ARMENIAN JOURNALISTS TO PARTICIPATE IN TRAININGS DEVOTED TO TRAFFICKING
PanARMENIAN.Net
19.01.2010 15:13 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Trainings devoted to trafficking will be organized
for journalists in Yerevan from January 21 till 23. The initiative
aims to enhance the professional skills of journalists, introducing
them to the nuances of elucidating the problem.
Event organizer in World Vision Armenian humanitarian organization
and People in Need organization’s representative office in Armenia.
World Vision is a Christian relief, development and advocacy
organisation working to create lasting change in the lives of children,
families and communities living in poverty. It serves all people,
regardless of religion, race, ethnicity or gender. It serves all
people regardless of religion, race, ethnicity or gender. In 2007,
World Vision worked in 97 countries assisting 100 mln people. The
organization came to Armenia eighteen years ago providing emergency
aid to the victims of December 1988 devastating earthquake with a
cheque for one million dollars and over the next few months delivered
nearly $3 million worth of medical supplies and relief.
During the next 20 years WV’s projects have gone beyond meeting the
demands of crisis situations to changing the quality of life in entire
communities and helping Armenians to restore their country.
People in Need (PIN) is a Czech organization that provides relief
aid and development assistance, while working to defend human rights
and democratic freedom. PIN activities are most visible during large
humanitarian crisis, such as 2002 floods in the Czech Republic, 2004
Indian Ocean earthquake (when Czechs individuals and companies donated
over 130 million Czk ) or 2007 Greek forest fires. In Africa and Asia
PIN implements development projects providing basic human needs and
education. It supports opposition movements or individuals in several
countries, such as Cuba, Burma, Belarus, Ukraine or Moldova. In the
Czech Republic it concentrates on support of local Roma (Gypsies)
who live on the edge of the society, organizes cultural activities
(most prominent being the One World Film Festival), information
projects and is also involved in political activism.