Weltfriedensdienst (WFD) / Community Services (WFD), Berlin
| Adress |
Weltfriedensdienst
Hedemannstr. 14
10969 Berlin |
| Tel. |
++49 - (0) 30 – 253990 - 0 |
| Fax |
++49 - (0) 30 – 2511887 |
| Email |
info@wfd.de |
| Homepage |
www.wfd.de |
| Contact |
Siegfried Schröder |
The registered charity Weltfriedensdienst (WFD) [World Peace Aid]
works in the field of development and was founded in 1959 with the
aim to commit itself to anti-fascist reconciliation. Today, the
WFD supports – as a development aid organization – grass-roots
groups in Southern and Western Africa, Palestine and Latin America.
Objectives and policies of the charity are defined by its more than
200 members.
Fields of Activity of the WFD abroad
The projects supported by the WFD are initiated by local grass-roots
and self-help groups. "Partnership instead of Domination"
is considered essential by WFD. The projects address the basic necessities
of the population and try to directly improve the living and working
conditions of the people. In addition, the WFD sends experts (cooperants)
to advise partnership organizations.
 | Sustainability |
| Education |
| Encouragement of human and women’s rights |
| Civilian peace aid |
Fields of Activity of the WFD in Germany
"If you talk about the South, you cannot keep quiet in the
North". The WFD is one of the few organizations working in
the field of development that does not only support projects in
the so-called developing countries but also tries to trigger development
processes and changes in policies in this country through projects
in the North and public relations.
| With domestic projects such as Peace Communic@tion,
the WFD commits itself to racism and advocates civilian strategies
for solving conflicts. |
| Public relations illustrate the projects and make
people aware of the problems of the north-south divide. |
| A new focal objective of the work in Germany is to arrange
solidarity partnerships between the North and the South
as a medium of educational work both in and out of schools. |
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