Support Groups
Global Indigenous Aid (GIA)
Centre for Peace Initiatives (CENPEACE)
Objectives: 1. To further the cause of peace with freedom and justice throughout the world, with particular focus on the Third World. 2. To expose and oppose political, economic, cultural and territorial domination, hegemony and expansion. 3. To identify the obstacles to the peaceful and just development of the world community and to campaign against them. 4. To promote discussion and exchange of ideas and suggestions for a just and peaceful world through the publication of books, booklets, pamphlets, discussion papers, leaflets, posters and the production and dissemination of video tapes and...
Center for Leadership and Development Studies
Objectives: 1. To develop through research relevant concepts which can provide impetus for national growth. 2. To plan strategies for realizing important government policies. 3. To prepare training and leadership programmes. 4. To create alternative and comprehensive models of development. 5. To select topics for discussion at national and international level. 6. To provide think-tank services.
Association of Quality Management Consultants, Malaysia (AQMC)
Objectives: 1. To be a self-regulating body of quality management consultants in Malaysia. 2. To raise the standard of quality management consultants in Malaysia. 3. To represent and protect the professional interests of quality management consultants, both collectively and individually.
Brahma Kumaris Rajayoga, Malaysia
History Brahma Kumaris Malaysia was established in 1981 with the aim of serving the public by teaching Raja Yoga meditation and to impart moral and ethical knowledge. Our services Courses are offered free of charge as a service to the community. We regularly organise lectures, exhibitions, workshops and seminars on topics related to self-development, values education and self management leadership. Thousands of people have taken benefit, in terms of building character, regaining peace of mind, increasing concentration power and enhancing self-confidence. On a global level, we have actively...
Association of Environmental Consultants and Contractors of Malaysia (AECCOM)
The Association of Environmental Consultants and Companies of Malaysia, in short AECCOM, was formed in 1992, with the encouragement and support of the then Former Director General of the Department of Environment, Prof Dato’ Ir Dr Abu Bakar Jaafar. The primary purpose is to look after the interests of its members drawn from all sectors of the environmental business. Current priorities are to establish a link with the regulatory authorities as well as privatisation concessionaires and industries to enable its members to play meaningful role. Our objectives 1. To promote professionalism...
Amanah Ikhtiar Malaysia (AIM)
Amanah Ikhtiar Malaysia (AIM) ialah sebuah badan Amanah Persendirian yang ditubuhkan pada 17 September 1987 melalui Suratcara Perjanjian AIM dan didaftarkan di bawah Akta Amanah (Pemerbadanan) 1952 (pindaan 1981) (Akta 258). Penubuhan AIM adalah rentetan daripada kejayaan Projek Ikhtiar yang merupakan satu projek penyelidikan bertindak dilaksanakan oleh Pusat Penyelidikan Dasar, Universiti Sains Malaysia dari tahun 1986 hingga 1987 di Barat Laut Selangor. Penyelidikan bertindak ini yang diketuai oleh Profesor David S. Gibbons dan Profesor Sukor Kasim adalah untuk menguji Pendekatan ini...
Third World Network (TWN)
Third World Network (TWN) is an independent non-profit international network of organisations and individuals involved in issues relating to development, developing countries and North-South affairs. TWN was formed in November 1984 in Penang, Malaysia at the concluding session of an International Conference on “The Third World: Development or Crisis?” organised by the Consumers’ Association of Penang and attended by over a hundred participants from 21 countries. At this conference, TWN was formed to especially strengthen cooperation among development and environment groups...
Sustainable Transport Action Network for Asia and the Pacific (SUSTRAN)
The Sustainable Transport Action Network for Asia and the Pacific (the SUSTRAN Network) was launched in 1995 and has established contact with several hundred individuals and organisations around the region and beyond. So far, SUSTRAN has active participants in Malaysia, India, Pakistan, the Philippines, Korea, Japan, Australia, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Thailand. We also have active partner organisations in North America, Europe, Latin America and Africa.
Malaysian Physicians for Social Responsibility (MPSR)
Who are we MPSR is a non-partisan, independent society of physicians and medical students whose aim is to work towards peace, social justice, ecological sustainability, human security, and prevention of conventional and nuclear war through peaceful resolution of conflict and abolition of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons, through research, education and advocacy. MPSR aims to instil the values of ethical professional practice and a sense of social responsibility in promoting equity in healthcare, human rights and the rule of just law. How can you get involved Local people can get...
Pesticide Action Network Asia and the Pacific (PANAP)
PAN Asia Pacific (PANAP) is one of five regional centres of Pesticide Action Network, a global network dedicated to the elimination of harm upon humans and the environment by pesticide use. Alongside this, it also focuses on promoting sustainable biodiversity-based ecological agriculture (BEA). PANAP’s vision is a society that is truly democratic and culturally diverse, based on social and gender justice, fair distribution of productive resources and environmental safety and sustainability. PANAP pursues this vision by: strengthening people’s movements in their assertion of...
Food Not Bombs Kuala Lumpur (FNBKL)
Food Not Bombs-KL is a diverse collective of people of all ages and backgrounds dedicated to actively addressing social exclusion, poverty, and homelessness. For over 10 years, we have been preparing and sharing hot, vegetarian meals every Sunday evening with persons on the streets in central Kuala Lumpur. Our underlying mission is to openly challenge inequality, help distribute resources to persons facing poverty & homelessness, and bring people together in a safe space of mutual respect. Food Not Bombs-KL believes that deprivation and poverty are grave injustices, especially in a...
Consumers International (CI), Malaysia
CI is the only independent global campaigning voice for consumers. With over 220 member organisations in 115 countries, we are building a powerful international consumer movement to help protect and empower consumers everywhere. Our Vision Our vision is of a world where people can make informed choices on safe and sustainable goods and services and in which individual and collective Consumer Rights are secure and respected. We believe that: People: in order to live, all people consume – be it through the satisfaction of the most basic human need, through to considering complex financial...
Malaysia Youth And Students Democratic Movement (DEMA)
Our aims To promote and facilitate unity, solidarity and co-operation among youth and student of Malaysia in the struggle against imperialism, neocolonialism, abuse of human right and other forms of reputation towards the people of Malaysia in their struggle for a liberation, democratic progressive, peaceful and sustainable society. To encourage direct involvement of youth and students in social realities. To promote the acceptance and practice of human right in its broad context. Our objectives To provide workshops, platforms and venues for education and to bring about unity in...
Worker’s Friends (Tholilaliyin Tholar)
Worker’s Friends (Tholilaliyin Tholar) is a support group based in Batu Caves, Selangor. They provide training to workers and members of trade unions about their rights and obligations under the law, with special emphasis on industrial matters. They also specialize in volunteer work and social activities.
Sustainable Development Network, Malaysia (SUSDEN)
Who are we Established since 1995, SUSDEN’s education and awareness programmes have been effective in spreading the urgency for a sustainable world. In 2003, it launched the Initiatif Penita programme to bring forth the importance of gender equity in the sustainability aspect. Penitajaya Sdn Bhd, through the publication of Majalah Penita enables this process and supports the various outreach programmes of SUSDEN as a partner with a common concern. Our objectives 1. To transform the capital-centred approach to a people-centred and sustainable one. 2. To protect and conserve Malaysia as...