Our newest members
Welcome to Church World Service - Pakistan/Afghanistan. HAPs 22nd full member as of April 2008
Church World Service-Pakistan/Afghanistan (CWS-P/A) is an INGO which implements humanitarian and development activities across Pakistan and Afghanistan through the following three programs: Disaster Response (DRP), Capacity Building (CBP), and Social Development (SDP). Globally, CWS-P/A is part of Church World Service International (U.S.A.) while locally its advisory board and regional networks give it roots. Since 1954, CWS-P/A has worked for the development and relief of marginalized communities on the basis that all individuals irrespective of race, faith, color, sex, economic status, political stands have the right to choose how to live. CWS-P/A assists marginalized communities to achieve economic prosperity and improve human and social capital through participatory endeavors, which liberate people and enhances their capacities to take control over their lives.
From our first office in Karachi, CWS-P/A quickly diversified from running solely SDP projects to encompassing CBP and DRP initiatives. Currently, CWS-P/A operates offices in Karachi, Islamabad, Lahore, Mansehra, and Quetta in Pakistan and Jalalabad and Kabul in Afghanistan. It also runs a training center in Murree, Pakistan.
Click here to visit the CWS-P/A website
Welcome to Muslim Aid. HAP's 21st full member as of January 2008
Muslim Aid is a UK based NGO founded in 1985 to promote a vision "of a world of peace, compassion and justice where all people achieve fulfilment". Muslim Aid's mission is "to tackle poverty by developing innovative and sustainable solutions enabling people and their communities to live in dignity and independence."
"Having gained a wealth of experience in the field of international relief and development work, we focus on working in partnership with local community-based organisations. This approach has proven to be most cost-effective in poverty relief and eradication and is also instrumental in building the capacity of local people to help themselves and regain their dignity."
In a number of crisis areas Muslim Aid also runs offices to directly implement relief and development projects. So far Muslim Aid has field offices in 10 strategic locations including Sudan, Iraq, Bangladesh and Somalia.
Click here to visit Muslim Aid's website
Welcome to COAST (Coastal Association for Social Transformation Trust) as the 20th full member as of January 2008
Working in the southern coastal areas of Bangladesh, COAST Trust provides services to people living in one of the world’s most dangerous cyclone zones. COAST has emerged as an NGO from the Bhola project of Action Aid in the beginning of 1998. The transformation came about in a painstaking process that took place during 1994-1997: reducing overhead cost in building capacity and enhancing coverage, empowering beneficiaries to change their role to active partners of the development initiatives, and finally forming board of trustees to ensure local accountability.
COAST organizes strategically important activities related to development in the southeastern coastal areas of Bangladesh. These, in turn, facilitate the sustainable and equitable improvement of life especially of women, children and disadvantaged population of these areas. The strategies also encourage their increased participation in socio-economic, cultural and civic life.
Click here to visit COAST's website
Welcome to the Sungi Development Foundation as the 19th full member as of January 2008
The Sungi Development Foundation, established in 1989, is a Pakistani NGO with its headquarters in Abbottabad. It's aim is to bring about policy and institutional changes by mobilizing deprived and marginalized communities with a view to creating an environment in which communities at the local level may be able to transform their lives through the equitable and sustainable use of resources.
Sungi is one of Pakistan’s few NGOs engaged in developing its humanitarian response capacity, and integrating disaster management into its rights-based development and advocacy work. It provided relief assistance following flash floods in 1992 in Hazara Division in North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) – the same districts affected by the earthquake. It also responded to a number of other disasters, including an earthquake in April 2004 and a winter emergency and summer floods in 2005. Following the 2004 earthquake, Sungi conducted training sessions on earthquake-resistant housing techniques for masons, engineers and the general public. Disaster Management Committees (DMCs) were formed and activists were trained to handle emergencies. The Sungi Development Foundation is partner to several of HAP's international NGO members.
