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United Gospel Mission
The United Gospel Mission, is an Indian NGO that acts as a facilitating body for a network of over 150 little known native Christian NGOs spread over 7 states and reaching 60 districts of North India. UGM works with network members on community transformation projects and initiatives including...
Research Institute for Development,Communication and School Partnership (RIDCSP)
The Research Institute for Development, Communication and School Partnership (RIDCSP) is an NGO in Cameroon that aims to meet the needs of local communities through education and research. It is a development oriented organisation with a focus on the promotion of education, research, communication...
Nadhifu Mums Power
Nadhifu Mums Power is an NGO in Kenya that assists women, particularly those who need to work because they have lost their homes or families through domestic violence and lack relevant skills. The organisation aims to provide such women with vocational skills like dressmaking, bead work,...
South Central Windward Producer's Co-operative Society
The South Central Windward Co-operative Society is a rural community co-operative organization in the State of St. Vincent and the Grenadines (an island in the southern Caribbean). The Society's philosophy is based on a central theme that production and productivity must be maximized in developing...
Prince Joseph Foundation
The Prince Joseph Foundation is a Ugandan NGO. The Foundation was established with the aim of building an orphanage for vulnerable and disabled children together with a school. To date, the Foundation has conducted community mobilization and sensitization on disability and the need for education,...
GSK, Nestlé, Coca-Cola & Dabur top up effort to tap rural consumers
Consumer product makers such as GlaxoSmithKline, Nestlé, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Hindustan Unilever, Marico, Godrej and Dabur are rushing to the bottom-of-the-pyramid market with custom-made products six years after management guru CK Prahalad said consumers with incomes less than $2 a day can be a...
Kit Kat gives cocoa farmers in Côte d’Ivoire a break
The Fairtrade Foundation hailed Nestlé's 2009 announcement that Kit Kat is going Fairtrade as a breakthrough for cocoa farmers in Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), as well as for Kit Kat lovers in the UK and Ireland.
Athena Naturals
Athena Naturals is a female-owned American company that manufactures handmade soap and sells fair trade items produced by women cooperatives from around the world. The company's social mission is to educate consumers locally about fair trade and eco-friendly shopping products. Students associated...
Grameena Vikas Kendram Society for Rural Development
The Grameena Vikas Kendram Society for Rural Development is an Indian NGO that works with poor rural farmers on development projects designed to increase productivity.
Ecotact's Ikotoilet concept -- Sustainable sanitation services in Kenya
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...