One World Action, formerly Bernt Carlsson Trust, was a charity based in

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, associated with the

Solidar SOLIDAR is a European network of NGOs working to advance social justice in Europe and worldwide. SOLIDAR voices the concerns of its member organisations to the EU and international institutions across the policy sectors of social affairs, inte ...

NGO network. One World Action supported partner organizations in

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and Central America. Their work was designed to support principles of democracy, with many supported projects concerning the topic of

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. All of the organization's programs were initiated by local people to provide understanding and meet local needs. One World Action was founded by

Glenys Kinnock Glenys Elizabeth Kinnock, Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead, (; 7 July 1944 – 3 December 2023), was a British politician and teacher who served as Minister of State for Europe from June to October 2009 and Minister of State for Africa and the U ...

on 21 December 1989, the one-year anniversary of UN Commissioner for Namibia Bernt Carlsson's death in the

Pan Am Flight 103 Pan Am Flight 103 (PA103/PAA103) was a regularly scheduled Pan Am transatlantic flight from Frankfurt to Detroit via a stopover in London and another in New York City. Shortly after 19:00 on 21 December 1988, the Boeing 747 "Clipper Maid of th ...

attack. One World Action was removed from the register of charities on 2 October 2012 because it had ceased to exist.

Activities

* Nearly 300,000 people in

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were given access to clean water through the work of a One World Action partner, the Development Workshop. * Through mediation a One World Action partner, Nagorik Uddyog settled nearly 1000 separate cases of conflict involving the poor in

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. * In

Nicaragua Nicaragua, officially the Republic of Nicaragua, is the geographically largest Sovereign state, country in Central America, comprising . With a population of 7,142,529 as of 2024, it is the third-most populous country in Central America aft ...

, a One World Action partner, Movimiento Maria Elena Cuadra, provided training to women factory workers in the Export Processing Zones about

labor rights Labor rights or workers' rights are both legal rights and human rights relating to labor relations between workers and employers. These rights are codified in national and international labor and employment law. In general, the ...

and health & safety. * One World Action is thought to be behind The Political Compass website..

References

External links

One World Action Web Page
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