Development Workshop
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Development Workshop is a non-profit organization
providing assistance for poor and disadvantaged communities in the developing countries. Established in 1973. Works in more than 30 countries of Asia
, Africa
, the Americas
.
, livelihood
s and local economic development, governance
, post-conflict reconstruction and disaster mitigation. It is funded by non-government organizations, private citizens, national and international development agencies. DW is not a funding organization and it does does not raise funds directly from the public.
There are three main DW centres (Canada
, France
, Angola
) and offices in Burkina Faso
and Vietnam
.
Development Workshop France (DWF) is a French NGO, and works in South East Asia and Western Africa.
DWF undertakes actions in Central Viet Nam that help families, communities, community leaders and civil society reduce vulnerability to natural disasters and climate change and develop the safer environment and poverty reduction.
For its work in Vietnam DWF was awarded the 2008 World Habitat Award, and received the Thua Thien Hué Certificate of Merit in 2008 as well.
Development Workshop France works in collaboration with the People’s Committee of Thua Thien Hué province and the Flood and Storm Control Committee, the Thua Thien Hué Consulting & Designing Construction Company, Hué, and Commune authorities. DW’s work builds on experience gained by DW in disaster and development related work in Viet Nam since 1989 on UNDP and Australian Aid supported projects in central and northern Viet Nam. It is supported by the EC Humanitarian Aid Office (ECHO) (2003–2009) and the Ford Foundation since 2007, and previously by Canadian International Development Aid (CIDA) and the Foundation Aide Viet Nam.
In 2008 DWF, by its declaration, exported its Vietnam expertise to Myanmar, to help victims of Cycloen Nargis, and in collaboration with Save the Children Alliance in Myanmar, takes part in the activities to strengthen schools to resist the impact of future cyclones and make children and their parents safer.
Development Workshop Angola initiated humanitarian network "Angonet", funded by UNDP, and in partnership with One World Action
contributed to giving access to clean water for about 300,000 people in Angola
.
This article is related to the List of non-governmental organizations in Vietnam.
Non-profit organization
Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...
providing assistance for poor and disadvantaged communities in the developing countries. Established in 1973. Works in more than 30 countries of Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
, Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
, the Americas
Americas
The Americas, or America , are lands in the Western hemisphere, also known as the New World. In English, the plural form the Americas is often used to refer to the landmasses of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions, while the singular form America is primarily...
.
Overview
The Organization promotes technical assistance, training, research projects, including the following spheres: shelter, basic services, infrastructureInfrastructure
Infrastructure is basic physical and organizational structures needed for the operation of a society or enterprise, or the services and facilities necessary for an economy to function...
, livelihood
Livelihood
A person's livelihood referers to "means of securing the necessities of life". For instance a fisherman's livelihood depends on the availability and accessibility of fish.- In social sciences :...
s and local economic development, governance
Governance
Governance is the act of governing. It relates to decisions that define expectations, grant power, or verify performance. It consists of either a separate process or part of management or leadership processes...
, post-conflict reconstruction and disaster mitigation. It is funded by non-government organizations, private citizens, national and international development agencies. DW is not a funding organization and it does does not raise funds directly from the public.
There are three main DW centres (Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, Angola
Angola
Angola, officially the Republic of Angola , is a country in south-central Africa bordered by Namibia on the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the north, and Zambia on the east; its west coast is on the Atlantic Ocean with Luanda as its capital city...
) and offices in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso – also known by its short-form name Burkina – is a landlocked country in west Africa. It is surrounded by six countries: Mali to the north, Niger to the east, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Côte d'Ivoire to the southwest.Its size is with an estimated...
and Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
.
Development Workshop France (DWF) is a French NGO, and works in South East Asia and Western Africa.
DWF undertakes actions in Central Viet Nam that help families, communities, community leaders and civil society reduce vulnerability to natural disasters and climate change and develop the safer environment and poverty reduction.
For its work in Vietnam DWF was awarded the 2008 World Habitat Award, and received the Thua Thien Hué Certificate of Merit in 2008 as well.
Development Workshop France works in collaboration with the People’s Committee of Thua Thien Hué province and the Flood and Storm Control Committee, the Thua Thien Hué Consulting & Designing Construction Company, Hué, and Commune authorities. DW’s work builds on experience gained by DW in disaster and development related work in Viet Nam since 1989 on UNDP and Australian Aid supported projects in central and northern Viet Nam. It is supported by the EC Humanitarian Aid Office (ECHO) (2003–2009) and the Ford Foundation since 2007, and previously by Canadian International Development Aid (CIDA) and the Foundation Aide Viet Nam.
In 2008 DWF, by its declaration, exported its Vietnam expertise to Myanmar, to help victims of Cycloen Nargis, and in collaboration with Save the Children Alliance in Myanmar, takes part in the activities to strengthen schools to resist the impact of future cyclones and make children and their parents safer.
Development Workshop Angola initiated humanitarian network "Angonet", funded by UNDP, and in partnership with One World Action
One World Action
One World Action is a charity based in London whose aims are a world free from poverty and oppression, where strong democracies safeguard people's rights....
contributed to giving access to clean water for about 300,000 people in Angola
Angola
Angola, officially the Republic of Angola , is a country in south-central Africa bordered by Namibia on the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the north, and Zambia on the east; its west coast is on the Atlantic Ocean with Luanda as its capital city...
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This article is related to the List of non-governmental organizations in Vietnam.