Mission East
Encyclopedia
Mission East is a Danish relief and development NGO. The organisation was founded in 1991 by Rene Hartzner, and works with emergency relief aid
, rehabilitation
and development
in Afghanistan
, Armenia
, Nepal
, Romania
, and Tajikistan
.
Mission East works with a broad variety of developmental issues, including assistance to improve clean water supply, health and hygiene awareness, household agriculture, the building of access roads to isolated areas, disabled people, AIDS
awareness, infrastructure, and passing on skills to local people.
Specific projects include a beekeeping cooperative in Afghanistan
, a clubroom project in Armenia
for disabled and non-disabled children, livelihood support of children in Nepal
, livelihood projects in the Roma community in Romania
and small-scale agriculture
projects in Tajikistan
.
Mission East also works with an array of partner organisations.
Mission East publishes a bi-annual magazine in English and a magazine in Danish six times a year.
Aid
In international relations, aid is a voluntary transfer of resources from one country to another, given at least partly with the objective of benefiting the recipient country....
, rehabilitation
Land rehabilitation
Land rehabilitation is the process of returning the land in a given area to some degree of its former state, after some process has resulted in its damage...
and development
Urban planning
Urban planning incorporates areas such as economics, design, ecology, sociology, geography, law, political science, and statistics to guide and ensure the orderly development of settlements and communities....
in Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...
, Armenia
Armenia
Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...
, Nepal
Nepal
Nepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked sovereign state located in South Asia. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by the Republic of India...
, Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
, and Tajikistan
Tajikistan
Tajikistan , officially the Republic of Tajikistan , is a mountainous landlocked country in Central Asia. Afghanistan borders it to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and China to the east....
.
Mission East works with a broad variety of developmental issues, including assistance to improve clean water supply, health and hygiene awareness, household agriculture, the building of access roads to isolated areas, disabled people, AIDS
AIDS
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...
awareness, infrastructure, and passing on skills to local people.
Specific projects include a beekeeping cooperative in Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...
, a clubroom project in Armenia
Armenia
Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...
for disabled and non-disabled children, livelihood support of children in Nepal
Nepal
Nepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked sovereign state located in South Asia. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by the Republic of India...
, livelihood projects in the Roma community in Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
and small-scale agriculture
Agriculture
Agriculture is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi and other life forms for food, fiber, and other products used to sustain life. Agriculture was the key implement in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the...
projects in Tajikistan
Tajikistan
Tajikistan , officially the Republic of Tajikistan , is a mountainous landlocked country in Central Asia. Afghanistan borders it to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and China to the east....
.
Mission East also works with an array of partner organisations.
Mission East publishes a bi-annual magazine in English and a magazine in Danish six times a year.