Action Village India:
AVI is a partner led organization working to support rural communities in India in their struggle to create village self-sufficiency, to reduce the migration to urban areas and to promote non-violent change. Action Village India provides moral, networking and campaigning support for Ekta Parishad’s efforts to provide landless communities with access to land, forests and water. Please visit their website for more information.
http://www.actionvillageindia.org.uk/
Centre for Experiencing Socio-Cultural Interaction (CESCI)
CESCI is a training and education centre that provides Ekta Parishad activists with a place to gain further training and reflect on their work. It provides a serene space for Ekta Parishad activists to hold meetings and discuss their work and plans for future actions. Please visit their website for more information.
http://www.cesci.ch/
Community Self Reliance Centre (CSRC):
CSRC is a Nepalese social organization that views development as a process to be initiated from grass root level rather than as a commodity to be transferred from external sources. It works to mobilize youth to help create social change and find creative ways to alleviate poverty. CSRC submitted a memorandum to the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu to support the demands of Janadesh 2007. Hundreds of people participated in a rally to show their solidarity with Ekta Parishad and the landless people of India. Please visit their website for more information.
http://www.csrcnepal.org/index.htm
Ekta Canada:
Ekta Canada is a consortium of organizations, groups and individuals dedicated to promoting non-violence in communities in Canada and around the world. Ekta Canada supports Ekta Parishad's efforts by organizing solidarity actions in Canada and by working to raise awareness on the use of non-violent measures as a means to promote social change. Please visit their website for more information.
http://www.ektacanada.com/index.shtml
Ekta Europe:
Ekta Parishad Europe is an open network of independent organizations and individuals of European countries. Members provide moral, political and financial support to Ekta Parishad in its struggle to assist deprived people to achieve control over their means of livelihood such as water, land and forest using non-violence as a means of creating changes for the people. Please visit their website for more information.
http://www.ektaparishad.org/europe/index.html
Kenya Land Alliance:
Kenya Land Alliance is an umbrella network of civil society organizations and individuals advocating for the formulation and implementation of equitable land and natural resource policies and institutional reforms in Kenya. Kenya Land Alliance shares Ekta Parishad’s vision for the creation of a society in which all persons have secure and equitable access to, and utilization of, land and natural resources. Kenya Land Alliance supports Ekta Parishad’s work and participated in Janadesh. Please visit their website for more information.
http://www.kenyalandalliance.or.ke
La Via Campesina:
La Via Campesina is international movement of peasants, small- and medium-sized producers, landless, rural women, indigenous people, rural youth and agricultural workers that focuses on develop solidarity and unity among small farmer organizations in order to promote gender parity and social justice in fair economic relations; the preservation of land, water, seeds and other natural resources; food sovereignty; sustainable agricultural production based on small and medium-sized producers. Ekta Parishad president PV Rajagopal is a member of La Via Campesina. Please visit their website for more information.
http://viacampesina.org/main_en/index.php
Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra (MST):
MST is the largest social movement in Latin America with an estimated 1.5 million landless members peacefully occupying unused land where they have established cooperative farms, constructed houses, schools for children and adults and clinics, promoted indigenous cultures and a healthy and sustainable environment and gender equality. MST supports Ekta Parishad’s work and participated in Janadesh. Please visit their website for more information.
http://www.mstbrazil.org
Quaker Peace and Social Witness:
Quaker Peace & Social Witness works with, and on behalf of Friends in Britain to translate faith into action. They are long-time supporters of Ekta Parishad and share the belief that peace, equality, simplicity and truth can be used to alleviate suffering and seek positive social change. Please visit their website for more information.
http://www.quaker.org.uk
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