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HSBC and Bandhan help family to purchase rickshaws
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Shukla's husband was a rickshaw puller. He rented a rickshaw for 25 to 30 rupees per day and earned around 2,200 rupees per month. After learning about microfinance loans provided by Bandhan, a microfinance institution, Shukla approached them for a loan of 5,000 rupees which she received.
Ecotact's Ikotoilet concept -- Sustainable sanitation services in Kenya
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Ecotact is a Nairobi-based company established in 2008 to improve the urban landscape for low-income communities through environmentally responsible projects in sanitation and housing. Under the Ikotoilet project, Ecotact builds and operates high-quality, public pay-per-use toilet and shower...
The big idea: Creating Shared Value
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How to reinvent capitalism - and unleash a wave of innovation and growth.
Hands of Hope Zambia
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Hands of Hope works with disadvantaged young people in Zambia creating the opportunity for a secure future for themselves and their communities. Hands of Hope believes that young people have the capacity to be positive forces of change in poverty reduction and should be viewed as important assets...
Interserve International
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Through its offices in 17 different countries/regions, Interserve International sends Christian volunteers to work in the developing regions of Asia (South, Central and East) and the Arab World. In general, Interserve supports both long and short term volunteers in areas such as administration,...
Free the Children
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Free The Children is an international charity and youth movement started in 1995 by children's rights advocate Craig Kielburger when he was 12 years old. The organization is largely youth funded, based on the concept of ʺchildren helping children.ʺ It specializes in sustainable development and...
Helping Hands Outreach
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Helping Hands has emerged as one of the leading organization in Georgia, U.S., dedicated to providing health care education to the community at large. Helping Hands has partnered with local government, school systems, health clinics, businesses, faith base institutions, non-profits, and community...
Conservation Through Research, Education and Action (CREA)
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Conservation Through Research, Education and Action (CREA) strives to conserve tropical rain forests through the building of sustainable livelihood for the rural poor, using the principles of science, education and community participation.
CAUSE Canada (Christian Aid for Under-Assisted Societies Everywhere)
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Founded in 1984, CAUSE Canada is an international relief and development organisation working to empower communities and individuals in disadvantaged regions to overcome poverty and improve quality of life. Their development priority includes primary health care, water and sanitation,...
Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
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Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA), part of the global grantmaking Open Society Institute and the Soros Foundations Network, collaborates with advocacy groups, like-minded foundations, governments, and donors to create initiatives that enhance civil society. OSIWA’s program priorities...
Global Transitions, Inc.
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Global Transitions, Inc.(GTI) is and has been engaged in: donations of food, clothing, and medical supplies to beneficiaries in more than 50 countries for the US Departments of State and Defense, and the US Agency for International Development(USAID); food supplements for vulnerable elderly and...
World Fairtrade Organisation (WFTO)
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The WFTO is a global authority on Fair Trade. Membership of the WFTO is limited to organisations that demonstrate a 100% Fair Trade commitment and apply its 10 Principles of Fair Trade. WFTO members who are monitored against these Principles are listed in the FT100 index of world-leading Fair Trade...
Fabretto Children's Foundation
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Fabretto Children's Foundation mission is to enable impoverished Nicaraguan children and their families in underserved communities to break the cycle of poverty and reach their full potential through programs promoting education, nutrition and health, and community development.
Norfund - South Africa
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Norfund - South Africa, an office of the Norwegian Norfund (Norwegian Investment Fund for Developing Countries), makes risk capital investments through profitable private enterprises in South Africa with capital supplied by the Norwegian state.
Norwegian Investment Fund for Developing Countries (NORFUND)
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Norwegian Investment Fund for Developing Countries (NORFUND) is a Norway based organisation that provides capital and experience to private enterprises in most countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Balkans. Any country with a GDP under USD 5295 per capita is eligible for investments....
AccountAbility
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AccountAbility is a non-profit, membership organisation that promotes social and ethical accountability within organisations and businesses. AccountAbility is committed to improving performance of companies through the development and adoption of agreed standards which will help to move businesses...
SatCom Group
Specialists in satellite communications, SatCom Distribution provides a wealth of solutions to worldwide communications issues by providing reliable satellite communications equipment and airtime to those working and travelling in remote areas. With so many areas in the world suffering from poor...
Carnegie Moscow Center
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Carnegie Moscow Center is a US-based, private, non-profit organisation that accommodates foreign and Russian researchers collaborating with Washington staff on a variety of topical areas and policy-relevant projects. The Center has relationships with Russian specialists and scholars, educational...
American Near East Refugee Aid (ANERA)
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The American Near East Refugee Aid, ANERA, is an American NGO. Initially ANERA sought to help the hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians by providing emergency relief. ANERA now also addresses the long-term economic and social needs of Palestinians, Lebanese and Jordanians through its...
Alwaleed Bin Talal Humanitarian Foundation
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Alwaleed Bin Talal Humanitarian Foundation supports organisations with development projects and humanitarian affairs. It also supports orphans, the handicapped, and needy people as well as rehabilitating juveniles and drug addicts. The organisation encourages education and offers scholarship for...