of the total development and upliftment of the community. Women empowerment programmes and Micro Savings and Credit programmes aim to fulfill the basic needs of the community as they work towards self sufficiency. The hospital/clinic contains 20 beds.
Nepal Association for the Welfare of the Blind (NAWB) Nepal Expand view P O Box 3255 Kathmandu NAWB aim to: help blind and visually impaired to become economically active and productive citizens; help blind and visually impaired integrate into their community; find out the cause of blindness and arrange for prevention, cure and reversal of blindness; Safeguard and promote the overall interests and welfare of the blind and visually impaired
Poverty Alleviation Sangstha (PAS) Bangladesh Expand view Khajura - PO. Gournagar, PS: Kotwali Dist: Jesoore-7400 Aim to encourage self-reliance of destitute women and physically disabled, serving group members and their villages. Surveying root causes of poverty, and intorducing savings practices. Providing non-formal education and primary health care. Developing handi-crafts and training in agricultural tecniques. The PAS resource centre is open to the public
Movement for Rural Emancipation (MORE) India Expand view V/357-A Appa Rao Gardens Madanapalle, Chittor District Andhra Pradesh 517 325 Aims to improve the quality of life of persons with disabilities (PWD), empower them and ensure their integration into mainstream society. Its specific goals are to carry out and develop CBR; to lobby for and ensure that the rights of PWDs are met; to take up training programmes and pilot research in CBR; and to network with other groups/agencies with a view to enhance CBR
Yasmeen Clinic - The Family Health Centre Pakistan Expand view H/33-34 Rizvia Society Nazimabad Karachi 74600 The Yasmeen Clinic aims to provide health care services to the community. Treatment of the sick and their families via outpatient and domicillary services is also provided. Chemically ill and terminally sick patients are provided with palliative care. A further aim is the prevention of disease by immunisation. Counselling is also provided
SHETU (Shirashuni Humanitarian Enhance Territorial Unity) Bangladesh Expand view Vill & PO: Shirashuni Thana: Tala Dist: Satkhira SHETU aims to build up an infrastructure with the initiative of group members through which they will be able to implement their programme without any help from outside in future. Further objectives include: (1) Establish self-reliant organisation among poor community; (2) work with gender approach to enhance the status of women and men in society and develop their relationship; (3) incorporate local and human resources in developmetn activities; (4) protect natural environment and development progrommes. The SHETU resource centre is open to the public
Indigo (formerly Independent Living Centre of Western Australia) Australia Expand view 11 Aberdare Road Nedlands, WA 6008 Indigo (formerly the Independent Living Centre WA)Indigo provides information and advice, assessment, training, funding and hire services that enable Australians of all ages and abilities to live more independent and fulfilling lives.The customer is at the heart of everything we do and we offer expertise in:assistive technology (devices and equipment)home modificationsallied health services including physiotherapy, occupational therapy and speech pathologydriving support for first time drivers and people returning to driving following a diagnosis of a medical condition or a disabilitytraining on assistive technology, communication, home modifications and inclusive technology in schools.
National Council for the Welfare of Disabled Persons (NCWDP) Philippines Expand view PO Box 2943 Manila 2/F SRA Annex North Avenue Quezon City Povides policy leadership and coordination in disability issues and concerns; provides support to and creates opportunies for capability building programmes for people with disabilities (PWDs), their families and communities; advocates for a "rights based" approach in helping PWDs and informs the public about disability concerns; monitors and evaluates programmes/projects for PWDs; conducts research and studies on disability concerns maintains a data bank and referral system; provides technical assistance to heads of government departments on the concerns, views and needs of PWDs; and establishes international linkages for resource generation and exchange of information and expertise. Its resource centre is open to the public http://www.ncwdp.gov.ph
Save the Children Norway|Cambodia Office Cambodia Expand view PO Box 34 Phnom Penh Aims to enable all children in Cambodia to grow up and develop in a better environment, ensuring the love and care of the family and society. The Resource Centre is not open to the public http://www.welcome.la/sch-co
Fiji Council of Social Services (FCOSS) Fiji Expand view P O Box 13476 Suva FCOSS provides support and training, and channels funding to small NGOs working in family welfare.
Red Ribbon Centre (RRC)|UNAIDS Collaborating Centre for Technical Support Hong Kong Expand view 2/F Wnag Tai Hom Jockey Club Clinic 200 Junction Road East Hong Kong Its mission is to facilitate and enhance the community's response to HIV/AIDS. It aims to do this by promoting community participation in AIDS education and research; enhancing the development of quality AIDS education programmes; facilitating the development of social, behavioural and epidemiological research on HIV/AIDS in Hong Kong and the region; and providing an avenue for local and international collaboration in the fight against HIV/AIDS http://www.info.gov.hk/aids
The Hong Kong Society for Rehabilitation (HKSR) Hong Kong Expand view 6/F, 7 Sha Wan Drive Pokfulam Aims to restore health and economic self-sufficiency to the residents of Hong Kong suffering from any physical disability, whether arising from ill-health or injury. Involved in RENET - a rehabilitation electronic network on the Internet to meet the information needs of rehabilitation personnel in Hong Kong and Asia and the Pacific, to provide them with comprehensive and updated development in areas of policy, service delivery, professional intervention, programme strategies, and evalution and research findings. To facilitate exchange and to attain the objectives of 'Full Equality and participation' and 'A Society for All'. Its resource centre is open to the public http://www.rehabsociety.org.hk