Our planet is warming, fast. In order to keep the global temperature increase below 2°C we need to act now. Luckily, there is a solution: if nature is brought back through nature-based solutions, we can mitigate global warming by 37%. Herein lies the purpose of  Justdiggit .  Established over 10 years ago, we make dry land green again by inspiring and activating farmers in Africa – positively impacting climate change, nature and people. Degraded landscapes are restored by combining traditional techniques with new technology, (mobile) data and a strong communication approach. Up to date, we've restored 60,000 hectares of degraded land (84,034 football pitches!) and regenerated 9+ million trees. But that is just the start: we are on a mission to regreen Africa by 2030, effectively cooling down our planet. Together with millions of farmers. And together with you. Dig in! Find out more by visiting the website  https://justdiggit.org/ 
 
 
 Alternative ways to give to JustDiggit: For gifts by check: Write your check to KBFUS, write "JustDiggit" in the memo section of the check, and send it to KBFUS, 551 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2400, New York, NY 10176. Gifts by wire transfer or to contribute other types of property: Email KBFUS at:  info@kbfus.org  or phone (212) 713 7660.

Justdiggit Foundation (NL)

Mission The mission of Plastic Soup Foundation is: 'No plastic waste in our water!'  We do not take plastic out of the water; in

Mission The mission of Plastic Soup Foundation is: 'No plastic waste in our water!'  We do not take plastic out of the water; instead, we want to put an end to the increasing amount of plastic polluting the ocean by tackling the issue at its sources. Think of microplastics in cosmetics or synthetic fibres from clothing. These all end up in the ocean one way or another. We have been working towards this goal since 2011. According to the international press, we are now  'One of the leading advocacy groups to tackle plastic pollution.'  Vision 
 With a devoted Amsterdam-based team we work with a firm approach: Be aware:  The Plastic Soup Foundation constantly draws attention to plastic soup through campaigns, news articles and social media. Get educated:  Anyone who wants to find out more about plastic soup is in the right place when they come to us. The Plastic Soup Foundation has developed educational programs for primary and secondary schools since 2016, and in 2018 we launched a new digital education program for primary schools. In addition we work together with experts, politicians, organizations, universities and companies which have similar missions or visions. Find solutions:  The Plastic Soup Foundation stimulates all possible (innovative) solutions which help tackle the causes of plastic soup at source. Measures which prevent plastic entering the environment, water and possibly ending up in the sea have the greatest impact in our opinion. This includes reducing the amount of single-use consumer plastics, the development of a plastic footprint for companies as well as smart devices which collect plastic in waterways. Global sustainability goals and plastic soup In September 2015, the United Nations determined the  2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development . This agenda comprises the seventeen well-known  Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). All Member States have an effort obligation to adjust their policies so that these goals will indeed be achieved in 2030. Many organizations and companies have now also embraced the agenda and use the sustainability goals as a guide for their actions. None of the seventeen SDGs specifically has plastic soup as its main subject. Meanwhile, the effects of the plastic soup are clearer and clearer and the problem is increasingly prominent on the international agenda. In July 2017, the United Nations met on the implementation of SDG 14, ("Preserve and make sustainable use of oceans, seas and marine resources"), and the world adopted a  resolution : "Our Ocean, our future: call for action". All countries agreed to intensify their efforts to prevent pollution of the oceans, among others by aiming to reduce plastics and microplastics. There was special attention for the reduction of Single Use Plastic (SUP), single use packaging plastics in particular. www.plasticsoupfoundation.org

Plastic Soup Foundation

Help us increase biodiversity and support forest research

The Greenland Trees mission is  to drawdown atmospheric CO2 into new forests; to partner with Greenlandic society, emphasising youth engagement and education; to restore the landscape in a heavily degraded former military base and other urbanised environments; to increase bird habitat and soil carbon; and to support forest research. Greenland Trees partnership with the King Baudouin Foundation US enables US 501c3 tax deductions. Greenland trees is also affiliated with the Dasht foundation, a public benefit (ANBI) organisation registered in The Netherlands,  aiming to alleviate environmental and socio-economic issues around the globe. The Greenland Trees project was formally initiated in January 2019, but in practice started with a photographic survey in 2013 and tree plantings in 2015, 2016 and 2018, covering under 2 Ha in Narsarsuaq, south Greenland. The future of Greenland Trees involves increasing partnership with Greenlandic schools, museums and tourism, supporting forest research, and scaling up of planting activities to reach 100 Ha by 2030.

Greenland Trees

MISSION  Christ gave us a mandate to help the poor. HopeFeathers is doing our part in fulfilling this command. We are a small an

MISSION  Christ gave us a mandate to help the poor. HopeFeathers is doing our part in fulfilling this command. We are a small and effective organization.  We take a grassroots approach with the philosophy of THINK BIG, START SMALL, START NOW.  We support Christ-centered organizations that are helping children in 3rd world countries.  JOIN US  HopeFeathers partners with the King Baudouin Foundation, United States, to manage our grant distributions to recipient organizations in Africa. To make a donation by credit card continue on this page.  HopeFeather's stewardship of your financial contributions is one of the hallmarks of our organization. We have deep rooted, well established relationships with all of our grant recipient leaders and we communicate with them on a consistent basis. We've visited all the countries where grants have been awarded.  You can be confident that your contributions are well managed and purposed. We do not use any of your donations for administrative costs.  Occasionally we fund travel expenses  for missionaries and volunteers supporting our goals and objectives around the world.  www.hopefeathers.org

