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Ben Jerry’s Commits $25,000 To Help Fund Income-Generating Opportunities for Entrepreneurs and Smallholder Farmers Around the World Tue, 07/18/2023 - 11:45 Type of Content Multimedia with summary Layout Standard Format Body Since 2020, Ben Jerry’s has a business model of linked prosperity. Their social mission is to work towards their goal to create positive change in the world from inside the pint out, starting with responsible sourcing and support of their suppliers. To date, Ben Jerry’s have
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Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) are not just words but values that are exemplified through our culture at Cadence. In the DEI@Cadence blog series, you’ll find a community where employees share their perspectives and experiences.
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The Western Union Foundation announced that it invested more than US$20 million, reaching more than two million people worldwide and connecting 50,000 individuals to economic opportunities, as part of its recently concluded Opportunity Beyond Borders commitment. The Foundation’s latest Impact Report highlights key programs and stories from people supported through the organization’s three-year commitment (Sept. 2019 – Dec. 2022). Opportunity Beyond Borders focused on empowering disadvantaged you
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$5.3 million pledged to 21 initiatives across Africa, Brazil, China, U.S. and for those impacted by the earthquake in Türkiye
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Commitments made to support veterinary scholarships, diversity and inclusion programming, mental well-being, livestock farmers and veterinary livelihoods around the world
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Global animal health company renews co-funding with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to advance the health and productivity of dairy, beef, poultry and fish producers in seven new countries in Sub-Saharan Africa
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According to the Uganda AIDS Commission, approximately 1.4 million people in Uganda were living with HIV in 2020, up from 1.2 million a decade earlier.
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New grants increase investments to locally-led organizations
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CNH Industrial brand New Holland Agriculture has delivered 20 of its TT4.75 tractors to women farmers in the Soroti and Katakwi districts of Uganda.
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Since its Launch in 2016, New Partnerships Bring Total Global CSR Program Contributions to JPY 19.7 Billion (Approx. USD 140.7 million) Across 24 Programs in 79 Countries
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More Than 23,000 Takeda Employees Voted on New Partnerships Selecting Ipas, Plan International, Pure Earth and United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
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Global CSR Program Partnerships Help Takeda Advance Disease Prevention, Empower the Health Workforce and Strengthen Health Systems Across the World
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WaterAid Launches Advocacy Program To Deliver Sustainable Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Services to African Healthcare Facilities Tue, 09/13/2022 - 14:40 Type of Content Press Release Layout Standard Format Body NEW YORK, September 13, 2022 /3BL Media/ - Today WaterAid announced the launch of a one-year program to advocate and inform policy change for improved access to clean water, sanitation and hygiene services (WASH) in healthcare facilities in Africa through a grant from the Conrad N. Hilto
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Listen to episode 2 of our Hepcast as we follow the journey of a young man living with HepatitisB. He’s joined by Arafat Bwambale from the Great Lakes Peace Centre in Uganda and Manal El Sayed from Ain Shams University in Egypt.
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Pfizer will provide all its current and future patent-protected medicines and vaccines available in the U.S. or EU on a not-for-profit basis to 45 lower-income countries.
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Rwanda, Ghana, Malawi, Senegal and Uganda are the first five countries to commit to join the Accord. Health officials in these countries will help identify and resolve hurdles beyond supply to inform the roll out in all 45 lower-income countries.
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Pfizer calls upon global health leaders and organizations to join the Accord, bringing their expertise and resources to close the health equity gap and help create a healthier world for 1.2 billion people.
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100% of proceeds will be donated to War Child USA, a humanitarian organization providing life-changing resources to children living through conflict
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7 Projects Across 5 African Countries Expected to Deliver 3.5 Million Devices and Avoid 50 Million tCO2e of Emissions Over 15 Years
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$4.9 million pledged to 20 initiatives across Africa, Brazil, China, Ukraine and the U.S.
