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Ibis

Ibis works with education and human rights in Latin America and Africa. It is operated from Denmark and recieves most of its resources from the government. It is exceptionally good at cooperation with local NGOs abroad.

The Ibis volunteers in Copenhagen have a lot of different groups that newcommers may join.

Ibis works on

• Delivery of professional development and occasionally emergency aid.
• Sponsors education to teachers, promoting friendly engagement instead of strict discipline
• Assisting local NGOs in setting up networks for minority groups where women, for instance, learn about their rights and where indigenous people are trained and equipped with cameras to be able to provide evidence of the extensive oil pollution in, for instance, Peruvian rivers.
• Works in: Angola, Bolivia, Ecuador, Ghana, Guatemala, Honduras, Liberia, Mozambique, Namibia, Nicaragua, Peru, Sierra Leone, and Sudan.
• In Denmark Ibis is situated in Copenhagen, Århus, Aalborg og Kolding.
• Ibis does advocacy to protect exposed populations where it works.

Ibis Copenhagen offers

• A volunteer network, where you can share your experience and assist in promoting the good work Ibis does abroad.
• There is the Latin America group, which mainly works on a film festival.
• The Foot Print Diary groups they a new and innovative approch of promotiong fair trade and sustanable consumer consumption.
• The Find the Treasure group works on tax evasion, which Ibis papers have found would be more than double development aid, if it was payed correctly.
• The One Goal group works to promote universal access to primary education.

Purpose

• To make sure all children go to school and recieve qualified education, in their native language. Plus assisting minority groups in speaking up to have their basic human rights respected.

Other relevant information

• Founded in: 1991 (sprung from a much older student organization called World University Service (WUS).
• Religious or political affiliations: democratic principles.
• Open for new members: yes.
• Demands for membership: You don't have to be a member to either help or to receive help, however fomal membership is 50 kr. the first year. The 100 kr for students, retired or unemployed people and 300 kr. for others.
• Contact information: Nørrebrogade 68B, 2200 København N, E-mail: ibis@ibis.dk, Tlf: (+45) 35 35 87 88
• To join a group Contact: Christian Damholt (cda@ibis.dk) Pia Beltoft (pbe@ibis.dk) or Sigrid Lauenborg Dahl (sld@ibis.dk)
• Website: Click here Ibis on Facebook: Click here
• Opening hours: Monday - Thursday 9:00 - 15:30. Friday 9.00 - 15.00.

Financial information

• Ibis Donors: Danida, Alliance 2015, EU, Embassies, Memberships and collections.
• Number of Employees:?
• General Lacks? Would like more volunteers.