HopeFeathers

For life and liberty 
 
 The Hellenic Wildlife Care Association, H.W.C.A. (ANIMA) is a non-profit association with its main acti

For life and liberty 
 
 The Hellenic Wildlife Care Association, H.W.C.A. (ANIMA) is a non-profit association with its main activity being the nursing and rehabilitation of wild animals in their natural environment. It was established in 2005, today being the largest and most prominent organization in Greece for wildlife care and rehabilitation. Each year ANIMA treats about 8,000 wild animals, many of which are rare or endangered, responds to thousands of citizens for issues concerning wildlife, collaborates with authorities, NGOs and stakeholders to address threats to wildlife, and mobilizes hundreds of volunteers. The number of incidents arriving at the organization's First Aid Station is increasing rapidly every year. In 2021, the admissions reached 8,300, and are increased by more than 30% compared to 2020. Visit our website:  https://www.wild-anima.gr/

Hellenic Wildlife Care Association, H.W.C.A. (GR)

Biovision Foundation combats hunger and poverty, and is committed to the dissemination and application of ecological methods that sustainably improve living conditions in Africa whilst also conserving the environment.

To  improve living conditions in Africa  
 
 Biovision was founded in 1998 by Swiss World Food Prize recipient Dr. Hans Rudolf Herren, with the aim of sustainably improving life for people in Africa while conserving the environment as the basis for all life. https://www.biovision.ch/en/home/   In the 1980s, the world renowned entomologist Hans Rudolf Herren saved millions of people in Africa from starving to death by devising organic control methods for a devastating cassava pest. He was awarded the World Food Prize in 1995 for his work – he is the first, and so far only, Swiss person to have received it.  Biovision Foundation combats hunger and poverty, and is committed to the dissemination and application of ecological methods that sustainably improve living conditions in Africa whilst also conserving the environment. Biovision renders 'help for self-help' and promotes ecological thought and action in both North and South.

Biovision - Foundation for ecological development (CH)

Help preserve the environment and cultural heritage in Greece! 
 
 Elliniki Etairia Periballontos kai Politismou - ELLET (Hellen

Help preserve the environment and cultural heritage in Greece! 
 
 Elliniki Etairia Periballontos kai Politismou - ELLET (Hellenic Society for the Protection of the Environment and Cultural Heritage)  – a non-profit NGO – has since 1972 been active in the fight for the preservation of the natural environment and the cultural heritage of Greece. During the last 48 years, ELLINIKI ETAIRIA has fought many important battles, including the establishment of the Marine Park of Alonissos, the saving of Plaka (a struggle that continues to this day), the protection of the Delphic landscape, of the Southern Saronic Gulf, of Pylos, of the Prespa lakes, of the Tatoi estate, of part of the area of Marathon, of the Hellenistic tower of Kea, of many Byzantine churches and of historic settlements such as those of Hydra and other Aegean islands. At the same time monuments outside the country's borders have also been saved from demolition, decay and abandonment, such as the campanile of San Giorgio dei Greci ("St. George of the Greeks") in Venice, the Church of St. Panteleimon or Kizil Kilise (Red Church) in Cappadocia, and the frescoes of the Medieval Refectory in the Holy Monastery of St. Catherine at Mount Sinai. ELLET is also active in environmental education, and – with its substantiated studies and proposals – in protecting the seas and the forests and in planning for sustainable tourism, carrying capacity and environmental tax reform. And all these thanks to the contributions and cooperation of sponsors, scientists, volunteers, members and friends. Main aims for the coming years: • integrated approach to the environment and cultural heritage • increasing awareness of climate change • continuous and constructive dialogue with the state. • encouraging further collaborations in Greece and abroad • protection of individual monuments and historic villages • awareness of the value of public space and the need to protect it • working closer with the Greek diaspora Visit our website:   http://www.ellet.gr

Elliniki Etairia Periballontos kai Politismou (GR)

With your support we can continue to restore the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

We have recovered more than 600 hectares of Atlantic Forest 
 
 Instituto Terra is a non-profit civil organization founded in April 1998. It is dedicated to environmental restoration and sustainable social and rural development in the Rio Doce Valley.  The region was originally covered by the Atlantic Forest and includes municipalities of Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo that are bordered by the Rio Doce Basin. To achieve this goal, it develops projects ranging from forest restoration and protection of springs to applied scientific research and environmental education. Our 5 pillars: 1 - Ecosystemic restoration  2 - Production of native seedlings  3 - Environmental education 4 - Environmental extension - "olhos d'água" program (water springs) 5 - Applied research Our mission is: To promote sustainable development through the restoration and preservation of forests, environmental education, correct use of natural resources and research. Visit our website:  http://www.institutoterra.org/ Images: Leonardo Merçon

Instituto Terra (BR)

Promoting a holistic awareness of nature 
 
 Fondation Homme et Nature was founded in 2021 in French speaking Switzerland. Aware

Promoting a holistic awareness of nature 
 
 Fondation Homme et Nature was founded in 2021 in French speaking Switzerland. Aware of the causes of global warming, its goal is to reinforce the ties between men and nature, focusing mostly on people in the 10 to 40 age bracket. 2021: Creation of the Fondation Homme et Nature. Recruitment of a small but very talented team. Launch of the web site in Dec 2021. 2022: Launch of the first activities for young people, mostly networking with other similar organizations. We work withe University of Lausanne on developing cures for eco-anxiety. Development of the digital communication tools: New and improved versions of the website, use of the social networks. Our objective is to be among the best known websites in Switzerland by the end of the year. 2023: Launch of a full programme of activities. Reinforcement of team and communication. Visit our website:  https://homme-nature.ch/

Fondation Homme et Nature (CH)

The Vision of the EWT is a healthy planet and an equitable world that values and sustains the diversity of all life.

