US embassy cable - 05NEWDELHI9296

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 04 NEW DELHI 009296 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
SENSITIVE 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PTER, PGOV, PHUM, IN 
SUBJECT: INDIAN NGOS THAT ASSIST VICTIMS OF TERRORISM: 
RESPONSE TO NSC 
 
REF: STATE 218921 
 
1.  (SBU) India suffers from three major strains of terrorism 
-- jihadi separatism in Jammu and Kashmir (that also of late 
spills into Delhi); Maoist/Naxalite terrorism that has spread 
through 12 states in the West, Central, and South regions of 
the country; and ethno-linguistic separatism in the 
North-East.  The independent Institute for Conflict 
Management estimates that over 500 civilians and 200 security 
personnel were killed in terrorist attacks in J&K alone in 
both 2004 and 2005 (to date).  That said, respected human 
rights advocate Ravi Nair confirms our sense that that there 
are relatively few NGOs that target their programs toward 
victims of terrorist violence.  The NGOs listed below are 
based in Delhi, J&K, and the North-East.  Because of 
legislation that restricts foreign donations to charitable 
organizations and public image concerns, many Indian NGOs do 
not accept foreign assistance.  (NOTE: We cannot attest to 
these groups' bonafides.  END NOTE.) 
 
2.  (U) New Delhi-Based NGOs: 
 
Rajiv Gandhi Foundation 
Jawahar Bhawan 
Dr. Rajendra Prasad Rd 
New Delhi, 110001 
Phone: 011-2375-5119 
Internet: www.rgfindia.org 
POC: Mr. Manmohan Malhoutra 
The Rajiv Gandhi Foundation provides post-traumatic stress 
counseling and educational opportunities for orphans of 
terrorist victims.  It is closely tied to the Gandhi family 
and Congress politicians, and does not accept foreign funding. 
 
All India Anti-Terrorist Front 
14 Talkatora Road 
New Delhi, 110001 
Phone: 011-2373-0677 
POC: Mr. MS Bitta 
The AIATF is primarily an advocacy organization against 
terrorist violence.  It also issues support grants to the 
families of terrorist victims and to security officials and 
journalists injured in terrorist attacks.  MS Bitta is a 
Congress Party politician. 
 
Center for Dialogue and Reconciliation 
New Delhi 
Phone: 95124-24606/02, 98995-23366 
POC: Sushoba Bharve 
The Center for Dialogue and Reconciliation organizes 
workshops/meetings in J&K on peace education for Kashmiri 
youth affected by terrorism.  Ms. Bharve also works with 
organizations in J&K that run orphanages and works with women 
who are victims. 
 
3.  (U) Kashmir-Based NGOs: 
 
J&K Yateem Trust 
Maisuma, Gowkadal 
Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir 
Phone: 0194-247-5114 
 
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The J&K Yateem Trust Provides education for orphans of 
terrorist victims. 
 
Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons 
Bund, Amira Kadal 
Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir 
Phone:  0194-245-6381, 0194-243-6495, 0194-248-2820 
POC: Parvez Imroze 
Internet: www.geocities.com/apdpkashmir/home.html 
The Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons is a 
support and advocacy group for families where a member has 
been "disappeared" by police/security services, ostensibly 
because the missing family member was accused of terrorism. 
 
Kashmir Foundation for Peace and Developmental Studies 
Institute for Reconciliation 
Q-5, Tulsibagh 
Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir 
Phone: 0194-248-1641, 0194-244-1374 
POC: Firdaus Syed 
The Kashmir Foundation for Peace and Developmental Studies 
provides broad support services, including for terrorist 
victims and their families. 
 
Hindu Welfare Society 
Jammu and Kashmir 
Phone: 0194-246-7020, 94190-90468 
POC: Moti Lal Bhat, President 
The Hindu Welfare Society provides employment and 
rehabilitation for victims of terrorism. 
 
