AID grant no. AID/ASIA-G-1461 to the Asian - American Free Labor Institute (AAFLI) to provide support for an AAFLI program directed toward strengthening free and democratic trade unions in the Near East and Asia

AAFLI will provide support to: (1) free labor institutions such as trade unions and cooperatives, as well as other labor-related national or local institutions; (2) workers" education, trade union research, and vocational skills training centers and internship programs; (3) workers" medical, health, and nutritional services and other social projects; (4) workers" housing; (5) community service projects; (6) leadership training programs; and (7) cooperative education and other cooperative programs.