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Last
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25 Jul 2003
Useful links
To include a
link to your organisation's web site send the URL and a brief (one paragraph)
description to the KaR Programme: kar@healthlink.org.uk
This area of the site is
constantly being developed.
Action
on Disability and Development (ADD) www.add.org.uk
A UK based international
development agency, working with disabled peoples' organisations around
the world.
Adaptive
Eyecare Limited www.adaptive-eyecare.com
Adaptive Eyecare is a private
company that has developed a revolutionary new ‘enabling’ ophthalmic lens
technology, which will provide Wearer-Adjustable Eyeglasses that allow
the wearer to self-correct their vision in less than a minute.
Association
for Appropriate Technologies (FAKT) www.fakt-consult.de
FAKT is a non-profit consultancy,
based in Germany, founded by organisations in the Protestant Church in
Germany to make techical expertise available to themselves and their overseas
partners.
ECHO
International Health www.echohealth.org.uk/intro.html
ECHO is a registered charity
assisting health facilities in the developing world to meet their medical
supply needs more effectively.
GIC
Ltd. www.giclimited.com
GIC was established in 1991
as a management consulting firm specialising in the policies, operations
and procedures of the international funding institutions. Since that time,
it has helped governments, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and the
private sector in over 70 countries to gain access to development funds
and implement projects. Its objective is to help clients make the most
of opportunities throughout the project cycle, from securing finance to
managing and evaluating projects.
Health
Information Forum www.inasp.org.uk
Health Information Forum
is run as an activity of the INASP-Health Programme. Together with WHO
it manages ‘HIF-net at WHO’ which is the email discussion list dedicated
to issues of health information access in resource-poor settings. To join
the discussion, send an email to: INASP_Health@compuserve.com
Healthlink
Worldwide www.healthlink.org.uk
Works to improve the health
of poor and vulnerable communities by strengthening the provision, use
and impact of information.
Intermediate
Technology Development Group (ITDG) www.oneworld.net/itdg
ITDG is a registered charity,
focusing providing appropriate technology in developing countries. It also
has a bookshop, specialising in development issues, which can be accessed
online.
Livelihoods connect website http://www.livelihoods.org Motivation
www.motivation.org.uk
Motivation aims to initiate
self-sustaining projects to enhance the quality of life for wheelchair
users.
Strategies
for Hope www.stratshope.org
Strategies for Hope is a
series of 15 books, 4 documentary videos and a training package to promote
positive thinking and practical action in the field of HIV/AIDS care, support
and prevention, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa.
Department for
International Development
http://www.dfid.gov.uk/ |
British government department
responsible for promoting development and the reduction of poverty. It
is committed to an internationally agreed target to halve the proportion
of people living in extreme poverty by 2015, including associated targets
ensuring basic health care provision and universal access to primary education. |
Other KaR sector sites
Web sites exist for other
KaR programme sectors:
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