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Project to Promote Fair Trade in India
Fair Trade Forum - India (FTF-I) in partnership with HIVOS, IRFT & Shop for Change has launched Pro-Sustain, a project to promote Fair Trade & Sustainable Consumption in India.
SKS Microfinance Case Study - Lakshmi's Story
SKS Microfinance Limited (SKS) is a non-banking finance company regulated by the Reserve Bank of India and currently operating in 19 of India's 28 states. SKS' mission is to eradicate poverty by providing financial services to the poor.
Siemens helps to create a portable water filtration unit
Natural disasters often affect water infrastructure leading to contaminated drinking water and outbreaks of water born disease. As a part of their Siemens Caring Hands programme Siemens collaborated with SkyJuice Foundation to create SkyHydrant a portable water filtration unit.
Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) in Nepal lends directly to small farmers
Standard Chartered started developing a formal microfinance programme in 2004, and is now active in Nepal, India, Pakistan, Ghana and Bangladesh.
ICICI provides weather insurance for Indian farmers
Insurance company ICICI has partnered with Indian based microfinance institution BASIX to pilot the sale of rainfall insurance to farmers in India.
Transporting the sick and injured to private or government hospitals in ambulances-- 1298 Ambulance service in India
1298 is the first private ambulance company in India that provides service for all, regardless of income, and is one of just three organized operators in the country.
Mirakle Couriers : A Courier Service Run by the Deaf in India
Mirakle Couriers is a courier delivery company with a difference. They employ underprivileged deaf people who have almost no other means to earn a livelihood. India has one of the highest deaf populations in the world. NGO’s and charities try to help individuals marginalized by society, but they...
LifeSpring Hospitals' low-cost and high-quality maternity services in India have captured 48% of the baby delivery market
LifeSpring Hospitals Pvt. Ltd tries to bridge the yawning gap between the substandard maternity services offered by underfunded public hospitals on the one hand and the expensive services available in private hospitals on the other.
LifeSpring Hospitals help to achieve Millennium Development Goals in India
LifeSpring Hospitals, a privately owned company, is increasing access to maternal health care for low-income Indian women in partnership with Business Call to Action, a global initiative that works to motivate businesses to design responsible investments that help to achieve the Millennium...
Meeting the demand of low-income women: Lifespring’s maternal care in India
LifeSpring Hospital in India is innovatively meeting the growing demand of low-income women who deserve affordable and dignified medical care. By focusing on a particular niche, maternal care, and different cost-saving strategies, this hospital provides maternal care at one-fifth of market...
Nissan to Provide Shelter for 75 Families
Nissan Motor India Pvt. Ltd. entered into a partnership with Habitat for Humanity India to support a project set to provide shelter to 75 socially and economically less fortunate families in Mangadu.
Extending women enterpreneurship in India
To reach populations in remote areas, Hindustan Unilever has recruited and trained women in rural areas to act as direct sales operators. This led to the creation of Project Shakti in India which is now being extended to other countries as well.
Fighting poverty through micro-credit
Mr Wolfonsohn said micro-finance had made a powerful impact on improving poor people's livelihood and was crucial in reducing poverty in poor countries.
Southern Water supports WaterAid in a variety of ways
Southern Water, its employees and customers have supported WaterAid since 1981, promoting WaterAid through organising and taking part in fundraising events and making donations.
Western Union takes microfinance route for rural spread
In 2009, money transfer company, Western Union, tied up with microfinance institutions (MFIs) and e-governance service providers to facilitate financial inclusion in India.
Danone focuses on providing and promoting affordable dairy products in India
Since 2009, Groupe Danone, the $18-billion French dairy company, has been developing strategies for India by leveraging on its experience, involving easily affordable dairy products, in Bangladesh.
Safe Kids Walk This Way and FedEx promote child pedestrian safety.
Together with Safe Kids Worldwide, FedEx established the Safe Kids Walk This Way program to teach safe behaviors to motorists and child pedestrians and create safer, more walkable communities. The goal of the joint initiative is to prevent pedestrian-related injury to children.
Financial inclusion improves Sanitation and Health (FINISH)
FINISH is an action research project set up by UNU-MERIT a research and training centre of the United Nations University in Holland, working in close collaboration with the University of Maastricht.
Bayer supports NGOs to fight child labor and develop educational facilities
Bayer actively supports organisations such as the Abrinq Foundation for Children's Rights in Brazil, and the Naandi Foundation in India in the fight against child labor.
Bread Society (Backward Rural Enlightenment Assistance Disabled )
The Bread Society (Backward Rural Enlightenment Assistance Disabled) is an Indian NGO that works with the rural poor in coastal villages and slums. Its target groups include people with disabilities, the elderly, and people with leprosy. The Society provides food and other basic needs including...