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OUR PARTNERS IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC

Bangladesh

Gonoshasthaya Kendra
http://www.gkbd.org/
P.O. Nayarhat Via Dhamrai
House #14 E, Road #6, Dhamondi
Dhaka 1205, Bangladesh

India

All India Drug Action Network (AIDAN)
http://www.aidanindia.org/
A 60 Hauz Khas
New Delhi, India 110 016.
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Association for India's Development
http://aidindia.org/main/
P.O Box "F"
College Park, MD 20741-3005
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CHETNA (the Centre for Health Education, Training and Nutrition Awareness)
http://www.chetnaindia.org/
B-Block 3rd Floor SUPATH-II,
Opp. Vadaj Bus Terminus Ashram Road,
Vadaj Ahmedabad-380013, Gujarat India.

Christian Medical Association of India
http://www.cmai.org/index.html
Plot No 2, A-3 Local Shopping Center
Janakpuri, New 110058 India

Community Health Cell
http://www.sochara.org/
#367 Srinivasa Nilaya
Jakhasandra 1st Main, I Block Koramangala
Bangalore, Kar 560034 India

Comprehensive Rural Health Project
http://www.jamkhed.org/
Jamkhed, Dist. Ahmednagar
Maharashtra 413201 India

Forum for Corporate Accountability and Environmental Health
B1/30 Paschim Vihar
New Delhi 110062 India

Foundation for Ecological Security
http://fes.org.in/
NDDB Campus PO Box 29
Anand, Guj 388001 India

Gravis Center for People’s Science for Rural Development
3/458 M.M. Colony, Pal Road
Jodhpur, Raj 342-008 India

Health, Environment, and Development Consortium (HEDCON)
http://www.hedcon.org
Sanganer 67/145 Pratap Nagar Housing Board
Jaipur, Raj 303906 India

KEM Hospital Community Project
Rasta Peth
Pune, Ma 411011 India

Manavi
Shiv Pahar Professors’ Colony
Dumka, Jha 814101 India

Medico Friends Circle
http://www.mfcindia.org/
11, Archana, Kanchanjunga Arcade,
163, Solapur Road, Hadapsar
Pune 411028.
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Mumbai Medwaste Action Group
4th Floor, CVOD Jain School
84 Samuel Street
Dongri, Mu 400 009 India

Navdanya
A-60, Hauz Khas, New Delhi, India 110016
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Occupational Health and Safety Center
LTM Medical College, SION
Department of Surgery, 1st floor
Mumbai 400 022 India

Orissa Mines Area People’s Action Network (OMAPAN)
N-6/277 Jayadev Vihar
Bhubaneswar, Ori India

Resource Centre for People’s Education and Development (RCPED)
1A-1 Ponmeni Periavar Street
S.S. Colony
Madurai, Ta 625010 India

Santulan
http://santulan.org/
Flat No. 6, Ajinkya Heights
S.N. 21/1, Sainikwadi, Vadgaonsheri
Pune, Ma 411014 India

Shri J.G. Co-operative Hospital and Research Institute LTD
General Hospital
Ghataprabha, Kar 591 321 India

Shristi Special Academy
http://www.shristispecialacademy.org
MIG-71, 1st Cross
V Main KHB Colony II Stage
Basaveshwarnagar, Ban 560 079 India

Solutions in Action
http://www.solutionsinaction.com/

St. Xavier’s Hospital
Purathakudi S.O 621 111
Trichy District Tamil Nadu India

Tamil Nadu Science Forum
Balaji Sampath, C2 Ratna Apts.
AH 250, Shanti Colony, Annanagar
Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600040 India
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http://www.ashanet.org/projects/project-view.php?p=205

Thanal
http://www.thanal.org/
H-3, Jawahar Nagar, Kowdiar
Thiruvananthapuram- 695 003
Kerala, India
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Vipra Clinic
9, Bugle Rock Road
Basavanagude, Ban 560 004 India

Voluntary Health Association of India
http://www.vhai.org/
B-40, Qutab Institutional Area,
South of I.I.T., New Delhi - 110 016
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West Bengal Voluntary Health Association
http://www.wbvha.org/
19 A Dr. Sundari Mohan Avenue,
700 014 Kolkata, India
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Indonesia

JATAM Mining Advocacy Network
http://www.jatam.org
KL Mampang Prapatan
II No.30RT004RW07
Jakarta 12790 Indonesia

Tropical Forest Trust
http://www.tropicalforesttrust.com/
Lorong Damai
Saranani No. 32
Kendari, Sul Indonesia

Malaysia

The Society of Christian Service (SCS)
23, 2nd Floor
Longbridge Road, C.D.T. 58
96000 Sibu, Sarawak
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Pakistan

Shirkat Gah Women’s Resource Center
http://www.shirkatgah.org/
1 Bath Island Road
Karachi Pakistan

Swat Youth Front (SYF)
http://www.syfswat.org/
Opp: Govt Primary School
Haji Baba Mingora Swat
NWFP Pakistan.
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Philippines

ChestCore (Community Health Education, Services and Training in the Cordillera Region)
Resurrection Cathedral Compound
362 Magsaysay Avenue
Baguio City 2600 Philippines

