South East Asia

Trade

Pan-Asian

ATTAC

www.attac.org

ATTAC (Association for the Taxation of financial Transactions for the Aid of Citizens) is an international network of independent national and local groups in 33 countries. It promotes the idea of an international tax on currency speculation (the Tobin Tax) and campaigns to outlaw tax havens, replace pension funds with state pensions, cancel Third World debt, reform or abolish the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and, more generally, recapture the democratic space that has been lost to the financial world. ATTAC is independent from all political parties, and brings together labour unions, associations, MPs, academics and citizens from all walks of life, in self-education and peaceful action.

Voluntary help needed: See local links on ATTAC website

Public Services International (PSI)

25-2, Jalan Telawi Dua, Bangsar Baru, MY 59100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Tel: 60.3.2871782 or 60.3.2871786 (Lakshmi)
Fax: 60.3.2871780
psiap@ppp.nasionet.net OR
psiaplk@pd.jaring.my

www.world-psi.org/psi.nsf

PSI unites public sector workers in more than 600 trade unions in over 140 countries. Twenty million women and men in a variety of public service jobs <http://www.world-psi.org/psi.nsf/public?openpage> are members of PSI.
For nearly 100 years, PSI has fought for public services through its activities and campaigns <http://www.world-psi.org/psi.nsf/actions?openpage>, its regional structure <http://www.world-psi.org/psi.nsf/regions?openpage>, its association with other international organisations and its work on priority issues <http://www.world-psi.org/psi.nsf/priorities?openpage>. PSI is an officially recognised non-government organisation - NGO - for the public sector within the International Labour Organisation (ILO <http://www.ilo.org>) and has accreditation with UNESCO <http://www.unesco.org>, ECOSOC <http://www.un.org/documents/ecosoc.htm> and UNCTAD <http://www.unctad.org>.

Voluntary help needed: see website

Transnationals Information Exchange-Asia

141 Ananda Rajakaruna Mawatha, Colombo 10, Sri Lanka
Tel / fax: +94 (0)74 617 711
tieasia@tieasia.org

www.tieasia.org/TEXT/text_index.htm

TIE-Asia's vision is to: encourage and support the development of unions and democratic workers' organisations (where it is not possible for unions to exist), new forms of organising and broader social coalitions in the export orientated industries (with a focus on the garment and related industries) of South and South-East Asia; to promote and implement the rights of mainly women workers and to bring about improvements to their livelihoods, their families, communities and society.

Voluntary help needed: see TIE-Asia website

Via Campesina

Secretaría Operativa, Operative Secretariat Tegucigalpa, Apdo. Postal 3628MDC, Honduras, C.A.
Tel: + 504-2394679
Fax: + 504-2359915
viacam@gbm.hn

www.viacampesina.org

Via Campesina is an international movement that coordinates peasant organizations of small and middle-scale producers, agricultural workers, rural women, and indigenous communities from Asia, Africa, America, and Europe. It is an autonomous, pluralistic movement, independent from all political, economic, or other denomination. It is integrated by national and regional organizations whose autonomy is respected.

Voluntary help needed: see Via Campesina website

Specific countries

Indonesia

Wahana Lingkungan Hidup Indonesia

Jl. Tegal Parang Utara No 14, Jakarta Selatan 12790, Indonesia
Tel: 62 21 794 1672
Fax: 62 21 794 1673
walhi@walhi.or.id

www.walhi.or.id

Wahana Lingkungan Hidup Indonesia (WALHI, Indonesian Forum for the Environment) was founded in 1980 and is the largest and oldest environmental advocacy NGO in Indonesia. WALHI unites more than 450 NGO's throughout Indonesia's vast archipelago, with independent offices and grassroot constituencies located in 24 of the nation's 31 provinces. Its newsletter is published in both English and the native language. WALHI works on a wide range of issues, including conflict over access to natural resources, indigenous rights, marginalization of communities, pollution, deforestation, climate change, and biodiversity conservation.

