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Grupo TIERRA - Accion Contra el Hambre
| Region: | Latin America | |
| Country: | Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala | |
| Contact Details: | C/Caracas, 6, 1º |
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| Description: | Action Against Hunger is an international, non-governmental, non-religious organization that was created in Paris in 1979. Since then, the organization has developed within the framework of an interdependent international network, with headquarters in France (Paris), the US (New York), the UK (London), and Spain (Madrid). Created, in Paris in 1979, Action Against Hunger is recognized worldwide as a leader in the fight against hunger; Action Against Hunger works in more than 40 countries, specializing in emergency situations of war, conflict and natural disasters. |
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| Coalition Programme Activities: |
Sponsored to attend Mapping for Change Conference - Nairobi 2005 |
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| Objectives: | 1. To improve the availability of and access to relevant, adequate, accurate and timely information on agricultural and rural development in ACP (Africa, Caribbean and South Pacific) countries. |
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| Programmes and Activities: | Research and information dissemination:
Capacity building of rural communities Technical assitance to local NGOs and local institutions in Centroamérica Networking and linking with the grassroots and other civil- society organizations: Grupo Tierra in Nicaragua / Grupo Tierra in project in Honduras |
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| Target groups: | Farmers' organizations |
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| Focus: | Information dissemination Research Community Capacity building Network Building Conflict and Conflict Management |
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| Documents | Manual práctico de mapeo comunitario y uso del GPS para organizaciones locales de desarrollo Spanish Capacity development and PGIS for land demarcation: innovations from Nicaragua PDF 380KB |
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International Land Coalition
Via Paolo di Dono, 44
00142 Rome, Italy
Tel (+39) 065459 2445
Fax (+39) 06 504 3463
Email: info@landcoalition.org
Website: www.landcoalition.org