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The Emancipation Network (TEN)

The Emancipation Network is an international organization, founded by Sarah Symons and John Berger in 2005, dedicated to fighting human trafficking and modern slavery. It helps survivors of slavery rebuild their lives after rescue from slavery, through economic empowerment, education and help...

Africa Intercultural Development Support Trust

The Africa Intercultural Development Support Trust is a non-profit organization that is involved in supporting disadvantaged children, youth and vulnerable groups that integrate them in education, entrepreneurship development through technical training solutions, including energy efficiency and...

Christian Connect Fund

Overview Christian Connect Fund is a registered Mission in Zambia; focused on networking with fellow Christians, creating sustainable financial value to support the needy work their way out of poverty through small business activities, and creating markets for products across communities with a...

World Inspiring Network

World Inspiring Network is a nonprofit organization dedicated to ending poverty through education, youth & women empowerment, and climate action. With the support of a global network of volunteers, we strive to empower young people in Ghana, fostering personal and community development while...

Skill Link Uganda

Skills Link Uganda is a registered community based organisation in Uganda.Reg.CBO / 06 / 503. by the Directorate of Community Based Services Makindye Ssabagabo Municipal Council. The organisation traces its origin in 2011, when a group of concerned community members in Makindye – Wakiso district...

Timiza Action Foundation (TA Foundation)

Timiza Action Foundation is Non-Governmental organization and it has been an established entity operating in Rungwe, Kyela and Mbeya Rural Districts in Mbeya Region since 2010 as a group. On 30th November, 2016, the group registered as an organisation with the National NGOs coordination board as a...

One World Foundation Africa

One World Foundation Africa runs activities in both the UK and Uganda. The organisation partners with a number of other organisations such as Bukomero Development Foundation to implement some of its projects. In UK, they operate a community centre in East London from where they are engaged in...

Basazemaggya Development Initiative

Basazemaggya Development Initiative is a Community Based Organisation started by the residents of Bulenga Kikaaya Ssumbwe in Wakiso District of Uganda. It is registered with Wakiso District Community Based Services Office registration number WCBO/21/7304. OBJECTIVES 1.To undertake...

People Power - June, 2003

Do you need people in your organisation? Many non-profits struggle to find enough hands for the job. In fact, delegates at our Global Hand Consultation in Budapest identified a shortage of labour as one of their greatest problems. In response, Global Hand has opened a section called "Volunteer...

Standards

Global Hand Standards introductory page You can also view this page in German. Diese Seite ist auch auf Deutsch verfügbar.

Wrong aid destroys jobs - February, 2003

We’re supposed to help, not hurt those we serve. But inappropriate humanitarian product can see factories closed and unemployment increased.

UN Global Compact and the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises: Complementarities and Distinctive Contributions

The UN Global Compact and the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises Complementarities and Distinctive Contributions, the world’s foremost comprehensive, voluntary corporate responsibility initiatives, are clarified in this document as to the complementarities and distinctive contributions...

The engine of development: The private sector and prosperity for poor people

"The engine of development: The private sector and prosperity for poor people" is a paper publicated by Department for International Development (DFID) emphasizing the role of the private sector in its international development strategy.

AlertNet - Jobs

The AlertNet - Jobs webpage lists job vacancies in AlertNet's member organisations. Jobs may be in developing or developed countries.

Private sector delivery of public benefit goods and services

This documents presents a framework for doing business in low-income environments, utilising the power of marketing, and grounded in a number of actual case studies.

Practical Plan to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals

Practical Plan to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals, a UN Millennium Project Report, recommends concrete actions toward achieving the Millennium Development Goals. The report presents an overview of the findings and recommendations of the UN Millennium Project. The document was co-authored...

Linking Business with Pro-Poor Development

Linking Business with Pro-Poor Development explores two key questions, How can business be pro-poor? and How can such partnerships be made sustainable? The document showcases how an innovative private-community partnership transformed the livelihoods of highly vulnerable families in far flung...

Stimulating Youth Entrepreneurship - Barriers and incentives to enterprise start-ups by young people

The world’s population is growing at a time when traditional, stable labour markets are shrinking. More than 1 billion people today are between 15 and 24 years of age and nearly 40 per cent of the world’s population is below the age of 20. The ILO estimates that 47 per cent of all unemployed...

Underwear for Eastern Europe: A Global Hand match story

It made no sense. The young widow, a trained teacher in Eastern Europe, had battled for years without employment. Natalka (not her real name) had three children to bring up. A colleague found her a job in a high school where she expected the widow to thrive.

Oneworld Job Search

A website containing links for potential employees and employers, listing jobs in human rights, environment, and sustainable development. Also includes a collection of other websites with job listings.