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Address: 2-Montavisata, Nepean, Ontario K2J 2L3
Contact Person: Victor Biak Lian, Board member
Email: vblian@hotmail.com

The Chin Human Rights Organisation (CHRO) is a non-governmental, non-profit advocacy organisation legally registered in Canada. It was formed in 1995 on the India-Burma border by a group of Chin activists committed to promoting democracy in Burma and raising international awareness of previously unreported human rights abuses being perpetrated against the Chin people by the Burmese military regime.

CHRO activities include:

1. Documentation of violations of Human Rights in Western Burma and conducting necessary advocacy in that regard
2. Making relevant reports about the situation depending on how important the need to response
3. Human rights education to the people of China in Burma

In terms of refugee work:

1. Refugee protection (advocacy works for the local and central government to stop deportation in Mizoram, India)
2. Providing humanitarian assistance to vulnerable refugee families in India and Malaysia
3. Providing financial assistance to the refugee children’s education
4. Providing capacity training to refugee organisations.

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Address: 8th Floor, Wisma MLS, 31 Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman, 50100 Kuala Lumpur
Contact Person: Mr Christopher Pearman, Information and Communications Officer
Email: Pearman_c@yahoo.com

Coordination of Action Research on AIDS and mobility (CARAM)Asia is an NGO with special consultative status on the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. It is an open network of NGOs and CBOs. The CARAM Asia network is involved in action research, advocacy, coalition building and capacity building with the aim of creating an enabling environment to empower migrants and their communities to reduce all vulnerabilities including HIV and enhance their health rights globally.

CARAM Asia currently has four active programmes (1) Empowerment for positive people-TFEM; (2) Migration, health and Globalisation – MHG; (3) State of Health – SOH; (4) Foreign Domestic Workers- FDW. CARAM Asia is a member of the Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network and a member of the Migration Working Group (MWG).

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Address: 5th Floor, Wisma Harwant, Jalan Tuanku Adbul Rahman, 50100 Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia
Tel: +60 (3)2 69 38 828
Fax: +60 (3)2 69 32 868
Email: team@hati.my

Persatuan Kebangsaan Hak Asasi Manusia (HAKAM) campaigns for the abolishment of laws that are inconsistent with human rights, takes up complaints about human rights violations and lobbies the government to ratify international and regional human rights instruments. An important focus of HAKAM is its campaign to abolish the Internal Security Act and to free political prisoners in Malaysia. It is a member of the Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network and a member of the Migration Working Group (MWG).

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Address: 26-1A, Jalan Vivekananda, Brickfields, 50470 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Tel/Fax: +60-3-22724957; +60-3-22724854
Contact Person: Ng Tze Yeng
Email: admin@healthequityinitiatives.com

Health Equity Initiatives (HEI) is a Malaysian non-government organisation committed to advancing refugees’ and asylum seekers’ health rights. HEI’s core program includes community-based health interventions, such as the training of community health workers in mental health; counselling, psychological and psychiatric services and research and evidence-based advocacy. HEI also undertakes a number of smaller interventions to support refugees in Malaysia. Such initiatives include medical clinics for refugees and a community centre, where refugees receive mental health services. HEI is also involved in case handling and referrals relating to detention, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV);  trafficking and appeals with regard to UNHCR RSD rejections. Health Equity Initiatives is a member of the Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network and a member of the Migration Working Group (MWG).

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AddresS: Jl. Tebet Barat XA No. 51, Selatan, 12810 Jakarta, Indonesia
Email: info@icmc.net
Contact Person: Emi Erawati

ICMC was created in 1951, with a mission to serve the needs of uprooted people: refugees, internally displaced persons and migrants. ICMC is engaged in protection and advocacy for durable solutions for uprooted people. Specific interventions include refugee resettlement; emergency care for the extremely vulnerable (including female-headed households and GBV survivors) and trauma recovery; conflict transformation, community development and economic activity for the reintegration of displaced persons; as well as capacity building for local NGOs and government. ICMC has managed projects in nearly 45 countries. Currently, ICMC works in 11 countries directly, and through its network of members in 85. Currently, ICMC is running two projects in trafficking and refugees in Malaysia (KL and Sabah). ICMC has been working in South-East Asia for over 25 years and has had its regional headquarters in Jakarta, Indonesia since 1999.

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Address: 1A, Tingkat 1, Jalan Mamanda 7, Ampang Point, 68000 Ampang, Selangor
Tel: (+603) – 4252 8699; 4266 3409
Fax: +60 (3)4 25 28 709
Opening Hours: Monday-Friday: 09:00-17:00
Email: admin@msri.org.my 

They provide material assistance to refugees through programmes in Education, Women and Girls Protection, and Food aid.

MSRI also runs the SAHABAT programme which matches local people in a one-to-one or in group mentoring relationship with refugees with the goal of making refugees feel more at home in Malaysia.

MSRI also runs sponsorship programmes for Palestinian children in Gaza and Palestinian kindergartens. MSRI is a member of the Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network and a member of the Migration Working Group (MWG).

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Address: Rumah Nur Salam No 24A-B, Jalan Chow Kit Kuala Lumpur
Tel: 03-4045 4021
Fax: 03-4045 4031
Raja Azizan: 017-300 9055
Email: rumahnursalam@gmail.com

Nur Salam runs programmes for refugees and other disadvantaged children. Programmes include the Under Twelve Centre (a drop-in centre for children to have access to food and shelter, as well as participate in educational, health and recreational programs, such as basic tutoring, computer classes, an educational “toy library” and help from play therapists. There is also a dormitory space) and KL Krash Pad (a centre for at-risk teens offering an onsite café, a computer lab, and various art and music projects, all focused on both skills development and possible income generation, as well as educational support). Nur Salem is a member of the Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network.

SUARAM specialises in civil and political rights and campaigns for the rights of refugees and asylum seekers. SUARAM is a member of the Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network and a member of the Migration Working Group (MWG).

Although they do not provide general support or legal aid support for refugees and asylum seekers, they provide assistance to asylum seekers to facilitate their registration process with the UNHCR.

Address: 641, Jalan 10, Taman Ampang Utama, 68000 Ampang, Selangor, Malaysia
Email: info@geutanyoefoundation.org

The Geutanyoe Foundation (Yayasan Geutanyoe) is a non-profit humanitarian and advocacy organisation registered in Indonesia and Malaysia. Geutanyoe seeks to assist and empower the most vulnerable and marginalised communities, including conflict- and disaster-affected communities, internally displaced persons, refugees, stateless persons, victims of trafficking, ethnic and religious minorities, persons with disabilities, and isolated communities in the Southeast Asia region. Geutanyoe Foundation seeks to harness local and global knowledge to find sustainable and durable solutions to some of the region’s most intractable humanitarian and social challenges. Like its name, Geutanyoe, meaning ‘All of Us’ in Acehnese, Geutanyoe Foundation is founded on principles of dignity, inclusiveness, equality, and peace for all, and believes that people affected by crises are the best placed to lead change in their own communities.