Endangered Wildlife Trust (ZA) 
 
 The Endangered Wildlife Trust or EWT has worked tirelessly since 1973 to save wildlife and habitats, with our vision being a world in which both humans and wildlife prosper in harmony with nature. Our team of field-based specialists works across southern and East Africa. http://www.ewt.org.za/

Endangered Wildlife Trust (ZA)

Harnessing the power of giant kelp to help restore the health of the planet 
 
 The "Kelp Forest Foundation" (shortened to KFF) 

Harnessing the power of giant kelp to help restore the health of the planet 
 
 The "Kelp Forest Foundation" (shortened to KFF) is a Netherlands registered non-profit charity, set up in 2021, whose purpose is to boost knowledge, science & technology that serves to restore the health of oceans and atmosphere, initially around kelp afforestation and cultivation, and to make this publicly available. KFF is action-oriented and focused. Our initiatives must have concrete outcomes that directly contribute to front-line change. Kelp is drastically understudied given the benefits it can deliver. The promise of kelp and its ecosystem services need to be quantified and unlocked to speed up the expansion of kelp cultivation at scale, in order to help mitigate climate change and create sustainable products which will help displace the current more environmentally damaging products. The Kelp Forest Foundation was conceived by Kelp Blue Holdfast b.v., the incorporating entity of the foundation, to address the gap in science and knowledge around kelp forests' ecosystem services – and to ensure this knowledge is publicly available to companies, governments, regulators, not-for-profits, academics, and other stakeholders in order to accelerate the awareness and application of kelp forests as powerful nature-based solution. Visit our website for more:  https://kelpforestfoundation.org/

Stichting Kelp Forest Foundation (NL)

The John X Foundation is a non profit organisation providing less fortunate schools with learning materials, books, IT support, 

The John X Foundation is a non profit organisation providing less fortunate schools with learning materials, books, IT support, skills development, upgrading school buildings and non existent sports facilities and providing running water in rural South Africa. https://www.johnxsafaris.com/foundation/john-x-foundation/ The John X Foundation was established in 2009. Our approach has been one where humanitarian initiative combined with education and sustainable wildlife projects would ensure the survival of hunting for generations to come. Through coordinated contributions by our hunters, John X Safaris has been able to spearhead both humanitarian and conservation causes on an annual basis.

John X Safari (ZA)

Create an experience of mass awakening to the environmental and climate breakdown 
 
 The Week ASBL creates a project based on a

Create an experience of mass awakening to the environmental and climate breakdown 
 
 The Week ASBL creates a project based on a deep understanding of social psychology to create an experience of mass awakening to the environmental and climate breakdown.  The project of The Week is the brainchild of Frederic Laloux and Helene Gerin.  Frederic Laloux is a widely respected thinker and author, among other, of the book 'Reinventing Organizations' that has become a global word-of-mouth phenomenon (700,000 copies to date) and inspired countless leaders in corporations as well as nonprofits and movement (in the environmental sphere it includes founders of The Sunrise Movement, Project Drawdown and Extinction Rebellion). Helene Gerin Helene is recognized as a grief expert. Her most recent book explores the topic of creating communities around grief when parents lose a baby.   More information about the project can be found here:   https://1drv.ms/b/s!AnzItu_Io6xv5Fwafbl4XiWX7Vzb?e=VWobr0 
 
 Alternative ways to help: 
 
 For gifts by check: Write your check to KBFUS, write " American Friends of The Week " in the memo section of the check, and send it to KBFUS, 551 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2400, New York, NY 10176. Gifts by wire transfer or to contribute other types of property: Email KBFUS at:  info@kbfus.org  or phone (212) 713 7660.

The Week ASBL (BE)

Promote environmental conservation and sustainability in Colombia 
 
 In a highly biodiverse country and at the same time affect

Promote environmental conservation and sustainability in Colombia 
 
 In a highly biodiverse country and at the same time affected by violence, inequality, and interests in strategic natural resources, the EMERGER FUND aims to promote knowledge, management and environmental conservation and sustainability in Colombia, for this it finances through the financing of environmental, conservation and sustainable development plans, programs and projects carried out by community and non-governmental organizations independently or in coordination with public entities, through the delivery of direct funds. The purposes of public or social interests that make up the object of The EMERGER FUND are the following: - Obtain resources from different sources, including those derived from international cooperation and public entities, to be used to finance the different activities that constitute the object of The EMERGER FUND, which include direct interventions, the strengthening of beneficiary organizations, the realization of volunteer programs and the growth of national and international allies. - Make agreements and exchanges with similar institutions from other countries, in order to obtain resources, technology transfer, or support in the field of human resources training or the execution of programs and projects of an environmental nature, prioritizing alliances that come from similar countries. - Promote and support the formation of plans, programs and projects, whose purpose is the management, conservation and knowledge of the environment and sustainability in Colombia, as well as cooperate with entities that have similar objectives. - Support the development of training and education in the field object of The EMERGER FUND. Since 2020, the Fund's successful relationship with organizations such as the IAF, Global Green Grants, Open Society Foundation, among others, has allowed us to reach 41 community-based organizations throughout the country, especially in humid forest, tropical jungle, and rural areas, and guarantee resources to finance 110 more organizations in 2023. With your contribution, we will be able to reach more than 500 remote communities that have initiatives with an environmental focus, developing capacities in these territories. See institutional reports and achievements on our website:  https://emerger.org/proyectos/

