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ECVM donates PVC pipes for waste water project in Pemba, Zanzibar

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ECVM, in partnership with Dutch NGO Agua4All, has donated PVC pipes and technical expertise for a new waste water system on Pemba Island in Zanzibar.

Office Depot Foundation and Samaritan's Feet International help 40,000 schoolchildren

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The Office Depot Foundation has donated 40,000 new sackpacks to Samaritan’s Feet, the humanitarian aid organisation that washes the feet of deserving children and provides them with new shoes. Samaritan’s Feet is distributing the sackpacks, which contain essential school supplies, along with...

LUSH lends its support to National Refugee Week 2009

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Shoppers at cosmetics store LUSH have passed on their messages of support onto people seeking asylum and refugees as the high street chain marked national Refugee Week 2009. LUSH, which teamed up with Refugee Action for the second time to mark the annual celebrations, donated bars of LUSH soap. The...

ITT partners with Mercy Corps to provide emergency relief

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ITT Corporation announced a strategic partnership with Mercy Corps as part of its corporate philanthropy program, ITT Watermark. The partnership includes a three-year, $1 million commitment to help provide safe water during emergencies created by natural catastrophes such as floods, droughts and...

Local Wells Fargo Bank Donates Thanksgiving Lunch to Refugees

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Thirty-three refugees celebrated their first Thanksgiving, festivities which were sponsored by a local Wells Fargo branch and included five turkeys and all the trimmings of a traditional Thanksgiving meal. Wells Fargo, located on Brand Boulevard in Glendale, has partnered with the IRC before,...

SIDUR and water.org help local family to access clean water and make a profit

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A family in Arjun Najar struggled to make ends meet as their family business selling chuduva at home was hampered by a lack of clean water nearby. After talking with Water.org and its local partner SIDUR they now have a water tap at home. This means can sell more chuduva, make a profit and send...

Kopernik and Winroader deliver solar lights to victims of earthquake and tsunami

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Rikuzen-Takata, one of the hardest hit area in Japan, received solar nights delivered by Winroader, a partner of Kopernik. The lights were used to light the temporary food stall set up to provide meals in the temporary shelter area. After the service, the lights were given to the local...

Lafarge partners with Habitat for Humanity in Honduras

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The Lafarge Cementos Foundation has concluded a partnership with Habitat for Humanity in order to provide homes for disadvantaged communities in Honduras.

SELCO makes solar-lighting accessible to poor families in India

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SELCO India is a Bangalore‐based social enterprise that makes solar lighting technology accessible to economically impoverished people in India. To help households access this technology, SELCO negotiated with state-owned banks to provide affordable loans to would-be purchasers.

Vitmark includes the poor in its value chain.

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Vitmark, a leading beverages producer in Ukraine, includes the poor at various points of its value chain: as suppliers of locally grown quality produce, as employees, and as low-income consumers through the offering of low-price juices. The company currently employs about 2600 people of whom...