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Commitments made to support veterinary scholarships, diversity and inclusion programming and mental wellness in the U.S.; livestock farmers and veterinary livelihoods in Africa, Brazil and China; and relief efforts in Ukraine
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Surge for Water, a 501c3 nonprofit based in Chicago and Dubai, invests in communities with safe water, sanitation, hygiene solutions and menstrual health solutions, and is partnering with the business community across the US & UAE, to recognize World Water Day. World Water Day is an international recognized day that celebrates water and raises awareness of the two billion people living without access to safe water. Earlier this year, Surge launched the “Companies That Give Back” campaign to
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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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When Diana Sierra founded Be Girl a decade ago, global period protection wasn't yet a hot topic. In traveling to Uganda, she was surprised to learn that girls lacked effective ways to manage their periods.
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AYR Logistics signs agreement to purchase up to 100 Chaparral autonomous, hybrid-electric VTOL delivery aircraft
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Elanco Animal Health Incorporated (NYSE: ELAN) today announces its inclusion in FORTUNE’s 2021 Change the World list, which recognizes companies that have made an important social or environmental impact through their profit-making strategy and operations. This year’s publication honored Elanco’s shared value initiative “East Africa Growth Accelerator (EAGA)” and ranked Elanco 19th on the list of 53 companies that do well by doing good. With the East Africa Growth Accelerator, Elanco provides sm
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Latest Grants to Support 55,000 Disadvantaged Youth Around the World
Introduces ‘Hikmet Ersek Scholarship’
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TriLinc Global Impact Fund announced today that it recently acquired $11,124,078 of participations in two term loan facilities, bringing total financing commitments as of July 31, 2021 to $413.9 million for business expansions and socioeconomic developments through its holdings in Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, Southeast Asia, and Emerging Europe.
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Empowering the Next Generation of Water Innovators Tue, 08/24/2021 - 11:30 Type of Content Blog Layout Featured Media Body To mark 25 years of Xylem’s partnership with the Stockholm Junior Water Prize, Austin Alexander, Vice President, Sustainability and Social Impact at Xylem, shares her perspective on youth innovation, the opportunity to ignite a new generation of water innovators and how solving water lies in the power of the collective. It is often noted the way we will feel climate change t
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Inspirational Finalists Announced for the $5 Million Elevate Prize
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After 10,000 Votes, 10 Winners Will Receive $25K to Scale Their Efforts to Fight Injustice
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More than 100 women-led companies will be provided with free workspace, mentorship for a year
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Disney Conservation Fund Celebrates Its 2020 Heroes Tue, 06/08/2021 - 17:30 Type of Content Article Layout Featured Media Body The Disney Conservation Fund (DCF) recognizes the hard work and effort of individuals and teams around the world working to conserve wildlife and protect wild places every year. In a world that needs wildlife heroes more than ever, the DCF is proud to celebrate the following 20 individuals and teams awarded in 2020, who join more than 200 passionate, dedicated Disney Con
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As India sinks deeper into a catastrophic second wave of COVID-19, Northwell Health is readying to send desperately needed supplies, equipment and funds as the country is in the throes of a national health care crisis. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210506006066/en/ Dr. Eric Cioe-Peña (right), Northwell Health's Director of Global Health, readies supplies for Indian COVID-19 relief mission. Credit Northwell Health. Aft
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Annet Kirabo is a Living Goods community health worker in Kampala, Uganda, and a mother of three. See how Cisco is supporting Community Health Workers like Annet, who go door-to-door providing essential -- often lifesaving -- information and care.
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Company Celebrates Migrants in Honor of International Migrants Day
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For three entrepreneurial women business partners in Uganda, the emerging COVID-19 crisis posed an immediate threat to their newly started business. Pictured above, the three entrepreneurs, Nancy, Lilly, and Irene stand on their business premises in Patira East Village.\r\r
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Only 2% of Uganda's 1.8 million urban households are connected to a sewer line. All others rely on on-site septics or pit toilets. This article describes in-depth the challenges faced by private pit emptier facilities.
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Uganda is off-track to meet the \"universal access to sanitation\" Sustainability Development Goal by 2030. This blog describes the drivers and barriers to basic sanitation and provides detailed recommendations on how market-based sanitation can help.
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OLON announced it will continue its collaboration with Novartis to support the Africa Sickle Cell Disease program as it expands to Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.
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Farmers in Kenya and Uganda currently fighting a devastating locust invasion and looming food security crisis are receiving help from Bayer thanks to a donation of 170,000 liters of Decis ULV insecticide. 120,000 liters will be shipped to Kenya...
