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Dr. Thomas Odeny grew up in rural Kenya during the height of the HIV epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa. After graduating from medical school at the University of Nairobi, he decided to begin his career in HIV care as a way to give back to his community.
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Leaders of global industry, NGOs and UN delegates have united in calling for a global policy framework that would address all stages of the plastic lifecycle.
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On a recent afternoon in Nairobi, Kenya, about two dozen scientists gathered, peering at a screen that to the untrained eye looked like gibberish — rows of letters but no coherent words.
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On a recent trip to Nairobi, Laura Kohler visited Kohler Innovation for Good partner Sanergy, a nonprofit working to build healthy, prosperous communities by making hygienic sanitation accessible & affordable in Africa’s urban informal settlements.
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World Toilet Day Q Kohler and Sanergy's Mission to Build Healthy, Prosperous Communities Tue, 11/22/2022 - 09:40 Subheader Making hygienic sanitation accessible and affordable in Africa’s largest urban informal settlements Type of Content Article Layout Media Gallery Body Around the world, over three billion people lack access to safely managed sanitation. Sanitation needs vary from community to community and tackling this challenge requires innovations and partnerships that take into considerat
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Financing the environmental and energy transition is a key objective for Mirova, an affiliate of Natixis Investment Managers dedicated to impact investing. With the acquisition of SunFunder, a private debt management company that finances renewable energy projects in Africa and Asia, Mirova is expanding its investment platform in emerging markets. This is a major step in Mirova's development strategy in real assets. Founded 10 years ago as a crowdfunding platform, SunFunder's main objective was
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David Haroz joins the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation as Chief of Staff
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Elanco Animal Health Incorporated (ELAN: NYSE) today announces the expansion of its shared value footprint across Sub-Saharan Africa, delivering on its 2030 pledge to create sustainable development solutions for those who depend on livestock for their livelihoods. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220316005069/en/ Raising livestock is important to secure people's livelihood in Sub-Saharan Africa. (Photo: Business Wire) MA
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Putting Purpose into Practice: Pentair and the Pentair Foundation Support Communities Around the World Tue, 11/30/2021 - 09:05 Subheader Company Offers Double Match for Employee Giving this Giving Tuesday Type of Content Press Release Layout Featured Media Body LONDON, November 30, 2021 /3BL Media/ - Pentair plc (NYSE: PNR), a leading provider of water treatment and sustainable solutions, and the Pentair Foundation announce the twenty-third consecutive year of giving to strengthen communities ar
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Technology is Transforming a Retail Sector Owned Mostly by Women
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Novartis and children’s rights organization Save the Children are launching their first common health project tackling child mortality in Kenya's Kibera and Mathare slums.
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US$ 136,000 Sharjah International Award for Refugee Advocacy and Support 2021 was conferred on girl- and woman-centric organization at virtual ceremony
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Chrome Hearts has partnered with eco-fashion house Ministry of Tomorrow (MOT) in the inaugural “Art for Education” celebrity art auction sponsored by the Ministry of Tomorrow and LA’s avant-garde retailer to the stars, Church Boutique to raise funds for the Chema Vision Children’s Center in Kibera- Nairobi, Kenya. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210614005846/en/ Laurie Lynn Stark / Chrome Hearts (Photo: Business Wire) T
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Pentair plc, a global water treatment company, and the Pentair Foundation announce their twenty-first consecutive year of giving.
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Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Awards More Than $18.9 Million in Grants in the Second Quarter of 2019
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Charles Njenga Mbugua’s eyes light up as he describes the exact moment the hi-tech irrigation system was activated for the first time at the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology in Nairobi, Kenya.
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The DigiTruck is a mobile, solar-powered classroom and enterprise incubator. The new unit serves the Kenyan capital of Nairobi - one of Africa’s commercial hubs and a portal for Africa’s development in the 21st Century.
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Pentair and the Pentair Foundation today announced a new collaboration with Shining Hope for Communities (SHOFCO) to deliver clean water to the people living in Mathare, an impoverished settlement in Nairobi, Kenya.
