Database
Middle East
| Name | Country | Contact | Focus Area | Other Info | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caritas Lebanon Migrant Centre | Lebanon | executive@caritas.org.lb | |||
| Pravasi Bandhu Welfare Trust | UAE (Sharjah) | Mr K V Shamsudeen - tel: 00971-50-6467801 | pravasibandhu@hotmail.com | General Migrant Welfare | |
| Migrant Workers' Protection Society (MWPS) | Bahrain | Marietta Dias | mwps_bahrain@yahoo.com | Temporary shelter for abused workers, advocacy, working conditions | P.O.Box 5561 Flat no.2, Ground Floor, Building 647, Road 3625, Adliya, Area 326. Kingdom of Bahrain Tel: +973-17827895 |
| City of Hope | UAE (Dubai) | Sharla Musabih | Women's shelter | Tel: 050 651 6511 | |
| Hotline for Migrant Workers | Israel | Migrant rights, anti-trafficking, crisis intervention | Tel. 972.3.560-2530 | ||
| CMA OFW Emergency SMS Helpline | Saudi Arabia | Emergency helpline for OFWs | Created by Center for Migrant Advocacy in the Philippines. For full description of how this system works see here http://cpcabrisbane.org/Kasama/2006/V20n2/SOS_SMS.htm Tel: +63 9209 639 767 | ||
| Kav LaOved | Israel | Tel Aviv - 972-3-6883766 / Haifa 972-4-8643350 / Jerusalem 972-2-6242801 | Advocacy, emergency support for Migrants, services in various languages. | For drop-in sessions visitors should check the appropriate time - http://www.kavlaoved.org.il/contact_n_eng.asp | |
| Global Changemakers Kuwait | Kuwait | Yara Al-Wazir / Fajer AlRased | Removing the sponsor system in Kuwait | Close collaberation with Kuwait Economic Society and the British Council | |
| MECC - Middle East Council of Churches | Lebanon | meccls@cyberia.net.lb | Makhoul Street, Deeb building,P.O. Box 5376 Beirut - Lebanon | ||
| KAFA (Enough) | Lebanon | Phone: 961 3 018019 961 1 381245 | Legal, social and psychological assistance to migrant domestic workers who are victims of physical and sexual abuse | 8 Badaro St, Komeir Bldg, 1st Fl Beirut, Lebanon | |
| Afro-Asian Migrant Center | Lebanon | St. Joseph’s church, 1st Floor, near Tabaris, in Monot area. Tel: 01/332601; 01/200 458 (Office open Tues/Thurs mornings) | Visits detention centers, provides detained migrants with food, assistance, and informs their families. | ||
| Armenian Relief Cross | Lebanon | Assaf Khoury Street, Bourj Hammound, Beirut. Under the Bourj Hammound Bridge, close t the beginning of Nabaa. Tel/Fax: 01/253 793 to 5 | Provides social and medical services to refugees and migrants and others in need. | ||
| Insan Association | Lebanon | Sin el Fil, street 88, Sector 1,(close to Galery Al Arez in Nabaa). Tel: 01/485 237, 70/893 144 | Works on two axes: Education and Protection. Education: runs a specialized educational progam, “Insan School,” for migrant & refugee children not academically or psychologically prepared to attend a regular school, to prepare them and help on all aspects for later integration in mainstream education/vocational training. Protection: provides social, psychological & legal support for refugee & migrant families, psycho-social and recreational activities for children & temporary shelter, “Insan House” for vulnerable & at risk children for whom no other alternative is available. | ||
| Non-Resident Nepali Association (NRNA) | Lebanon | 03 / 951260 | nrnalebanon@yahoo.com | The NRNA is a non-political, non-profit and voluntary international organization. NRNA helps Nepali citizens who have been arrested and detained in prisons, provides for the social welfare and wellbeing of Nepalese citizens, and distributes to the Nepalese domestic workers, pamphlets on the duties, responsibilities and rights of the workers and their employers. The Association holds a gathering once a month to meet, share information and discuss any problems they confront. |
Sending Countries
| Name | Country | Contact | Focus Area | Other Info | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arunodhaya Migrants Initiatives | India | amigini@hotmail.com | General migrant rights | ||
| Philippine Migrant Rights Watch | Philippines | ||||
| Centre for Migrant Advocacy | Philippines | cma@tri-isys.com | Advocacy | ||
| Kalungan Center Foundation | Philippines | kcfi@philonline.com.ph | Crisis center for returned and prospective migrant workers. | ||
| Unlad Kabayan | Philippines | unlad_kabayan@globelines.com.ph | Income generation projects, assistance for returning migrant workers | ||
| 9 South Asian Migration Resource Network | Bangladesh | rmmrubj@aitlbd.net | Research and advocacy | ||
| 0 WARBE - Welfare Association of Returned Bangla | warbe@bangla.net | ||||
| Migrant Services Centre | Sri Lanka | migrant@sltnet.lk | Support for prospective and returning migrant workers including awareness raising and re-integration projects for returnees | ||
| Migrante | Philippines | Supports the rights of Filipino workers (OFWs) all around the world and very active in the Gulf. | |||
| CARAM Asia | Asia | caraminfo@caramasia.org | 8th Floor, Wisma MLS 31, Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman 50100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Tel: +603-2697 0708 / +603-2697 0219 Fax: +603-2697 0282 |
General
| Name | Country | Contact | Focus Area | Other Info | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December I8 | N/A | database of info and organisations; radio broadcasting | |||
| Colombo Process | N/A | ILO initiative to build co-ordination among sending countries of migrant workers |
