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ISSUE NO. 55 (JAN-MAR 2009)

PARTNERSHIP

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Messages from the President 3“Striving for Excellence to Make the World a Better Place”

News from Our Field Country: GN Tanzania Eastern Chapter 4“Planting the Seed of Hope in Tanzania: Tegeta Vocational Training Center Opens”

Memoirs from the Field: GN Myanmar 6“As I Look Back on My Life in Myanmar”

Interview: Mr. Wondwossen Adem Yimer, Country Director of GN Ethiopia 8“GN Ethiopia Welcomes New Country Director”

Volunteer Story 10“Little by Little I Learn”

UN Report 11“The Global Recession’s Impact on the United Nations Millennium Development Goals and Non-Governmental Organizations”

GNI News 14

Partnership Issue No. 55

Publication date May 20, 2009

Published by

101-4, Cheongpa-dong 2ga, Yongsan-gu, Seoul,KOREA 140-132Tel: +82-2-6717-4086 Fax: +82-2-6717-4295Web Site: www.goodneighbors.kr / www.gnint.org

Publisher Ilha YI

Editor International Partnership Division, GNI HQ

Contributors Kimberly Campbell, Song-yi Han, Sung-jin Kim,Youn-ju Kim, Gab-Gyun Maing, and WondwossenAdem Yimer

* Cover Photo Photographed by Chan-Hak Park at GN Chad

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With the deepest thankfulness I give my messages to theGood Neighbors global family. Since last year GoodNeighbors International has been reinforcingcommunity development based on child sponsorshipprogram, and has been increasing the number of localstaff for effective implementation of theprogram. I would like to extend my gratitudeto all of our local staff for all the hard workthey have put into community developmentand sponsorship related works.Recently GNI has embaked on a five-yearplan of Korea-Tanzania collaborative projectin which health promotion activitiesincluding controlling Neglected TropicalDiseases (NTDs) are carried out in Mwanza,Tanzania. Moreover on January 15, 2009, GNI openedthe Tegeta Vocational Training Center to give trainingto the local people as a means of income generation.On the opposite side of the globe from Tanzania, theClinic Buenos Vecinos opened to improve the healthof people in Loma Blanca community operated byGN Guatemala. I was delighted to travel all the wayto Guatemala to attend the opening ceremony of theclinic. It was also an honor to have the members ofGN USA with us at the ceremony. My sincerethanks go to all the staff of GN Guatemala whosetoil paid off in the opening of the clinic and preparedthe celebration on a short notice. Including theseprojects there are now 90 projects operated by GNIin urban slum areas and remote rural villages inevery corner of the world in efforts to developpeople’s lives through community developmentand advocacy. GNI currently works overseas in 22developing countries, including North Korea.

GNI USA and GNI Japan are also playing a vital rolein our joint efforts as supporting country partners ofGNI. GNI USA now with an independent board ofdirectors has opened its web site(www.goodneighbors.org) and vigorously reaching

out in the US to make our missions indeveloping countries possible. GNIJapan is another supporting countrypartner which continuously strives tobring about changes in the hearts andminds of the people and make ourefforts possible. GNI will make everyeffort to build harmonious relationshipswith community people, NGOs, UN

agencies, governments, and other partners to achievethe Millennium Development Goals.GNI has announced a new concrete roadmap“Vision 2020” in 2008. It shows the way GNI wouldbecome one of the most outstanding developmentNGOs by the year 2020 in tackling poverty andsupporting vulnerable and marginalized peoplearound the world. GNI will continuously fighthunger, poverty and inequality to secure better lifefor the poor. We at GNI will strive for excellence tomake the world a better place. On our 19th anniversary, GNI goes back to thebasics and resumes our work around the worldwith compassion and honesty. Diligence and hardwork will be the basis of GNI in accomplishingour missions and core values. With transparencyand accountability GNI will use full of its strengthto embrace global issues with our global partners.Once again I wish to extend to you my mostsincere congratulations and warm greetings.

Striving for Excellence to Make the World a Better Place

Ilha YiPresident, Good Neighbors International

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It was 11:00 AM on Thursday, Jan 15 2009.Tegeta Vocational Training Center opened inthe Tegeta region of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania.More than 300 people attended this openingceremony including Ho-kyun Lee, VicePresident of Good Neighbors, Young-joon Kimthe Korean ambassador to Tanzania and hiswife, Guan-hyung Nam and the staff of theKorean International Cooperation Agency(KOICA), Chul-gon Oh and the volunteers fromHanHwa Group, the congressionalrepresentative and deputy mayor of theKinondoni District, and local residents. Theevent was covered by four different members ofthe Tanzania press and broadcast on Television.

