Asbestos Victims Organizations 

 

 

(Revised July 13, 2023)

 

       
  ARGENTINA AUSTRALIA BELGIUM
  BRAZIL ENGLAND FRANCE
  GERMANY HONG KONG INDONESIA
  ITALY JAPAN KOREA
  NETHERLANDS PORTUGAL SCOTLAND
  SPAIN SWITZERLAND UNITED STATES
  WALES    
       

 

ARGENTINA

AS.AR.E.A. (Asociacion Argentina de Expuestos al Amianto)
Email: info@asarea.org.ar or asarea@verace.com.ar
Web: http://www.asarea.org.ar/

 

AUSTRALIA

Asbestos Diseases Society of Australia Inc.
PO Box 1394
Osborne Park WA 6916
Australia
Contact: Robert Vojakovic (President)
Tel: +61 (0)8 9344 4077
Fax: +61 (0)8 9345 0422
Email: adsinc@iinet.net.au
Web: http://www.asbestosdiseases.org.au/

Asbestos Council of Victoria / GARDS
41 Monash Road
Newborough Victoria (VIC) 3825
PO Box 111, Moe VIC 3825
Australia
Tel: +61 (0)3 5127 7744
Fax: +61 (0)3 51260354
Email: info@gards.org
Web: http://www.gards.org

Asbestos Diseases Foundation of Australia Inc. (ADFA)
Suite 3, Ground Floor
133-137 Parramatta Road
Granville NSW 2142
Australia
Tel: +61 (0)2 9637 8759
Fax: +61 (0)2 9897 3259
Email: info@adfa.org.au
Web: http://www.adfa.org.au

Asbestos Victims Association (SA) Inc. (AVA-SA)
Contact: Kat Wake-Burge (Vice President)
Tel: +61 (0)8 8212 6008
Mob: +61 418 807 834
Fax: +61 (0)8 8212 7008
Email: ava-sa@bigpond.net.au
Web: www.avasa.asn.au

Asbestos Diseases Society of SA Inc. (ADSSA)
30 Hurtle Square
Adelaide South Australia 5000
Australia
Tel: +61 (0)8 8359 2423
Free Call: 1800 157 540
Mob: +61 403 914 663
Email: admin@adssa-inc.com.au
Web: www.adssa-inc.com.au

Asbestos Free Tasmania Foundation Inc. (AFTF)
Cancer Council Building
180-184 Collins Street, Hobart Tasmania (TAS)
GPO Box 1624, Hobart Tas 7001
Australia
Tel: +61 (0)3 6233 7950
Email: Info@asbestosfreetasmania.org.au
Web: www.asbestosfreetasmania.org.au

Asbestoswise
247-251 Flinders Lane
Melbourne Victoria 3000
Australia
Tel: +61 (0)3 9654 9555
Email: Info@asbestoswise.com.au
Web: www.asbestoswise.com.au

Queensland Asbestos Related Disease Support Society Qld Inc. (QARDSS)
PO Box 280
Spring Hill QLD 4004
Australia
Free Call: 1800 776 412
Tel: +61 (0)7 3252 7852 or +61 (0)7 3252 9787
Fax: +61 (0)7 3666 0335
Email: asbestoshelp@westnet.com.au
Web: http://www.asbestos-disease.com.au

 

BELGIUM

ABEVA (Association Belge des Victimes de l'Amiante / Asbest in Belge: Vereniging van Asbestslachtoffers)
C/o Fondation contre le Cancer
Chaussée de Louvain, 479
1030 Brussels
Belgium
Tel: 04 7678 8833
Email: abeva.be@gmail.com
Web: http://www.abeva.eu/index.php?lang=fr

 

BRAZIL

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

ABREA – Associação Brasileira dos Expostos ao Amianto [Brazilian Association of Asbestos Victims]
Av. Santo Antônio, 683 - Jardim Alvorada
CEP: 06086-070 - Osasco - São Paulo - Brasil
Tel/Fax: (55 11) 3681-2710
Subsede: Rua Dona Primitiva Vianco, 1435 – 3º. andar - sala 308 - CEP: 06010-000
Osasco – Estado de São Paulo
Tel: + 55 11 3654-0809
Tel: Presidente Eliezer João de Souza +55 11 98559-7948
Email: eliezer@abrea.com.br
Email: abrea@abrea.com.br
Website: https://www.abrea.org.br
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/abrea.brasil

REGIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

ABREA/SÃO CAETANO DO SUL – Associação Brasileira dos Expostos ao Amianto em São Caetano do Sul – Estado de São Paulo
Representative: Nestor de Souza
Cell/WhatsApp: (+55 11) 98142-0109

ACEA/CAPIVARI – Associação Capivariana dos Expostos ao Amianto
Capivari – Estado de São Paulo
President: Marcio Moreira – Cell/WhatsApp: (+55 19) 99243-0502
Contact: Prof. Rogério Alves – Cell/WhatsApp: (+55 19) 98145-0109;
Email: profrogerioalves@uol.com.br

ABREA/RJ – Associação Brasileira dos Expostos ao Amianto do Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro – Estado do Rio de Janeiro
Presidente: Maria Lúcia Nascimento do Carmo – Cell/WhatsApp: (+55 21) 97232-3201
Email: marialuciaabrea@gmail.com

ABREA/RS - Associação Brasileira dos Expostos ao Amianto do Rio Grande do Sul
Sede: Casa da Cidadania
Rua Walter Neves, 38 – Cohab - CEP: 93.216-510 - Sapucaia do Sul – Rio Grande do Sul
Presidente: Adair Francisco da Rocha – Cell/WhatsApp: (+55 51) 98902-2141
E-mail: cidadaniasapucaiadosul@gmail.com ou abreargs@gmail.com

ABEA – Associação Baiana dos Expostos ao Amianto
End.: Praça Celina Santana dos Santos, 162, Qd. 8 CIA1, CEP: 43700-000 – Simões Filho – Estado da Bahia
Presidente: Belmiro Silva dos Santos – Cell/WhatsApp: (+55 71) 98844-6543
Email: belmiroborges@gmail.com ou contatoabea@gmail.com
Web: http://abeacontraoamianto.blogspot.com

AVICAFE – Associação das Vítimas Contaminadas pelo Amianto e Famílias Expostas
Bom Jesus da Serra – Estado da Bahia
Presidente: Inácio dos Santos Teixeira – Cell/WhatsApp: (+55 11) 996108-7400
Email: inaciotei@gmail.com
Web: https://avicafe.com.br/

APREA – Associação Paranaense dos Expostos ao Amianto
End.: Rua Voluntários da Pátria, 233 - 5°. Andar – Sala 51 – Centro – CEP: 80.020-000 – Curitiba – Estado do Paraná
Tel: (+55 41) 3095-7595
Presidente: Herbert Fruehauf – Cell/WhatsApp: (+55 41) 99196-9246
Email: aprea.pr@gmail.com ou fruehaufherbert@hotmail.com

ABREA/Londrina – Associação Brasileira dos Expostos ao Amianto em Londrina
End.: Rua Ruy Vimond Carnasciali, 137, Sala 1, Jardim Leonor, CEP: 86071-260 – Londrina – Estado do Paraná
Tel: (+55 43) 3354-6001
Representante local: Márcia Rodrigues Gamba – Cell/WhatsApp: (+55 43) 99660-3996
Email: marcia@abrea.com.br ou marcia.rgamba@gmail.com

ABREA/MG – Associação Brasileira dos Expostos ao Amianto de Minas Gerais
End.: Rua Coronel Virgílio Machado, 231 – Centro – CEP: 33.350-000 – São José da Lapa
Estado de Minas Gerais
Presidente: Alexandro Cristino Guimarães – Cell/WhatsApp: (+55 31) 97133-0728
Email: alexandrocristino@bol.com.br

APEA - Associação Pernambucana dos Expostos ao Amianto
Recife – Estado de Pernambuco
Presidente: Elineide Maria da Cruz – Cell/WhatsApp: (+55 81) 98489-8670
Email: elineideapea@gmail.com ou apea.amianto@gmail.com

 

ENGLAND

Rob Rayner
Asbestos Victims Support Groups Forum UK
Email: forum.asbestos@gmail.com
Tel: 01246 380 415
Web: http://www.asbestosforum.org.uk/

Neil Bishop
Asbestos Support Central England
Email: neilb@wmht.co.uk
Tel: 0121 678 8853
Web: https://asbestossupportce.org/

Alison Davenport
Cheshire Asbestos Victims Support Group
3 Fryer Street, Runcorn, Cheshire, WA7 1ND
Tel: 01928 576641
Fax: 01928 576649
Email: cavsg@btconnect.com
Web: https://www.cavsg.com/

