Food security and nutrition
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Construmex: Facilitating Remote Housing Investments for US-based Mexican Migrants
Construmex, an initiative of Mexican construction and building giant CEMEX, was launched after the company’s success with Patrimonio Hoy, a socially minded business initiative targeted at low-income consumers. Since its inception in 2001, Construmex has helped more than 14,000 Mexican migrants in...
Open Door Family Medical Centers of Westchester County awarded Dannon's Next Generation Nutrition Grant
The Dannon Company, Inc. awarded Open Door Family Medical Centers of Westchester County its 2011 Next Generation Nutrition® Grant and $30,000 in support of its Fit for Life programme.
Grameen Danone Foods form a social entrepreneurship
Grameen Danone launched a social business enterprise in Bangladesh, in partnership with the Grameen Foundation and GAIN – an NGO dedicated to fighting malnutrition around the world. Designed to provide children with many of the key nutrients typically missing from their diet at a very low price,...
SKS Microfinance: Lakshmi's story
SKS Microfinance in India is a client of Unitus Capital, a US-based organisation that works with organisations involved in micro finance. "There are many microlending success stories", said Mamta Bharadwaj, spokesman for SKS Microfinance. One of these stories is Lakshmi's. When Lakshmi...
A social partnership for transforming waste into resources.
Every day tons of food and fresh fruits and vegetables are disposed of by supermarkets and retail shops. This happens because products remain unsold or because they are about to expire. In the same territory, there are many non-profit organisations that offer assistance to disadvantaged people...
Micro loan and group support in Mali
In rural Mali, Miama sells rice to support her family. Until recently, this has been a major strain. But now, thanks to both a micro loan and the group support Miama receives from Freedom from Hunger's Benkadi Tongorongo association, Miama no longer has to worry.
ConocoPhillips signs Gold Sponsorship deal for ROTA's Wheels 'n' Heels
Qatar-based NGO Reach Out To Asia (ROTA) announced that ConocoPhillips Ltd Qatar is the exclusive Gold Sponsor of its third Wheels 'n' Heels community fun day. As part of its commitment to the local community, ROTA has held the Wheels 'n' Heels event for the last two years. The annual fun-filled...
A completely new partnership between le Futur Bio Company and Terre des hommes.
A completely new partnership with exchange products: Le Futur Bio Company, Switzerland, trades under the label of "Royaume des Saveurs" a line of Rooibos teas, a particularly fine variety from South Africa. From their basic range, three Rooibos teas and a Christmas tea are sold for the benefit of...
Capital International has been supporting Terre des hommes for five years
The Geneva-based Swiss branch of the Californian Bank Capital International has been supporting Terre des Hommes for five years, firstly with the generous financial engagement of their Headquarters for our nutrition programme in Nepal, but also with psycho-social reintegration after the tsunami...
Greenpeace and Marks & Spencer: Sustainable seafood procurement
Marks & Spencer (M&S) has adopted a Policy on Sustainable Sourcing of Fisheries Products, which applies to all seafood sold, including fish used as an ingredient. M&S came top of Greenpeace UK's Recipe for Disaster, a study of UK supermarkets, ranking them by their seafood policies. This was of...