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Sanofi-aventis helps NGO to deliver supplies to earthquake victims in China
On 12 May 2008, a powerful earthquake shook south-west China. It was felt as far away as Beijing and Shanghai, as well as in Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand and Pakistan. It was the most violent earthquake the country had experienced since 1976. The earthquake caused the collapse of schools, homes, and...
Microfinance agencies enable entrepreneurs in Bangladesh to provide more sanitation technology options
Pakistan has taken an important step towards improved sanitation through a major sector assessment and setting up of a core group that seeks to move communities beyond open defecation free (ODF) status. WSP, an international engineering consulting agency, is a member of this group.
Sanofi Aventis and Handicap International cooperate to help earthquake victims in Pakistan
On October 8, 2005, an earthquake of magnitude 7.6 on the Richter scale struck the north of Pakistan, causing over 73,000 deaths and nearly 3.5 million homeless. This unusually violent quake reduced hundreds of thousands of homes, schools, clinics and shops to rubble across a huge spread of...
Handicap International and Sanofi -aventis develop a programme to fight diabetes in developing countries
According to the WHO (World Health Organisation), there were 177 million diabetics in 2000. The latest estimates suggest that there were 200 million in 2005 and that the figure will reach at least 300 million by 2025. There are an estimated 4 million deaths due to diabetes per year, 9% of the total...
Watercredit Initiative: Connecting Micro-finance to Water and Sanitation
The WaterCredit Initiative is an initiative of WaterCredit Partners, an organisation with a long history of providing grants to assist communities with water supply and sanitation (WSS) services.
Uganda: Kampala to get Sh480 Million Sanitation Project
The Ministry of Water and Environment and the German Technical Cooperation (GTZ), have launched a public-private initiative to improve access to sanitation for the urban poor in Kampala. The project will be implemented in partnership with Crestanks and Poly Fibre, private companies that produce...
Financial inclusion improves Sanitation and Health (FINISH)
FINISH is an action research project set up by UNU-MERIT a research and training centre of the United Nations University in Holland, working in close collaboration with the University of Maastricht. The project involves a combination of appropriate technology, financing and incentive schemes to...
Expending women enterpreneurship in India
Unilever has begun replicating Hindustan Unilever’s (HUL) rural micro-enterprise (in India), led by women-entrepreneurs, Project Shakti in several international markets.
ConocoPhillips conducted HIV/AIDS campaign in Nigeria
ConocoPhillips’ Nigerian business unit, in partnership with the Nigerian Business Coalition Against AIDS (NIBUCAA)conducted an awareness campaign among its workforce with the theme “in unity we mitigate stigma.” The theme was chosen because the stigma of HIV/AIDS has many negative impacts for...
Kodak supported NGO to create a hospital for children cancer patients
Kodak Brasileira was one of the first companies to lend financial support to Grupo de Apoio a Crianca com Cancer (GACC), a non-profit organisation based in Sao Jose dos Campos that plans to create a hospital for children with cancer.