Cumbria & Lancashire Asbestos Support & Advice Group
Tel: 01253 472201 / 07702 180341
Email: info@disabilityfirst.co.uk
Web: http://disabilityfirst.org/cumbria-lancashire-asbestos-support-advice-group/

Natalie Woodward
Derbyshire Asbestos Support Team
34 Glumengate
Chesterfield S40 1TX
Tel: 01246 380415
Email: mail@asbestossupport.co.uk
Web: http://www.asbestossupport.co.uk

Rob Rayner
Greater Manchester Asbestos Victims Support Group (GMAVSG)
Windrush Millennium Centre
70 Alexandra Road
Moss Side
Manchester M16 7WD
Tel: 0161 258 0166
Email: info@gmavsg.org
Web: http://gmavsg.org/

HASAG Asbestos Disease Support
Unit 19 Basepoint Centres
Andersons Road
Southampton
SO14 5FE
Tel: 02380 010 015/ 02380 010 016
Email: info@hasag.co.uk
Website: http://www.hasag.co.uk

Kimberley Stubbs
June Hancock Mesothelioma Research Fund
Riverside East
2 Millsands
Sheffield S3 8DT
Tel: (+44) 114 274 4420
Email: info@junehancockfund.org or kimike91@yahoo.co.uk
Web: http://www.junehancockfund.org

John Flanagan
Merseyside Asbestos Victims Support
108 Century Buildings
Brunswick Business Park
Tower Street
L3 4BJ
England
Tel: 0151 236 1895
Email: info@mavsg.org
Web: http://mavsg.org/

Chris Knighton
Mick Knighton Mesothelioma Research Fund (MKRFF)
c/o British Lung Foundation
Sir G B Hunter Memorial Hospital
The Green
Wallsend
NE28 7PB
Tel: 0207 078 7912
Email: cknighton-mkmrf@btconnect.com
Web:https://www.blf.org.uk/support-for-you/mesothelioma/mkmrf

Northern Region Asbestos Support and Campaign Group
c/o West View Advice & Resource Centre Ltd.
The Community Centre
Miers Avenue
Hartlepool TS249JQ
Tel: 01429 271294
Email Julie Boyd: julie@wvarc30.org.uk

Readley Asbestos & Mesothelioma Support Group
Tel: 07929 391529
Email: info@readley.co.uk
Web: https://www.readley.co.uk/

South West Asbestos Support Awareness Group
19 Windermere Crescent
Derriford, Plymouth PL6 5HX
Tel: 07446 255524
Email: swasaginfo@gmail.com
Web: https://www.swasag.co.uk/

Andy Turner and Ange Mullin
Yorkshire and Humberside Asbestos Victims Support Group
Unit 37, Moorgate Crofts Business Centre
South Grove, Rotherham S60 2DH
Tel: 01709 360 672
Email: enquiries@saragasbestossupport.org or angela@saragasbestossupport.org
Web: http://www.saragasbestossupport.org

 

FRANCE

ANDEVA (Association Nationale de Defense des Victimes de l’Amiante)
8 rue Charles Pathé
94300 Vincennes 
France
Tel: +33 (0)1 41 93 73 87
Fax: +33 (0)1 43 74 48 12
Email: andeva@wanadoo.fr
Web: http://andeva.fr

 

GERMANY

Bundesverband der Asbestose Selbsthilfegruppen e.V.
Contact:
Dr. Evelyn Glensk (international affairs)
Vierhöfener Str. 7
21441 Garstedt
Email: glensk-bundesverband@asbesterkrankungen.de
Tel Office: 0049 40 42837 3583
Tel Private: 0049 4173 505220
Fax: 0049 427948 215
Web: http://www.asbesterkrankungen.de

 

HONG KONG

Esther Tcheung
Association for the Rights of Industrial Accident Victims (ARIAV)
(established 1981)
1/F., Lam Tin (West) Estate Community Centre
71 Kai Tin Road
Kln., Hong Kong
Tel: (852) 2366 5965
Fax: (852) 2243 6446
Email: info@ariav.org.hk

 

INDONESIA

Indonesia Ban Asbestos Network (INA-BAN)
Kp. Manjah Beureum, RT.02/RW.03
Cileunyi Kulon, Cileunyi
Bandung, West Java, Indonesia 40622
Tel: +62-22-63735095
Email:
Ajat Sudrajat (ajatsudrajat.lion@gmail.com)
Firman Budiawan (firmanbewee01@gmail.com)
Darisman (mandarisman@gmail.com)
Web: http://inaban.org/
Facebook: BanAsbestosIndonesia

