To visit PILER’s internet website, click here The Pakistani Institute for labour, education and research (Piler) was founded in 1982, with the mission of creating a centre of education and of economic, social and cultural advancement for workers at risk. Through training, cultural activities and the carrying out of studies on sociological, economic and juridical problems; Piler supports the organization and collective defence of thousands of persons victims of bad luck and situations of (...) Next ...

In 1991, the Pinatubo volcano erupted, devastating the Pampango region: residences and infrastructures were destroyed, fertile fields rendered unproductive by heavy coats of soot and lava, this catastrophe has had long-term consequences on living conditions. In answer to this situation local NGO PDRN was created in 1991; with the support of a wide network: affected populations, volunteers from community associations and universities, to offer emergency aid to victims. Very quickly PDRN (...) Next ...

Visit Philnet-RDI’s website: Philnet, http://www.philnetrdi.org/ Contexte: poverty in rural areas In the Philippines, populations live primarily off agriculture, despite the industrialisation and development of the relatively important tertiary sector. The economy shows a strong yearly growth (7% en 2007), but is dominated by large family groups and vast disparities between regions and citizens persist. 50% of active rurals are employed in the agricultural sector, mostly food agriculture (...) Next ...

Visit Ekta Parishad’s website, click here. Ekta Parishad is a movement inspired by Gandhi, born in the early 1990s out of a local open mobilisation held in several states of India and rapidly acquiring national status. Urged on by their leader Rajagopal P.V., this organisation now regroups 150 000 members in 13 states with 5 000 associations, and an estimated 10 million people touched by their activities in more than 4000 villages. With rural communities, the dalits(untouchables) and the (...) Next ...

Visit Fedina’s internet website, click here Founded in 1983 at Bangalore, Karnataka ; Fedina (Foundation for Educational Innovations in Asia) has for aim to accompany the most oppressed and excluded populations so they can be able to defend their rights and become themselves actors in their emancipation. Fedina is at the source of a vast network of organizations rooted in South India, the RGAS – Network of groups for social action, which regroups 114 000 members and defends the interests (...) Next ...

KPA upholds the implementation of agrarian reform by offering populations at risk the means of defending their right to land and assists in the creation of a democracy. To visit KPA’s internet website, [click here>http://www.kpa.or.id/] The Consortium for agrarian reform (KPA) was founded in 1994 to enhance the efforts of peasant organizations in defending their land interests. Their mission is also to raise awareness in Indonesian society around this critical issue, in order to improve (...) Next ...