NON-GOVERNMENTAL
ORGANIZATIONS

Compiled by ALBERT ZAMMIT

E-mail to Albert Zammit.

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Name: DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION MALTA
45, South Street,
Valletta, Malta VLT 11.

Telephone nos: 235158, 236197
Fax: 236197
E-mail to John Peel.

Officers:
Chairman - Mr. John L. Peel
Secretary - Mr. Antoine L. Gauci
Treasurer - Mr. David W.G. Gribbon

AIMS:
To contact parents of newly born babies with Down Syndrome as early as possible and to provide counselling and support particularly in the early stages of a baby's life (Physiotherapy and Speech Therapy services are available at the Centre).

* To increase public awareness and understanding of the nature of Down Syndrome people so they may lead a rewarding and full life.

* To press for better services and greater choice in the facilities offered to children and adults with Down Syndrome, such as education, therapy, training and independent living.

* To support professionals in their work and research of Down Syndrome.

Name: FOUNDATION FOR RESPITE CARE SERVICES
Dar il-Kaptan
Triq Dar il-Kaptan,
Mtarfa, RBT 10

Telephone:450103, 450104
Fax: 450413

Chairman: Mr. Marcel Pisani

Aims:
To provide periodic relief to families in Malta and Gozo, having one or more members with a Disability to encourage the family to keep the person in the most nourishing environment, that of the family.

To support these families in such a way as to enable them and Professionalsto share the role and responsibility of caring for a person with a disability.

To provide short-term residential services, day programmes, home care support, occupational therapy and social work intervention, in view of reducing the nedd for long term institutionalised ones.

Name: GATEWAY CLUB (MALTA)
2, St. Patrick`s Court,
St. Philip Street,
Birzebbugia BBG 03

Telephone: 651962

Leader: Mrs. Miriam Collett

Aims:
To promote leisure, recreation and social education opportunities for people with learning disabilities.

Note: Gateway Club (Malta) is a member of the National Federation of Gateway Clubs, which was formed in U.K. in 1966 for people with a mental handicap. New members and tourists are always welcome, especially members of the Gateway Clubs

Name: GHAQDA DONATURI TAD-DEMM (BLOOD DONORS GROUP)
Centru Nazzjonali tat-Trasfuzjoni tad-Demm,
St. Luke`s Square,
Gwardamangia

Tel: 228756, 234767

President: Frank Vassallo

Aims:
To create more public awareness of the importance of donating blood To encourage people to donate blood.

Name: GHAQDA GHAD-DRITTIJIET TA` L-IRGIEL (MEN`S RIGHTS MOVEMENT)
P.O. Box 129
Valletta CMR 01

President: Mr. John Zammit

Aims:
To help men in seperation/annulment cases and to serve as a pressure group to arrange certain anomalities in the family law and for more discreet (private) hearings during court sittings (family court)

To bring about true social equality between both sexes and to promote the liberties and freedoms as laid down in the European Convention.

Name: GHAQDA MALTIJA TA` L-GHOMJA (MALTA BLIND UNION)
43/6, Strait Street,
Valletta

Telephone: 225336

President: Mr. Waldemar Beck

Aims:
To create public awareness about the needs and capabilities of blind and partially blind persons.

To provide help and assistance to blind and partially blind persons, with the objective of encouraging participation and integration in society.

To offer training and educational facilities and to assist in the running of a Centre for Handicrafts and free library service of Taped Recordings.

To maintain relationships with other local and foreign organistations in the Caring Fields.

Name: EDEN FOUNDATION
Address: Bulebel, Zejtun

Telephone: 686612, 673706, 673707
Fax: 665260

Officers: President; Dr. Josie Muscat M.D.
Chief Executive: Mr. Godwin Scerri

Aims:
The underlying ideology of the Eden Foundation is grounded in the conviction that persons with developmental disability should live and participate in the community on equal terms as others.

Eden strives to help each individual realize his/her strenghts with a resultant sense of pride and accomplishment.

Therefore, Eden provides various educational, habitative and therapeutic services for persons with development disabilities from birth to adulthood.

Name: FOND GHAJ-RI
Address: c/o Social Work Office,
Mount Carmel Hospital,
Attard

Telephone: 250195 - 250196

Officers: Chairperson: Ms. Doris Gauci
Secretary: mr. Philip Camilleri

Aims:
To make available, readily and with mininum bureaucratic delay, to social workers and other members of the caring professions involved in the rehabilitation and resettlement of persons with psychiatric and psychological difficulties, items necessary to make possible or successful the rehabilitation of clients that need it.

To promote priciples of good psychiatric rehabilitation.

