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UN Agencies

United Nations Development Program (UNDP)

UNDP is the UN's global development organization, a network advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life.

United Nations International Childrens Fund (UNICEF)

UNICEF is mandated by the United Nations General Assembly to advocate for the protection of children's rights, to help meet their basic needs and to expand their opportunities to reach their full potential.

United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is the world's largest international source of funding for population and reproductive health programmes. Since we began operations in 1969, the Fund has provided nearly $6 billion in assistance to developing countries.

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

 UNESCO - the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) was founded on 16 November 1945

International Labour Organization (ILO)  

Organization is the UN specialized agency which seeks the promotion of social justice and internationally recognized human and labour rights

 

NGOs

NGO's in the Health Sector

Guyana Red Cross

For over fifty years the Guyana Red Cross Society has carried out humanitarian service in this developing nation, and it is ready to take on the challenges of the new millennium. 

Guyana Red Cross Society
Box 10524
Eve Leary, Georgetown, Guyana, South America
Tel: +592 226 0384 / 226 5174
Fax: +592 227 7099
E-mail: redcross@sdnp.org.gy

Lifeline Counseling

Lifeline Counselling Services, is a registered, non-profit,  non-governmental organization.

354 Cummings Street
North Cummingsburg, Georgetown, Guyana, South America.
Counseling Line: +592 226 8694
Tel/Fax: +592 231 7289
E-mail lifeline@sdnp.org.gy

Guyana Nurses Association

Youth Challenge

Youth Challenge Guyana works closely with communities and funding agencies to execute projects in relation to HIV/AIDS, Women Initiatives and Governance

116/117 Cowan Street
Kingston, Georgetown, Guyana
Tel: +592 227 6539, 225 0129, 223 7884
Fax: +592 223 7885

Guyana Medical Association

Guyana Responsible Parenthood Association (GRPA)

The GRPA a non-governmental, non-profit organization was established in 1973 and registered in 1975 under the Friendly Societies Act. From the beginning the organization collaborated closely with the Ministry of Health, Maternal and Child Health Department to Lecture on Safe motherhood issues but expressly avoided the overt promotion of family planning, since any organized effort to have openly done so was met with suspicion, as it was the popular view that the organization's aim was to control the nations birthrate in a country with less than 1 million people spread across 83,000 sq miles.

Guyana Responsible Parenthood Association
70, Quamina Street, South Cummingsburg, Georgetown, South America.
Tel 592-225-3286, 225-0738
Email: grpafpa@sdnp.org.gy

 

Funding Agencies

Department of International Development (DFID)

The Department for International Development (DFID) is the part of the UK Government that manages Britain's aid to poor countries and works to get rid of extreme poverty.

DfID is headed by a Cabinet minister, one of the senior ministers in the Government. This reflects how important the Government sees reducing poverty around the world. It has two headquarters (in London and East Kilbride, near Glasgow) and 25 offices overseas. It also have over 2500 staff, almost half of whom work abroad. 

Inter American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture

The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) is a specialized agency of the inter-American system, and its purposes are to encourage and support the efforts of its Member States to foster agricultural development and rural well-being in their territories.

Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)

CIDA's regional offices support Canada's international cooperation efforts by promoting increased participation in CIDA's activities from all the regions of the country. Regional offices provide a coaching and support role for Canadian organizations wishing to work with CIDA on development initiatives

European Union (EU)

The European Union (EU) is a family of democratic European countries, committed to working together for peace and prosperity. It is not a State intended to replace existing states, but it is more than any other international organisation. The EU is, in fact, unique. Its Member States have set up common institutions to which they delegate some of their sovereignty so that decisions on specific matters of joint interest can be made democratically at European level. This pooling of sovereignty is also called "European integration". 

United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

The United States has a long history of extending a helping hand to those people overseas struggling to make a better life, recover from a disaster or striving to live in a free and democratic country. It is this caring that stands as a hallmark of the United States around the world -- and shows the world its true character as a nation

Inter American Development Bank (IDB)