Since February of 2008 with the sound ofconstruction underway, many people in Tegetahave looked forward to this center’s completion.The vocational training center was funded byindividual contributions. The family of Ms.Hyo-jin Lim, a former volunteer in Afghanistan,made a donation for the center’s endowment

after she had passed away at a young age.Rooted in this cause, other contributions weremade by HanHwa group, Korean InternationalCooperation Agency (KOICA), a Koreangovernmental organization in charge of grantaid programs, and members of the Tanzaniabranch of Good Neighbors. A two-storybuilding facilitated with a library, offices,dorms, and five study rooms was completed.

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Planting the Seed of Hope in Tanzania: TegetaVocational Training Center Opens

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Tegeta is a very poor suburb in the capital ofTanzania where the regional monthly income isless than one-hundred dollars, and the middleschool enrollment is less than five percent. Thevocational training center aims to offer theopportunity to receive an education to those inneed so that they may pursue a career and thusultimately improve their local community. Fiveclasses each is available in the areas ofcomputer, music, electricity, tailoring, andcarpentry with thirty students per class, or atotal of 150 students. The center also providesstudents basic secondary education in subjectssuch as English and mathematics, and willprovide a lunch service to promote their healthydevelopment.

During the construction period, manydifficulties and problems arose because theregion is not supplied with abundant water orelectricity. The building’s construction was afairly large project for the area, so the

completion was delayed. Unfortunately, it wasalso almost impossible to continue theconstruction during the rainy season from Aprilto June. The unpaved roads became so muddyfrom the rain that it was difficult to even reachto the construction site and deliver the materials.However, many volunteers, staff includingSung-chul Bang, country director of TanzaniaEastern Chapter, and the local constructionworkers were dedicated to working until thetraining center’s completion.

Students who did not know how to start acomputer have become very skillful, and thosewho learned tailoring now make outfits for theirfamily members. Tegeta center is the placewhere youth with potential can be brought upto become successful craftsmen and bring aboutchanges in their community. The tiny seed ofhope sown in Tegeta will grow to bear fruit forTanzania.

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Myanmar is a country of plentiful naturalresources, vast agricultural land, and abundant

human resources, but the socialist system hasfailed and made the country one of the poorestnations in the world. My mission in Myanmarhas given me many thoughts. Living in extremepoverty, most of the people in Myanmar cannotafford a decent living, but they lead a simpleand honest life. Before assigning blame, all mustrealize it is the duty of the wealthy to help thosewho have the right to have a decent life andimprove the quality of their lives.

I have felt blessed helping children in needduring the last three years. My life was filledwith happiness taking care of children sufferingfrom poverty, illness, and lack of formaleducation. The phrase from the Bible, “It is more

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As I Look Back on My Life in Myanmar

Gab-Gyun Maing*Former Country Director, GN Myanmar

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blessed to give than to receive” echoes louder inthe hearts of those who lead a life of giving. Ourchildren at the Mingaladon Daycare Center areadorable. When I visit them at their homes, Ibecome both heartbroken and furious. Whosefault is it that these children to suffer in suchharsh conditions?A 12 year-old girl at our center suddenlydropped out of the after-school program. Shehad to quit school to earn money because herparents couldn’t afford her education. Theamount of money a 12 year-old drop-out canmake in a month in Myanmar to support herfamily is only about $10 USD. What a pitifulprice to support her family in exchange for herright to education!

The global economy is in trouble these days. Iam disheartened by the news I hear aboutAmerica, Europe, Asia, and Korea. Myanmar is

no exception. More and more people are facingunemployment and are facing difficulties intheir attempt to earn a living. They are hopelessof their future. In this time of worldwidetrouble, we need love and compassion for thosewho are less fortunate than us. We can helpchildren living in extreme poverty enjoy theirright to education and happiness for a month bygiving up our ten dollars’ worth of pleasure.The reward will be happiness larger than tendollars.

Sharing makes both the giver and the receiverhappy. I am grateful for having been able toshare happiness with so many people with whatlittle I had. I hope my fellow Koreans will livethe life of a good neighbor to those who live inextreme poverty, surviving on less than tendollars a month.

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GNI: Please introduceyourself.