Name: FONDAZZJONI HAJJA INDEPENDENTI
Fondazzjoni Trasport Ghall-Hajja Indipendenti

address: Balzan Valley
Balzan BZN 08

Tel: 442638
Fax: 442693

Officers: Chairperson : Ms. Connie Camilleri
Hon. Treasurer: Mr. Neville A. Curmi

Aims:
The Fondazzjoni Hajja Indipendenti has its aims to promote, enable and provide for the independent living in the community of persons with a physical disability. Such aims are to be achieved by provision of:

A. Suitable accomodation as an alternative to institutionalisation.
B. Care and shelter in an atmostpher that ensures that each resident is in the evironment that meets his/her particular needs.
C. An atmospher which promotes social integration.
D. Support and training.

The Foundation Traspost Ghall-Hajja Indipendenti was set up as joint venture between the Fondazzjoni Hajja Indipendenti and Kummissjoni Nazzjonali Persuni b'Dizibilita. It major aim is to work in order to make transport accessible to all including persons with disability

Name: FONDAZZJONI OASI
Address: Oasi Centre,
5, Wied Sara Street,
Victoria, Gozo VCT 108

Tel: 563333, 558858
Fax: 561196

Aims:
The objectives of the Foundation shall be to establish, promote, manage and administer programmes for the prevention from and treatment and prevention of chemical dependents with a view:

a.To provide all possible means and media intended to promote the prevention and deterrence of substance abuse.
b. To aid the chemical dependents realise their responsibilities and thus modify their behaviour.
c. To provide relevant support to families of chemical dependents,
d. To provide all possible services and relatied facilities to train and help chemical dependents to deal with their environmental stress
e. To assist chemical dependants in recorvery to return to and maintain their place in the outside community as well-functioning and self-reliant individuals.

Name: AZZJONI KATTOLIKA MALTIJA
Address: Catholic Institute,
Floriana

Tel: 222239
Fax: 230829, 221465 

President      : Ms. Joyce Pullicino  Tel 442202
Vice President : Dr. Joseph Cefai Tel. 497194
Ass. Ekk. Gen. : Mons. Lawrence Cachia Tel. 317340
Aims:
A Lay Society that works directly in collaboration with the hierarchy to achieve the general and appostalic aim of the Church.

Accepts the leadership of the Church and puts its entire organisation at its disposal for the performance of planned pastoral services in unisor with the hierachy.

Name: CARE FOUNDATION
Address: P.O. Box 31
Balzan

or: 78 Cupuchin Str.,
Floriana VLT 15

Tel: 447310 email: izammit@keyworld.mt

Director: Ms. Carmen Spiteri
Secretary: Ms. Doris Gatt
Treasurer: Mr. Giovanni Debattista

Aims:
Offer free support services;
Provide well trained community workers;
Offer free counselling services;
Provide a network of referral services;
Distribute free educational material;
Organize Seminars, Discussions, etc.;
Operate a telephone helpline for youths and children in distress;
Shelter homeless youths.

The main aim of the organization is to use preventative and supportive measures to reach youths and children in difficulties before these might escalate to problems of delinquency, drug, alcohol dependancy and/or criminality.

Name: CARITAS MALTA
Address: 5, Lion Street,
Floriana

Tel: 233933, 245358
Fax: 246374

Aims:
To be aware of and understand existing social problems and needs;
To inform the Christian Community about these social problems and needs and to animate it to take up responsible action;
To strengthen co-ordinate and develop appropriate volunteer socio-pastoral action with people in difficulty;
To regularly evalute all Caritas programmes which are implemented at the Central and Local levels.

Name: CENTRU TAHRIG
Address: Adult Training Centre
Fleur-de-Lys

Tel: 250195, 250196

Social Worker: Mr. Emm. Debono

Aims:
1. To assess and try to find what every trainee can do and to do our best to motivate and teach new things. We respect each and everyone.
2. To try and improve the Centre as a place of tolerance towards the clients and vice versa. To help the clients to show respect towards authority, careworkers, peers, parents etc.
3. To try and help clients become more responsible by involving them in small daily chores

4. To try and improve the Centre by new material, i.e. machinery, helping aids and any material that can be of any help for the clients and the Centre.

Name: DYSLEXIA ASSOCIATION
Address: c/o Stoke
San Pawl tat-Targa
Naxxar

Tel: 413305
Fax: 413674

Hon. Char. Marchesa Cassar de Sain P.R.O. Mrs. Anna Aquilina

Aims:
To establish a resource and teaching centre so as to provide advice and support to dyslexics and their families.
To encourage public and professional awareness of the nature and incidence of dyslexia.
To encourage the expansion of educational provision dyslexics.

Name : WARD U ZGHAR
address: P.O. Box 31, Hamrun
E-mail to Albert Zammit.