Fondo Emerger (CO)

Protecting the most endangered ecosystems in Canada 
 
 We are a new Canadian organization founded by some of British Columbia's

Protecting the most endangered ecosystems in Canada 
 
 We are a new Canadian organization founded by some of British Columbia's most experienced conservationists, and our primary goal is to achieve legislated protection of endangered ecosystems by addressing key conservation funding gaps with a core focus on helping finance sustainable economic alternatives for communities.    Our Objectives 
 
 Protecting ecosystems : We use science-informed approaches to identifying the most endangered ecosystems for protection. 
 
 Fostering collaboration : We support regional conservation partners, communities, land trusts, and governments to strategically drive progress towards establishing new protected areas. 
 
 Supporting communities : We provide land-embedded communities with funding to help them develop sustainable economic alternatives and build capacity for new protected areas. 
 . Current Project 
 Our current project is focused on raising private funds to help protect at-risk old-growth forests in British Columbia through an ambitious joint-conservation initiative called the  Old Growth Solutions Initiative (OGSI) . This project aims to harness one of the province's most critical policy-making windows for ensuring that the grandest and rarest of these forests are safeguarded by strategically filling key conservation funding gaps to help establish new protected areas. .                              
 Photo by TJ Watt Learn more at  https://www.naturebasedsolutionsfoundation.org/

Nature-Based Solutions Foundation (CA)

A unique heritage of biodiversity that needs your help to survive. 
 
 The Archeologia Arborea Foundation promotes and protects 

A unique heritage of biodiversity that needs your help to survive. 
 
 The Archeologia Arborea Foundation promotes and protects biodiversity. It supports and implements the orchard collection, encouraging education, training, and knowledge about saving old local botanical varieties and the rural culture. Orchard: The heart of Archeologia Arborea is the collection, existing and future. The orchard has to be maintained with the best practices for organic agriculture. The normal maintenance of trimming, mowing, manuring, tilling and treating also inevitably includes keeping up the viability of access roads and paths, repairing fences and handrails, making tree substitutions and new plantings, graftings, as well as carrying out experimental activities on new acquisitions. It must continue to be expanded.  Research: we would like to continue to preserve and save neglected and abandoned varieties, in specific small projects in our territory connecting with history, art and food. Many old varieties can find shelter in San Lorenzo's collection. The enrichment of the collection is a specific aim. Visit our website:  http://www.archeologiaarborea.com/

Fondazione Archeologia Arborea Onlus (IT)

Support territorial actors to strengthen local communities in Colombia 
 
 Fundacion Territorios Internacionalizacion de Actores

Support territorial actors to strengthen local communities in Colombia 
 
 Fundacion Territorios Internacionalizacion de Actores (TeIntA) works with community leaders and academics to strengthen the capacities of Colombia's local administrations and improve the economic and social conditions of local communities. The main objective proposed by TeIntA is to understand the realities and territorial dynamics with the purpose of proposing and accompanying the territories in the promotion of their potential. This objective is based on the lack of knowledge that social actors have about the factors that can improve the economic and social performance of the territories. Another objective established by the TeIntA foundation is the promotion and strengthening of territorial internationalization. This purpose is intended to be fulfilled based on three main lines of action: cooperation mechanisms, resource optimization and the relationship function. Visit our website for more:  https://www.teinta.net/

Fundacion Territorios Internacionalizacion de Actores (CO)

Your donation helps us to make this world a more sustainable place!

Decisions we make today will have consequences for many generations to come. The  World Future Council  (WFC) consists of  50 eminent global change-makers  from governments, parliaments, civil society, academia, the arts and business who have already successfully created change. We make politicians aware that they have an ethical responsibility to assess every decision-making process on the basis of how it will affect future generations. In close collaboration with civil society groups, members of parliament, governments, businesses and international organisations we research, identify and spread future just policies and legislation and support decision-makers in the concrete implementation. For more information about our working areas,  please click here. Some of the  impacts of our work are listed here . The organisation as launched in 2007 by  Jakob von Uexkull , Founder of the 'Alternative Nobel Prize'. The WFC Head Office is located in Hamburg with further offices in London, Geneva and Beijing.  As a charitable foundation we rely on private and institutional donations to fund our work.   www.worldfuturecouncil.org Follow us on social media to stay up-to-date on our recent  and upcoming activites!  https://www.facebook.com/wfc.goodpolicies https://twitter.com/Good_Policies https :// www.instagram.com/worldfuturecouncil https :// www.linkedin.com/company/world-future-council Support our work with a donation!

World Future Council (DE)

The camp every Gauteng child should go to at least once! 
 
 Young Naturalists runs fun-filled camps for children and young adul

The camp every Gauteng child should go to at least once! 
 
