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ASTI Office Is Relocating
The ASTI office will be relocating to the London Bridge area this week. The building where we have been based was recently sold and we have been asked to find a new home.
Posted on 18/04/11 by Office in ASTI news • Read full article
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Mukta Has Her Trainers on for ASTI in the London Marathon
“Acid attack survivors have to use the mental strength of running several marathons a day.” ASTI supporter Mukta Dabral will be running in the London Marathon on Sunday, the 17th of April.
Posted on 14/04/11 by Office in ASTI news • Read full article
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Five years of partnership in the campaign to end acid violence in Pakistan
London – On 15 March 2011 an evening reception was held at the High Commission of Pakistan in London, to mark the five year partnership between ASTI and Acid Survivors Foundation Pakistan (ASF-P). Guests included ASTI’s patron HRH The Princess Royal, Dragon’s Den entrepreneur James Caan, Sir Anwar Pervez, and Nepalese ambassador Dr. Suresh Chandra Chalise.
Posted on 18/03/11 by Office in ASTI news • Read full article
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HRH The Princess Royal Visits ASTI’s Partner in Bangladesh
Survivor Durjoy presents HRH The Princess Royal with his drawing of the English flag.
During her three day official visit to Bangladesh, ASTI’s Royal Patron, HRH The Princess Royal, took time out to visit Acid Survivors Foundation Bangladesh on 1 March 2011.
Posted on 01/03/11 by Office in ASTI news • Read full article
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Head of DFID in Bangladesh Condemns Acid Violence
On 26 February, Mr. Chris Austin, Head of the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) spoke at ASTI’s Bangladeshi partner organisation, Acid Survivors Foundation Bangladesh. There, he strongly condemned acid violence and reiterated his organisation’s commitment to supporting acid survivors.
Posted on 26/02/11 by Office in ASTI news • Read full article
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ASTI and ASFU Host UNIFEM Project Workshop
Ziad, Sokhon, John, Ruby, Rumi and Sulakshana at UNIFEM Project Implementation Workshop, Kampala
ASTI’s groundbreaking project funded by the United Nations Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women (UNIFEM) officially began this January with a one-week Project Implementation Workshop in Kampala, Uganda.
Posted on 21/02/11 by Office in ASTI news • Read full article
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English Cricket Team Visits Acid Survivors in Bangladesh
ASTI's Ambassador Paul Collingwood with Durjoy
The England cricket team took a stop out of their two-match warm-up tour (before the World Cup) to visit acid violence survivors at ASTI’s partner organisation in Dhaka, Acid Survivors Foundation Bangladesh (ASFB).
Posted on 20/02/11 by Office in ASTI news • Read full article
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ASTI Speaks at the World Health Organization in Geneva
ASTI Chair John Morrison and Dr. Laragh Gollogly at the WHO.
In our continuing effort to highlight the crime of acid violence on the international agenda, ASTI Chair John Morrison spoke to the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva.
Posted on 13/01/11 by Office in ASTI news • Read full article
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Paul Collingwood, ASTI Ambassador
Paul Collingwood
Mr Collingwood, who visited ASTI’s partner ASF-Bangladesh in 2009, will become ASTI’s first Ambassador in January 2011.
Posted on 05/11/10 by Office in ASTI news • Read full article
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ASTI & Nepalese Embassy Launch BVS-Nepal
HRH The Princess Royal greets HE the Ambassador’s wife
On 6 October the Nepalese Embassy hosted the official launch of ASTI’s partner organisation Burns Violence Survivors – Nepal (BVS-N)… Guests included HRH The Princess Royal and the High Commissioners of Bangladesh and Pakistan.
Posted on 27/10/10 by Office in ASTI news • Read full article
