{"id":3092,"date":"2016-01-28T19:29:58","date_gmt":"2016-01-28T18:29:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.free-from.com\/blog\/?p=3092"},"modified":"2017-05-20T11:33:59","modified_gmt":"2017-05-20T10:33:59","slug":"gluten-free-groups-worldwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.free-from.com\/blog\/gluten-free-groups-worldwide\/","title":{"rendered":"Gluten Free Groups Worldwide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.free-from.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/gluten-free-world.jpg\" alt=\"world map\" width=\"600\" height=\"391\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.free-from.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/gluten-free-world.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.free-from.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/gluten-free-world-300x196.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I had a question from India recently, about how to get started with a gluten free diet, so I searched for a coeliac society in India. Then Coeliac Daughter asked me to find out how easy it would be for her to eat gluten free in Malaysia and Singapore.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"top\"><\/span>I thought it might be helpful to start collating a list of national coeliac (celiac) societies, gluten free groups, or other helpful sites, for people living in, or visiting, those countries. Some of these are Facebook pages set up by individuals or groups where there isn&#8217;t yet a national society (that I can find, anyway).<\/p>\n<p>No doubt this list will grow as I find more over time, but here&#8217;s a start.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aoecs.org\/\">AOECS<\/a> is the Association of European Coeliac Societies<br \/>\n<a href-\"http:\/\/www.cyeweb.eu\">Coeliac Youth of Europe<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#a\">A<\/a> <a href=\"#b\">B<\/a> <a href=\"#c\">C<\/a> <a href=\"#d\">D<\/a> <a href=\"#e\">E<\/a> <a href=\"#f\">F<\/a> <a href=\"#g\">G<\/a> <a href=\"#h\">H<\/a> <a href=\"#i\">I<\/a> <a href=\"#j\">J<\/a> <a href=\"#k\">K<\/a> <a href=\"#l\">L<\/a> <a href=\"#m\">M<\/a> <a href=\"#n\">N<\/a> <a href=\"#o\">O<\/a> <a href=\"#p\">P<\/a> <a href=\"#q\">Q<\/a> <a href=\"#r\">R<\/a> <a href=\"#s\">S<\/a> <a href=\"#t\">T<\/a> <a href=\"#u\">U<\/a> <a href=\"#v\">V<\/a> <a href=\"#w\">W<\/a> <a href=\"#x\">X<\/a> <a href=\"#y\">Y<\/a> <a href=\"#z\">Z<\/a><br \/>\n<span id=\"a\">A<\/span><br \/>\nAfghanistan<br \/>\nAlbania<br \/>\nAlgeria<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.celiacsandorra.org\/\">Andorra<\/a>: Cel\u00edacs d\u2019Andorra<br \/>\nAngola<br \/>\nAntigua and Barbuda<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Acela-Argentina-177496772271242\/\">Argentina<\/a>: Asistencia al Celiaco de la Argentina &#8211; ACELA<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.celiaco.org.ar\/\">Asociaci\u00f3n Cel\u00edaca Argentina<\/a><br \/>\nArmenia<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.coeliac.org.au\/\">Australia<\/a>: Coeliac Australia<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zoeliakie.or.at\/index.asp\">Austria<\/a>: \u00d6sterreichische Arbeitsgemeinschaft Z\u00f6liakie<br \/>\nAzerbaijan<br \/>\n<a href=\"#top\">Back to top<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"b\">B<\/span><br \/>\nBahamas<br \/>\nBahrain<br \/>\nBangladesh<br \/>\nBarbados<br \/>\nBelarus<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sbc-asbl.be\/\">Belgium<\/a>: Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Belge de Coeliaquie<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/coeliakie.be\/\">Belgium<\/a>: Vlaamse Coeliakie Vereniging<br \/>\nBelize<br \/>\nBenin<br \/>\nBhutan<br \/>\nBolivia<br \/>\nBosnia and Herzegovina<br \/>\nBotswana<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.acelbra.org.br\/english\/index.php\">Brazil<\/a>: Asociaci\u00f3n de Celiacos de Brasil &#8211; ACELBRA<br \/>\nBrunei<br \/>\nBulgaria<br \/>\nBurkina Faso<br \/>\nBurundi<br \/>\n<a href=\"#top\">Back to top<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"c\">C<\/span><br \/>\nCabo Verde<br \/>\nCambodia<br \/>\nCameroon<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.celiac.ca\/\">Canada<\/a>: Canadian Celiac Association<br \/>\nCentral African Republic<br \/>\nChad<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fundacionconvivir.cl\/home.html\">Chile<\/a>: Fundacion Convivir<br \/>\nChina<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/celiacoscolombia.com.co\/newweb\/index.php?option=com_content&#038;view=article&#038;id=44&#038;Itemid=61\">Colombia<\/a>: La Fundaci\u00f3n colombiana de celiacos<br \/>\nComoros<br \/>\nCongo, Republic of the<br \/>\nCongo, Democratic Republic of the<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Asociacion.APPCEL\">Costa Rica<\/a>: Asociaci\u00f3n Pro Personas Celiacas de Costa Rica<br \/>\nCote d&#8217;Ivoire<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.celijakija.hr\/\">Croatia<\/a><br \/>\nCuba<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cypruscoeliac.org\/\">Cyprus<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.celiak.cz\/\">Czech Republic<\/a>: Czech Coeliac Society<br \/>\n<a href=\"#top\">Back to top<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"d\">D<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.coeliaki.dk\/dk\/\">Denmark<\/a><br \/>\nDjibouti<br \/>\nDominica<br \/>\nDominican Republic<br \/>\n<a href=\"#top\">Back to top<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"e\">E<\/span><br \/>\nEcuador<br \/>\nEgypt<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/celiacos.elsalvador?fref=ts\">El Salvador<\/a><br \/>\nEquatorial Guinea<br \/>\nEritrea<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tsoliaakia.ee\/\">Estonia<\/a><br \/>\nEthiopia<br \/>\n<a href=\"#top\">Back to top<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"f\">F<\/span><br \/>\nFiji<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.keliakialiitto.fi\/liitto\/in_english\/\">Finland<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.afdiag.fr\/\">France<\/a>: Association Fran\u00e7aise Des Intol\u00e9rants Au Gluten<br \/>\n<a href=\"#top\">Back to top<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"g\">G<\/span><br \/>\nGabon<br \/>\nGambia<br \/>\nGeorgia<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dzg-online.de\/\">Germany<\/a><br \/>\nGhana<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.coeliac.gr\/\">Greece<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CoeliacGrenada\">Grenada<\/a><br \/>\nGuatemala<br \/>\nGuinea<br \/>\nGuinea-Bissau<br \/>\nGuyana<br \/>\n<a href=\"#top\">Back to top<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"h\">H<\/span><br \/>\nHaiti<br \/>\nHonduras<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.liszterzekeny.hu\">Hungary<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"#top\">Back to top<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"i\">I<\/span><br \/>\nIceland<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.celiacsocietyindia.com\/index.jsp\">India<\/a>: Celiac India<br \/>\nIndonesia<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.celiac.ir\/en\/\">Iran<\/a>: Iranian Coeliac Disease<br \/>\nIraq<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.coeliac.ie\">Ireland<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.celiac.org.il\/\">Israel<\/a>: Celiac Association of Israel<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.celiachia.it\">Italy<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"#top\">Back to top<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"j\">J<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Gluten-Intolerance-and-Celiac-Disease-Jamaica-144511262318531\/\">Jamaica<\/a><br \/>\nJapan<br \/>\nJordan<br \/>\n<a href=\"#top\">Back to top<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"k\">K<\/span><br \/>\nKazakhstan<br \/>\nKenya<br \/>\nKiribati<br \/>\nKosovo<br \/>\nKuwait<br \/>\nKyrgyzstan<br \/>\n<a href=\"#top\">Back to top<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"l\">L<\/span><br \/>\nLaos<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/dzivebezglutena.lv\/en\/\">Latvia<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Lebanese-Celiacs-Society-1640157236266279\/\">Lebanon<\/a><br \/>\nLesotho<br \/>\nLiberia<br \/>\nLibya<br \/>\nLiechtenstein<br \/>\nLithuania<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.alig.lu\/\">Luxembourg<\/a>: L&#8217;Association Luxembourgeoise des Intol\u00e9rants au Gluten (A.L.I.G.)<br \/>\n<a href=\"#top\">Back to top<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"m\">M<\/span><br \/>\nMacedonia<br \/>\nMadagascar<br \/>\nMalawi<br \/>\nMalaysia<br \/>\nMaldives<br \/>\nMali<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.coeliacassociationmalta.org\/\">Malta<\/a><br \/>\nMarshall Islands<br \/>\nMauritania<br \/>\nMauritius<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.acelmex.org.mx\/\">Mexico<\/a>: Asistencia al Cel\u00edaco de M\u00e9xico &#8211; ACELMEX<br \/>\nMicronesia<br \/>\nMoldova<br \/>\nMonaco<br \/>\nMongolia<br \/>\nMontenegro<br \/>\nMorocco<br \/>\nMozambique<br \/>\nMyanmar<br \/>\n<a href=\"#top\">Back to top<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"n\">N<\/span><br \/>\nNamibia<br \/>\nNauru<br \/>\nNepal<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.glutenvrij.nl\/\">Netherlands<\/a>: Nederlands Coeliakie Vereniging<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.coeliac.org.nz\/\">New Zealand<\/a>: Coeliac New Zealand<br \/>\nNicaragua<br \/>\nNiger<br \/>\nNigeria<br \/>\nNorth Korea<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncf.no\/\">Norway<\/a>: Norsk C\u00f8liakiforening (NCF)<br \/>\n<a href=\"#top\">Back to top<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"o\">O<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GlutenFreeOman\/\">Oman<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"#top\">Back