Development

Organization of Active Women in Ivory Coast (OFACI)

Organisation of Active Women in Ivory Coast (OFACI) formed in 1999 when a group of young women who share a love of liberty, equality, justice and welfare in general and women in particular found themselves in a think tank working towards creating programmes that would uphold these values. The organisation focuses on: Promoting and protecting the [...] Read more >>>

Centre for Research and Action for Peace (CERAP)

The African Institute for Economic and Social Development (INADES) was established in 1962 at the request of the Bishops of West Africa to work on issues of economic and social development, specifically agricultural training programsme. In 2002, INADES expanded to develop into the Centre for Research and Action for Peace (CERAP) that consists of four [...] Read more >>>

African Union Club – Ivory Coast (UACI)

The African Union Club was established in June 1998 with the intention of bringing African civil society together to appropriate the values of the pan-African organisation such as democracy, human rights, promotion of gender and youth, the fight against poverty, economic and political unity of Africa. The African Union Club runs campaigns for civic education [...] Read more >>>

Lok Vehar Development Organisation

Lok Vehar Development Organisation is a development and  peacebuilding organisation based in the district of Faisalabad, Punjab in Pakistan. Since its inception in 2007, the organisation has been engaged in various activities focusing on the welfare of women and children; however, peacebuilding at the grassroots level is a key goal of Lok Vehar. With the [...] Read more >>>

National Ethnic Unity Foundation (NEUF)

National Ethnic Unity Foundation (NEUF) stated working in the early 1990’s and registered as a non-governmental organisation in 1996. They have 6 members of staff based in the office in Batticaloa and organised groups at the villages where they work. In their early years, NEUF had worked to raise awareness about the need for a [...] Read more >>>

Jeeva Jothy

Jeeva Jothy was established in 1992 primarily for the rehabilitation of female former Tamil Tiger (LTTE) child soldiers. With the vision to work towards ‘Happy Children’ irrespective of their ethnic identity, Jeeva Jothy has continued taking in former female LTTE soldiers and orphaned children from war into their children’s home in Batticaloa. Jeeva Jothy has taken [...] Read more >>>

Unity Community Organization and Enlightment Trust (UCOET)

Unity Community Organization and Enlightment Trust (UCOET) is a developmental, humanitarian organization. It is an independent, non governmental, non-partisan and nonprofits organization. UCOET is dedicated to mobilization and enlightenment among the communities in Unity State toward self-driven development approaches, skills provision through trainings, peacebuilding through mediations and dialogues, and enlightenment through dissemination of basic rights of [...] Read more >>>

Sri Lanka Unites (SLU)

The Sri Lanka Unites movement brings together young people, aged 12 to 30, from different ethnic and religious groups to rise up, to give them a voice and to unify their efforts to strengthen the peace-building process in Sri Lanka. Emerging out of decades of great adversity, and a culture of suspicion and divisiveness, the [...] Read more >>>

Movimiento de Víctimas de Crímenes de Estado (MOVICE)

The Movimiento de Víctimas de Crímenes de Estado (MOVICE; ‘Movement of Victims of State-Sponsored Crimes’ in English), was born in 2005 in response to the continuation of the armed conflict and impunity for crimes committed during the conflict in Colombia. The movement seeks to highlight the plight of the victims, to give the victims a [...] Read more >>>

Institute of Peace and Development (INSPAD)

The Institute of Peace and Development (INSPAD) formed in 1995 and is committed to undertaking peace initiatives in the areas of: protection and promotion of human rights; peacebuilding; social justice; inter-faith and inter-cultural dialogue; conflict resolution; women’s empowerment; youth counselling; poverty elevation; tolerance; sustainable development; community welfare; and religious co-existence. INSPAD organises events to promote [...] Read more >>>

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