Press release from Business Wire India
Source: ACT Alliance
Wednesday, March 24, 2010 07:05 PM IST (01:35 PM GMT)
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Global Launch of ACT Alliance in India : One of the Largest Humanitarian Aid and Development International Organisation in the World
New Delhi, Delhi, India, Wednesday, March 24, 2010 -- (Business Wire India) -- Today, on the 24th March, ACT Alliance is being launched globally in more than 65 countries, including India. The ACT Alliance was officially launched in India by Sri Mohammad Shafi Qureshi, Chairperson of the National Commission for Minorities, at a National event attended by various dignitaries from the Civil Society Organisations and Political leaders, at the PHD House, New Delhi, organized by the ACT Alliance India Forum.
Later on a Panel Discussion was held on the theme : " Globalised world and inclusive Development: Challenges". Several eminent panelists from the CSOs and the Political leaders across the party affiliation spectrum spoke at the panel discussion. The panelists brought in various dimensions to the issue of Inclusive development from the perspective of Excluded communities, women and CSO's participation. There was overall appreciation from the Civil Society Organisations, the Minority Commission, Government and various political parties present, who congratulated the members on the global launch of the ACT Alliance and hoped that with the formation of this new global alliance, the ACT member organizations in India will be able to respond to emergencies and sustainable development issues more effectively. They also emphasized on the need of increase participation of the CSOs with the government for effective service delivery mechanism in the state. More than 200 prominent members from the CSOs and government organizations participated in the event.
ACT Alliance is one of the world's largest humanitarian organization - the ACT Alliance, working in 125 countries with a combined annual budget of $US1.5 billion. The ACT Alliance of over 100 International organisations provides emergency food aid, shelter, water and sanitation facilities, and poverty reduction programmes in the world's poorest countries. The ACT India Forum, consisting of 25 International Resource Agencies and National development organizations have joined the ACT Alliance.
Through ACT, several of its member organizations around the world have been at the forefront of life-saving work in Haiti since January 12, the day the massive earthquake destroyed much of Port-au-Prince. On that day, nine ACT organisations were operating in Haiti and were able to swing into relief efforts immediately. As a global giant, ACT was able to assist survivors of the Chile earthquake six weeks later.
ACT Alliance already supports the 25 member organizations, which constitutes the ACT India Forum in Humanitarian Aid assistance and long term development programmes. ACT Alliance has extensively supported the relief and rehabilitation work of the recent past, including the Gujarat earthquake, Tsunami, Kashmir earthquake, Kosi Floods, and the most recent Andhra and Karnataka floods in India. Besides, ACT has supported its member organizations to counter HIV/AIDS, Malaria, Kalazar, Lymphatic Filariasis and other health problems. There has been stronger support of ACT Alliance on long term development interventions through the member organizations in India, emphasizing on livelihood issues, Natural Resource Management, local self governance with dignity and rights based approach as the fulcrum of ACT.
The ACT Alliance was born on 1 January 2010 by merging together two existing global alliances (ACT International and ACT Development specialized bodies in humanitarian aid assistance and long term development , respectively). With the creation of ACT, the effectiveness of the member Organisations in India is enhanced to respond the natural disasters and to ensure sustainable development in our country.
The Moderator of the ACT Alliance, Dr. Sushant Agrawal, who also happens to be the Director of one of the member organizations - CASA, feels that "the new ACT Alliance will give the ACT a stronger visibility, greater advocacy for the poor, larger pool of specialist knowledge, effective sharing of knowledge and improved access to funding. Thereby, the member organizations can more effectively carry out their work in serving the poor, marginalized and excluded communities" .
ACT Alliance General Secretary, Dr. John Nduna, based at its secretariat in Geneva, says "The membership of the ACT Alliance is wide. We find ACT members in every part of the world. ACT members are grounded in local civil society of all parts of the world. We are big and we make an impact on the lives of the poorest in societies around the world."
In the beginning, a thanksgiving service was organized at the venue.
CONTACT DETAILS
Mr. Aloke Michyari, PRO, CASA India, +91 9811959300, aloke@casa-india.org
Ajit Parmar, Litmus Integrated, +91 9999604266, ajit@litmusintegrated.com
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ENTERTAINMENT, PEOPLE, POLITICS, SOCIAL, EDUCATION, WATER, HEALTHCARE
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