Human Effort for Love and Peace (HELP) 
Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir 
Phone: 0194-231-0757, 94190-00721 
POC: Nighat Pandit 
HELP provides assistance to widows and orphans of victims of 
terrorism. 
 
Action Committee for Return of Migrants 
Satwari 
Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir 
Phone: 0191-226-2902 
POC: Jatendra Bakshi, President 
The Action Committee for Return of Migrants advocates on 
behalf of Kashmiri Pandits (Hindus) who fled terrorism in J&K 
and now live as internally displaced persons in India. 
 
Guild of Service 
Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir 
Phone: 5101-3416/17/18 
Mobile: 98101-29594 
POCs: Mohini Giri, Meera Khanna 
The Guild of Service runs a center that currently houses 60 
children and 20 women.  The Guild's focus is education and 
rehabilitation for children whose families have suffered from 
terrorism. 
 
4.  (U) North-East-based NGOs: 
 
Aashwas 
DIG Eastern Range, Assam Police 
 
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Jorhat, Assam 
Phone: 94350-50167, 0376-233-1122/233-1133 
e-mail: aashwas@assampolice.com 
Internet: www.assampolice.com/aashwas/ProjComp4.htm 
POC: Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta (Assam Police) 
Aashwas is an Assam Police project supported by UNICEF.  Its 
goal is to "help the child victims of violence and 
insurgency" by sensitizing police officers and offering 
educational assistance and vocational training to Assamese 
children of families that have suffered from terrorism. 
 
Lutheran World Service (India) 
Uttarpara, Ward No. 1 
P.O. Gossaigaon 783360 
District Kokrajhar, Assam 
Phone: 03669-220-815, 94351-27457 
POC: Subrata Sarkar 
Lutheran World Service has introduced food-for-work programs 
and helped construct roads for thousands of people who remain 
displaced by the 1996 Kokrajhar riots. 
 
Prahari 
Assam Police 
Phone: 0361-245-3187, 94350-49624 
e-mail: kulasaikia@yahoo.com 
POC: Mr. Kula Saikia, Inspector General of Police (Training) 
Prahari is an Assam Police organization led by 2000 Fulbright 
fellow Kula Saikia.  The organizations objectives include 
improving police-community relations and rebuilding local 
schools and infrastructure destroyed by violence.  Prahari 
selects villages that are either crime infested, communally 
sensitive, or terrorist prone -- their project covers 60 
villages in Assam that have suffered terrorism and/or ethnic 
violence.  Prahari has not received financial aid in the 
past, but would accept aid if offered. 
 
Project Interact (sponsored by Rajiv Gandhi Foundation) 
Implemented by Khwai Social Development Organization (KSDO) 
Nagamapal Lamabam Leikai 
Imphal, Manipur 
Phone: 0385-244-1052, 94360-33249 
POCs: Assistant Secretary R.K. Diana Manoharan; Coordinators: 
Shantibala Devi & Apollo Singh Rajkumar 
The Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, under Project Interact, sponsors 
the education of insurgency-hit children in Jammu and 
Kashmir, Punjab and parts of the Northeast.  The Foundation 
gathers information about such children from police, district 
authorities, and NGOs.  KSDO helps victim families file 
police reports, obtain birth certificates for affected 
children, examine claims, and facilitates payments for the 
maintenance and education of the children. 
 
Covenant Children's Home 
Mualkoi, BSF Road 
Churachandpur, Manipur 
Phone: 03874-235-685, 94360-24348 
e-mail: lian clara@yahoo.com 
Internet: www.covenantseminary.edu/pmi/LT children.asp 
POC: Lian Tombing, Director 
Supported by the St. Louis-based Presbyterian International 
Mission, Covenant Children's Home is an orphanage for 
 
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children whose parents were killed in 1997-98 ethnic clashes 
in Churachandpur, Manipur.  Seventy-four children from 
Manipur and the neighboring states of Assam and Mizoram are 
housed there, around 500 more are on a waiting list. 
 
5.  (U) Visit New Delhi's Classified Website: 
(http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/sa/newdelhi/) 
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