Design & People identify how design can intervene to make a contribution to the ongoing efforts to improve the lives of people disadvantaged by war, disability, and political and environmental conditions. We unite and encourage graphic, industrial and architectural designers to use their experience and skills towards social and humanitarian projects. Mission: Design For People In Need.
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Creativity As A Social Contribution
Design & People Beneficiaries
Design & People work voluntarily for non-profit organisations and movements in India. Some of our beneficiaries are: Act!onAid, Buddha Smiles Education Movement, Food Safety Solutions, For Gujarat, Friends of Tibet, Greenpeace, Janhit Foundation, Keli India, Nachiar Vidyalayam, Narmada Bachao Andolan, Pratyasha: Cancer Children's Welfare Society, Periyar Riverkeeper, Shishu Sarothi: Centre for Rehabilitation and Training for Multiple Disability, Society First and the World Tibet Day Foundation.
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Act!onAid International India / Web:
www.actionaidindia.org
(An international development agency formed in 1972 whose aim is to fight poverty worldwide. The organisation helps over 13 million of the poorest and most disadvantaged people in 42 countries worldwide.)
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Buddha Smiles Education Movement / Web:
www.buddhasmiles.in
(An education movement inspired by the Gandhian philosophy of 'Sarvodaya', which recognises that the spiritual, moral, cultural, social, economic and political dimensions are all necessary components of holistic development.)
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Food Safety Solutions / Web:
www.foodsafetysolutions.org
(A non-profit organisation dedicated to food safety and quality, protection of the environment by developing standards, providing training, education and superior third-party conformity assessment service.)
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Friends of Tibet / Web:
www.friendsoftibet.org
(A people's movement based in India to keep alive the issue of Tibet through direct action. The organisation's activities are aimed at ending China's occupation of Tibet and the suffering of the Tibetan people. Friends of Tibet supports the continued struggle of the Tibetan people for independence.)
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Janhit Foundation / Web:
www.janhitfoundation.org
(An voluntary organisation working towards environmental protection, water conservation and organic farming since 1998. Janhit Foundation believes feels that environment problems can only be addressed adequately if local people are involved in decision making at all levels and have control over resources.)
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Greenpeace India / Web:
www.greenpeaceindia.org
(An independent, campaigning organisation that uses non-violent, creative confrontation to expose global environmental problems. Greenpeace has a presence in 40 countries across Europe, the Americas, Asia and the Pacific.)
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Keli India / Web:
www.keliindia.org
(A Bombay-based non-profit, voluntary organisation dedicated to the preservation, development and propagation of the traditional classical art forms.)
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Nachiar Vidyalayam / Web:
www.nachiarvidyalayam.org
(A school run by a third generation cotton-trading family in Pollachi, Tamil Nadu. Having lived in the village for more than five decades, the family decides to give back to their beloved village and the society.)
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Narmada Iykyadhardya Samithi / Web:
www.narmada.org
(A support group for Narmada Bachao Andolan, a movement which opposes the construction of large dams on the River Narmada, central India without proper rehabilitation.)
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Pratyasha: Cancer Children's Welfare Society / Web:
www.pratyashaforchildren.org
(A support group formed in 2003 under the aegis of Paediatric Oncology Division of the Regional Cancer Centre (RCC), Trivandrum, Kerala. The organisation supports the affected families during illness and its treatment regime and also afterwards.)
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Shishu Sarothi: Centre for Rehabilitation and Training for Multiple Disability
(A non-profit organisation providing services for multiple disabled children in the North East of India. Shishu Sarothi, which began as a one-room house, is now the Spastic Society of Assam.)
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Society First / Web:
www.societyfirst.org
(An Alleppy-based organisation formed by a group of committed aid workers forming a strong volunteer core-group. For Society First, social work is a profession where everyone works towards making a positive difference.)
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World Tibet Day Foundation / Web:
www.worldtibetday.org
(An annual worldwide event designed to help the Tibetan people regain essential freedoms. The World Tibet Day Foundation is founded and headed by Richard Rosenkranz, a Pulitzer Prize nominee in history.)
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"If anything deserves a reward, it is social contribution. Creativity can be a social contribution, but only in so far as society is free to use the results."
Richard Stallman
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