W: I am WondwossenAdem. I was born in 1972and grew up in the regionof Amhara in CentralEthiopia. Aftercompleting my highschool education, I joinedAwassa Teachers Collegeand graduated with adegree in Social Studies. Ihave been working asteacher of a junior

secondary school. I also joined Addis AbabaUniversity College of commerce and graduatedwith a degree in Human ResourceManagement. I continued to study at AddisAbaba University and graduated with a degreein Public Administration and DevelopmentManagement. Currently, I am studying Lawand will graduate in 2009. Since graduating, Ihave worked in a variety of positions atdifferent governmental and non-governmentalorganizations. Out of all of my experiences, Imost appreciate the days when I was workingas a Development Management ProgramCoordinator. Through my efforts to bring aboutchange in the community, I was soon able to seethe fruits of the labor, and I had been receivinggenuine love and support from the members ofthe community. I was recently appointedCountry Director of Good Neighbors Ethiopia(GNE). Before joining GNE, I had been workingwith FGBC and EECMY churches. There, I was

leading and coordinating the spiritual-administrative area of the congregation.

GNI: How did you come to know GoodNeighbors?

W: I was a part of the Theological College inAddis Ababa, EECMY Central Synod BibleCollege, and I learned about GNE through a jobvacancy announcement. I applied for theposition because it was comparable to myearlier work experiences and it was a long-timeinterest of mine to work with children and thecommunity. I started work with GoodNeighbors in June of 2000, with a positive teamwork spirit. Ethiopia and its people had justcome out of several years of destructive war andrecurrent droughts followed by famine andstarvation. The challenges were daunting andyet exciting when I first joined GNE to workwith the community development project. Inmy first term of working with Good Neighbors,the situation and organizational structure

GN Ethiopia Welcomes New Country Director

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completely lacked the clarity and formalprocedures needed for the projects and policies.In the following years since then, I have beencommitted to laying down foundational benchmarks to use as a spring board for theawakening of GNE to move forward in seekingprogress. I have held extensive discussions withthe Country Director and Senior Managementstaff members to make a difference for thefulfillment of GNE’s vision.

GNI: How has it been so far working as amember of GN Ethiopia?

W: In joining GNE in 2000, I found theorganization completely lacked organizationand structure. The small staff was comprised ofcountry director, one accountant, a secretarycashier, a project coordinator, a project manager,two social workers, six teachers, two guards,and only one very old car and computer.However, our clear vision and strongdetermination to help people in needcompensated for the help from others that theyhad yet to receive. The credit for suchimpressive undertakings and outcomes goes tothe people of Ethiopia, whose daring andunparallel determination to improve theirstandard of living has made it possible for GNEto accomplish its goals and its vision statement.Special recognition and appreciation go to the

leadership of GNI and the government partnersectors, whose positive attitude, openness, andguidance have been invaluable as we havebecome partners in achieving our goals andaccomplishing worthwhile projects.

GNI: What do you envision for GN Ethiopiain 10 years?

W: I envision a GNE that bring about changes inthe country within an interconnected world inwhich relationships of trust and mutual benefitamong the state, the marketplace andcommunities provide the inspiration andfoundation for taking actions to end poverty,ensure justice, and achieve greater equality.Believing that GNE is playing a vital role inmitigating poverty-related problems from ourcountry is the key. Most of our work is in theform of direct support, but in the long run themajor focus needs to be on the capacity buildingof the families of our direct beneficiaries.Capacity-building could bring a long-lastingand tangible improvement of families. Inaddition, rather than staying in one area for anextended period, GNE should expand its area ofintervention so that more people may benefit.As a Country Director and individual workingdirectly with the community, I want to seemembers of the target beneficiaries becomingself-sufficient and leading a decent way of life.

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“Little by Little I Learn”Song-yi Han

Volunteer, GN Tajikistan

These days Irealize howweak andincomple tepeople are.Each day Ispend here inTajikistan is al e a r n i n gexperience forsomeone as

immature as me. February went by fast withoutmuch happening. Realizing how time flies, I feltanxious about fulfilling my plans here. I feel likeI have experienced so many things in the pastsix months but at the same time as if I wasrobbed of the time I spent here. I don’t think Ihave changed much, but my thoughts grew alittle bigger, and I learned a little more about theworks of NGOs. Little by little I learn aboutsharing, giving, and living together with others.The time I spent with Bahdat school childrenthis month has left many memories. Electricity isespecially short during the winter time inTajikistan, and it’s much shorter in Bahdat area.

