International Cooperation

Development/Humanitarian projects

Many of SOLIDAR’s member organisations have extensive experience in providing humanitarian assistance in areas around the world suffering due to conflict or natural disasters. This expertise includes providing medical help, water supplies, shelter, transport, food and other items, counselling and mine clearance. Many other members have an important role in fundraising to support the emergency actions of their partners working in the field.

In recent years, SOLIDAR member organisations have been working in humanitarian aid and development in many countries, including Angola, Sudan, Mozambique, Rwanda, Western Sahara, Palestine, Iraq, Cambodia, Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka, South-East Europe, South America and Central America, and in several countries of the former Soviet Union.

SOLIDAR helps to coordinate actions by members in specific countries, most recently in Pakistan.

Cooperation in the field between SOLIDAR members is also growing in other areas, such as in developing response mechanisms to humanitarian emergencies. The Cooperation in the field Working Group have developed guidelines which set out the modalities of cooperation between SOLIDAR members according to various levels of engagement, and provides a roadmap for extending and strengthening cooperation.

Countries in which SOLIDAR member organisations are active include:


Pakistan
Horn of Africa


Middle East
Haiti

   Sri Lanka
West-Africa
(under construction)

   India