Posted: May 12 2005,10:54 |
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PROGRESS: Has your organization seen
progress toward a culture of peace and nonviolence in your domain of
action and in your constituency during the first half of the Decade? |
In
our contact with management, staff and children of the various
orphanages we have during the first half of the decade (2001-2005) seen
nothing but a culture of peace and non-violence.
Our impact
towards a culture of peace, with the small size of our organization,
may be limited. We do however believe that we contribute in
establishing positive attitudes towards a culture of peace through our
work towards the children plus management and staff at the orphanages.
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OBSTACLES: What are the most important obstacles that have prevented progress?
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The
task of transferring our monetary assistance from the local banks
to the orphanages seems to be of increasing difficulty due to
bureaucracy and/or other non-acceptable reasons.
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ACTIONS: What actions have been
undertaken by your organization to promote a culture of peace and
nonviolence during the first half of the Decade?
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Our
association, which is a politically and religiously independent NGO,
was established in 1972 and has continuously since then worked with the
following main objectives:
o Facilitate the education of deprived children and youth in Bangladesh o Arrange for educational scholarships for orphaned children and youth in Bangladesh, of which 2/3 should be girls o Arouse the interest of other organizations and public institutions for this work
Our
association has presently approximately 400 supporters for
approximately 400 orphans at six orphanages and one slum school in
Bangladesh.
The Buddhist, Islamic, Hindu and Christian religions are represented at the institutions we support.
Our association has no employees. The total work is done on a voluntary basis mainly by the board members.
As
we are an organization with volunteers only we regret to say that
actions outside those of recruiting sponsors and giving support to our
orphans have been made only to a small degree.
Based on our work
we received in February this year the ATISH DILPANKAR PEACE AWARD “in
recognition of the outstanding contribution towards the promotion of
Peace , Humanity and Compassion”. This was awarded during a large
arrangement in the Buddhist Prayer Hall at Dhammarajika in Dhaka,
Bangladesh.
The three most important parts of our work with the children: Food, human contact and schooling.
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ADVICE: What advice would you like to
give to the Secretary-General and the General Assembly to promote a
culture of peace and nonviolence during the second half of the Decade? |
Motivate
the rich and more “developed” nations in assisting the poor countries
through sustainable technology transfer, educational assistance and
elimination of trade barriers.
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PARTNERSHIPS: What partnerships and
networks does your organization participate in, thus strengthening the
global movement for a culture of peace? |
Information exchange with other NGOs
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PLANS: What new engagements are
planned by your organization to promote a culture of peace and
nonviolence in the second half of the Decade (2005-2010)? |
o Intensify the recruitment of Norwegian sponsors in order to help additional orphans in Bangladesh o
Provide scholarships for higher education for a limited number of
eligible and motivated children after Secondary School Certificate
(SSC) and Higher School Certificate (HSC). o Provide monetary assistance for the improvement of teachers in the English language
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Postal address of organization
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Norsk Bangladesh Fadderforening (The Norwegian Bangladesh Association) PB: 408 1601 Fredrikstad Norway
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E-mail address of organization
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E-mail: info@bangladesh.no
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Website address of organization
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Web site: www.bangladesh.no
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Highest priority action domain of a culture of peace
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Education for a culture of peace
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Second priority action domain of a culture of peace
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Equality of women
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Highest priority country of action (or international)
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Bangladesh
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Second priority country of action (or international)
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