Fund for Reconciliation and Development
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Fund for Reconciliation and Development Is a non-profit organization
supporting efforts for reconciliation between the United States
and Vietnam
, Cambodia
, Laos
, and Cuba
, as well as the development of these countries. It was established in 1985 as a US-Indochina Reconciliation Project (USIRP), which ensued from the American Friends Service Committee, a Quaker program.
The organization aims at reaching fully normal diplomatic, cultural
, education
al, and economic relations between the United States
and the above mentioned countries.
Executive Director of FRD is John McAuliff.
Fund for Reconciliation and Development is financed by foundations, US and European government agencies, international organizations, and private donations.
This article is related to the List of non-governmental organizations in Vietnam.
Non-profit organization
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supporting efforts for reconciliation between the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
, Cambodia
Cambodia
Cambodia , officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia...
, Laos
Laos
Laos Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxon Lao, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is a landlocked country in Southeast Asia, bordered by Burma and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south and Thailand to the west...
, and Cuba
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
, as well as the development of these countries. It was established in 1985 as a US-Indochina Reconciliation Project (USIRP), which ensued from the American Friends Service Committee, a Quaker program.
The organization aims at reaching fully normal diplomatic, cultural
Culture
Culture is a term that has many different inter-related meanings. For example, in 1952, Alfred Kroeber and Clyde Kluckhohn compiled a list of 164 definitions of "culture" in Culture: A Critical Review of Concepts and Definitions...
, education
Education
Education in its broadest, general sense is the means through which the aims and habits of a group of people lives on from one generation to the next. Generally, it occurs through any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts...
al, and economic relations between the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and the above mentioned countries.
Latest projects
- Mobilizing support for ratification of the trade agreement with Laos.
- Sending observers to the Cambodian national election in July 2003.
- Educating the American people and officials about the unmet moral responsibility for legacies of war such as Agent Orange.
- Deepening and broadening relations of the US with Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, and forestall efforts to reverse them on human rightsHuman rightsHuman rights are "commonly understood as inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being." Human rights are thus conceived as universal and egalitarian . These rights may exist as natural rights or as legal rights, in both national...
and trade protection grounds. - Initiating projects to bring to the US for training provincial level international cooperation staff and representatives of domestic NGOs and peoples organizations from Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam
- Mobilizing public and industry opinion to end restrictions on travel to Cuba.
Executive Director of FRD is John McAuliff.
Fund for Reconciliation and Development is financed by foundations, US and European government agencies, international organizations, and private donations.
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This article is related to the List of non-governmental organizations in Vietnam.