to top<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"p\">P<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.celiac.com.pk\/\">Pakistan<\/a>: Pakistani Celiac Society<br \/>\nPalau<br \/>\nPalestine<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/wwwacepa.blogspot.co.uk\/\">Panama<\/a>: Fundaci\u00f3n de Celiacos de Panama (FUCEP)<br \/>\nPapua New Guinea<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fupacel.org.py\/\">Paraguay<\/a>: Fundaci\u00f3n Paraguaya de Celiacos \u2013 FUPACEL<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.celiacosperu.org\/\">Peru<\/a>: Asociaci\u00f3n de Celiacos del Peru<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/celiacsociety.net\/\">Philippines<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.celiakia.pl\/\">Poland<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.celiacos.org.pt\/\">Portugal<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"#top\">Back to top<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"q\">Q<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GlutenFreeQatar\/\">Qatar<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"#top\">Back to top<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"r\">R<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.celiachie.ro\/\">Romania<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/celiac.spb.ru\/\">Russia<\/a><br \/>\nRwanda<br \/>\n<a href=\"#top\">Back to top<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"s\">S<\/span><br \/>\nSt. Kitts and Nevis<br \/>\nSt. Lucia<br \/>\nSt. Vincent and The Grenadines<br \/>\nSamoa<br \/>\nSan Marino<br \/>\nSao Tome and Principe<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.saudiceliac.com\/ar\/\">Saudi Arabia<\/a>: Saudi Celiac Patients Support Group<br \/>\nSenegal<br \/>\nSerbia<br \/>\nSeychelles<br \/>\nSierra Leone<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.singaporeceliacs.com\/\">Singapore<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.celiakia.sk\/uvod\">Slovakia<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.drustvo-celiakija.si\/\">Slovenia<\/a>: Slovensko Drustvo za Celiakijo<br \/>\nSolomon Islands<br \/>\nSomalia<br \/>\nSouth Africa<br \/>\nSouth Korea<br \/>\nSouth Sudan<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.celiacos.org\/\">Spain<\/a>: Federaci\u00f3n de Asociaciones de Celiacos de Espa\u00f1a (FACE)<br \/>\nSri Lanka<br \/>\nSudan<br \/>\nSuriname<br \/>\nSwaziland<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.celiaki.se\/\">Sweden<\/a>: Svenska Celiaki Forbundets<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.coeliakie.ch\/\">Switzerland<\/a>: Association Suisse Romande<br \/>\nde la C\u0153liakie (ARC)<br \/>\nSyria<br \/>\n<a href=\"#top\">Back to top<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"t\">T<\/span><br \/>\nTaiwan<br \/>\nTajikistan<br \/>\nTanzania<br \/>\nThailand<br \/>\nTimor-Leste<br \/>\nTogo<br \/>\nTonga<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CeliacDiseaseInTrinidadTobago\/\">Trinidad and Tobago<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.atmc.org.tn\/\">Tunisia<\/a>: Association Tunisienne de la Maladie Coeliaque<br \/>\n<A href=\"http:\/\/www.colyak.org.tr\/\">Turkey: C\u00f6lyakla Yasam Dernegi<\/a><br \/>\nTurkmenistan<br \/>\nTuvalu<br \/>\n<a href=\"#top\">Back to top<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"u\">U<\/span><br \/>\nUganda<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.celiac-ukraine.com\/\">Ukraine<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/glutenfreeuae.com\/\">United Arab Emirates<\/a>: Gluten Free \u2013 U.A.E<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.coeliac.org.uk\">UK<\/a> Coeliac UK<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/celiac.org\/\">USA<\/a> Celiac Disease Foundation<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.csaceliacs.org\/\">USA<\/a>: Celiac Sprue Assocation<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/acelu.org\/sitio\/\">Uruguay<\/a>: Asociaci\u00f3n Cel\u00edaca del Uruguay &#8211; ACELU<br \/>\nUzbekistan<br \/>\n<a href=\"#top\">Back to top<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"v\">V<\/span><br \/>\nVanuatu<br \/>\nVatican City (Holy See)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.celiacosvenezuela.org.ve\/\">Venezuela<\/a>: Fundaci\u00f3n Celiacos Venezuela<br \/>\nVietnam<br \/>\n<a href=\"#top\">Back to top<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"y\">Y<\/span><br \/>\nYemen<br \/>\n<a href=\"#top\">Back to top<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"z\">Z<\/span><br \/>\nZambia<br \/>\nZimbabwe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had a question from India recently, about how to get started with a gluten free diet, so I searched for a coeliac society in India. Then Coeliac Daughter asked me to find out how easy it would be for her to eat gluten free in Malaysia and Singapore. 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