Forum Pejuang Keselamatan dan Kesehatan Kerja (OSH Defender Forum)
c/o Local Initiative for OSH Network
Jl Villa Bandung Indah, Kp. Manjah Beureum RT.02/RW.03
Cileunyi Kulon, Cileunyi, Kabupaten
Bandung, West Java, Postal code: 40622
Email: Mr. Sakhroni at: Sr9366447@gmail.com or Mr. Nurfa’i at: Nurfangi919@gmail.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Forum-Pejuang-K3-Indonesia-2107761429546530

 

ITALY

Associazione Familiari Vittime Amianto (AFeVA)
Casale Monferrato
Italy
Tel: +39 0142.336817
Email: vertenzamianto@gmail.com
Web: http://www.afeva.it/

 

JAPAN

Sugio Furuya
BANJAN: Ban Asbestos Network Japan
5th floor, Z Building, 7-10-1 Kameido
Koto-ku, Tokyo, 136-0071
Japan
Tel: +81-3-3636-3882
Fax: +81-3-3636-3881
Email: banjan@au.wakwak.com
Web: http://park3.wakwak.com/~banjan/

 

KOREA

전국석면피해자와가족협의회 (Korean Association of Asbestos Victims and Families)
Pearson BD room 409 Saemunanro 42 Jongnogu
Seoul, Korea
Tel: +82-2-741-2700
Email: nerolucy1@gmail.com

 

NETHERLANDS

Comité Asbestslachtoffers
Lijndraaier 157
1625 ZW HOORN
The Netherlands
Tel: +31 229 265137
Email: info@comiteasbestslachtoffers.nl
Web: http://www.comiteasbestslachtoffers.nl/

 

PORTUGAL


SOS Amianto (SOS Asbestos)
Centro Associativo do Calhau, Bairro do Calhau
Parque Florestal de Monsanto
1500-345 Lisboa – Portugal
Email: Carmen Lima at: carmenlima@quercus.pt
Web: https://sosamianto.pt

 

SCOTLAND

Phyllis Craig
Action on Asbestos
245 High Street
Glasgow, Scotland G40QR
Tel: 0141 552 8852 or FREEPHONE 0800 089 1717
Email: admin@actiononasbestos.org.uk or
Phyllis Craig at Phyllisc@actiononasbestos.org.uk
Web: http://www.clydesideactiononasbestos.org.uk/

Clydebank Asbestos Group
24 Kilbowie Road
Clydebank
G81 1TH
Tel: 0141 951 1008
Fax: 0141 562 0045
Email: enquiries@clydebankasbestos.org or theresa@clydebankasbestos.org
Web: http://www.clydebankasbestos.org

Asbestos Action
Caledonian House, Greenmarket
Dundee DD1 4QB
Tel: 0808 196 1861
Email:
dianne@asbestosaction.org.uk
john@asbestosaction.org.uk
Web: https://www.asbestosaction.org.uk/

 

SPAIN

Federacion Espanola de Associaciones de Victimas del Amianto (AVIDA)
[Spanish Association of Asbestos Victims]

Email: (President Jean Carlos) jcpaul@telefonica.net
Web: http://www.avida.es/

 

SWITZERLAND

Verein für Asbestopfer und Angehörige
(Society for Asbestos Victims and Relatives)
Untermüli 6
Postfach 2555
CH-6302 Zug
Tel: 041 766 47 77
Fax: 041 766 47 78
Email: sekretariat@asbestopfer.ch

 

UNITED STATES

Linda Reinstein (Executive Director and Cofounder)
Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO)
1525 Aviation Boulevard Suite 318
Redondo Beach, California 90278
Tel: (310) 437-3886
Email: Linda@AsbestosDiseaseAwareness.org or info@asbestosdiseaseawareness.org
Web: http://www.asbestosdiseaseawareness.org

Mary Hesdorffer, Executive Director
Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation
1615 L Street NW, Suite 430
Washington, DC 20036
Tel: (877) 363-6376
Email: mary@curemeso.org
Web: http://www.curemeso.org

 

WALES

Asbestos Awareness & Support Cymru
Tel: 01495 272479
Email: enquiries@a-a-s-c.org.uk
Web: http://www.a-a-s-c.org.uk

 

 

 

 

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