Computer lessons may seem impossible withsuch scanty supply of electricity, and I used tothink the same, but the children never missedtheir chance to run computers once a week.With the help of a gas generator, computerclasses were never missed. I think what motivates the children here in theirlearning is not the sense of duty the children inKorea have, but pure curiosity. I was able toobserve the difference in my classes. Each classwas a time to enjoy, not some stressful duty toendure through. I feel blessed being with thesechildren and being able to teach themsomething.Trouble alwaysfinds its way inat the time ofpeace andhappiness. Lifehere inT a j i k i s t a ncannot alwaysbe satisfying. Iam sometimestroubled by myunpreparednessfor the way things are here, or I miss home, myfamily, and my friends too much. Keeping agood relationship with the local government canalso be a troublesome task. I am oftendisappointed to find myself being cowardly andinsecure. There were times when I wanted to getaway from here, but now I am grateful to behere and I am looking forward to my remainingtime here in Tajikistan.

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The Global Recession’s Impact on the UnitedNations Millennium Development Goals and

Non-Governmental Organizations

As the world faces a wide-spread economiccrisis, developing nations feel the effects of botha potential decrease in global aid in addition tothe economic effects of the recession. This UNupdate focuses on the global financial crisis’effect on the UN Millennium DevelopmentGoals which reached their halfway point in2008, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s call forsupport from the world’s G20 leaders, and thecrisis’ impact upon non-governmentalorganizations and their capacity to addressmore widespread need with a tighter budget.

Assessment of the UN MDGs at Halfway Point

Shows Shortfalls in Several Areas

Assessment of the progress toward the UnitedNations Millennium Development Goals(MDGs) at the halfway point in 2008 showedmajor shortfalls in several of them. At high-levelmeetings held during the year, world leadersnoted the substantial progress that had been

made toward some of the goals, especiallypoverty reduction, but expressed grave concernat the prospect that most of the other goals, inparticular the human development goals, wouldnot be achieved if past trends continued. At theUN General Assembly’s High-Level Event on theMDGs held in September 2008, Secretary GeneralBan Ki-moon noted that “we face nothing lessthan a development emergency,” and themeeting resulted in a call to action to scale updevelopment efforts and put the world back ontrack to achieve the MDGs. A similar assessmentwas echoed in the report of the MDG AfricaSteering Group comprising all major multilateraldevelopment organizations that focus on theregion facing the most serious shortfalls. Sincethen, the global financial crisis, coming on theheels of the food and fuel crises, threatens furthersetbacks, making the achievement of the goalsstill more challenging and the need for strongeraction still more urgent.

FIGURE 1 MDGs at the global level: serious shortfalls loom on human development goals

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Ban Sets Target of $1,000bn for Aid to Poorer

Nations

Ban Ki-moon, the United Nations secretary-general, has called on the Group of 20 leaders tosupport a $1,000bn stimulus package fordeveloping countries threatened by the globalfinancial crisis. In an interview with theFinancial Times, Mr. Ban said he would use thesummit in London of leading developed andemerging economies to call for developedcountries to meet unfulfilled overseas aidtargets, to provide funding to tackle climatechange in poorer regions, and to help withliquidity for emerging economies. “I will askthem to provide a truly global stimulus packagethat meets the needs of all developing countriesand I would suggest $1trillion over the next twoyears.” In a letter sent to G20 leaders ahead ofthe summit, Mr. Ban wrote: “While this is alarge sum, most of it could be mobilizedthrough existing mechanisms and institutions.In providing this support you will bolster theglobal economy, help to underpin your owngrowth, and secure global stability.” He said hewelcomed the actions of G20 leaders to co-ordinate domestic stimulus plans in response tothe global crisis. “But my message will be thatthey should never lose sight of the plight or thechallenge of the developing countries, the mostvulnerable countries.” The high standard ofliving in the developed world meant people

were cushioned from the worst aspects of thefinancial crisis but those in the poorest regionshad no protection. “If we don’t handle thecurrent economic crisis properly with a sense ofstrong determination and very strong and solidpolitical leadership I’m concerned that this maynot only be an economic crisis, but may developinto global political instability,” he told the FT.The proposal for a $1,000bn global stimuluspackage would involve industrialized statesfulfilling aid targets that they are at presentfailing to meet. Mr. Ban said overseasdevelopment aid of $100bn a year would behigher if donor states had stood bycommitments made at the 2005 G8 summit atGleneagles. To fund the aid component of his$1,000bn plan, governments would have tomeet an aid target of $125bn annually.

