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Action contre la Faim (ACF)
http://www.acf-fr.org/eng/homefm.htm
(English, French)
With offices in
Paris, Madrid, London and New York, Action Against Hunger works in 36
countries around the world. It intervenes through emergency relief
operations in situations of war, crisis, and famine in four keys sectors:
nutrition, health, water and food security.
Areas of
activity
show programs, techniques, and training in the above sectors and disaster
preparedness. Missions gives overview of country programs, history,
and context. News provides access journal, bibliography of
documents, and ACF news.
 http://www.aah-usa.org/research.html
Research link from Action Against Hunger USA site. Contains
information on four projects: 1)Groundwater Development (PRM Method),
2)Surface Water Treatment Units, 3) Shallow Wells Continuous Chlorination,
and 4) Geographic Information System (GIS)
Amnesty International
http://www.amnesty.or
(Arabic, English, French, and Spanish)
Amnesty
International is a worldwide movement that works to promote all the human
rights enshrined in the “Universal Declaration of Human Rights” and other
international standards. In particular, Amnesty International campaigns to
free all prisoners of conscience; ensure fair and prompt trials for
political prisoners; abolish the death penalty, torture and other cruel
treatment of prisoners; end political killings and
"disappearances"; and oppose human rights abuses by opposition
groups.
Searchable website
provides recent press releases, information on their campaigns,
and a library
archive of online reports, press releases, and other documents that can be
searched by theme, country, and region. Click on desired search list
to get list of options.
Asian Disaster Preparedness Center
http://www.adpc.ait.ac.th
ADPC is a regional
resource center working towards disaster reduction for safer communities
and sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific.
Website provides
information about Center, training
opportunities, and regional
programs. Programs include Program for Enhancement of Emergency
Response (PEER) and Damage Assessment and Needs Analysis (DANA)
program.
ADPC: Information,
Research and Network Support. ADPC maintains a specialized
library on disaster management. Search the database for publications,
reports, case studies, and research papers.
http://www.adpc.ait.ac.th/duryog/duryog.html Duryog
Nivaran A South Asian network promoting alternative
perspectives on disaster and vulnerability in the region. Website
provides information on organization, activities, and lists of orderable publications
and reports (on going research). The material covered includes
water supply, food, sanitation, coordination and community and female
participation in relief efforts.
Asian Forum for Human Rights and
Development
http://www.forumasia.org/
Forum-Asia was
launched in December 1991, to facilitate collaboration among human rights
organizations in Asia so as to develop a regional response for the
promotion of human rights and democracy in the region.
Web site is developing
but contains information on international criminal court and regional
conference on internally displaced persons.
CARE International
http://www.care.org/
CARE helps
communities prepare for emergencies as well as provide food, water, shelter
and health care to survivors of natural disasters and armed conflicts.
CARE's rehabilitation programs include landmine removal and awareness,
refugee repatriation and conflict resolution.
The website offers
press releases, CARE reports, and access to various publications.
Potentially useful
tools and guidelines can be found at the following:
http://www.care.org/programs/search_screen.cfm
covers Children’s Health, Reproductive Health, Nutrition, Water,
Sanitation, and Environmental Health
http://www.care.org/forms/search.html
Use the site search: to find information about specific projects (by
type, country), evaluations, etc.
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