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central mission is to promote access to and the full participation in higher
education in Ireland of people with disabilities.
Publications: available on website.
Aidlink
46 Lower Rathmines Road, Rathmines, Dublin 6
Tel: (01) 496 6956, 9.00am – 5.30pm Fax: (01) 496 3320
Email: info@aidlink.ie Web: www.aidlink.ie
Aims to relieve third-world poverty by supporting small-to-medium sized
development programmes facilitated by missionaries and local nongovernmental
organisations in the third world. The focus of support is
on Africa and for projects which target basic needs and fully engage the
participation of local people.
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AIM Family Services – Family Law Information, Mediation and
Counselling Centre
64 Dame Street, Dublin 2
Tel: (01) 670 8363, 10.00am – 1.00pm Mon to Fri Fax: (01) 670 8365
Email: aimfamilyservices@eircom.net Web: www.aimfamilyservices.ie
Operates a drop-in centre giving legal information. Offers family mediation
and counselling by appointment to couples experiencing marital and family
problems. Phone support and letter answering service.
Publications: leaflets on various aspects of family law including maintenance,
judicial separation, domestic violence, cohabitation, children and the law,
divorce, civil nullity, family home, legal marriage and mediation.
AkiDwA
9c Abbey Street Lower, Dublin Central Mission, Dublin 1
Tel: (01) 814 8582 Email: info@akidwa.ie Web: www.akidwa.ie
Akina Dada wa Africa (AkiDwA), Swahili for African sisterhood, is a national
network of African and migrant women living in Ireland. A non-governmental
organisation with charitable status, AkiDwA was established in August 2001
to address the needs of the expanding population of African women resident
in Ireland. It is a representative body for African, migrant and Irish women
living in Ireland, irrespective of their national or ethnic background, tradition,
religious beliefs, or socio-economic or legal status. AkiDwA provides training,
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