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Associazone Per La Solidarieta Internazionale In Asia (A.S.I.A)
Mission: "[To] promote a sustainable economical and social development of ethnic minorities in Asia"
In China since: 1993
Annual China Budget: EUR 2 million
Number of staff: 15 national and 10 expatriate
Mainland China contact:
Tsering Thar(才让太)
Professor
No. 131 Beisihuan Donglu, Yayuncun Chaoyang District, Beijing
Tel: +86 (0)1064945416
Activities in Other Countries:
Mongolia
Based in Italy, this ‘Alliance for International Solidarity with Asia’ was founded in 1993 by a Tibetan Rinpoche, Nankai Norbu, who was teaching at the Oriental University in Naples. With funds donated by overseas Tibetans, Italian citizens and a growing network of international supporters, it began small-scale relief and community development work in western China, working mainly, but not exclusively, in ethnic Tibetan areas. Early projects included the refurbishment or building of schools and clinics.
By the late 1990s, ASIA began to secure bigger grants from multilateral donors. For example, the UN International Fund for Agricultural Development funded an ASIA teacher training programme in Qinghai (where IFAD was supporting a larger, agricultural development project).
In Qinghai and Inner Mongolia the European Union provided funds for emergency relief and rehabilitation projects following extreme weather conditions. ASIA has since continued to respond to natural disasters across western China, mobilising funding for rehabilitation efforts that include re-stocking of animal herds.
In addition, ASIA was selected as the international implementing agency for several Italian government funded health projects in Western China. These include a three year, EUR 1.3 million project to rebuild clinics and train hospital staff in Sichuan’s Ganzi Prefecture; and a EUR 1.5 million project to establish a health training centre and training systems for community health workers in Chamdo Prefecture, TAR. ASIA is also implementing the health components of a European Union integrated rural development programme in Shigatse, TAR, and working on water supply, sanitation and hygiene education programmes in Lhoka and Xigatse prefectures.
Meanwhile, ASIA has remained active in the field of education, upgrading the facilities of schools in many communities, organising summer training programmes for teachers, and funding scholarship programmes for students, including high students, from poor families. The organisation also sponsors many small scale, health initiatives, including traditional Tibetan mendicine projects, as well as vocational skills training and income generation activities.
ASIA’s work in China has been funded by donations from private individuals, grants from foundations and grants from the European Union and the governments of Italy, France, Finland, the Netherlands, and Ireland
Links
http://www.asia-onlus.org
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