The Lyari Highway is currently being built in Pakistan as a solution to the congestion problem in Karachi. In order to successfully complete this project, over 200,000 people will have their houses and communities destroyed, a severe form of human rights violation. Some of these neighborhoods that are located along the Lyari river have developed over time establishing offices and schools, as some people have resided there for generations. Construction, however, has continued, leaving these people with little compensation.
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Ryan Schlief, WITNESS Program Coordinator for Asia, and Sam Gregory, Program Director, are in Chiang Mai conducting a video advocacy training for activists working on development-induced forced displa...
In Tengzhou City, Shandong Province of China, the local government deprived a resident of his property through making up fake assessment during a reconstruction project....
This short video, by Sutthirat Supaparinya, shows a glimpse of the Asia Video Advocacy Workshop for displacement activists, which took place in September 2008, in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Objectives
• Mobilizing and organizing the local communities to empower them to take initiatives for their equal and active participation in the development process
• Building the capacities of ...
Licadho Canada observes politically or socially tense situations to reduce the threat of violence and obtain a truthful story of events.
We learned to be efficient observers through attendance at v...
Adult homes, or adult care facilities, provide housing and support to people in New York State who are 18 years-of-age or older and have a physical and/or psychiatric disability....
* To assist individuals and groups producing thought-provoking and informative media focused on social and environmental issues distribute their work....
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