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Making Private Standards Work for You: A guide to private standards in the garments, footwear and furniture sectors
Buyers and producers are faced with many overlapping but non-aligned standards. According to some estimates, more than 1,000 codes of conduct and management systems exist. But most companies in developing countries do not have much tangible information. “Making Private Standards Work for You: A...
Accor and Plan International work together to change the lives of many children around the world
Accor, hotel and services group, and Plan, have worked together in 16 countries. The aim of the partnership is to promote child sponsorship and project funding to Accor staff, partners and guests. Highlight of achievements to date: * more than 1,100 children are now sponsored throughout the...
Bellagio Initiative Summit
The Bellagio Initiative aims to contribute to the development of a new framework for philanthropic and international development collaboration in pursuit of human wellbeing in the 21st century. Following a summit held in Italy, the Initiative published an aide memoire capturing the three key...
The MDGs after the Crisis - Global Monitoring Report 2010
The global economic crisis has slowed the pace of poverty reduction in developing countries, and is hampering progress toward the other Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), says a new report from the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund.
Beyond the Midpoint: Achieving the Millennium Development Goals
This paper is UNDP’s forward-looking review of the factors that shape MDG progress, along with the constraints and bottlenecks that have hampered MDG achievement in many countries. The findings build on MDG assessments in 30 countries that were undertaken for this review.
Human trafficking and business: An E-learning course on how to prevent and combat human trafficking
The United Nations Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking (UN.GIFT) and the End Human Trafficking Now! Campaign (EHTN!) have developed an eLearning course which is a modular training programme for business leaders, managers and employees of business companies.
The Athens Ethical principles
The Athens Ethical Principles were adopted by business companies in Athens on 23 January 2006, to combat human trafficking worldwide by focusing on seven main areas.
Moria Refugee Camp Response
A massive fire has devastated the Moria refugee camp, on the Greek island of Lesvos. Described by the BBC as the ‘the worst refugee camp on earth’, it is a facility designed to hold just over 2,000 residents but has been housing many times that number of late. At least 13,000 people are now...
Hope House Foundation Kenya
HOPE HOUSE FOUNDATION KENYA Pastor Peter Kuyuni is the Director: Through my dear partner, Elizabeth, I registered a non- profit organization through Kenyan government, its name is, HOPE HOUSE FOUNDATION KENYA, in the year 2015 this deals with general humanitarian aid. The prove of...
Advocacy and Research on Environment, Health and Governance
ARE is a not for profit organization incorporated in Zambia that conducts research and advocacy for action on matters of public policies that affects Citizens pertaining to Environment, Health and Governance. Vision A society were the most vulnerable and less privileged people’s lives are...
Orion Learning Centre
Orion Learning Centre was set up to bring education to poor families from especially secondary school students from form 1 to form 4. The Centre also aims to go and collect students from poor families and bring them to the school and to give them better education by considering their needs. The...
Raise the Roof Academy
Raise the Roof Academy (RTRA) began operations on March 7th, 2011, in greater Masaka, Uganda. It’s a registered indigenous Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) with NGO file number MIA/NB/2019/09/3003 and Permit number INDP0003003NB serving the grass root community. Originally serving just 30...
Fever Relief Fund
The Fever Relief Fund (FRF) is an NGO based in the USA that works for disadvantaged young people and single parent families in the USA and in Ghana. The Fund runs a number of projects, for example, after school soccer programmes, mentoring and training in social skills. The Fund also works with...
United Safe Environment Creators (USEC)
About USEC United Safe Environment Creators (USEC) is a grassroots, non-profit, community-based organization run by refugees in the Kakuma refugee camp. The organization started back in 2015 and was legalized in November 2016 under the Ministry of Labor, Social Security, and Service with reg....
Baptist World Aid Australia
Baptist World Aid Australia supports child sponsorship and community development projects in over twelve countries across Africa and Asia. They also contribute to relief in emergency situations around the world, and are committed to working with volunteers in Australia. Their vision is to share...
World Food Programme (WFP) - Sudan
The World Food Programme (WFP) is the food assistance branch of the United Nations, and the world's largest humanitarian organization addressing hunger worldwide. It has been present in Sudan for almost 30 years. WFP has been providing food assistance to the conflict-affected people of Darfur since...
Buy1GIVE1 (B1G1)
Buy1GIVE1 (B1G1) is a global service that partners any business with a worthy cause on a ‘buy-1-give-1-free’ basis. Every time a person buys a B1G1 Business Partner’s product or service, a portion of the profit is given to cover the costs of a related product or service a B1G1 Worthy Cause Partner...
Youth and Women's Alliance for Rural Development (YAWARD)
Youth and Women Alliance for Rural Development (YAWARD) - is a Ugandan-based indigenous, community empowerment voluntary organization and char4itable self-help organization founded in 2007 and fully registered by Ugandan Government for these and allied purposes functions in communities where needs...
Empower Women Youth and Children Project
The Empower Women, Youth and Children (EARN) Project is a Ugandan NGO that works on issues related to agriculture, nutrition, HIV/AIDS, environmental protection, gender and human rights advocacy. Target client groups are women and child-headed families in rural communities in Northern Uganda. ...
Health Improvement Foundation of Cameroon
The Health Improvement Foundation of Cameroon (HIF-CAM) is a Limbe-based non-governmental, nonprofit organization, founded by Chief Lewindia Nicholas (a Senior Technician with a degree in Health Education and 32 years of working experience in healthcare services). HIF-CAM was brought into...