December 2005 e-newsletter
Inter Pares' E-NewsletterHighlights 2005
In this e-newsletter:
- Letter of Introduction
- Highlights:
- Asia
- Africa
- Latin America
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Dear friends,
We are pleased to enclose our Highlights 2005 providing an overview of some of Inter Pares' work during the past year.
This year marked the 30th anniversary of the founding of Inter Pares. In this anniversary year, I want to convey our deep appreciation for the generosity of supporters like you. That Inter Pares has been sustained for three decades is remarkable and could not have been achieved without the support of so many Canadians across the country who share our commitment to social justice action around the world.
On behalf of the Board and the staff of Inter Pares, thank you for making our work possible. We are honoured by your trust and support.
Sincerely,
Peter Gillespie
Acting Executive Director
P.S. If you have not done so already, please consider making a special 30th anniversary gift to Inter Pares during your year-end giving. Thank you!
Highlights 2005
In 2005, Inter Pares provided more than $5 million to support the work of our counterparts in Africa, Asia and Latin America. The following are highlights of some of these activities. More detailed information is available on the Inter Pares Web site at www.interpares.ca.
Asia
Through the Thailand Burma Border Consortium (TBBC), Inter Pares provided over $600,000 for food, shelter and humanitarian supplies for thousands of Burmese refugees living in camps along the Thailand-Burma border. TBBC works with refugees who have fled human rights violations perpetrated by the Burmese military. Though they now live in difficult conditions in refugee camps, they have maintained their communities, and manage their own affairs. They have built houses, schools, temples, and churches, and provide services to their own communities, as teachers, nurses, health workers and counsellors.
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Africa
In Sudan, Inter Pares supported the Gender Center for Research and Training in its work to engage and sensitize the medical community, police, judiciary and the media on issues of violence against women, as well as women's access to services. The Center also worked to include women's voices in the peace process in Sudan, emphasizing the importance of strengthening women's representation and participation. For example, the Center initiated a series of dialogues on women and political participation, drawing together activists from various political parties in Sudan.
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Latin America
Inter Pares' program in Colombia provided over $1 million in programs to assist the tens of thousands of families displaced by the armed conflict. The program contributed to national and international awareness of the crisis by documenting the increasing incidence of forcible confinement of rural communities, a situation largely ignored by state and international actors. Evidence and direct testimony produced in text and video format opened up broad discussion on this issue, and confinement has now been included in the list of urgent humanitarian and human rights concerns in Colombia.
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This work is made possible by thousands of individual and institutional supporters from coast to coast across Canada, and by contributions from the Canadian government through the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC). Inter Pares is deeply grateful for this trust and support.
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