Turquoise Mountain Foundation
http://www.turquoisemountainarts.af
Turquoise Mountain is investing in the regeneration of the historic commercial centre of Kabul, providing basic services, saving historic buildings and constructing a new bazaar and galleries for traditional craft businesses. It has established Afghanistan’s first Centre for Traditional Afghan Arts and Architecture, gathering some of the greatest Masters in Afghanistan and training students to produce masterpieces in wood, calligraphy and ceramics.
One Acre Fund
www.oneacrefund.org
One Acre Fund is a 501c3 non-profit organization started in January 2006, with the goal of completely re-thinking how to solve the chronic hunger problem in Africa. We don’t give food away – handing out food will never solve hunger for more than one meal. Rather, we are pioneering a tiny investment package that will enable farm families to grow their own way out of hunger, permanently.
Proyecto Titi
www.proyectotiti.com
Proyecto Tití is a multi-disciplinary in situ conservation program that combines field research, education programs and community programs to make the conservation of natural resources economically feasible for local communities in Colombia. The program is designed to provide useful information to assist in the long-term preservation of this endangered species and to develop local community advocates to promote conservation efforts in Colombia.
Micro Insurance Academy
www.microinsuranceacademy.org
The Micro Insurance Academy (MIA) is a Delhi-based charitable trust dedicated to evidence-based studies, training and advisory services for microinsurance units serving the poor. Community-based microinsurance units represent the highest hope for the extension of insurance coverage among the uninsured poor. However, microinsurance schemes need help in customizing their insurance to the risks and conditions they face, at affordable premiums, through a process that they trust. The MIA offers innovative, context-specific solutions to those needs.
WE-ACTx
www.we-actx.org
WE-ACTx is an international community-based initiative that was launched in fall 2003 by frontline AIDS physicians, activists and researchers with extensive experience in caring and advocating for HIV-positive women. Our primary goal is to increase women’s and children’s access to HIV testing, care, treatment, support, education and training in resource-limited settings at the grassroots level.
Kageno
www.kageno.org
KAGENO transforms communities suffering from inhumane poverty into places of opportunity and hope by identifying and delivering actionable programs. KAGENO buids Innovative Community Centers that provide access to clean water, sanitation and health care, and programs that provide education and skills for income generation.
Gone Rural
www.goneruralswazi.com
Nestled in between South Africa and Mozambique, in the Kingdom of Swaziland, are some of the oldest granite mountains in the world. It is in these mountains that the wonderful sedge grass, Lutindzi, grows and is harvested by rural families. Gone Rural has had the privilege of developing a close, mutually beneficial, relationship with these wonderful people. Our work has been to source and develop existing traditional handskills and to create an industry of grass weaving and plaiting. We steer the production and the marketing towards excellence and international success.
New Venturs Indiawww.newventuresindia.org
New Ventures supports sustainable enterprises by accelerating the transfer of capital to outstanding companies that incorporate social and environmental benefits. By providing sound investment opportunities in emerging economies, New Ventures demonstrates that investing in sustainable enterprises makes good business sense.
Forest Peoples Project
www.forestpeoples.org
The Forest Peoples Project’s long-term goal is improved social, economic and environmental conditions for indigenous and tribal forest peoples. We are working towards this goal by helping forest peoples defend their rights, develop sustainable livelihood skills, engage with policy makers and strengthen their organisational capacity. Closely linked to this is our work to influence the forest debate so that forests are protected for sustainable use by people with secure rights. Our work therefore adopts a rights-based approach with strong advocacy and capacity building components.
West African Trade Hub
www.watradehub.com
WATH’s regional focus helps West African businesses sell to the US market, in many cases taking advantage of increased trading opportunities provided through the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). See also WATH Objectives. The Hub is a central point where West Africans, U.S. Government agencies, and bilateral and multilateral donors can get information on trade enhancement, investment, and business development activities in West Africa, including available training opportunities.
