Practical Action [formerly Intermediate Technology Development Group (ITDG)] UK Expand view The Schumacher Centre for Technology & Development Bourton Hall, Bourton-on-Dunsmore, Rugby Warwickshire CV23 9QZ ITDG specialises in helping people to use technology for practical answers to poverty. With ITDG, poor women and men can develop technology which puts people first. The resource centre is open to the public http://www.itdgpublishing.org.ukhttp://www.practicalaction.org
Institute of Education (IoE)|Unversity of London: Department of Education and International Development (EID) UK Expand view Room 613 20 Bedford Way London WC1H 0AL The IOC's missino to 'to pursue sexcellence in education and related areas' by engaging in research and scholarship and offering high quality inovative post-graduate and post-experience teaching programme http://www.ioe.ac.uk
Minority Rights Group (MRG) UK Expand view 54 Commercial Street London E1 6LT The Minority Rights Group works to secure the rights of ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities and indigenous peoples worldwide and to promote co-operation and understanding between communities. It does this through publishing reports and training manuals, working with partners on training events and maintaining a presence at international forums. It promotes the active participation of minorities and indigenous peoples in decisions affecting their lives, promotes the implementation of international standards, develops conflict resolution and reconciliation initiatives and advocates the needs for mainstreaming minority rights in development policies. Minority Rights Group International is a significant organisation in the field of cultural diversity. It also places a strong emphasis on gender issues, and some of the publications give a brief reference to issues that impact early childhood development, such as lack of access to health services for certain indigenous groups (though there is no specific programme on early childhood development). The resource centre is not open to the public http://www.minorityrights.org
International Family Health (IFH) UK Expand view 40 Adler Street London E1 1EE IFH aims to improve the sexual and reproductive health of disadvantaged people in resource-poor settings, based on the principles of empowering women and men to make informed choices about their sexual and reproductive health; meeting unmet needs; increasing access to integrated and high quality services; gender equity; and diversity of families http://www.ifh.org
International Childcare Trust (ICT) UK Expand view Development House 56-64 Leonard Street London EC2A 4JX The International Childcare Trust supports projects with the aim of enabling them to become self-sufficient. The main focus is on children in threatening situations http://www.ict-uk.org/
Multi-Agency International Training & Support (MAITS) UK Expand view Queen Anne Mansions 86/87 Wimpole Street London W1G 9RL Multi-Agency International Training & Support (MAITS) exists to empower education and health professionals to enhance and develop the services they provide to individuals with disabilities in resource-poor settings through sharing knowledge and practice http://www.maits.org.uk
Y Care International (YMCA) UK Expand view 3-9 Southampton Row London WC1B 5HY The international development agency of the YMCA movement. Focuses on the needs and contributions of young people in the developing world, who face the severest of economic and social conditions. They aim to provide financial support for projects that aim to promote self-sufficiency. Funds are chanelled through local YMCAs, which develop projects with their local communities. They aim to broaden the opportunities available to marginalised young people and enable them to escape the poverty trap. They also aim to raise the awareness of development issues in the UK http://www.ycare.org.uk