ORISSA STATE VOLUNTEERS AND SOCIAL WORKERS ASSOCIATION (OSVSWA)

Avoidable Deaths Network (ADN) India Hub

OSVSWA is a Member of these Following Networks and Initiatives and Represent India

The ADN India Chapter was launched in Bhubaneswar, Odisha on 11 September 2019.Not long after, on 18 December 2019, OSVSWA launched the ADN India Hub by Mr. Dillip Pattanaik. Ms. Neelam Mkhijani, the Country Director Childfund, and Dr. Ambika Prasad Nanda, Head of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Tata Steel. At the ADN India Hub, we implement the Case Station for Avoidable Snakebite Deaths.The ADN India Hub has participated in collaborative projects and enterprise related to three ADN research themes: Disaster Education, Direct and Indirect Disaster Deaths and Snakebite Deaths. For more information, please read the ADN India Chapter Strategy Document or visit the ADN website. On 12 March 2024, OSVSWA launched the ADN India Hub Annual Newsletter at the three-day event for the global campaign, International Awareness Day for Avoidable Deaths (IAD4AD).

National Alliance for Mercury Free Dentistry

OSVSWA has initiated this national alliance with the aim to phase-out mercury amalgam from the dental practice. The alliance works in line with the Asian Center for Environmental Health based at Dhaka and the World Alliance for Mercury Free Dentistry based at Washington DC. The goal of the national alliance is to protect human health and the environment from anthropogenic releases of mercury and mercury compounds.

Global Network of CSOs for Disaster Reduction

OSVSWA is a member of the GNDR since 2011 and involved in its programs i.e. Action at the Front Line (AFL), Views from the Front Line (currently working as the National Coordinating Organization – NCO for India to implement VFL 2019) and activities.

National Network of NGOs on Drought & Desertification (National Chapter of RIOD – the international network)

OSVSWA is the key and active member to this network since its inception.

South Asian Youth Climate Coalition

OSVSWA has initiated this young network in the South Asia to protect its future generation

Asian Center for Environmental Health

The Asian Center for Environmental Health works to build networks, awareness and governance on environmental health issues across Asia. OSVSWA is one of the founding member.

L'Alliance Internationale pour les Objectifs de Développement Durable (AIODD)

OSVSWA is the country chapter (Antenna) for the AIODD. This international alliance is working on promotion of SDG globally.

Global Alliance to Eliminate Lead Paint (GAELP initiated by UN Environment)

The Global Alliance to Eliminate Lead Paint is a voluntary collaborative initiative to focus and catalyse the efforts of a diverse range of stakeholders to achieve international goals to prevent children's exposure to lead from paint and to minimize occupational exposures to lead paint. OSVSWA is a Member of GAELP.

National Focus Group on Rural Road Engineering (National Chapter of IFG)

OSVSWA is the key and founding member of NFGI. Its vision and mission is to be the leading platform for articulating and disseminating information on Rural Roads Engineering within the context of poverty reduction

GAIA

The International Pollutants Elimination Network is a global network of NGOs dedicated to the common aim of eliminating pollutants, such as lead in paint, mercury and lead in the environment, persistent organic pollutants, endocrine disrupting chemicals, and other toxics. OSVSWA is a Member to this network.

International Pollutants Elimination Network (IPEN)

GAIA is a worldwide alliance of more than 800 grassroots groups, non-governmental organizations, and individuals in over 90 countries whose ultimate vision is a just, toxic-free world without incineration. OSVSWA is a Member of GAIA and representing India.

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