Telephone Albert on 434300
Timmy on 233943

Aims:
1. To provide moral and emotional support to single parents and their children
2. To provide information and advice to single parents
3. To provide friendship to single parents
4. To give practical help to single parents
5. To provide a meeting place or places for single parents and their children
6. To educate the community at large to the needs of one parent families
7. To present proposals to the authorities regarding any legislation that may need to be introduced to cater for the needs of lone parents and their children.

Name: Al-ANON FAMILY GROUPS
Address: 18, Flat 3, South Street, Valletta

Telephone: Joan 577819 Carmen 687517

Aims:
Al-Anon tells the story of a unique fellowship that unites members of different backgroungs, races and walks of life in an inspiring endeavour: helping themselves and others to lead purposeful, useful lives by overcoming the frustrations and helplessness caused by close association with someone suffering from the disease of alcoholism.

Name: ALATEEN FAMILY GROUPS
address: 18, Flat 3, South Street, Valletta

Telephone: Grace 827212 Ambrose 829462

Aims:
Alateen, part of the Al-Anon Family Groups, is a fellowship of young people whose lives have been affected by alcoholism in a family member or close friend. We help each other by sharing our experience, strength and hope.

Name: ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS - AA
Address: 18, Flat 3, South Street, Valletta

Telephone: 239264 (Answering Machine)

Aims:
Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of Men and Women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other, that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism.

Name: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL (Malta Group)
Address: P.O. Box 44 St. Julians

Telephone: 322314, 372577 Fax: 370295

Aims:
1. To promote awareness of, and adherence to, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other internationally binding human rights agreements.
2. To monitor the human rights situation world-wide and to oppose grave violations of these rights, like torture, extrajudical executions and disapperances.
3. To publicise the cases and prisoners of conscience and to work for their release by means of letter writing campaigns, petitions and public activities.
4. To work for the elimination of death penalty and all other forms of cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment of prisoners and detainees.
5. To ensure that the arrest, trial and prison conditions of political prisoners conform to internationally recognised norms.

Name: ASSOCIATION OF MALTESE LIONS CLUBS
Address: P.O. Box 103, Valletta CMR 01
Chairman: Mr. Frank Galea
Members: Lions Club - Malta          Tel: 250025 - 330551
         Lions Club - Sliema         Tel: 338313  Fax 320493 
         Lions Club - St.Paul`s Bay  Tel: 571199
         Lions Club - Mdina          Tel: 435388
Aims of the Organisation:
1. To Create and foster a spirit of understanding among the peoples of the world;
2. To Promote the principles of good goverment and good citizenship.
3. To take an active interest in the civic, cultural, social and moral welfares of the community.
4. To unite the clubs in the bonds of friendship, good fellowship and mutual
5. To provide a forum for the open discussion of all matters of public interest, provided however, that partisan politics and sectarian religion shall not be debated by club members
6. To encourage service-minded men to serve their community without personal financial reward, and to encourage efficiency and promote high ethical standards in commerce, industry, professions, public works and private endeavours.
Name: CARITAS MALTA
Address: 5, Lion Street, Floriana
Tel: 233933, 245358 Fax: 246374

President: H.G. The Archbishop
Director: Mgr. Victor Grech

Aims:
1. To be aware of and understand existing social problems and needs
2. To conscience the Christian Community about these social problems and needs and to animate it to take up responsible action.
3. To strenghten, co-ordinate and develop appropriate volunteer socio-pastoral action with people in difficulty.
4. To regularly evaluate all Caritas programmes withc are implemented at the Central and Local levels.

Services: Family Support Unit, Elderly Unit, Awareness Programme in Schools, Independent Living Advice Centre, Drug Prevention, Rehabilitation programme, Community Outreach, Support to Self-Help Groups, Emergency Aid and Various Pubblications.

Name: CENTRU ANIMAZZJONI MISSJUNARJA
Address: St. Joseph Home,
St. Jospeh High Road,
St. Venera HMR 18

Tel: 231252 Fax: 247030

Director: Fr. Louis Mallia MSSP
Ass. Director: Fr. Alex Busuttil MSSP

Aims:
To help lay people together with priests and religious members to further develop the missionary idea in our society. Therefore the organization is geared with persons and equipment to develop the missionary calling.

Name: DAR IL-WENS
Address: 29, Sacred Heart Street,
Paola PLA 27

Tel: 696825, Fax: 696825

Administrator: Mr. Ronald Galea

Aims:
1. To provide a substitute home in the community for 10 people with special needs
2. to provide respite service
3. to prevent institutionalization into hospitals.

Name: DAR QALB TA' GESU (TA' CINI)
Address: St. Joseph High Road,
St. Venera

Tel: 224347

Administrator: Mr. Joseph Camilleri Tel 246587

Aims:
1. To help children of single parents, battered wives and related cases.
2. Giving prevention care, residential care and afer-care
3. to act as a Family Therapy Centre.

To be continued.

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