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SEKEM: A Holistic Egyptian Initiative
After living in Austria for 21 years, Ibrahim Abouleish returned home to Egypt to do something about the difficulties he observed during visits. In 1977, he founded the Sekem initiative to promote social and environmental development through economic and cultural activities.
How financial illiteracy becomes both the cause and consequence of economic inequality
This is a blogpost on the CRS newswire that questions the usefulness of CSR programmes provided by banks and other financial institutions.
Maiti Nepal
Maiti Nepal is a non-profit organization in Nepal, established in 1993 by a group of socially committed professionals, dedicated to helping victims of sex trafficking. Currently, it operates a rehabilitation home in Kathmandu, as well as transit homes at the Indo-Nepal border towns, preventive...
The WWF Allianz Southeast Climate Witness Program used student volunteers to conduct vulnerability research
The WWF Allianz Southeast Climate Witness Program selected 24 high school students to engage in vulnerability research on the Southeast Rivers and Streams Ecoregion.
Second Chance Employment Services (SCES)
Founded in September 2001 by Dr. Ludy Green, Second Chance Employment Services (SCES) is the only employment agency in the world providing placement services for victims of human trafficking and domestic violence, thereby leading these women to true economic and physical freedom. Second Chance...
HAQ: Centre For Child Rights
HAQ: Centre For Child Rights is a non-governmental organization which works towards the recognition, promotion and protection of rights of all children. It aims to look at the child in an integrated manner within the framework of the Constitution of India, and the UN Convention of the Rights of the...
Motivating, Inspiring, Supporting and Serving Sexually Exploited Youth (MISSSEY)
MISSSEY is a community-based organization in Alameda County, CA, founded in 2007 to respond to the heartbreaking epidemic of sexual exploitation. It provides comprehensive services in a safe environment to support and serve sexually exploited youth. It also works to provide information to the...
Florida Coalition Against Human Trafficking (FCAHT)
The Florida Coalition Against Human Trafficking (FCAHT) is an entity within The Immigrant Rights Advocacy Center, Inc. (IRAC). The organization was created in 2004 by Anna Rodriguez, who has extensive experience in how to identify victims, provide advocacy, and understand how to pursue justice for...
The Veolia Foundation helps autistic children attend school
The Veolia Foundation has made a grant to the French NGO, Chrysalide, to purchase IT and audio-visual equipment to assist in the integration of 5 autistic children aged 3 to 12 into a school in Biarritz.
United Nations Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD)
UNCRD, which was established in 1971 based on an agreement between the Government of Japan and the United Nations, strives to promote sustainable regional development in developing countries with a focus on development planning and management in the context of globalization and decentralization...
Hope for Children and Development Kenya
Hope for Children and Development is a community-based organization in Kenya that aims to mitigate the impact of HIV/AIDS, to empower women economically and to advocate for the right of vulnerable groups in the community.
Carlson College
Carlson College (CC) is a private, non-profit institution that works for the improvement of young people under the government's cooperation and provides a good learning environment for students. It is a college under the Institute of Further and Continuing Education (IFCE), founded to meet the...
Burnett International University (BIU) School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Burnett International University School of Medicine and Health Sciences offers educational programs in the medical field. The university is dedicated to provide undergraduate, graduate and continued medical education with the goal of teaching each student the skills, knowledge and aptitudes to...
Soroptimist International Apapa
The Soroptimist International Apapa Club is an organisation of 22 Nigerian women from diverse professional and business backgrounds. The Club is supervised by Soroptimist International Nigeria. Each Soroptimist International Club carries out projects within programme action areas laid down in the...
Paul Hamlyn Foundation
Founded in 1972, the Paul Hamlyn Foundation's primary concern is to address issues of inequality and disadvantage, particularly in relation to young people. Support concentrates on projects in the UK which respond to these challenges through the arts and education. Direct support is also given to...
Clothworkers Foundation
The Clothworkers' Foundation (founded in 1977), is the independent charitable arm of The Clothworkers' Company. Through its funding, the Foundation aims to improve quality of life, particularly for people and communities facing disadvantages. The Foundation is open to appeals from around the UK in...
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)- Myanmar
UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is the world's largest international source of funding for population and reproductive health programmes. UNFPA brings its expertise in reproductive health and population issues to Myanmar, where it works in partnership with the Government of Myanmar and...
Name the Child Orphanage
Name the Child Orphanage is an organisation in Sierra Leone that focuses on helping orphans and underprivileged children in remote communities. The organisation has established two primary schools, one in a remote community, the other in Freetown, and is now looking for funds to build a home for at...
Social Enterprise Coalition
The Social Enterprise Coalition is the UK's national body for social enterprise, representing a wide range of social enterprises, regional and national support networks and other related organisations. The organisation works with its members to promote the benefits of social enterprise through...
PEPAL
Pepal is a social enterprise that facilitates partnerships between the private and non-profit sectors in achieve effective and sustainable social development in the developing world. The organisation runs innovative international development programmes focusing on strategically pairing...