Fundacion de Ayuda Social de las Iglesias Cristianas (Social Aid Foundation of Christian Churches) (FASIC)
FASIC was formed In the context of the military dictatorship with the aim to contribute to the strengthening of democracy on the basis of promotion and defence of human rights.
FASIC runs Development and Human Rights through these programmes:
- Truth and justice: legal, social and psychological assistance
- Prevention of violence and conflict resolution
- Refugees adn asylum seekers
- Memory and archives from the dictatorship time
FASIC is in the Board of the Universidad Academia de Humanismo Cristiano
Legal and psychological assistance is given by FASIC to people whose rights were violated during the dictatorship, victims of torture, families of the disappeared and politically executed, and those who since 1990 have been abused by authorities and discriminated against, as well as refugees and migrants.
Latest from Fundacion de Ayuda Social de las Iglesias Cristianas (Social Aid Foundation of Christian Churches) (FASIC)
Chile: trauma and psychosocial care
Aug 31, 2010
Natural disasters cause significant psychological and social suffering, what do we do about it?
Chile: prioritising participation
Aug 31, 2010
ACT members and their partners work with community participation to solve problems after the earthquake
Chile: survivors' camp
Aug 31, 2010
People who lost their houses in the tsunami live in camps like Villa Bosquemar
Chile: television report on ACT work
Aug 31, 2010
TV report from 24 Horas, national television news in Chile, on ACT-supported work after the earthquake
Chile: "a successful earthquake"
Aug 31, 2010
The earthquake in Chile was bigger than that in Haiti, but killed far fewer people. In this sense it was a "successful earthquake".