Jayaashree Industries
One Indian social entrepreneur has given women from low income groups in India dignity, by making it possible for them to afford to buy sanitary towels and provide them with an income at the same time. Arunachalam Murugananthamis the person who changed things. From a poor background in the South of India, he created the worlds first low-cost machine to produce sanitary towels. According to a report by market research group AC Nielsen, Sanitary Protection: Every Woman's Health Right, 88% of women in India are driven to use ashes, newspapers, sand husks and dried leaves during their periods. As a result of these unhygienic practices, more than 70% of women suffer from reproductive tract infections, increasing the risk of contracting associated cancers. Muruganantham re-engineered a sanitary […]
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DfG Days for Girls International
Days for Girls turns periods into pathways. We’re increasing access to menstrual care and education by developing global partnerships, seeding social enterprises, mobilizing volunteers, and innovating sustainable solutions that shatter stigmas and limitations for women and girls. Together, we're advancing gender equity and building a world with dignity, health, and opportunity for all. The Days for Girls movement includes more than 1,000 registered Chapters and Teams; social enterprise projects in 15 countries; and 50,000+ volunteers assembling and distributing DfG Kits (washable menstrual care solutions) in 114 countries across Africa, Asia, and Latin America. We have reached one million women and girls — and counting!
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SHARE Sanitation and Hygiene Applied Research for Equity (SHARE) consortium
Established in 2010 with funding from the UK Department for International Development, the Sanitation and Hygiene Applied Research for Equity (SHARE) consortium seeks to contribute to achieving universal access to effective, sustainable and equitable sanitation and hygiene by generating, synthesising and translating evidence to improve policy and practice worldwide. Since our inception, we have conducted research across a range of sanitation and hygiene-related issues to address national sector needs in the countries which we work, focussing particularly on the broad thematic areas of: equity, health, markets and urban sanitation. In 2015, SHARE commenced a second phase of research and refocused to four new themes: complementary food hygiene, nutrition, urban sanitation and vaccines. Our activities are now concentrated in sub-Saharan Africa, specifically: Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania and […]
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ARUWE Action for Rural Women's Empowerment
Action for Rural Women's Empowerment (ARUWE) is a grassroots non-profit that works with marginalized groups of people especially rural women and children in Uganda. Established in 2003 as a community based organization, ARUWE was later registered as an NGO in 2008 and has functional governance structures that include a board of five members and an executive committee. Initially, the organization started its operations in Nsangi sub-county, Wakiso district focusing on women livelihood programs. Presently, ARUWE operates in Wakiso, Kiboga, Kyankwanzi, Mpigi and Sembabule districts of central Uganda focusing on eliminating discriminative practices that inhibit womenÂ?s potential in the social, economic and civic sectors. ARUWE envisions a world in which women and children realize their full social, economic and civic potential and its mission is to […]
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OBPL Organica Biotech Pvt. Ltd.
Organica Biotech Pvt. Ltd is involved in finding natural and sustainable solutions to impeding issues of sanitation, agriculture and solid waste management using microbe based technology. Organica Biotech has grown to be one of the leading biotechnological companies today to provide effective and eco-friendly products to over 45 countries. Our rich research expertise has propelled us to develop products which provide effective solution to present day environment and social problems. Our products are specially crafted and formulated to unlock the the potential of microbes to address global sanitation issues deftly. We are the torch bearers of change in social front. We are closely associated with various NGOs and CSR events to eliminate all the sanitation woes. We not only provide […]
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WADA Welfare Association for Development Alternative (WADA)
Welfare Association for Development Alternative (WADA) established in 10 September 2011 as a non-profit, non-political, non-government organization and registered from Department of Social Services under the Government of Bangladesh with a view to work those disadvantaged people especially women, youths, girls & children through different development approaches such as food security and nutrition, education, health, gender equality, women rights and empowerments, water and sanitation, climate change and environment. WADA has a team of social workers who are well qualified and experienced to project implementation. The organization follows regular monitoring, sharing experiences and immediate action for the successful implementation the activities. WADA specially targeted to ensure its support to establish rights of the women, youths and children to remove social injustice and bring a society […]
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AF Antenna Foundation
Antenna Technologies is a Swiss foundation committed to the scientific research of technological, health and economic solutions in partnership with universities, non-profit organizations and private companies to meet the basic needs of marginalized populations in developing countries.
