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2005-12-09 11:08:00
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INDIAN NGOS THAT ASSIST VICTIMS OF TERRORISM:
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1. (SBU) India suffers from three major strains of terrorism
-- jihadi separatism in Jammu and Kashmir (that also of late
spills into Delhi); Maoist/Naxalite terrorism that has spread
through 12 states in the West, Central, and South regions of
the country; and ethno-linguistic separatism in the
North-East. The independent Institute for Conflict
Management estimates that over 500 civilians and 200 security
personnel were killed in terrorist attacks in J&K alone in
both 2004 and 2005 (to date). That said, respected human
rights advocate Ravi Nair confirms our sense that that there
are relatively few NGOs that target their programs toward
victims of terrorist violence. The NGOs listed below are
based in Delhi, J&K, and the North-East. Because of
legislation that restricts foreign donations to charitable
organizations and public image concerns, many Indian NGOs do
not accept foreign assistance. (NOTE: We cannot attest to
these groups' bonafides. END NOTE.)
2. (U) New Delhi-Based NGOs:
Rajiv Gandhi Foundation
Jawahar Bhawan
Dr. Rajendra Prasad Rd
New Delhi, 110001
Phone: 011-2375-5119
Internet: www.rgfindia.org
POC: Mr. Manmohan Malhoutra
The Rajiv Gandhi Foundation provides post-traumatic stress
counseling and educational opportunities for orphans of
terrorist victims. It is closely tied to the Gandhi family
and Congress politicians, and does not accept foreign funding.
All India Anti-Terrorist Front
14 Talkatora Road
New Delhi, 110001
Phone: 011-2373-0677
POC: Mr. MS Bitta
The AIATF is primarily an advocacy organization against
terrorist violence. It also issues support grants to the
families of terrorist victims and to security officials and
journalists injured in terrorist attacks. MS Bitta is a
Congress Party politician.
Center for Dialogue and Reconciliation
New Delhi
Phone: 95124-24606/02, 98995-23366
POC: Sushoba Bharve
The Center for Dialogue and Reconciliation organizes
workshops/meetings in J&K on peace education for Kashmiri
youth affected by terrorism. Ms. Bharve also works with
organizations in J&K that run orphanages and works with women
who are victims.
3. (U) Kashmir-Based NGOs:
J&K Yateem Trust
Maisuma, Gowkadal
Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir
Phone: 0194-247-5114
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The J&K Yateem Trust Provides education for orphans of
terrorist victims.
Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons
Bund, Amira Kadal
Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir
Phone: 0194-245-6381, 0194-243-6495, 0194-248-2820
POC: Parvez Imroze
Internet: www.geocities.com/apdpkashmir/home.html
The Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons is a
support and advocacy group for families where a member has
been "disappeared" by police/security services, ostensibly
because the missing family member was accused of terrorism.
Kashmir Foundation for Peace and Developmental Studies
Institute for Reconciliation
Q-5, Tulsibagh
Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir
Phone: 0194-248-1641, 0194-244-1374
POC: Firdaus Syed
The Kashmir Foundation for Peace and Developmental Studies
provides broad support services, including for terrorist
victims and their families.
Hindu Welfare Society
Jammu and Kashmir
Phone: 0194-246-7020, 94190-90468
POC: Moti Lal Bhat, President
The Hindu Welfare Society provides employment and
rehabilitation for victims of terrorism.
Human Effort for Love and Peace (HELP)
Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir
Phone: 0194-231-0757, 94190-00721
POC: Nighat Pandit
HELP provides assistance to widows and orphans of victims of
terrorism.
Action Committee for Return of Migrants
Satwari
Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir
Phone: 0191-226-2902
POC: Jatendra Bakshi, President
The Action Committee for Return of Migrants advocates on
behalf of Kashmiri Pandits (Hindus) who fled terrorism in J&K
and now live as internally displaced persons in India.
Guild of Service
Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir
Phone: 5101-3416/17/18
Mobile: 98101-29594
POCs: Mohini Giri, Meera Khanna
The Guild of Service runs a center that currently houses 60
children and 20 women. The Guild's focus is education and
rehabilitation for children whose families have suffered from
terrorism.
4. (U) North-East-based NGOs:
Aashwas
DIG Eastern Range, Assam Police
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Jorhat, Assam
Phone: 94350-50167, 0376-233-1122/233-1133
e-mail: aashwas@assampolice.com
Internet: www.assampolice.com/aashwas/ProjComp4.htm
POC: Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta (Assam Police)
Aashwas is an Assam Police project supported by UNICEF. Its
goal is to "help the child victims of violence and
insurgency" by sensitizing police officers and offering
educational assistance and vocational training to Assamese
children of families that have suffered from terrorism.