 Young Naturalists runs fun-filled camps for children and young adults with the overall aim of instilling a love for learning about themselves, others, and nature, to help them become responsible nature-loving adults. We provide an environment where children can leave their backgrounds, privileged or not, behind and enter a secure neutral world as equals with children from a wide range of backgrounds.  It's a place where youngsters are kept busy doing positive things while being encouraged to explore many different fun-filled opportunities. We aim to challenge children just beyond their comfort zone and encourage them to participate in activities they have not tried before. All donations received will go towards either running the camps, funding less fortunate children to attend camp, or implementing the community-targetted programs. Visit our website for more:  http://www.happyacres.co.za/

Young Naturalists (ZA)

Planting indigenous trees on a massive scale to help realize the Araguaia Biodiversity Corridor to improve your life and all fut

Planting indigenous trees on a massive scale to help realize the Araguaia Biodiversity Corridor to improve your life and all future generations on our planet. 
 
 The Black Jaguar Foundation (BJF) is driven to restore the balance between nature and mankind. By working exclusively to re-green the Araguaia Biodiversity Corridor, we offer a tangible solution for the drastic degradation of two of our most vital ecosystems: the Amazon rainforest and the Cerrado savanna in Brazil.  Reforestation facts Araguaia Biodiversity Corridor • Surface: 25.6 million acres • Length: 1600 miles • Width: up to 25 miles • Area to be restored: 5 million acres • Estimated number of native trees to be planted: 2.4 billion • Native trees per acre: 3000 • Number of tree species per acre: 40 • Planting goal 2021: 1st million trees planted • Methods of restoration: 5 It's too late to be a pessimist. We all have the power to change! We express optimism, positivism and a can-do attitude during a time when climate change, food (in)security and the increasing demand for our planet's resources dominate our media. Instead of complaining and denouncing, we firmly believe we CAN and WILL make a positive and constructive contribution. We have started to build a green community of transition landowners, entrepreneurs, sponsor-partners, scientists and artists. Together with local landowners and our renowned partners we are now planting the first million trees in the heart of the corridor! We hope our movement will encourage you too to step up and make a difference by making a financial contribution.  Help us reach our next goal to plant 10 million native trees in 2022 in the heart of the Araguaia Corridor! Learn more about our ambitious mission:  www.black-jaguar.org  Are you ready to join the green community of the BJF and make the difference?

Black Jaguar Foundation

Improving rural incomes and livelihoods through the power of coffee

American friends of the Organisation 
 
 Kahawatu -  "the people's coffee"  in Swahili - is a sustainable development initiative that is improving rural incomes and livelihoods through better cultivation of coffee. The Kahawatu Foundation works to make coffee supply chains sustainable in East Africa by ensuring that farmers obtain the resources and training they need to improve the production and quality of their crop. But it's not just farmers we support. At Kahawatu Foundation we invest in projects that will have a positive effect on the pride of coffee communities, such as strengthening the role of women in household decision-making, improving access to education for children, and increasing the availability of primary services like water and sanitation.  Our activities focus on Burundi, Rwanda and Uganda, home to more than 2,500,000 smallholder coffee farmers. We currently support over 40,000 farmers and their families each year with continuous training on Good Agricultural Practices. Our goal is to transfer the knowledge that smallholders need to become more resilient - as farmers and households. Every year, thanks to the support of donors we invest between USD 800,000 to USD 1,000,000 in projects that directly support coffee communities. http://www.kahawatu.org/

Kahawatu Foundation (CH)

Generating innovative thinking or a timely transition to a secure, low-carbon, and affordable energy future 
 
 The ETF was init

Generating innovative thinking or a timely transition to a secure, low-carbon, and affordable energy future 
 
 The ETF was initiated in 2012 by the German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF) under the management of Miriam Maes and continued in full autonomy by Miriam from 2015 onwards when the GMF decided to concentrate on issues of International Relations.  The ETF provides a platform for structured dialogue amongst leaders from the private/public sectors in the US and Europe about the market conditions and policies needed for a timely transition to a secure, low-carbon, and affordable energy future.  To date, the ETF has sought to generate frank discussion, innovative thinking, and concrete solutions and actions around how the United States and Europe could work together to achieve a timely and responsible transition to a low-carbon global energy system. The ETF does this by generating a facilitated and off-the-record dialogue between some of the US and Europe's most influential energy leaders (C-level) from the private and public sectors, academic thought leaders, and subject-matter experts. It looks at understanding the impact of the latest energy challenges, the new market entrants, and energy technologies to define potential solutions in terms of new market financial mechanisms, new business models, and innovative policies and regulations. Participants are invited on a "Personal Invitation Only" basis. Visit our website:  https://energytransitionforum.com/

Energy Transition Forum Limited (GB)

With your contribution, Italy's environment, landscapes, and artistic heritage will be preserved for present and future generations.

Promoting a culture of respect for Italy's natural heritage, arts, and traditions 
 
 FAI - Fondo Ambiente Italiano (the National Trust for Italy) is a non-profit foundation that operates for the safeguarding of Italy's natural and artistic heritage. FAI has always drawn inspiration from the National Trust for England, Wales & Northern Ireland. It is a member of INTO - the International National Trusts Organisations, and is recognized as a legal entity through the Italian Presidential Decree. Since its foundation in 1975, FAI has been promoting a culture of respect for Italy's natural heritage, art and traditions. It protects a legacy that forms a fundamental par of the roots and identity of the Italian people by saving, restoring, opening to the public and making the most of Italy's monuments and natural sites. FAI, with the contribution of everyone takes care of special places in Italy for present and future generations; promotes education, appreciation, awareness and enjoyment of Italy's environment, landscapes and artistic heritage; monitors the protection Italy's natural and cultural assets, in the spirit of Article 9 of the Italian Constitution. As of January 2020, FAI takes care of 66 Properties, of which 51 are open to the public and 15 under restoration.

