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IAS - Sweden
International Aid Services Sweden is a Sweden based humanitarian organisation, which aim at assisting in
disaster areas and to bring aid and development into third world countries. The organisation is registered
as an association in Sweden and is active in many nations. This page will give you a brief introduction.
 Our mission statement
The Association
The association is non-profit making, non-political with the objective to start and/or support emergency
relief and development projects in countries where needs exist. The association will work under
the principle 'Help people to help themselves'. Further, IAS will encourage and strengthen local
initiatives by local groups and organisations in countries where the association operates.
This is done by providing financial, material and spiritual assistance.
IAS Sweden has about 300 employees and operates in Sudan, Chad, Kenya, Uganda,
Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somaliland and Sri Lanka.
The start of IAS Sweden
International Aid Services, IAS, was formed in 1990 by four relief workers with experiances from different relief projects in
Southern Sudan. The civil war in Sudan, which began in 1983, had forced hundred of thousands of people to flee
from their homes. Several where killed while fleeing and the peacetalkes held during this period of time did not result
in any ceasefire or end of war. Many of the Sudanese people fled to neighbouring countries. Some Sudanese also
moved to refugee camps within Sudan. By the end of the 1980:ies the Sudanese freedom movement, Sudan Peoples Liberation Army,
SPLA, had captured large areas and more or less the whole countryside was controlled by the them.
This caused a increased need of humanitarian aid in the region.
We began our operations in the Sudan in 1990 and today we are working in Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda and Sri Lanka.
Thematic goals
1) To identify the areas where the humanitarian needs are at most and
provide assistance to the target group. The identified areas are the Horn of Africa and the Great Lakes region.
2) To give priority to projects within
Water, Education, Agriculture, Health and Church support.
3) To actively work towards reaching the
UN Millennium Development Goals (MDG) by 2015.
Geographical areas of priority: Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia and Djibouti.
The UN Millennium Development Goals (MDG) (English)
The UN Millennium Development Goals (MDG) (Svenska)
Working through partnership
To a large extent IAS search for local organisations that can carry out each project.
Creating local partnerships will ease the continuency of the project when IAS of various reasons have to pull out of the
region/area. This is the case in most projects. In situations when urgent relief projects are needed IAS use to be the only organisation
in charge for the fullfillment of the project. However, IAS prefer that local existing organisations are responsible for all long term development projects.
Our partners
Where we work
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IAS Sweden board
 Leif Zetterlund
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| Chairman |
Sture Kuhlin
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| Vice Chairman |
Gerd Agnebrink
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| Secretary |
Per Lindahl
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| Treasurer |
Lars Ericson
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| Ordinary Member |
Ingegerd Hedström
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| Ordinary Member |
Helena Bohlin
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| Ordinary Member |
Natanael Lyckelind
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| Deputy Member |
Erland Berg
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| Deputy Member |
Contact details
Head Office
IAS - Sweden, Dalgatan 7, 360 70 Åseda, Sweden
Tel +46-474-71623 Fax +46-474-12283 Mobile +46-708-511886
Email ias-swedenias.nu
Stockholm
Attn. Andreas Zetterlund
IAS - Sweden, Siktgatan 8, 162 88 Vällingby, Sweden
Tel +46-8-891731 Fax +46-8-6200211 Mobile +46-704-975977
Email ias-stockholmias.nu
Staff
Per Lindahl
Country Director / Financial Director
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Andreas Zetterlund
Desk Officer (Chad, Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia)
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Julius Bitamazire
Desk Officer (Uganda, Kenya)
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Ingegerd Hedström
Desk Officer (Christian Ministry)
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