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How to begin doing good in a law firm: 11 Indian firms ponder ‘long overdue’ pro bono start with new UK tech NGO
Eleven law firms, including six of India’s largest, Ashoka and the UK’s former attorney general Lord Peter Goldsmith QC have discussed how to develop a pro bono culture in Indian law firms as i-Probono, a UK not-for-profit and online portal seeking to connect lawyers to social sector projects, will...
Line-up of top UK firms pitch in with pro bono help for riot-hit businesses
Linklaters, Eversheds and DLA Piper are among a raft of top 20 UK law firms to have offered pro bono legal support to victims of the London riots.
Legal cell in university campus to give free aid
NOIDA: For the first time in the country, a legal cell has been established within the premises of a university that will provide free legal aid to people from the weaker sections of society.
FC Barcelona commits to the continued financial support and global promotion of UNICEF
FC Barcelona has a five year agreement with UNICEF, which includes having the UNICEF logo on their shirts. As part of the agreement the club has committed to donating US$1.9 million per year to the organisation's humanitarian aid programs for five consecutive years. The club has done this in order...
Cadbury supports the International Day of Children's Rights
American multinational Cadbury has supported the International Day of Children's Rights in Switzerland for the past six years by providing a grant and the gift of chewing gum. Held on 20th November, and organised by Terre des hommes, this is event mobilises Swiss children to do odd jobs for...
Microsoft partners with aid agencies to provide essential technology
In 1999, Microsoft employees from the European offices responded to the Kosovo crisis by creating The Refugee Field Kit - a computer-based method of providing displaced people (most of whom had been stripped of identity papers when fleeing Kosovo) with new official identity cards and an easier...
Human rights training of judges in Nigeria
A three-year partnership between Statoil and the Legal Defence and Assistance Project is introducing Sharia judges in northern Nigeria to human rights issues and legislation.
Building NGO capacity for pipelinemonitoring and audit in Azerbaijan
In Azerbaijan, BP and the Open Society Institute-Assistance Foundation are working together to support national NGOs' capacity development through facilitated monitoring and audit of the Baku-Ceyhan-Tbilisi and the South Caucasus Pipeline projects. Among the key objectives of the programme were...
Sara Lee provides shoeshine sets for the event "Street child for a Day"
Sara Lee Switzerland is a subsidiary of the Sara Lee Corporation. They are the leading supplier of shoe care products, insoles and accessories under the labels Tana and Bama. Sara Lee has sponsored Terre des hommes for 11 years with shoeshine sets for the event "Street child for a Day" which takes...