Davao Doctors Hospital
http://www.davaodochospital.com/home.php
Rm 309, Medical Tower
Quirino Avenue
Davao City 8000 Philippines

Mother Earth Foundation
http://content.motherearth.ph/
2F PHILDHRRA Bldg., 59 C. Salvador St.
Loyola Heights, Quezon City, Philippines 1112

Philippine Center for Water and Sanitation-International Training Network Foundation
(PCWS-ITNF)
http://www.itnphil.org.ph/
Penthouse 2, Minnesota Mansion
267 Ermin Garcia Street, Cubao
Quezon City Philippines

Streams of Knowledge
http://www.streams.net/
267 Ermin Garcia Street, Cubao
PI Minnesota Mansion Quezon City 1109 Philippines

Vietnam

National Institute of Occupational and Environmental Health
1B Yersin Str.
Hanoi, Vietnam

Thailand

Mae Tao Clinic
http://www.maetaoclinic.org/
P.O. Box 67
Maesot, Tak 63110 Thailand

Women’s Education for Advancement and Empowerment (WEAVE)
http://www.weave-women.org/index.php
P.O. Box 58, Chiang Mai University
Chiang Mai 50202 Thailand
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Regional

Asia Monitor Resource Center (AMRC)

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Green Empowerment Foundation
http://www.greenempowerment.org

Images Asia
http://www.imagesasiamedia.com/

Millennium Relief and Development Services
http://mrds.org/
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Pearl S. Buck International (PSBI)
www.psbi.org

Partner Profile: Workers Book partner, Asia Monitor Resource Center

The Hong Kong-based Asia Monitor Resource Center (AMRC), www.amrc.org.hk, has been promoting democratic labor movements in Asia and the Pacific for nearly 30 years. AMRC engages in a variety of strategies to empower workers and create long-term movements for change, including training and organizing, research, advocacy, and international consulting. Combining a gender conscious approach with one that views worker activism as key to securing workers' rights, the AMRC's philosophy is closely aligned with Hesperian's-empowering and organizing communities as the best means for ensuring health. AMRC is a key reviewer of draft sections of A Factory Workers' Guide to Organizing for Safe Jobs and Healthy Communities. Earlier this year, AMRC used suggestions from our garment chapter in health and safety workshops with Burmese and Cambodian garment workers. They are eagerly awaiting the completed manual, and we anticipate working with them on translating it into several languages. Partnering with groups such as AMRC helps us make our materials effective tools for training and education.

Click here for more information about A factory worker's guide to organizing for safe jobs and healthy communities.

Photo above: A group of Cambodian garment workers in a workshop to develop trainers to do factory trainings. Conducted with the Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Democratic Workers Union (ccadwu), a Cambodian trade union federation.

Read what others are saying about us!

Here you'll find excerpts from letters and e-mails we've received in recent years noting the impact of our materials on particular communities, organizations or projects:

"When we first read the English version of A book for midwives, we were extremely impressed by the rich pictures and creative style. We selected some of the content and translated this into Chinese to disseminate to all levels of both professional and non-professional maternal and child health workers involved in midwifery. People like this book so much because it is easy to understand; it turns a complicated description and knowledge of midwifery into something that ordinary people find simple and readily comprehensible. We feel this book is the one that we have been looking for to provide to village doctors and midwives as a handbook."

Susan Roelofs
Yunnan Maternal and Child Health Project, Translation
China

"I, with confirmation, can say that Where there is no doctor and A book for midwives are most valuable and useful. They are more practical than even all medical education related books. It is essential to build capacity of willing volunteers at village level... I am using [these books] during training of female health workers, Traditional Birth Attendants, health staff's skill improvements, school teacher training workshops about health education and male health volunteers at village level."

Dr. Parsram Pardesi, Sindh, Health Worker/Health Volunteer Training
Pakistan

"Our doctors have been using your books to supplement their knowledge in health care and spreading health awareness, our community health workers have used them in their health education work and occasionally to question the practice of doctors. People who come for care at the clinic use them to learn more about their bodies and about ways to improve their and their community's health… We congratulate you for producing such beautiful and empowering books. We are sure you receive words of appreciation from people all over the world. In our clinic, we consider your publications as reference points to judge the content, style and language of all health communication material we produce."

Satinath Sarangi
Bhopal People's Health and Documentation Clinic
Bhopal, India

West Bengal Voluntary Health Association (WBVHA)

WBVHA is a state-level non-governmental organization (NGO) based in West Bengal, India. The primary objectives of WBVHA are to promote community health, social justice and human rights related to the provision and distribution of health services in West Bengal. It promotes a scientific attitude to health without ignoring West Bengal's natural traditions and resources. To date, WBVHA has completed 12 translations or adaptations of Hesperian books into Bengali, Oriya, Hindi and English.

Indonesian Society for Social Transformation (INSIST)

INSIST works with a network of 17 independent Indonesian NGOs and promotes democracy, gender justice, environmental protection and human rights through consultation, research and training. INSIST has translated Where women have no doctor, Helping children who are blind, and HIV, health, and your community into Indonesian. After the disaster in Southeast Asia, Hesperian partnered with INSIST, passing donations to the organization as they coordinated relief efforts in Banda Aceh and Nias.