DanChurchAid
Russia
Partners and activities
DanChurchAid supports local Russian organisations working to secure the rights of the poor. DanChurchAid has established a successful cooperation between churches, NGOs, and local authorities making it possible to develop projects that do not only have a local relevance, but can also serve as role-models for projects in other regions.
List of partners in Russia:
Christian Interchurch Diaconal Council
The Christian Interchurch Diaconal Council of St Petersburg (CIDC) is a non-governmental, non-profit Church-founded humanitarian organisation. Their main objective is the revival and development of Diaconia, the church social service.
CIDC is DanChurchAid's key partner in North-Western Russia and represents more than 50 local partners in the wider North-Western Russia. CIDC initiates and supports different diaconical projects in Christian parishes and projects carried out by non-governmental humanitarian organisations in cooperation with the church.
Visit website:
www.cidc.ru
Nochleshka
Nochlezhka - Russian for night shelter - is a St Petersburg based organisation that adheres to the founding principle of the value of human life and the right to live a life in dignity and safety. The organisation carries out programmes aimed at social and psychological rehabilitation defending the rights of homeless people, primarily in the North-Western region of Russia.
DanChurchAid cooperates with Nochleshka in an institution building programme to intensify the support of legal and social assistance to the homeless as well as advocacy activities carried out at local and federal levels and directed at legislative and executive powers.
Visit website:
www.homeless.ru
Kamen
Kamen is a fairly young NGO in the regional capital of Pskov near the Estonian border. The organisation carries out drugs rehabilitation work and works to secure the rights of young people with HIV/AIDS.
DanChurchAid cooperates with Kamen in an institution building programme to build capacity of Russian NGOs to manage drugs and HIV/AIDS projects. This goal is reached through a 'peer-to-peer' primary prevention programme and through the establishment of new rehabilitation facilities for the target group in Pskov. The programme includes the establishment of a Pskov council to coordinate prevention and rehabilitation work with existing detoxification and harm reduction work.