Less Money for More Work: a Glance at the

Economic Downturn’s Impact on NGOs

Non-profit organizations and NGOs are layingoff staff and cutting back aid programs as theglobal recession bites, and the prospects for 2010also look bleak. “Clearly the impact of thefinancial downturn on charities is widening anddeepening,” said Dame Suzi Leather, chair ofthe Charity Commission, the independentregulator for charitable activity in England andWales. “Some charities still face that doublewhammy of a drop in income as well as an

FIGURE 2 Evolution of global aid, as a percentage of GNI in DAC coumtries

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increased demand for services.” In its latestupdate the Commission reported that 64 percentof charities with an annual income of over 1million (about US$1.48 million) said they wereconcerned their services or funding might begreatly affected. “In 2009, we’re estimating thatgiving from foundations will decline in therange of the high single digits to the low doubledigits,” said Steven Lawrence, senior director ofresearch at the Foundation Center, a leading USauthority on philanthropy, noting thatfoundation assets declined double that amount,almost 22 percent, in 2008. “Unquestionably2010 is going to be another year of decreasingfoundation giving, but based on past experienceit will still be in a more modest range,” he toldIRIN. This is going to be felt right through thenon-profit world for NGOs in Africa andelsewhere, he said. The overall effect of the crisison charitable giving both by foundations andindividuals is wide-ranging. “There have beencutbacks in budgets and programs. Somemembers have instituted wage freezes, hiringfreezes, travel restrictions, etc. There also havebeen functions eliminated and layoffs,” James

Bishop, vice-president of Humanitarian Policyand Practice at InterActionn, the largest coalitionof US-based international NGOs, told IRIN.As the world’s economies labor to begin thepath to recovery, the need for stronger action inproviding assistance and aid to developingnations will struggle against the naturallyarising barriers to action that come withshrinking international, national, andorganizational budgets. As the year progressesand on into the future, the hope remains thatthese organizations will fight to keep previouslyheld commitments to providing assistance andaid to developing nations.

This article includes excerpts from “Global Monitoring Report 2009:

A Development Emergency,” prepared jointly by the World Bank

and the International Monetary Fund, “Ban Sets Target of $1,000bn

for Aid to Poorer Nations,” by Harvey Morris at the United Nations

and published in the Financial Times’ Online Edition, and “Less

Money for More Work: A Glance at the Economic Downturn’s

Impact on NGOs” published by the humanitarian news and analysis

service IRIN: a project of the UN office for the coordination of

human affairs. All Charts and graphs were extracted from the

Global Monitoring Report.

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Local Staff Appointed New CountryDirector of Ethiopia

Mr. WondwossenAdem Yimer wasappointed as thenew CountryDirector of GoodN e i g h b o r sEthiopia onJanuary 1, 2009.Mr. Wondwossenjoined the Good

Neighbors in 2000 and has worked as a projectmanager for eight years. His understanding ofthe organization and experiences in projectsgives him a good grounding for his newlyappointed position. Mr. Wondwossen studiedpublic administration in developmentmanagement, and receives high recognition andrespect from his colleagues.

New Appointments in GN TanzniaWestern Chapter, GN Chad & GNMyanmar

On January 12, the appointment ceremony ofSu-Young Chang as the Country Director of GNTanzania Western Chapter, Yoo-Sun Chu andSu-Oh Lee as the Program Directors of GNChad and GN Myanmar was held at the GNIHeadquarters Office. Director Chang is formerteam manager of the International CooperationTeam at the GNI headquarters and will headGN Tanzania’s Western Chapter for the nextfive years. Directors Chu and Lee joined GNIthis year for the purpose of these positions andwill lead and support the branches’ mission forthe next three years.

Tanzania Tegeta Vocational TrainingCenter Opens

The Tegeta Vocational Training Center in Dar esSalaam, Tanzania opened on January 15. Thecenter was established with the donations madeby the family of Ms. Hyo Jin Lim, a volunteerworker who passed away in Afghanistan,HanHwa group and Korea InternationalCooperation Agency. The Tegeta VocationalTraining Center, operated by GN Tanzania’sEastern Chapter (Director Sung-chul Bang)

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GNI News

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offers training in computers, music, electricalengineering, tailoring, and carpentry for peoplein Tegeta area so that they can pursue careersand ultimately prosper within their localcommunity. The center also provides studentswith basic secondary education such as Englishand mathematics, and a lunch service topromote healthy development.Tegeta is a poor suburb area in the capital ofTanzania where the regional monthly income isless than $100 USD, and the middle schoolenrollment rate of school age children is onlyfive per-cent.

