OMEGA INITIATIVE PARTNERS

VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA FOUNDATION - www.vvaf.org
Established twenty years ago by a group of Vietnam Veterans, VVAF is an international organization dedicated to addressing the causes, conduct and consequences of war.

VVAF's mission has been the rehabilitation of the war wounded and the elimination of indiscriminate weapons that target innocent civilians. Since l99l, VVAF has been the driving force behind an intensive public effort to encourage the international community and the United States to ban the use, stockpile, production and transfer of antipersonnel land-mines. VVAF co-founded and coordinated the organization that received the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize for its global efforts to eradicate antipersonnel landmines.

PACT - www.pactworld.org
Founded in 1971, Pact is an independent, international, non-profit corporation whose mission is to help build strong communities that allow people to earn a dignified living, engage in self-help initiatives and participate in democratic life.

Over the years, Pact has earned a strong reputation for excellence in the participatory design of institutional strengthening activities, delivery of services and measurement of results. Pact's programs generally tie capacity building to service delivery through a combination of technical assistance, training and grants-with grant funds giving organizations the chance to immediately employ newly acquired skills. Pact's own sector experience and skills base covers several areas including micro-finance and advocacy/policy dialogue. Pact currently operates large, complex, multi-year programs in Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, South Africa and Zimbabwe, and a regional program covering the 10 countries that comprise the Greater Horn of Africa. In the past year, Pact successfully concluded long-term programs in Botswana, Mozambique, Zambia and Angola and still has a presence in the latter two countries.

Pact Kenya - www.pactkenya.org
Pact Kenya is a regional non-governmental organization working with Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) to improve the well being of communities through transformative capacity building, institutional strengthening and grant making initiatives.

Pact Kenya is located in Nairobi where it coordinates its activities in the eastern Africa. In partnership with Pact, it provides technical assistance to country programs in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi, Somalia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Rwanda, southern Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Djibouti.

OTHER PARTNERS OF THE LEAHY WAR VICTIMS FUND

Disability Action Council (DAC)
The DAC is a permanent body made up of representatives from the Cambodian Government as well as from non-governmental aid organisations who are committed to working for the well-being of Cambodia's people with disabilities (PWD).
DAC website

Cambodian School for Prosthetics and Orthotics (CSPO)
Our aim is to help people with disability regain their mobility, dignity and self-sufficiency, so they can lead full and productive lives as part of the community
CSPO website

The Consortium
This site gives a listing of a number of InterAction's Committee on Migration & Refugee Affairs (CMRA). This committee provides a forum through which the agencies coordinate their programs and policies, build consensus on refugee issues, and interface with the US government, the UNHCR, and other international agencies. consortium website

Friend-in-Need Society
Integration into society and the opportunity to lead a reasonably independent life is what most disabled people yearn for. They do not wish for sympathy or charity but rather some assistance to live their lives and participate in the activities of their societies
Friend-in-Need website

Health Volunteers Overseas (HVO)
HVO is a private, non-profit, non-sectarian volunteer organization headquartered in the United States. HVO is dedicated to improving the availability and quality of health care in developing countries through training and education.
HVO website

International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
The ICRC was founded nearly a century and a half ago. It seeks to preserve a measure of humanity in the midst of war. Its guiding principle is that even in war there are limits: limits on how warfare is conducted and limits on how combatants behave. The set of rules that were established with this in mind and endorsed by nearly every nation in the world is known as international humanitarian law, of which the Geneva Conventions are the bedrock.
ICRC website

International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics (ISPO)
The ISPO, is a multi-disciplinary organization comprised of persons who have a professional interest in the clinical, educational and research aspects of prosthetics, orthotics, rehabilitation engineering and related topics.
ISPO website

Pan American Health Organization
This is the regional office for the Americas of the World Health Organization whose goal is to improve the life of people of the Americas.
Pan Amercan website

Prosthetics Outreach Foundation (POF)
POF is an international humanitarian non-profit organization that is dedicated to restoring mobility and independence to disadvantaged amputees worldwide.
POF website

UCC Development Foundation
The Vocational Center is designed to train amputees and widows to start their own businesses as a means of support for themselves and their families, and also as a way of raising the economic level of impoverished villages in rural Cambodia.
UCC website

UNICEF