Voluntary help needed: see website

Malaysia

Sahabat Alam Malaysia

27 Lorong Maktab,10250 Penang, Malaysia
Tel: 60 4 227 6930
Fax: 60 4 227 5705
smidris@tm.net.my

www.surforever.com/sam

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) was founded in 1977 to combat worsening environmental deterioration triggered by the country's rapid development. SAM publishes a number of books and newsletters in English and in Bahasa Malaysia. The group's campaign work encompasses pollution, land-use, deforestation, fisheries, energy, water, dams, agriculture, indigeneous people's rights and tourism. It has offices in Penang and Sarawak.

Voluntary help needed: see SAM website

Philippines

Legal Rights & Natural Resources Center (LRC-KSK)

Marvic Leonen, no. 7 Marunong Street, Central East District, Diliman, Quezon City, Manila, Philippines
Tel: 63 2 928 1372 or 436 1101
Fax: 63 2 920 7172
lrcksk@info.com.ph

www.lrcksk.org

LRC-KSK is a policy and legal research and advocacy institution. They focus mainly on advocacy of indigenous peoples' rights, resource tenure, environmental management, and sustainable energy options. To achieve these goals, LRC-KSK maintains three major programs: the Research and Policy Development, Direct Legal Services, and Campaigns, Support and Linkages. Among the organisation's numerous publications are its English-language newsletter, "Tan-awan" and its law and policy journal, published quarterly, "The Philippine Natural Resources Law Journal," published bi-annually.
LRC-KSK is taking part in the following Friends of the Earth International campaigns: genetically modified organisms, international financial institutions, trade and the mining programme.

Voluntary help needed: see LRC-KSK website

Thailand

ActionAid

13th Floor, Regent House Building, 183 Rajdamri Road, Pathumwan, Bangkok 10220, Thailand
Tel: +66 2 651 9066/7
Fax: +66 2 651 9070
mail@actionaidasia.org

www.actionaid.org/asia

ActionAid believes that every person has a right to many of the simple things we take for granted. These include the right to food, healthcare, clean water, education, shelter and security. These are set out in the 1948 United Nation's Universal Declaration of Human Rights and are defined in the constitution of many countries. However, millions of poor people are denied these rights. ActionAid believes that poverty will not end until everyone is able to assert their basic human rights.

Voluntary help needed: ActionAid is always looking for support from people with English writing skills. This includes articles on websites, documents, press release, case studies, and reports/publications. If you think you can help us with our writing in English, either by working in one of our offices or remotely by email, please contact David Robinson at David@actionaidasia.org.

Focus on the Global South

c/o CUSRI, Chulalongkorn University Bangkok 10330 Thailand
Tel: +66-2-2187363-65
Fax: +66-2-2559976

www.focusweb.org

Focus aims to consciously and consistently articulate, link and develop greater coherence between local community-based and national, regional and global paradigms of change. Focus on the Global South strives to create a distinct and cogent link between development at the grassroots and the "macro" levels.

Voluntary help needed: contact Focus

Vietnam

ActionAid

Room 206 - 521 Kim Ma Road, Ba Dinh, Hanoi
Tel : 7717692
Fax : 7717693
Mail@aaviet.netnam.vn

www.actionaid.org/asia

ActionAid believes that every person has a right to many of the simple things we take for granted. These include the right to food, healthcare, clean water, education, shelter and security. These are set out in the 1948 United Nation's Universal Declaration of Human Rights and are defined in the constitution of many countries. However, millions of poor people are denied these rights. ActionAid believes that poverty will not end until everyone is able to assert their basic human rights.

Voluntary help needed: ActionAid is always looking for support from people with English writing skills. This includes articles on websites, documents, press release, case studies, and reports/publications. If you think you can help us with our writing in English, either by working in one of our offices or remotely by email, please contact David Robinson at David@actionaidasia.org.