Click here to visit Sungi's website
Welcome to Agence d'Aide à la Coopération Technique Et au Développement (ACTED) as the 18th full member as of October 2007
ACTED is an independent, non-political, non-profit NGO with its headquarters in Paris, France. ACTED was actually first established in Afghanistan, later expanding into Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, into Nicaragua (after hurricane Mitch), the Congo in response to the civil war in 2003, Haiti (after hurricane Jeanne), Chad and Sudan in response to the Darfur crisis, Indonesia, India, and Sri Lanka after the 2004 tsunami, and Pakistan after the Kashmir earthquake.
ACTED’s Charter states that the agency ‘operates according to the principles of strict neutrality, political and religious impartiality, and non-discrimination’.
ACTED’s vocation is to save lives, assist vulnerable populations and bring hope to those in need for a better future.
ACTED is a humanitarian organisation which intervenes in times of crisis (emergency projects), immediately after (rehabilitation projects), or in the short and long term (development projects) in the following situations:
- In emergency situations linked to human factors,
- In situations due to natural disasters,
- In situations of economic and social disasters’
Click here for ACTED's website - available in French and English
Welcome to the Australian Council for International Development (ACFID) as the 17th full member as of April 2007
ACFID’s objectives are:
- To work for social and economic justice
- To respond appropriately to human needs; and
- To promote conditions of sustainable development and the relief and eradication of poverty through which peoples everywhere can realise their potential as human beings
Amongst ACFID’s purposes are:
- To provide for consultation and cooperation between members concerning their work at home and abroad
- To equip and encourage members to observe the highest ethical standards in all their activities, including strict observance of the (ACFID) Code of Conduct.
In 2007 ACFID had about 110 members of which between 10 and 20 are actively involved in providing humanitarian aid abroad. The 2006 Annual Report states that “ACFID members responded to the fires in Indonesia, the earthquake in Pakistan, the landslides in the Philippines, the food crisis in the Horn of Africa, the earthquake in Jogjakarta and the civil unrest in East Timor. ACFID facilitated the sharing of operational information amongst members, updated the ACFID website with a summary of the agencies’ relief activities and liaised with AusAID, the Australian Defence Force and other government departments. ACFID’s Humanitarian Reference Group also explored with AusAID a proposal to create an emergency stores warehouse for use by NGOs.”
Click here to visit ACFID's website
Welcome to DanChurchAid, the 16th full member of HAP as of April 2007
DanChurchAid was established in 1922 and is now one of Denmark’s largest international relief and development NGOs. Its objects, set out in the official DanChurchaid Statute of 13 May 2005, are:
- To provide assistance to disadvantaged and oppressed communities
- To provide assistance to church activities, usually outside Denmark
- To carry out relief and emergency activities in cooperation with local churches as well as religious and popular organisations
- And to disseminate information about the causes of distress and inequality as well as to mobilise popular and political power and will to act towards the alleviation of these conditions
DanChurchAid’s statute (article 4) also states that the organisation “shall cooperate with the World Council of Churches, the Lutheran World Federation and ACT (Action by Churches Together) … and shall endeavour to cooperate with churches in Denmark and abroad as well as with other humanitarian organisations in Denmark and abroad, Danish and foreign authorities, and international and regional organisations”.
The average expenditure of DanChurchAid over the last 3 years is $67 million. In 2005 the agency spent $29.7 million on humanitarian activities (38% of its expenditure), including disaster relief and humanitarian mine action. (A slightly small sum was spend on “development work”. 41% of it programme activities were undertaken in Africa, with the remainder fairly evenly spread across Europe/Central Asia, the Middle East and Latin America.
Click here for DanChurchAid's website
Welcome to Concern Worldwide as the 15th full member as of March 2007
The catalyst which gave rise to Concern was the "Biafra" famine in 1968. Now, Concern with its headquarters in Dublin Ireland is at any time working in up to 30 countries around the world. From Concern's website:
"Our mission is to help people living in extreme poverty achieve major improvements in their lives, which last and spread without ongoing support from Concern. To this end, Concern will work with the poor themselves, and with local and international partners who share our vision, to create just and peaceful societies where the poor can exercise their fundamental rights.