Lutheran World Service (India)
Uttarpara, Ward No. 1
P.O. Gossaigaon 783360
District Kokrajhar, Assam
Phone: 03669-220-815, 94351-27457
POC: Subrata Sarkar
Lutheran World Service has introduced food-for-work programs
and helped construct roads for thousands of people who remain
displaced by the 1996 Kokrajhar riots.
Prahari
Assam Police
Phone: 0361-245-3187, 94350-49624
e-mail: kulasaikia@yahoo.com
POC: Mr. Kula Saikia, Inspector General of Police (Training)
Prahari is an Assam Police organization led by 2000 Fulbright
fellow Kula Saikia. The organizations objectives include
improving police-community relations and rebuilding local
schools and infrastructure destroyed by violence. Prahari
selects villages that are either crime infested, communally
sensitive, or terrorist prone -- their project covers 60
villages in Assam that have suffered terrorism and/or ethnic
violence. Prahari has not received financial aid in the
past, but would accept aid if offered.
Project Interact (sponsored by Rajiv Gandhi Foundation)
Implemented by Khwai Social Development Organization (KSDO)
Nagamapal Lamabam Leikai
Imphal, Manipur
Phone: 0385-244-1052, 94360-33249
POCs: Assistant Secretary R.K. Diana Manoharan; Coordinators:
Shantibala Devi & Apollo Singh Rajkumar
The Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, under Project Interact, sponsors
the education of insurgency-hit children in Jammu and
Kashmir, Punjab and parts of the Northeast. The Foundation
gathers information about such children from police, district
authorities, and NGOs. KSDO helps victim families file
police reports, obtain birth certificates for affected
children, examine claims, and facilitates payments for the
maintenance and education of the children.
Covenant Children's Home
Mualkoi, BSF Road
Churachandpur, Manipur
Phone: 03874-235-685, 94360-24348
e-mail: lian clara@yahoo.com
Internet: www.covenantseminary.edu/pmi/LT children.asp
POC: Lian Tombing, Director
Supported by the St. Louis-based Presbyterian International
Mission, Covenant Children's Home is an orphanage for
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children whose parents were killed in 1997-98 ethnic clashes
in Churachandpur, Manipur. Seventy-four children from
Manipur and the neighboring states of Assam and Mizoram are
housed there, around 500 more are on a waiting list.
5. (U) Visit New Delhi's Classified Website:
(http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/sa/newdelhi/)
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E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PTER PGOV PHUM IN
SUBJECT: INDIAN NGOS THAT ASSIST VICTIMS OF TERRORISM:
RESPONSE TO NSC
REF: STATE 218921
1. (SBU) India suffers from three major strains of terrorism
-- jihadi separatism in Jammu and Kashmir (that also of late
spills into Delhi); Maoist/Naxalite terrorism that has spread
through 12 states in the West, Central, and South regions of
the country; and ethno-linguistic separatism in the
North-East. The independent Institute for Conflict
Management estimates that over 500 civilians and 200 security
personnel were killed in terrorist attacks in J&K alone in
both 2004 and 2005 (to date). That said, respected human
rights advocate Ravi Nair confirms our sense that that there
are relatively few NGOs that target their programs toward
victims of terrorist violence. The NGOs listed below are
based in Delhi, J&K, and the North-East. Because of
legislation that restricts foreign donations to charitable
organizations and public image concerns, many Indian NGOs do
not accept foreign assistance. (NOTE: We cannot attest to
these groups' bonafides. END NOTE.)
2. (U) New Delhi-Based NGOs:
Rajiv Gandhi Foundation
Jawahar Bhawan
Dr. Rajendra Prasad Rd
New Delhi, 110001
Phone: 011-2375-5119
Internet: www.rgfindia.org
POC: Mr. Manmohan Malhoutra
The Rajiv Gandhi Foundation provides post-traumatic stress
counseling and educational opportunities for orphans of
terrorist victims. It is closely tied to the Gandhi family
and Congress politicians, and does not accept foreign funding.
All India Anti-Terrorist Front
14 Talkatora Road
New Delhi, 110001
Phone: 011-2373-0677
POC: Mr. MS Bitta
The AIATF is primarily an advocacy organization against
terrorist violence. It also issues support grants to the
families of terrorist victims and to security officials and
journalists injured in terrorist attacks. MS Bitta is a
Congress Party politician.
Center for Dialogue and Reconciliation
New Delhi
Phone: 95124-24606/02, 98995-23366
POC: Sushoba Bharve
The Center for Dialogue and Reconciliation organizes
workshops/meetings in J&K on peace education for Kashmiri
youth affected by terrorism. Ms. Bharve also works with
organizations in J&K that run orphanages and works with women
who are victims.
3. (U) Kashmir-Based NGOs:
J&K Yateem Trust
Maisuma, Gowkadal
Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir
Phone: 0194-247-5114
NEW DELHI 00009296 002 OF 004
The J&K Yateem Trust Provides education for orphans of
terrorist victims.
Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons
Bund, Amira Kadal
Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir
Phone: 0194-245-6381, 0194-243-6495, 0194-248-2820
POC: Parvez Imroze
Internet: www.geocities.com/apdpkashmir/home.html
The Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons is a
support and advocacy group for families where a member has
been "disappeared" by police/security services, ostensibly
because the missing family member was accused of terrorism.
Kashmir Foundation for Peace and Developmental Studies
Institute for Reconciliation
Q-5, Tulsibagh
Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir
Phone: 0194-248-1641, 0194-244-1374
POC: Firdaus Syed
The Kashmir Foundation for Peace and Developmental Studies
provides broad support services, including for terrorist
victims and their families.
Hindu Welfare Society
Jammu and Kashmir
Phone: 0194-246-7020, 94190-90468
POC: Moti Lal Bhat, President
The Hindu Welfare Society provides employment and
rehabilitation for victims of terrorism.
Human Effort for Love and Peace (HELP)
Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir
Phone: 0194-231-0757, 94190-00721
POC: Nighat Pandit
HELP provides assistance to widows and orphans of victims of
terrorism.
Action Committee for Return of Migrants
Satwari
Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir
Phone: 0191-226-2902
POC: Jatendra Bakshi, President
The Action Committee for Return of Migrants advocates on
behalf of Kashmiri Pandits (Hindus) who fled terrorism in J&K
and now live as internally displaced persons in India.
Guild of Service
Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir
Phone: 5101-3416/17/18
Mobile: 98101-29594
POCs: Mohini Giri, Meera Khanna
The Guild of Service runs a center that currently houses 60
children and 20 women. The Guild's focus is education and
rehabilitation for children whose families have suffered from
terrorism.
4. (U) North-East-based NGOs:
Aashwas
DIG Eastern Range, Assam Police
NEW DELHI 00009296 003 OF 004
Jorhat, Assam
Phone: 94350-50167, 0376-233-1122/233-1133
e-mail: aashwas@assampolice.com
Internet: www.assampolice.com/aashwas/ProjComp4.htm
POC: Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta (Assam Police)
Aashwas is an Assam Police project supported by UNICEF. Its
goal is to "help the child victims of violence and
insurgency" by sensitizing police officers and offering
educational assistance and vocational training to Assamese
children of families that have suffered from terrorism.
Lutheran World Service (India)
Uttarpara, Ward No. 1
P.O. Gossaigaon 783360
District Kokrajhar, Assam
Phone: 03669-220-815, 94351-27457
POC: Subrata Sarkar
Lutheran World Service has introduced food-for-work programs
and helped construct roads for thousands of people who remain
displaced by the 1996 Kokrajhar riots.
Prahari
Assam Police
Phone: 0361-245-3187, 94350-49624
e-mail: kulasaikia@yahoo.com
POC: Mr. Kula Saikia, Inspector General of Police (Training)
Prahari is an Assam Police organization led by 2000 Fulbright
fellow Kula Saikia. The organizations objectives include
improving police-community relations and rebuilding local
schools and infrastructure destroyed by violence. Prahari
selects villages that are either crime infested, communally
sensitive, or terrorist prone -- their project covers 60
villages in Assam that have suffered terrorism and/or ethnic
violence. Prahari has not received financial aid in the
past, but would accept aid if offered.
Project Interact (sponsored by Rajiv Gandhi Foundation)
Implemented by Khwai Social Development Organization (KSDO)
Nagamapal Lamabam Leikai
Imphal, Manipur
Phone: 0385-244-1052, 94360-33249
POCs: Assistant Secretary R.K. Diana Manoharan; Coordinators:
Shantibala Devi & Apollo Singh Rajkumar
The Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, under Project Interact, sponsors
the education of insurgency-hit children in Jammu and
Kashmir, Punjab and parts of the Northeast. The Foundation
gathers information about such children from police, district
authorities, and NGOs. KSDO helps victim families file
police reports, obtain birth certificates for affected
children, examine claims, and facilitates payments for the
maintenance and education of the children.
Covenant Children's Home
Mualkoi, BSF Road
Churachandpur, Manipur
Phone: 03874-235-685, 94360-24348
e-mail: lian clara@yahoo.com
Internet: www.covenantseminary.edu/pmi/LT children.asp
POC: Lian Tombing, Director
Supported by the St. Louis-based Presbyterian International
Mission, Covenant Children's Home is an orphanage for
NEW DELHI 00009296 004 OF 004
children whose parents were killed in 1997-98 ethnic clashes
in Churachandpur, Manipur. Seventy-four children from
Manipur and the neighboring states of Assam and Mizoram are
housed there, around 500 more are on a waiting list.
5. (U) Visit New Delhi's Classified Website:
(http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/sa/newdelhi/)
MULFORD