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Grundfos LIFELINK
Grundfos LIFELINK is a Danish company committed to improving the living conditions for disadvantaged people in the BOP market (Bottom Of the Pyramid) by providing them with access to safe drinking water and other infrastructural platforms. Grundfos LIFELINK’s water systems are designed to provide...
Water and sustainable development: A business perspective
"Scarce, cheap, and wasted. In too many places water is a triple paradox," says this updated WBCSD paper on water, which was originally prepared for the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) in April 2004. Its message is straightforward: with no water there can be no business.
Sanitation case studies: It is time for business to act
In 2008, the UN International Year of Sanitation, the WBCSD highlighted this important issue, and saw this advocacy effort as an excellent opportunity for companies to get involved and make a positive difference.
Caritas Togo / Organisation de la Charité pour un Développement Intégral
Caritas Togo / Organisation de la Charité pour un Développement Intégral, affiliated with Caritas Internationalis, operates programmes for education and training in rural areas, improving agricultural and livestock management practices, restoring soils, setting up small farmers’ organisations,...
World Vision - Democratic Republic of The Congo
World Vision is a Christian relief and development organisation, established in 1950, dedicated to working with children, families and communities in the fight against poverty and for social justice. Through emergency relief, education, health care, economic development and through raising public...
Caritas Développement Congo (Caritas DRC)
Caritas Développement Congo (Caritas DRC), affiliated with Caritas Internationalis - the confederation of Catholic relief, development and social service organisations, is active in projects addressing HIV/AIDS prevention; education; peace-building; access to health services; access to water and...
Congolese Red Cross (CRC)
Congolese Red Cross (CRC), a member society of the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, provides medical and humanitarian assistance. CRC has expanded its training in community-based public health and disaster preparedness, and operates a programme to improved...
STEER FOUNDATION
The STEER Foundation (Social Development, Technology, Environment, Education and Research&Releases Foundation) is an Indian NGO established in 1994. STEER works with and through young people to promote innovation and the advancement of knowledge for development. STEER has run literacy projects...
Keng Foundation (KF)
Some of objectives of the association are; 1. Making a contribution to poor and underprivileged people by providing them education and basic healthcare facilities such as portable drinking water to promoting basic sanitary facilities; 2. Designing and implementing prevention strategies against...
Action Contre la Faim (Action against Hunger) - France
Action Contre la Faim (Action against Hunger) - France offers projects in the areas of water and sanitation, food security, and disaster prevention. The organisation's activities include the repair and construction of infrastructures, construction of showers and latrines, hygiene education,...
Action Contre La Faim (ACF) - Sierra Leone
Action Contre La Faim (ACF) - Sierra Leone assists in the fight against hunger through implementing various nutrition, health, food security, and water and sanitation projects. Emergency relief is also provided and these kind of relief are usually followed by longer term activities aiming to enable...
Action Against Hunger UK
Action Against Hunger UK is part of the Action Against Hunger international network, one of the leading international organisations in the fight against hunger and malnutrition. The aim of Action Against Hunger is to save lives by combating hunger, diseases, and those crises threatening the lives...
Action Against Hunger/Action Contre La Faim (USA)
Action Against Hunger (ACF) is an international network of humanitarian organisations dedicated to saving lives by eliminating hunger through the prevention, detection, and treatment of malnutrition, especially during and after emergency situations of conflict, war and natural disaster. It operates...
PLANET'NGO
PLANET’NGO is a community portal that aims to help citizens of the world to take action to help improve respect for humanity, individual fulfilment, living conditions and to fight against poverty and for the protection of natural resources. It offers small NGOs around the world an internet tool...
Change thru Empowerment (CE)
Change thru Empowerment (CE) is a registered Pakistan based NGO embarking upon enabling the people to struggle for their rights and promote a society where individuals' identity is just "Humanity" and they live together with respect for diversity and dignity. Currently, we are working in...
Medentech Ltd
Medentech Ltd is a product development and manufacturing company specialising in disinfection, hygiene and water purification products worldwide. Medentech has a long history of supplying products to international and national aid agencies and NGOs (e.g., water purification and disinfection in the...
Development Partners for Eastern Europe (DPEE)
Development Partners for Eastern Europe (DPEE) is dedicated to the restoration and raising of the standard of living in the countries of Eastern Europe and CIS by fostering sustainable community development.
Microfinance agencies enable entrepreneurs in Bangladesh to provide more sanitation technology options
Pakistan has taken an important step towards improved sanitation through a major sector assessment and setting up of a core group that seeks to move communities beyond open defecation free (ODF) status. WSP, an international engineering consulting agency, is a member of this group.
Private sector participation for sustainable water service management
Following the findings of the Rüschlikon-Conference a process was initiated to find ways in which the private sector participation (PSP) projects could be evaluated in order to develop further and to improve the rules of the game for PSP. Based on field experience it should be possible to elaborate...
Tata launches low-cost water filter
India's giant Tata Group on Monday unveiled a new low-cost water purifier, hoping to do for health what it did for motoring and provide affordable, safe drinking water for millions and cut disease.