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Machakos District Co-operative Union Ltd (MDCU)
MDCU was established in 1964 as an umbrella organisation of primary co-operatives in Machakos district, Kenya. Today it assists mainly marginalized producers in the handcraft sector with products such as wood carvings, baskets, soapstones, etc. The mission of MDCU is to improve the quality of...
Kazuri 2000 Limited
The mission of Kazuri is to provide and sustain employment opportunities to the disadvantaged members of the Kenyan society. Kazuri began in 1975 as a tiny workshop experimenting with making handmade beads. It started with two Kenyan women and soon discovered that there were many other women in...
Honey Care Africa
Honey Care Africa was established in 2000 as an innovative private sector social enterprise to promote sustainable community-based beekeeping in Eastern Africa. It was set up with an explicit triple bottom-line agenda, with an emphasis on generating economic, social and environmental values...
Bosinange Juakali Soapstone
Bosinange Juakali soapstone is a private limited group that produces soapstone carvings (Arts), which are handcrafted by Kisii artisans in Kenya and sold locally and internationally to help them to alleviate poverty and improve their livelihood. The group was started in late 1980s under the...
Global Mamas
Global Mamas is a fair trade clothing cooperative located in Ghana, West Africa supporting the sustainable development of women artisans by producing Fair Trade products. Global Mamas infuses business social responsibility in all aspects of their work while promoting Fair Trade clothing for...
Cercle des Secheurs (CDS)
CDS is an organization supporting women producer groups in producing and marketing dried fruit and vegetables in Burkina Faso. The organization was founded in 1992 and was officially registered in 1995 as a Groupement d'Interet Economique (GIE), and subsequently acquired its own export...
Partner needed to supply and transport cheap children's clothes to Australia
Dharriwaa Elders Group is a non-profit association of Aboriginal Elders in Walgett, Australia. It supports Aboriginal elders to resume leadership roles in the community keeping active and healthy. It also promotes local Aboriginal cultural knowledge and identity and aims to develop the Walgett...
Sudar Academy and Charitable Trust
Sudar Academy and Charitable Trust is an Indian NGO that educates people with disabilities. The Trust started with 4 physically challenged children and now looks after 30 students between the ages of 7 - 30. Education and food are provided free of charge.
Getrade (GH) Ltd Fps
Getrade (GH) Ltd Fps is an export house for Ghana small scale producers. Getrade deals with export handling for members and partners, marketing, freight services and domestic sales. The company produces bolga baskets, woodcarvings – toys (oware), furniture (stools), authentic African art,...
Skills training for youths in South Africa
To empower the youths. Our aim is to teach the youths who are unemployed and unskilled (empowerment) to be self employed and at the same time create jobs for others through the skills they will acquire.