FAI - Fondo Ambiente Italiano (IT)

ACADES is a network of youth which was established with the aim of promoting youth economic empowerment through agriculture. Thi

ACADES is a network of youth which was established with the aim of promoting youth economic empowerment through agriculture. This goal is being achieved through skills development, facilitating access to financing and market facilitation. http://www.acadesmw.com/

ACADES (MW)

Examine impact of the oil industry in Europe's largest onshore field 
 
 In response to the urgent environmental and public heal

Examine impact of the oil industry in Europe's largest onshore field 
 
 In response to the urgent environmental and public health needs of local residents, the COVA Contro association was founded in 2013 to raise public awareness of the impacts of oil industry in Basilicata. First and foremost, we are an organization that conducts scientific and investigatory research to document, analyze, and monitor oil pollution. For years our work has been published in scientific articles, taken up by the national and foreign press, and we collaborate with the judiciary and with various other civic institutions, from municipalities to parliamentary committees of inquiry. Also, we have supported the work of several foreign researchers who have confirmed the general state of environmental degradation in Basilicata. Additionally, we offer legal and technical assistance to the victims of the oil pollution. As an association we are at the center of numerous legal disputes that have seen us winners up to now, however we receive numerous complaints for our information and reporting activities. We also initiated a pre-infringement procedure (EU PILOT) for the Tempa Rossa oil field in Basilicata. We also design innovative environmental monitoring systems, and we run public engagement campaigns through our published works and our involvement with local schools and universities. Our website serves as a repository of information for dozens of researchers, students, and residents. Since 2015 we have been doing year-round, crowdsource fundraising, using all our social media, internet, and tax channels (5 per 1000). We have over 300 micro-supporters. And we have been registered in the European Transparency Register since 2016. The problems that our beloved Basilicata faces are both old and new. While the oil industry is a new source, it drives many of the same challenges that Lucanians have faced for years—extreme disparities between rich and poor, corruption, and emigration. Through our research and public outreach activities, we have sought break this cycle by creating a new vision for the future of the oil industry in Basilicata—one that prioritizes public health, transparency, and public oversight. In order to take our next steps towards achieving this vision, in 2020 we invested in remote sensing technology. During the pandemic we understood the importance of investing in remote sensing, and we plan to found a start-up on the know-how developed both in the field of satellite re-mote sensing and citizen science. These tools would afford us the ability to make use of Basilica-ta's best scientific minds, many of whom have been forced to emigrate for a lack of jobs suitable to their knowledge and expertise. Through these projects, we aim to: 1) create an independent and participatory environmental monitoring and data system, 2) leverage the power of citizen science and the talents of our people as a force for civic action and environmental monitoring, 3) create a community (and a few jobs) for Basilicata's intellectual emigrants. Visit our website for more info:  https://covacontro.org/

Cova Contro (IT)

It takes a village to raise a child 
 
 Founded in 2008, The Ju/'hoansi Development Fund in Namibia is committed to improving ac

It takes a village to raise a child 
 
 Founded in 2008, The Ju/'hoansi Development Fund in Namibia is committed to improving access to quality, mother-tongue, culturally-sensitive primary education for San children by improving school facilities, training teachers, and developing educational materials. From the beginning, the JDF focused on individuals and groups of children to provide them with basic school supplies and assist with supplementary food. Soon the need for well-trained and qualified teachers became an additional focus and the JDF began supporting local teachers to improve their skills and attend the Teacher Training College. Since the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding in 2018, we have been able to reach many more learners with support, and to help 10 teachers to reach their final year of studies towards a diploma in Education. We have also just completed construction of the first Village School and it opened to children and the teachers in January of 2022. Two school gardens have been established and the newly trained caretakers are already harvesting vegetables with the children alongside them learning all the way.  Our long term plans are to complete our mission of improving access to quality, mother-tongue, culturally sensitive education by completing all of the 5 total schools. The JDF also recognizes that our current scope of support to Early Childhood Education in Grades 1 to 3 does not fully address the needs for a holistic solution to this historical problem. We are already engaged in the strategic planning necessary to expand into pre-primary, upper primary and secondary school support to leverage the knowledge and influence we have gained in working with all our stakeholders.  Visit our website:  https://www.villageschoolsnamibia.com/

Ju/'hoansi Development Fund (NA)

American Friends of the Green Kids Museum Kenya

A new place for young eco changemakers in Kenya 
 
 Anzania will be the first children's museum in East Africa. It will be a fun and interactive exploratorium all about our planet, our environment, and living sustainably. Our mission is to educate, engage and empower children in environmental conservation and strengthen their role as eco stewards through child-friendly, interactive exhibits. We believe learning can be fun. Anzania offers children a unique recreational experience while simultaneously offering strong educational insights. This blend of education and entertainment is a way of engaging children with climate change and conservation challenges in a fun way, and to promote their role in taking care of our planet. Transformative and memorable eco-themed learning experiences  Anzania is designed as a curated journey through a museum cross park where different environmentally themed pavilions are interconnected by pathways that through a forest and garden. With over 1500 sqm of in & outdoor exhibits, playscapes and training spaces, children can pursue their curiosity and explore the wonder of the world around them. With play-based learning methods we show children that everything on our planet is interconnected - even them!  The overriding message will be how each child is able to make a positive difference to the world. Strengthening the youth voice Today's children face a future entirely unlike that of their parents. The youth of today will experience the full impact of climate change. Children are the real stakeholders in this crisis but yet it seems their voice is not heard. Africa has 200 million people aged between 15 and 24 making it the youngest population in the world Kenya has the largest percentage of young people in East Africa, with close to 40% of its nearly 54 million inhabitants being under 14 years of age. It is imperative, especially in Africa, that young people become involved and learn how to alleviate its impact. To maximize our potential and value – we need to call out to the youth. To empower the youth is to empower a nation. More information on the project can be found at :  www.greenkidsmuseumkenya.com