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CEE Centre for Environment Education
CEE's mission is to enhance understanding of sustainable development in formal, non-formal and informal education through its work with schools, higher educational institutions, policy makers and reaching out to youth and the general community. It is to integrate education as a key driver for change in demonstrating and advancing sustainable practices in rural and urban communities, and in business and the public sector, and in meeting challenges of global issues such as climate change and biodiversity conservation. CEE also promotes individual and collective positive Handprint actions that are environmentally sound, economically viable and socially beneficial.
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RAE Reseau de l Assainissement Ecologique
The RAE was created in 2006. It is a collective of associations, consulting firms, craftsmen, companies and individuals active in the promotion and Implementation of ecological sanitation systems in France and in Europe. The RAE target to defend the general interest in ecological sanitation. The RAE is therefore not a trade union, it does not work to study or defend the rights, nor the material or moral interests of its members. The network was created in 2006 during the meeting of ecological sanitation actors with the desire to get to know each other, to exchange and share their experiences. It was then decided to formalize these annual meetings, called "Les Intestinales". They become the highlights of the life of the RAE, but work continues throughout the […]
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CYF BORNEfonden Children & Youth Foundation
BORNEfonden Children and Youth Foundation BORNEfonden CYF is a Danish development organisation working to enable a sustainable future for children, youth, families and communities in West Africa. Established in 1972, BORNEfonden CYF works in Burkina Faso, Benin, Mali, Togo and Cape Verde focusing on WASH, health, education and income generation in rural areas. In cooperation with authorities, organisations and local communities, BORNEfonden CYF works 15-20 years in each community to create resilient and empowered children and youth. Collaboration and partnerships are key in BORNEfonden's work to establish lasting change. BORNEfonden CYF also provides humanitarian assistance in response to emergencies. In the sector of WASH, BORNEfonden CYF works to improves access to clean water and improved sanitation in households, health facilities and schools through CLTS programmes.
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SI Solidarites International
For over 35 years, the humanitarian aid organization SOLIDARITAÉS INTERNATIONAL has been committed to providing aid in the event of conflict and natural disasters. Our mission is to provide aid as quickly and as efficiently as possible to endangered populations by meeting their vital needs: drinking water, food and shelter. After providing emergency aid, our humanitarian teams accompany the most vulnerable families and communities until they recover their livelihoods and self-sufficiency, to enable them to deal with the challenges of an uncertain future with dignity. SOLIDARITAÉS INTERNATIONAL is particularly committed to fighting water-related diseases, the primary cause of death in the world today. Drawing on their expertise, our teams develop and carry out aid programs in the fields of water, sanitation and hygiene, as well as in […]
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3ie International Initiative for Impact Evaluation
3ie funds impact evaluations and systematic reviews that generate evidence on what works in development programmes and why. 3ie is an international grant-making NGO promoting evidence-informed development policies and programmes. We are the global leader in funding and producing high-quality evidence of what works, how, why and at what cost in international development. We believe that better and policy-relevant evidence will make development more effective and improve peopleas lives. Since its founding in 2008, 3ie has awarded over 200 grants (146 impact evaluations, 33 systematic reviews and 38 other studies) in over 50 countries, with a total value of US$ 84,225,205. 3ie has offices in New Delhi, London and Washington, DC. The three main funders of 3ie are the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, UKaid through the […]
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Water.org Water.org
For more than 25 years, Water.org has made it our mission to bring water and sanitation to the world. Founded by Gary White and Matt Damon, we pioneer market-driven financial solutions to the global water crisis. Water.org works to facilitate universal access to water and sanitation through access to affordable financing, and it tackles this approach through multiple layers. At the grassroots level, we work with local financial partners to facilitate microloans for poor people to finance the toilet that they want or connect to a local water supply. At regional and national levels, we work with governments and the financial sector to ensure that institutional and/or policy barriers to financing for water and sanitation are removed. Finally, we engage at the […]
