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