Anzania- A Green Kids' Museum Kenya

Contribute to the conservation of biodiversity in one of the most biodiverse countries in the world

Social appropriation of knowledge on biodiversity  
 
 The Alexander von Humboldt Biological Research Institute is the National Biodiversity Institute of Colombia. The Institute boasts a remarkable staff of 337 people, who are responsible for conducting basic and applied research on the national flora and fauna and for compiling and shaping the scientific inventory of biodiversity. Throughout our 26 years of existence, the Institute has become a world-class biodiversity institute that plays a leading role at the science-policy-society interface, mobilizing data, information, knowledge and narratives.  The social appropriation of knowledge plays a key role in pushing changes and transitions to a greener Colombian society. and so, communication, education and public awareness become strategic tools for a society that looks for tackling both biodiversity loss and the climate crisis and to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. Museographic exhibitions on biodiversity in Colombia are scarce due to the lack of scientific knowledge transformed into communication narratives and massive content, lack of adequate spaces and financing. In this sense, the Institute is aming at establish a museum of natural history and biological collections in the Chapel of the Cloister of San Agustín in Villa de Leyva, Boyacá. The Humboldt Institute has the knowledge of almost 30 years of research on biodiversity; It also manages the Chapel of the Cloister of San Agustín, a colonial building from the 16th century that can be perfectly adapted for a museum exhibition, and can take advantage of the tourism of Villa de Leyva. Villa de Leyva is a town in the Department of Boyacá considered an unparalleled place for national and international tourism, attracting more than 500,000 visitors per year. It is a "Heritage Town of Colombia", as it conserves a very well-restored 16th-century Spanish architecture style. According to the Tourism Monitoring Center of Boyacá, Villa de Leyva concentrates 25% of the total number of visitors to Boyacá, 78% of them 'visiting museums' as their main activity. Visit our website:  http://www.humboldt.org.co/es/

Museum of Natural History of Colombia - Humboldt Institute

HeroRATs save lives 
 
 Summary  APOPO is a Belgian NGO that has developed an innovative system deploying African giant pouched 

HeroRATs save lives 
 
 Summary  APOPO is a Belgian NGO that has developed an innovative system deploying African giant pouched rats (nicknamed HeroRATs) to detect landmines or tuberculosis, using their extraordinary sense of smell. APOPO's scent detection technology has a massive potential to relieve human suffering and promote development when deployed in TB and landmine response, as well as in currently unexplored fields. APOPO has programs in Tanzania, Mozambique, Angola and Cambodia. Challenge   Landmines injure or kill innocent civilians every day and pose a structural barrier to development, long after war ends. Trained HeroRATs can quickly and accurately detect landmines, thereby significantly speeding up the demining process. Meanwhile, there are about 9 million new cases of TB per year of which 3 million cases are not diagnosed. APOPO's HeroRATs can sniff out TB in human sputum samples, helping APOPO to raise the number of TB positive patients found by over 45% in partner clinics.   Solution   Detection rats offer an efficient and accurate alternative to combat 2 global humanitarian detection challenges. APOPO uses a readily available resource, and involves and employs local communities in the solution - thereby helping to initiate development and create positive social change. Our TB detection rats are at least as accurate as conventional routine microscopy, but up to 20 times faster. The Mine-Detection rats can search 200m2 in 1 hour, with a metal detector this would take 2-4 days.   Long-Term Impact   By creating local employment and encouraging development, APOPO provides a cost-effective solution to global humanitarian challenges. The work of our trained rats reduces landmine casualties, and enables communities to utilize their land for agricultural purposes or infrastructure development. Also, fast, effective TB diagnosis means patients can access treatment sooner, reducing the spread of the deadly virus and limiting the impact on the patient's family and the wider community. Learn more at  www.apopo.org

HeroRATs (TZ)

The Kogi have started to demonstrate their ecological knowledge to non-indigenous scientists 
 
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The Kogi have started to demonstrate their ecological knowledge to non-indigenous scientists 
 
