Founded in 1957, the association ASW supports projects in the South that are affected by hunger and poverty. At that time, the association was one of the first NGOs in Germany who denounced the inequality between rich and poor countries. This inequality, which is a global injustice, remains a scandal. The increasing wealth of the North largely promotes the social inequality with regard to the South where poverty and famine are not yet eradicated. To address this problem, the ASW was launched to support community initiatives and local organisations in order to earn their autonomy (self-management). For 50 years, through the efforts of its donors, the ASW was able to support many of the ideas and efforts of these community initiatives which, in turn, are committed to improving the living conditions of its people without waiting for government support.
The main objectives of the ASW are:
Only projects based on local or regional groups may benefit from a temporary grant of ASW.
For the implementation of its activities, ASW operates now in:
At the moment we are not in a position to satisfy requests from any other countries.
In the first place, ASW does not send experts or development workers in countries as project management remains the responsibility of the initiators. Secondly, only local organizations with collective and long term goals are subsidized by the ASW. The decision must be collective and democratic with a strong participation of women. ASW promotes projects that already have some years experience of working together and have proven their effectiveness.
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Centre for World Solidarity (CWS)
Hyderabad, India
https://cwsorg.in
E-Mail: info@cwsorg.in
Sina Rauch
Telephone: ++49 / 30 / 2594 0803
E-Mail: indien(at)aswnet.de
Boubacar Diop (Senegal - Togo - Western Sahara)
Telephone: ++49 / 30 / 99 29 69 537
E-Mail: boubacar.diop(at)aswnet.de
Jenny Ouedraogo (Burkina Faso - Simbabwe)
Telephone: ++49 / 30 / 99 29 69 534
E-Mail: jenny.ouedraogo(at)aswnet.de
Silke Tribukait
Telephone: ++49 / 30 / 2594 0807
E-Mail: silke.tribukait(at)aswnet.de
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