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Miss Microfinance Miss Microfinance Nigeria
Miss Microfinance is a voluntary organization that is focused on changing labor dynamics in Nigeria and Africa in favor of young girls by providing life skills, soft loans and advancing healthy living in schools and communities. Currently, we are training out-of-school young girls on Photocyngraphics (photography, cinematography, and graphics), as well as working with state governments in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria to establish water and Sanitation Committees in the school system leading to the creation of WASH FUND for water and sanitation improvement in the schools. Our flagship project, the Miss Microfinance Global Ambassador Pageant winner continues to campaign and advocate for improved sanitation facilities in the campuses and amongst the public and private places. More so, we are part of the microfinance institutions […]
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TTPL Tide Technocrats Private Limited
Tide Technocrats has been working in the areas of sanitation, solid waste management and renewable energy, since 1995. Our vision is to Enable and Empower individuals and Communities to lead an Environmentally responsible and a sustainable lifestyle Our work in sanitation involves working in technology based solutions for faecal sludge and septage management, apart from consulting projects such as solid liquid waste management, research studies, technology development, training and capacity building development, monitoring and evaluation and other areas. We are also members of the National Faecal Sludge and Septage Management Alliance in India. Our current project involves development, installation, operations and maintenance of a thermal faecal sludge treatment plant for smaller towns and cities.
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ZGRS Ziongate Geospatial and Research Services
Our Vision: Engaging people, technology and resources for sustainable development We undertake environmental sustainability based programs/projects/research in the area of health, sanitation, conservation, forestry and natural resource management e.t.c through the implementation and application of spatial analytical technologies and sustainable development strategies. We are also motivated to collaborate with various environmental management stakeholders including Government Institutions and Non-Profit Organizations in strengthening human resource capacity for environmental resource management and creating healthy society. We work in the following sectors - Water resource - Physical Planning - Health - Forestry - Education - Sanitation - Technology
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APPLICATIO APPLICATIO Training & Management GmbH
APPLICATIO is an independent, international consulting company focused on assisting people, organizations and companies as well networks and regions worldwide in their sustainable development. APPLICATIO stands for demand-driven, socially responsible and environmentally conscious "Capacity Development" with special experience and focus in developing and transition countries. To cover this range of services APPLICATIO is divided into three divisions, which interact depending on the project task due to its international orientation and many technical aspects: - International Management & Marketing Academy (I.M.M.A.) - Training - International Development Consult (I.D.C.) - Consulting - eAcademy - eLearning APPLICATIO sees itself as a customer-oriented service provider who supports its partners - people, organizations and societies - with tailored solutions for their own sustainable development in order to successfully adapt to constantly changing framwork conditions. APPLICATIO has […]
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GWN German WASH Network
The German WASH Network is an open initiative of German non-governmental organisations actively engaged in the WASH sector. The members are working in development cooperation as well as in humanitarian relief and rehabilitation and share the vision that all people on our planet have sustainable access to safe water and sanitation and independently practice all elementary principles of hygiene. Apart from joint advocacy and policy activities to strengthen the WASH sector in Germany and beyond, the networks aims to contribute to a professionalisation of the sector through continuous knowledge exchange and capacity building, project cooperation and the improved interaction between humanitarian relief and development cooperation.
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AOH Africa Our Home
Africa Our Home seeks to bridge cultures, support African development and cultivate lasting trusting partnerships between Africa and the rest of the world.
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Lifewater Lifewater International
Lifewater is a non-profit Christian community development organization dedicated to effectively serving vulnerable children and families by partnering with underserved communities to overcome water poverty. With experience in more than 40 countries since 1977, Lifewater serves all people by providing them with contextually appropriate water access, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) interventions.
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