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Mi Tienda helps small grocery stores in rural Mexico to grow their businesses

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Small, family-run grocery stores, known as tiendas de abarrotes, are essential for supplying basic goods and services in thousands of low-income rural communities in Mexico.

Starbucks and Earthwatch: sustainable coffee

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This video introduces a unique field-research programme created by Starbucks and Earthwatch.

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...

PriceWaterhouseCoopers provides mentors on Big Brothers, Big Sisters programme

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This video features a news item about a workplace volunteer mentoring programme in which PwC employees work with the Big Brothers Big Sisters NGO in New York City.

Land Rover assist Earthwatch in Iceland

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A video diary from the 2008 Land Rover employee Earthwatch programme. Land Rover supports five major environmental partners including Earthwatch.

Bank of America supports Habitat for Humanity in Dallas

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A 30-second video describing how Bank of America works in partnership with Habitat for Humanity in Dallas.

Cemex makes home improvements accessible for the poor in Mexican slums

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Construmex is one of CEMEX's vanguard social initiatives. It was launched following the company's experience resulting from Patrimonio Hoy, a preceding low-income market and socially minded business initiative. Since its inception in 2001, Construmex has helped more than 14,000 Mexican migrants in...

Lex Mundi Legal Services allows social entrepreneurs to use their top-class legal expertise pro bono

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David Roll, a lawyer based in Washington DC, is Managing Director of Lex Mundi Pro Bono Foundation, a network of 160 law firms (with 20,000 lawyers) offering pro bono legal services to social entrepreneurs all over the world.

Air Terminal Gifts and Catholic Community Services provide donations and employment opportunities for refugees

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Catholic Community Services (CCS) has, for decades, helped hundreds of refugees start new lives in Utah. Air Terminal Gifts has donated $12,000 to the CCS refugee resettlement program. Both companies work in partnership, employing refugees and trying to recognise and respond to their immediate...

Western Union and MercyCorps

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Mercy Corps CEO Neal Keny-Guyer and Senior Vice President Paul Dudley Hart discuss their organisation's partnership with Western Union to help individuals and families connect to key economic opportunities.