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Global Concerns Trust have established project partnerships in Malawi and South India with local project co-ordinators appointed and are in the process of doing the same in Kenya.
We are actively developing our membership, fundraising capacity and are developing a Development/Citizenship Education Programme for schools in Scotland.
We have expertise in involving black and ethnic minority groups in development education and aid projects.
Global Concerns looks firstly to support initiatives indigenous to the country of support through individuals starting projects or established instituations. We do not solicit appraoches as our capacity is small.
India Archive
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CHILD Ashram, a home for street children
Posted on 22/09/2011 | No CommentsThere are over 11 million street children in India, according to the Consortium for Street Children. Some are orphans; others have been abused or abandoned by their families. They live in extreme poverty on the streets and railway platforms of India, socially excluded, and survive by begging for food, working... -
Bridge School for Coffee Plantation Children
Posted on 22/09/2011 | No CommentsMany of the workers on the plantations around the town of Mudigere are migrant workers, from within Karnataka state. The area produces cardamom, rice, pepper and betel leaf, although it is coffee that is the greatest source of revenue. A male plantation worker receives Rs150 a day. A female plantation... -
Trafficked and Exploited Children and Women
Posted on 22/09/2011 | No CommentsRather than being seen as abused and exploited, trafficked children are viewed as solicitous and corrupted. Trafficked children, rescued from brothels, are excluded from care and housing by many local NGOS, who believe that they will corrupt other children or staff. Many cannot return to their families, as it is... -
Right to Information Act
Posted on 22/09/2011 | No CommentsIn 2005 the Right to Information Act was brought in. Government Officials had 120 days from the commencement of the Act to make information public on the roles and duties of all their employees. GCI Director Brinda Adige offered training sessions to local government authorities, but they all declined. 120... -
Women Elected Representatives
Posted on 22/09/2011 | No CommentsThanks to gender budgeting in the Indian government, 33% of national and state funds have to be utilised in a way that benefits women. One third of seats at local and national level are reserved for women. Each village, or panchayat, has around 15-17 elected representatives who govern the village.... -
Women’s Court in the Slums of Bangalore
Posted on 22/09/2011 | No CommentsIn the slums of Bangalore, justice is beginning to take on a different form. In the ‘Naari Adalit’, or Women’s Court, the community gets involved in taking responsibility for its members. Global Concerns India has recently opened an office in the slums of Bangalore. But prior to this, the Naari...