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Under the spotlight: Building a better understanding of global business-NGO partnerships
Focussing specifically on partnerships between business and NGOs, this paper aims to play its part in: * Revealing partnership potential; * Addressing the challenges that working outside one’s comfort zone invariably brings; and * Pushing forward the partnering agenda so that it starts to have...
Lilial and Disability Dreams and Freedom cooperate to send aid to Morocco
The French NGO Handicap, Rêve, et Liberté (Disability, Dreams and Freedom) has been assisting people with disabilities in Morocco since 2005, by sending equipment for the use of people with disabilities, setting up workshops to repair the equipment, and by training health workers and people with...
Veolia Foundation helps children with disabilities to enjoy music while in hospital
The Veolia Environment Foundation has made a grant to the Toulouse les Orgues Association to help expand the NGO’s music appreciation project designed to help children with psychiatric problems in hospital wards in the Midi-Pyrénées region in France.
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Global Hand is grateful to the following supporting organisations who have offered partnerships directly with Global Hand or with its NGO participants.
Coca-Cola joins the fight against HIV/AIDS
Coca-Cola has developed a range of awareness raising initiatives for HIV/AIDS. Working with a range of NGO partners, its programs have reached at risk people in 11 countries.
Piloting innovative social assessment in a Colombian oil field
In 2005, Occidental Andina, LLC, a subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum Corporation (Oxy) collaborated with Ecopetrol S.A., a Colombian state oil company, and International Alert, a London-based conflict resolution and peace building NGO, to develop a socially responsible enhanced oil recovery...
SEFADES, Oxfam and Twin Holdings support fair trade of Haitian coffee
RECOCARNO (Réseau des Coopératives Caféières de la Région Nord), a network of eight small coffee-producer cooperatives in northern Haiti, was launched with support from several partners, including a fair trade buyer, local and international NGOs, and an international strategic marketing expert.
In collaboration with NGOs, Spanish Bank Group, BBVA, set up a corporate volunteering plan
The BBVA's corporate volunteering plan, Voluntarios BBVA, was set up in May 2007 to meet the need for volunteers to promote new initiatives and build a framework for activities in this area.
Kodak supported NGOs in Tsunami photo project in Sri Lanka
After the South Asian Tsunami hit the eastern shore of Sri Lanka in 2004, Merlin, the UK medical NGO, immediately responded to the disaster and asked for partnerships.
BNP Paribas Assurance expands gender equality initiatives in partnership with NGO Aide et Action
BNP Paribas Assurance has signed a three year partnership with the NGO Aide et Action, which promotes access to quality education for all in the 21 countries where it is present.
Dupont and ADS joint initiative provides agricultural assistance to more than 10000 farmers in India
Pioneer Hi-Bred, a DuPont business and one of the world's leading seed companies, and Access Development Services, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), announced their partnership to launch ‘Uday', an initiative for Andhra Pradesh farmers.
In collaboration with NGOs, Philips helps provide rural healthcare in India
Philips Apollo Hospitals, ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization) and the Dhan Foundation join together to create The DISHA (Distance Healthcare Advancement) project, an initiative aimed at enhancing the access to primary health care services to the approximately 275 million people in India who...
Internet Directory of NGOs in the Lao PDR
Internet Directory of NGOs in the Lao PDR displays information about current projects, upcoming events, directory news and announcements, and training courses and workshops within the Lao PDR.
Directory of Funding Sources for Environmental NGO's
The Directory of Funding Sources for Environmental NGOs in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) offers information about 164 different funding institutions. It covers 15 CEE countries in which the REC (Regional Environmental Center) is active and also some newly independent states. The directory was...
Code of Conduct for the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and NGOs in Disaster Relief
Code of Conduct for the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and NGOs in Disaster Relief seeks to maintain high standards of behaviour and improve efficiency of relief organisations, while maintaining independence. It is a voluntary code that may be adopted by any organisation, and it...
Sanofi-aventis helps NGO to deliver supplies to earthquake victims in China
After the WenChuan Earthquake in May 2008, Sanofi-Aventis was among the first companies to donate 15 million RMB (1 million euros) to China’s Ministry of Health, as well as medicines valued at 500,000 RMB to local Sichuan Ministry of Health.
Jonas Foundation promotes social inclusion of children with disabilities in Armenia
The Jonas Foundation, a Swiss charity that supports people with disabilities and other marginalised groups, has established a partnership with the Human Dignity and Peace Foundation (HDP), an Armenian NGO involved with work for children with disabilities.
The Veolia Foundation assists children with disabilities to access education in Calcutta
Two Indian NGOs, Calcutta de la Rue a l'Ecole, and Tomorrow's Foundation, have received a grant from the Veolia Foundation that will enable them to install a mobile education unit on a bus which crisscrosses Calcutta every day.
The Veolia Foundation helps to save jobs for people with disabilities
The Veolia Environnement Foundation is sharing in the costs of refurnishing the premises of ESAT (établissement ou Service d’Aide par le Travail) an organisation run by the French NGO, CPRH.
Women artisans given business opportunities in Rwanda
Indego Africa is an NGO and a fair-trade online retailer. The organisation partners with small Rwandan "cooperatives", women artisan owned and operated producers of traditional baskets, bags, and other local products, and connects them to the growing global market for African inspired handicrafts,...