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Health improvement starts in the community and for the second consecutive year, a group of Cigna employees will be working in close collaboration with local nonprofit organizations across the country – and beyond – to help achieve that goal. Through Cigna’s Community Ambassador Fellowship program, employees will partner with an organization of their choice to positively impact the health and well-being of people in their communities. Introduced in 2017, the Community Ambassador Fellowship progra
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Schneider Electric is committed to accelerating the global transition to a low-carbon economy. That’s why we’ll be participating this year’s One Planet Summit — an event under the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) from March 11 – 15 in Nairobi, Kenya.
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Recap of CSR stories on Business Wire
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FLIR to Donate $3M in Thermal Imaging Equipment and Support for
Deployment Across Kenya
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Monsanto Fund, in partnership with Africare, has pledged $5 million over a five-year period to improve nutrition and access to healthy food for women and young children in Turkana County, Kenya. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180404005639/en/ Africare, based in Washington, D.C., works in partnership with African people to build sustainable, healthy and productive communities. With support from the Monsanto Fund, the ne
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Pentair, a leading global water treatment company focused on smart, sustainable water solutions, today commemorated World Water Day 2018 through its philanthropic work in Kenya with The Nature Conservancy’s Upper Tana-Nairobi Water Fund. World Water Day is an international observance created by the United Nations to focus attention on the importance of freshwater and advocate for sustainable freshwater resources.
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Global tech company’s programs guide today’s innovators to a
better tomorrow
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Recap of CSR stories on Business Wire
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Global power and technology leader Cummins Inc., (NYSE: CMI) today announced it is joining three other global manufacturers as part of an initiative to help 20 large cities around the world address air quality standards and combat climate change. Cummins and the other manufacturers have committed to making it easier for these major cities to purchase buses equipped with low-emissions technologies. “We are thrilled to be part of this initiative with great partners who are committed to doing the r
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Sep 12, 2017 10:45 AM ET - When Stephen Ondieki Orioki took the IT Essentials course at the Raila Educational Centre, he began his journey from the streets of Kibera, a slum surrounding Nairobi, to successful entrepreneur and international ambassador for the Cisco Networking...
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Albert, an 8th grade student in Nairobi, dreams of becoming an architect so he can help develop his country. Mukesh Mittal, Qualcomm’s Senior Director of Engineering, explains how mobile technology makes Albert’s dream possible.
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GreenBiz “30 Under 30” Debuts the Next Generation of Emerging Leaders Mon, 06/05/2017 - 07:00 Subheader Partnership with WBCSD names talented professionals impacting sustainable business Type of Content Press Release Layout Featured Media Body OAKLAND, Calif. and GENEVA, Switzerland, June 5, 2017 /3BL Media/ — GreenBiz Group and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development today named the 2017 “30 Under 30,” based on a global search for emerging leaders across sectors who are shaping t
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To celebrate International Women’s Day, CBRE is proud to announce an extension to its partnership with children’s charity, Plan International, to bring the charity’s ‘Safer Cities’ programme to Nairobi in Kenya.
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I must confess: while I’ve always been excited by technological innovations that transform people’s lives, like the Vodafone m-pesa mobile money service that many Kenyans now use instead of cash to pay for groceries, car fuel, even health clinic fees, I hadn’t given much thought to how information and communications technology (ICT) can also revolutionize how work is completed in international development to help achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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We are pleased to announce that the first Novartis Access shipment has just been delivered to Kenya. This shipment includes medicines against cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, respiratory conditions and breast cancer. The medicines are currently stored in the MEDS warehouse (Mission for Essential Drugs and Supplies) in Nairobi.
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Dec 4, 2013 3:00 PM ET - This post was written by Dr. Stanley Ndwiga, Outreach/Project Doctor at Gertrude’s Children’s Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya. It was originally published on the ...
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Feb 7, 2012 9:00 AM ET - Molly’s World is a series of short videos chronicling the life of Molly, a girl living in the Mathare slum of Nairobi, Kenya. Two episodes have been released on the YouTube channel MollyKenya. This series is brought you by the United Nations World Food Programme and made possible by an in-kind donation of Flip Video cameras by Cisco Corporate Social Responsibility. Learn more about the Flip Video program in a previous blog post. The World Food Programme is using video a
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