Search Results For Issue: Sustainable Development
African Training Fund
The IDP Foundation has funded a new African program at Field Museum of Chicago to enhance its African training and research programs in the following scientific capacity building efforts: the Field Museum/IDP Foundation African Scholars and fieldwork ... Read More
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Art and International Development
CASID is breaking new ground. Art is a powerful form of communication and CASID is using theater, dance and visual arts to share stories of exemplary individuals in international development to the public and to stimulate conversations among American ... Read More
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Artisan Support
You are invited to be a part of this, to join these wonderful women as they continue to succeed and grow. MarketPlace would like to open opportunities to more women to achieve societal and economic dignity. Currently MarketPlace cooperatives facilita ... Read More
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Arzu Community
While Arzu directly helps weavers and their families we also believe it is important to extend benefits where possible to the larger community. Arzu shared the construction costs of a new school in the Faryab province, where many of our weavers live. ... Read More
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Bringing Global Best Practices to Chicago
This ongoing program promotes sustainable, democratic and competitive development: the High Road. Work is profoundly influenced by international best practices on industrial policy and public-private development partnerships. We promote active intern ... Read More
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Business Development Centers and Business Incubator
One of COPRODELI's primary objectives is to strengthen the economic activity in Peru by promoting and supporting micro-entrepreneurs and enterprises. The COPRODELI Business Development Centers and Business Incubator provide financial support, subject ... Read More
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Capacity Building for International Development Leaders
CASID helps international development practitioners connect their work and the results they produce to their behavior, beliefs, capacity for self-awareness, and the growth and development of their character. CASID has created a unique model for leade ... Read More
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Chicago Council on Global Affairs General Programming
With more than 150 programs and events every year, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs delivers a diverse and balanced spectrum of programming related to international relations, global issues, and U.S. foreign policy. Programs range from renown ... Read More
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Chicago Youth for the Millennium Development Goals (CYMDG)
End poverty by 2015-this is the hope of the Millennium Development Goals. Chicago Youth for the Millennium Development Goals (CYMDG) is CASID's global education initiative. CYMDG educates students about critical problems facing populations in the wor ... Read More
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Clean Water Initiatives
In Afghanistan, where 75% of people lack access to clean water, ARZU is piloting innovative ways to provide relief for this major health problem. In March 2008, we completed the construction of a water catchment tank in one arid village in northern A ... Read More
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Community Connections, Open World, FORECAST
Through its programs, Heartland International seeks to strengthen emerging democratic institutions; provide training and technical assistance to encourage microenterprise development; support the role of women in economic, political and social affair ... Read More
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Comprehensive HIV health care and women's empowerment
We care about HIV-positive women, and we act. WE-ACTx is an international community-based initiative launched by frontline AIDS physicians, activists and researchers with extensive experience in caring and advocating for HIV-positive women. With you ... Read More
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Development / Sadaqa Jariyah
Beyond immediate emergency relief, we must enable men and women to change their social conditions once and for all. In order to achieve this, now is the time to turn our efforts towards long-term development projects that ensure individual and commun ... Read More
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Empowering Farmers
One Acre provides a permanent, proven investment package for farmers and their families, which doubles farm income by providing seeds and fertilizer, weekly farm education, and market access. This investment package is the core of our program.
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Engineers for a Sustainable World
The Northwestern chapter of Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW-NU) is an interdisciplinary group of undergraduate and graduate students focused on meeting the global challenges of poverty and long-term sustainable development. ESW is a national n ... Read More
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Enlaces America
Enlaces America has been an adviser, facilitator, and support center for transnational Latino and Caribbean immigrant organizations committed to building healthy communities both in the United States and in their countries of origin. In fulfilling th ... Read More
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Enterprise Mission/Solidarity Clothing
The Enterprise Mission is our Fair Trade project. As our mission evolved, we recognized the need to not only heal the sick, but to go to the root of the problem of poverty. To answer this call we began the Enterprise Mission and its current project, ... Read More
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Global Agricultural Development Initiative
The Global Agricultural Development Initiative aims to build on the momentum generated by the Chicago Council's report, "Renewing American Leadership in the Fight Against Global Hunger and Poverty: The Chicago Initiative on Global Agricultural Develo ... Read More
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Global Partnerships
Woodstock Institute provides technical assistance internationally to organizations seeking to bring mainstream financial resources to underserved communities effectively and affordably. Likewise, Woodstock Institute’s international research seeks to ... Read More
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Lending Hope to Africa
Opportunity’s Lending Hope to Africa Campaign raised $25 million dollars to develop 10,000 new Trust Banks in Africa, providing microfinance interventions for families coping with HIV/AIDS. The next phase of the initiative will support a Trans-Africa ... Read More
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North American Network on the Solidarity Economy
NANSE brings together grassroots and locally established organizations from Canada, the USA, and the Caribbean to explore building a sustainable alternative to the current neo-liberal development model. This program seeks to serve as a catalyst for e ... Read More
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Philippines
The Filipino partners have a goal of reaching one million clients annually by 2010. One of Opportunity International's most successful countries, the Philippines is an ideal environment for the microenterprise development industry. OI intends to maxi ... Read More
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Prosthetic and Orthotic Lab
A simple prosthetic device can mean so much to someone disabled and living in poverty. Range of Motion Project has built and runs a fully functioning prosthetic and orthotic lab in Zacapa, Guatemala. The lab has already helped countless disabled fro ... Read More
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Prosthetic and Orthotic Volunteers
A prosthetic or orthotic device is a critical component in a disabled person's rehabilitation, enabling independence, mobility and involvement in the community. Rehabilitation has the power to increase visibility of the disabled; awareness can teach ... Read More
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ShoreCap Exchange
ShoreCap Exchange recognizes that banks worldwide need more than simply capital to thrive. The Exchange strives to build stronger banks that focus on serving the poor in developing countries in Africa and Asia. Expert practitioners and consultants br ... Read More
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Sustainable Development in Southern Sudan
- Provide clean drinking water by digging water wells for the community.
- To establish effective health programs geared towards combating common diseases through health education, and training of health personnel.
- To provide educationa ... Read More
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Trust Banks
Trust Banks serve women in the lowest levels of poverty who have no assets and no access to a guarantor. A Trust Group is an innovative lending methodology that provides microloans, thereby creating jobs and economic empowerment in poor communities. ... Read More
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Working Bikes Cooperative
A bicycle worth $20 in Chicago can be worth the equivalent of $1,000 in Africa. Your donation can possibly mean the difference between work and unemployment to someone in need. The bicycle is the primary means of transportation for the majority of t ... Read More