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Antimicrobial resistance is a leading global health challengei that requires urgent action to ensure a safer world for everyone, everywhere
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Effective surveillance and timely data feedback are critical for infection prevention and control programs, and informing appropriate use of anti-infectives
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New partnership in Ghana, Kenya, Malawi and Uganda will provide governments and public health community with critical decision-making information to help address AMR
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Today, Novartis and its partners announced the expansion of the Africa Sickle Cell Disease program to East Africa with the signature of two new memoranda of understanding with the Ministries of Health of Uganda and Tanzania.
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The Company Pledges $100,000 to The Hunger Project, Dedicated the Month of May to Women and Hunger
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Herbalife Nutrition (NYSE: HLF), a premier global nutrition company, along with the Herbalife Nutrition Foundation (HNF), today announced that it has a new nonprofit partner, The Hunger Project, under its Nutrition for Zero Hunger (NFZH) initiative. The Foundation has made an initial donation of $30,000 to fund the organization’s women-centered, community-led development and educational programs. Together they will invest in rural communities around the world affected by food insecurity and maln
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Elanco Animal Health Inc. (NYSE: ELAN) today announced that its shared value East Africa Growth Accelerator (EAGA) initiative has delivered a Social Return on Investment (SROI) of almost 250% for dairy and poultry smallholder farmers, their families and other stakeholders in the region. For every US$1 invested by Elanco and its partners in the EAGA initiative during its initial phase from June 2017 to December 2018, $2.48 of socio-economic value has been created for society in East Africa. Accor
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This couple currently buys from traders and co-ops across South Africa, Zambia, Kenya, Uganda and Swaziland. Through eBay for Charity, sales from their business also support charities that work to reduce poverty in local communities across Africa.
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Led by the Zayed Sustainability Prize
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Advancing global progress towards the UN SDGs, a range of technologies and solutions will be deployed to empower vulnerable communities in 20 countries, by the end of 2020
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Aiming to widen the global reach and accessibility of impactful sustainability solutions and innovations, the collaborative initiative builds on the UAE’s leading global role in humanitarianism and sustainability, and champions the values of inclusiveness and compassion outlined in the UAE’s Year of Tolerance
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Solutions and technologies being donated, were developed by Zayed Sustainability Prize winners and finalists across its Health, Food, Energy and Water categories
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Grants include additional geographies, areas of focus and disease targets
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Grants to help strengthen health systems and reduce health disparities in underserved communities in Africa, Asia and Latin America
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Medal Recognizes Organizations That Reflect Company’s Commitment to Expanding Access to Care for People in Need
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Takeda’s founding mission to serve patients, wherever they are, drives its increased commitments to disease prevention, capacity building, and access to healthcare in developing and emerging countries, in partnership with the global community.
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Through its annual Global CSR Program, approximately 20,000 employees worldwide cast their votes, selecting City Cancer Challenge, Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi), SeriousFun Children’s Network, UNICEF, and the UN Foundation as 2019 partners.
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With these programs, Takeda's contributions through its unique Global CSR Program total 10.5 billion yen for a total of 14 programs since its 2016 launch.
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$1.99 Million Grant Supports Patient Navigation Initiative in
Sub-Saharan Africa
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Portraits of Hope artist Ed Massey provides colorful fruit mural
at Southside United HDFC-Los Sures, Brooklyn
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Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE:ARW) and nonprofit We Care Solar won the 2019 Edison Award for Social Innovation for its joint development of Solar Suitcase 3.0, a portable and durable power system that provides sustainable energy for around-the-clock, effective obstetric care in remote and off-grid maternal health facilities around the world. The Edison Awards, named after Thomas Alva Edison, recognizes and honors the world’s best innovators and innovations. This year marks the 32nd year the Edis
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HP believes education is a human right, and technology can be the great equalizer. We are partnering with Education Cannot Wait, UNHCR and Learning Equality to bring tech-enabled learning to students in Uganda, including refugee learners, through a pilot initiative using HP School Cloud. HP School Cloud is a learning management system preloaded with content and curriculum, and a wireless router all built into one that students can access from any wifi-enabled device--without an Internet connectio