African Cashew Alliance
www.africancashewalliance.org
Fourteen African countries produce more than one-third of the world’s cashews (est. 588,000 tons out of 1.6 million tons worldwide in 2006). Countries like Cote d’Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau and Tanzania rank 4-6th of the biggest producers in the world. Many African cashew producers have little access to information about ways to improve their yield, defend their crop against diseases, and maximize their incomes given changing market conditions. For years, African raw cashews have been exported to India and Vietnam where they are processed and shipped to Europe and the USA for consumption.
Vestergaard Frandsen
www.vestergaard-frandsen.com
The Vestergaard Frandsen Group is an international company founded in Denmark in 1957. We specialise in complex emergency response and disease control textiles, with clients all over the world. With headquarters in Switzerland and branch offices in Denmark, India, Ghana, Nigeria, Vietnam, Kenya, USA and UAE, and licensed production in India, Vietnam and Thailand, the Vestergaard Frandsen Group is able to meet complex emergency needs at a very short notice.
Hopital Albert Schweitzer
www.hashaiti.org
Hôpital Albert Schweitzer (HAS) is a model for health care facilities in developing countries around the world. An integrated rural health system, HAS provides medical care and community health and development programs for more than 300,000 impoverished people in the Artibonite Valley of central Haiti. Visiting medical professionals from North America and abroad work with a permanent Haitian staff of almost 550. Financial support comes from partner organizations and private individuals around the world.
Grassroots Business Initiative
www.ifc.org/ifcext/gbo.nsf
The Grassroots Business Initiative (GBI) seeks to strengthen and scale up innovative social enterprises that create sustainable economic opportunities for the poor, empowering and engaging them as entrepreneurs, consumers, employees and suppliers. GBI supports such enterprises – referred to as Grassroots Business Organizations – and the intermediaries that support them, with appropriate financing (grants and “patient capital” loans) and capacity building.
ARENO-ECO
www.arena-eco.kiev.ua
ARENA-ECO is a leading Ukrainian consulting, engineering and business development organization providing services aimed at improvement of fuel and energy efficiency and environmental protection. Agency was established in 1994 as self-managed and self-financed organization through partnership with National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (USA), and World Wildlife Fund. Our mission is to promote sustainable economic development and environmental protection of Ukraine through the energy efficiency improvements in energy, industrial, transport, utility, housing, agricultural and other sectors.
Transfair USA
www.transfairusa.org
TransFair USA, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, is one of twenty members of Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International (FLO), and the only third-party certifier of Fair Trade products in the United States. We audit transactions between US companies offering Fair Trade Certified™ products and the international suppliers from whom they source, in order to guarantee that the farmers and farm workers behind Fair Trade Certified goods were paid a fair, above-market price. In addition, annual inspections conducted by FLO ensure that strict socioeconomic development criteria are being met using increased Fair Trade revenues.
Ecosystems Nepal
www.ecosystemsnepal.com
EcoSystems was started in 1996 by Bay Area expatriates David and Haydi Sowerwine. The company works to improve the welfare of Nepal’s rural people by offering transport and energy systems that are safe, efficient, inexpensive, and environmentally sound. To date, EcoSystems has successfully installed 32 WireBridges throughout Nepal.
Peduli Anak Foundation
www.pedulianak.com
Peduli Anak Foundation can be characterized as a global NGO which fights for the rights of (street) children who suffer due to lack of upbringing, education and medical support. By means of building and managing shelters, medical facilities and schools, the Foundation tries to accomplish her mission. Currently, our work territory is mainly located on the Island of Lombok, Indonesia.
International Finance Corporation - Ukraine
www.ifc.org
Ukraine became a shareholder and a member of the IFC (International Finance Corporation) in 1993. As of June 30, 2007, IFC has invested around $742 million in 35 projects. IFC’s investment program in Ukraine is expanding rapidly with a focus on the financial, agribusiness, construction materials, retail trade and services, energy and infrastructure sectors.
Meenakshi Mission Hospital
www.meenakshimission.org
Meenakshi Mission Hospital & Research Centre, in pursuit of excellence, is committed to comply with applicable requirements for developing and providing world class health care at an affordable cost. We shall foster an environment in which every person is motivated to continually improve the efficiency and effectiveness in the management of health care services.