To achieve this mission we engage in long term development work, respond to emergency situations, and seek to address the root causes of poverty through our development education and advocacy work.
Our Identity – Who We Are:
Concern Worldwide is a non-governmental, international, humanitarian organisation dedicated to the reduction of suffering and working towards the ultimate elimination of extreme poverty in the world’s poorest countries.
Our Vision – for Change:
A world where no-one lives in poverty, fear or oppression; where all have access to a decent standard of living and the opportunities and choices essential to a long, healthy and creative life; a world where everyone is treated with dignity and respect."
Click here for Concern's website
Welcome to Christian Aid as the 14th full member as from September 2006
Christian Aid is an agency of the churches in the UK and Ireland. "We work wherever the need is greatest – irrespective of religion or race. Because we believe in strengthening people to find their own solutions to the problems they face, we support local organisations, which are best placed to understand local needs. We also give help on the ground through 16 overseas offices. We strive for a new world transformed by an end to poverty and we campaign to change the rules that keep people poor."
Click here for Christian Aid's website
Welcome to Mango as the 5th Associate Member as from September 2006
Mango is a UK registered charity founded in 1999. "Our mission is to strengthen the financial management of Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs). Mango meets an urgently felt need in the NGO sector. The sector recognises that it needs to operate to high professional standards at all times. That means working with really robust financial management. Our practical services help NGOs to achieve this. As a result, they can do more with their money. They can support more communities, dig more wells and - in the extreme case - save more lives."
Click here for Mango's website
Welcome to Save the Children UK as the 13th full-member
We are delighted to announce that Save the Children UK became a full member of the Partnership in March 2006.
Click here for the website of Save the Children UK
Welcome to Mercy Malaysia as the 12th
We are delighted to announce that MERCY Malaysia joined the Partnership as a full member in February 2006.
Click here to visit MERCY Malaysia's website
Welcome to MAP, Medical Aid for Palestinians as the 11th full member
We are delighted to announce that MAP became a full member of the Partnership in March 2005. MAP’s application has been approved by the Membership Review Group, in accordance with the Secretariat’s recommendation.
Medical Aid for Palestinians "is a British charity dedicated to the health and humanitarian needs of the Palestinian people. MAP was established in 1984 in the aftermath of the Sabra and Shatila massacres in Lebanon and today it operates in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (the West Bank and Gaza Strip) and Lebanon delivering basic health and medical care to Palestinian refugees. MAP also works to empower the Palestinian people and provide longer-term support through, for example, training local medical staff, teaching vocational skills and addressing the needs of particularly vulnerable groups such as disabled people. It is a non-political and non-partisan organisation supported by the British public, British Government, European Union and many international organisations."
Click here for MAP's website
Welcome to CAFOD, Catholic Agency for Overseas Development as the 10th full member
We are delighted to announce that CAFOD became a full member of the Partnership in February 2005.
The Catholic Agency for Overseas Development is “the official overseas development agency of the Catholic Church in England and Wales”. It is a recognised UK charity (registration number 285776) governed under UK charity law by a Board of Trustees.
"CAFOD’s mission is to promote human development and social justice in witness to Christian faith and Gospel values. To fulfil this mission, CAFOD raises funds from within the Catholic community and beyond so that it can:
- Empower people in need regardless of their race, gender, religion or politics to bring about change through development and relief programmes overseas;
- Raise public awareness of poverty and injustice, increasing understanding of the worldwide interdependence of rich and poor, and creating the will to change unjust structures and lifestyles;
- Act as an advocate for the poor, articulating a clear analysis of the underlying causes of poverty and challenging governments and international bodies to adopt policies, which incorporate the principles of social justice."
Click here to visit CAFOD's website