GN Philippines Opens Its Head Office

GN Philippines (Director Hung-Goo Ann)opened its head office in Quezon city onFebruary 19. Local partners and key officialsattended to honor the ceremony. GN Philippines has been operating the SanIsidro Community Development Project inMontalban since 2008, and was recognized withan official status as a legal internationalorganization by the Securities and ExchangeCommission of the Philippines.

Local Community Agrees toCollaborate with GN Guatemala

On March 8, GN Guatemala (Director SungrackPark) and the representative committee of theLoma Blanca community agreed on the use of alocal installation for GN Guatemala’scommunity health project. GN Guatemalatogether with the Korea InternationalCooperation Agency (KOICA) is currentlyestablishing a clinic for the community healthproject in Loma Blanca where the residentscurrently have to travel approximately an hourto get to the nearest health center. The ravinethat separates the community and the nearestclinic makes the travel difficult.The operation of the Clinic Buenos Vecinos(‘Good Neighbors’ in Spanish) has beenproposed to the Ministry of Health on March 6for its authorization process, and thecollaboration agreement is expected to pave theway for a successful implementation of theproject.

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- Africa -

Good Neighbors ChadB.P 1490 N’djamena, [email protected]

Good Neighbors Egypt 4F, 10 Road 151, El Maadi, Cairo, [email protected]

Good Neighbors Ethiopia P.O. Box 12937, House No.248, Kebele15/16/17, Lideta Sub-city, Addis Ababa,[email protected]

Good Neighbors Kenya P.O. Box 76327 Nairobi, [email protected]

Good Neighbors MalawiP.O. Box 30721, Lilongwe3 [email protected]

Good Neighbors RwandaB.P.5125 Kigali, [email protected]

Good Neighbors Tanzania EasternChapterFlat No.305, 307, Block A MikocheniArea 17, Dar es Salaam, TANZANIA P.O. Box 33104, Dar es Salaam,TANZANIA [email protected]

Good Neighbors Tanzania [email protected]

- Asia -

Good Neighbors Afghanistan District 7th, Darulaman Road, oppositeof Parliament, next to the RussianEmbassy, [email protected]

Good Neighbors Bangladesh House No. 282(5th flr.), Lane - 4,D.O.H.S Baridhara Dhaka-1206,BANGLADESH [email protected]

Good Neighbors Cambodia P.O. Box 0121, Orchrov District, BanTeameanchey Province, [email protected]

Good Neighbors India No. 14 & 15, 2nd Block, BlessingGarden, Byrathi, Dodda Gubbi Post,Bangalore, 562149, [email protected]

Good Neighbors Indonesia JL. BGR Boulevard Villa Gading IndahBlok A1 No.7 Kelapagading JakartaUtara 14240, [email protected]

Good Neighbors Mongolia Ikh toiruu 106/1, 2nd khoroo,Bayanzurkh district, Ulaanbaatar,[email protected]

Good Neighbors Myanmar 4A1 Yankin Center, Sayasan Street,Yankin Township, Yangon, Union [email protected]

Good Neighbors Nepal G.P.O Box 8975, EPC1605, Kathmandu,[email protected]

Good Neighbors Pakistan House No. 18, Workshop Road,Habibullah Colony, Abbottabad,[email protected]

Good Neighbors Philippines29 C.Salvador St. Varsity Hills, LoyolaHeights Quezon City 1108,[email protected]

Good Neighbors Sri LankaNo 46, 2/1, Quarry Road, Dehiwala,Colombo, SRI [email protected]

Good Neighbors TajikistanPO Box 212, Main Post, 734025,Dushanbe, [email protected]

Good Neighbors Vietnam 1105 A4 Lang Quac Te Thang Long CauGiay Hanoi, [email protected]

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Good Neighbors Guatemala 1107, Torre Sur, Geminis Bd, Zona 10,Guatemala City, [email protected]

Good Neighbors InternationalHeadquarters in Korea101-4, Cheongpa-dong 2ga, Yongsan-gu, Seoul, KOREA [email protected]

Good Neighbors USA2684 Lacy Street, #218, Los Angeles,CA 90031, [email protected]

Good Neighbors JAPANNew Light Bldg. 205, 2-25-6 Hongou,Bunkyo-ku Tokyo 113-0033, [email protected]

Rue Gustave Revilliod 6, 1227 Geneva,[email protected]

572 Windsor Drive, Palisades Park, NJ07650, [email protected]

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- International CooperationOffice in Geneva -

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