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The Dutch development aid system is under pressure, both from within as well as from outside the sector, from the North and the South. On the 14th and 15th of April 2010, PSO organized a two-day seminar to start rethinking aid relations and interactions from a wider, global perspective. What is the essence of North-South relationships? And how important are identity and trust versus financing? Read the whole story.
Schorer recently became a PSO member. The foundation views itself as a health promoting institute. This means it studies the general health of homosexuals, but also of bisexuals and transgenders. Schorer is an organisation that, among other things, fights to prevent HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)among sexual minorities both in the Netherlands and abroad. The foundation attempts to bolster Southern organisations by, for example, introducing them to one another.
Life is tough for independent media in (post-)conflict areas and in countries with totalitarian regimes. Press Now supports independent media in these areas. The media organisation, that was founded in 1993 by journalists and politicians, views a varied media landscape as an important precondition for an open, democratic society.
Dark & Light Blind Care became a PSO member at the beginning of this year. The organisation works for the blind and the visually impaired in Africa and Asia. The foundation is active in twelve countries where it supports well over forty projects through its local partners. 'We want to eradicate preventable blindness,' says Paulien Bruijn, Dark & Light Blind Care's programme coordinator.
War and violence leave savage wounds in people's lives and in the communities they are part of. War Trauma Foundation (WTF) works with local communities in (post-)conflict areas to, among other things, develop psycho-social programmes and to promote knowledge exchange. 'We want to enable organisations to properly carry out psycho-social programmes and to work towards restoring people and communities currently suffering from the ravages of war and violence,' says Marieke Schouten, WTF's director.