 We work closely with the Kogi people of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia   (" the heart of the world")  to support them and magnify their voice, especially with regard to sustainability, land management and the protection and defense of their ancestral territory . History The Kogi are isolated survivors of a pre-Colombian civilization and guardians of its memory.  Committed to maintain the balance of the universe through traditional management of their ancestral land, they withdrew as far as possible from contact with colonizers in the 17th century and continue their culture and their work. In 1990, having concluded that the non-indigenous exploitation of nature had become an existential threat, they accepted an invitation of documentary maker Alan Ereira to speak in a feature-length BBC film which had considerable impact. It was called "From the Heart of the World; The Elder Brothers' Warning".  Ereira then established the  Tairona Heritage Trust  in the UK to help them continue their work and provide a mechanism for international support.  They made a further film together, called "Aluna". The "Munekan Masha: Reviving Water in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta" Project The Trust works with the Kogis' representative body, the  Organisación Gonawindua Tayrona , and is now engaged with them on "Munekan Masha: Reviving Water in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta" project.   Adopted by the new  UNESCO BRIDGES  sustainability science coalition, this ground-breaking initiative is bringing together non-indigenous mainstream scientists and the Kogi spiritual leaders ("Mamas") in demonstrating their own undocumented methods of restoring and regenerating land. Indigenous knowledge-systems will be clearly explained and demonstrated at a carefully selected location on the north face of the Sierra. Why you should donate The Kogi, following the Mamas' spiritual consultations with the land, have selected specific parcels of ancestral land that have been continuously degraded and mismanaged due to cattle farming and unsustainable agriculture methods. Unfortunately, these ancestral lands do not belong to the Kogi anymore. In order to be able to restore and revive the land, reviving its water flow and its biodiversity by respecting it and by using their indigenous knowledge of the mountain, they need to buy back their ancestral lands. The Kogi strongly believe that if we do not learn from them, we are creating a catastrophe. They will be teaching non-indigenous environmental scientists their ways and sustainable practices that stem from true respect and insight of the earth as a living and breathing being.  Please consider donating to support the Kogi gaining back their land and restoring it using their own indigenous ecological methods and knowledge.  Visit our website for more information:  https://www.taironatrust.org/ Follow us on   Facebook ,  Instagram  and  Twitter  for regular updates and information on our work and the Kogi! The Films You can also watch the films that were made with the Kogi and listen to their warning message:

Tairona Heritage Trust (GB)

A united Lamu County, where all is possible - PAMOJA 
 
 Pamoja Initiative promotes early childhood education, cultural heritage

A united Lamu County, where all is possible - PAMOJA 
 
 Pamoja Initiative promotes early childhood education, cultural heritage, good governance and environmental awareness at the community level in order to improve livelihoods in Lamu, Kenya. The mission of Pamoja is to mobilize and foster a united and thriving Lamu. The initiative seeks to create a more vibrant society that specifically empowers youth and women through; 1) Governance, 2) Education, 3) Culture and Sports and 4) Climate Action The key activities to be conducted in the future include: 1. Enrollment of 100 swimmers: support in the new batch of swimmers to come on board and benefit from learning the skill for survival, understand their female bodies as a tool of self-love and power. 2. Pool and Wellness Facility: construction of the pool and wellness center that will be the foundation of health hosting a various of activities including a full time accessible swim program with instructors. Visit our website for more info:  https://pamoja.co/

Pamoja Initiative (KE)

Support the improvement of education, professional integration, and self-fulfillment 
 
 The University of Corsica Pasquale Paol

Support the improvement of education, professional integration, and self-fulfillment 
 
 The University of Corsica Pasquale Paoli: anchored in its territory, open to the world. Founded in 1765 and reopened in 1981, the University of Corsica Pasquale Paoli is one of the 71 French universities. As an academic and research structure firmly anchored in its territory, it is in direct contact with major local and international issues. The University of Corsica Pasquale Paoli is a multidisciplinary institution which counts 8 faculties, institutes and schools. It offers 100 diplomas, ranging from two-year undergraduate studies to doctoral studies. Permanently concerned with the occupational integration of our 4700 students, we propose a highly professionalizing academic offer linked to the main development issues of our territory. Definitely engaged in an international dynamic, the University of Corsica encourages its students to develop a real culture of mobility. A large and varied cultural and sports offer is also available. Personal or associative initiatives are encouraged and valorised. The University of Corsica has the necessary human and material means to ensure the students the best possible conditions of education, professional integration and self-fulfillment. The scientific identity of the University of Corsica is designated by the CNRS (National center for scientific research), and evolves around 8 fundamental, multidisciplinary projects. Strongly oriented toward regional development, each of these projects associates fundamental as well as practical research resulting in actual realizations of high added value. The University of Corsica has a strong interest in several scientific domains concerning sustainable development and environmental issues (Laboratoire CNRS-Université de Corse Sciences pour l'Environnement, Laboratoire CNRS-Université de Corse Lieux, Identités, eSpaces et Activités). The University of Corsica is also endowed with research structures dedicated to the legal aspects of scientific research (The Patrimonial and Business Hosting Group) as well as public health (The Corsican and Mediterranean Bioscope Hosting Group). The University of Corsica strives to develop and transfer its research activity to society as a whole through four platforms: two dedicated to Technical Sciences: MYRTE/PAGLIA ORBA and STELLA MARE (UMS CNRS) and 2 in the Humanities and Social Sciences: M3C and LOCUS. Founded in 2008, the Federation for Environmental and Societal Research (CNRS / INRA / Université de Corse) embodies the University of Corsica's commitment to develop interdisciplinary research and innovative sources of prospection on the scientific frontier. Yearlong, the University of Corsica organizes and/or hosts international symposiums as well as being involved in several major networks: the Institute for Scientific Study in Cargese (Université de Corse / CNRS / Université Nice Sophia Antipolis) is one example.The University of Corsica is strongly involved in the socio-economic development of its territory, which is a strategic axis of the institution. This has resulted in the development of technological platforms linked to the professional environment (STELLA MARE, for example, whose scientific objectives are closely correlated with the economic objectives of island aquaculturists and fishermen), or in the opening of a Fab Lab whose purpose is to facilitate, through digital tools, the economic production, especially in the craft world. The strengthening of the links with the socio-professional world is also reflected in the academic offer, in the action of the Foundation of the University, in the creation of services dedicated to the professional integration of the students or in the development of a spirit of entrepreneurship throughout the university curriculum.More broadly, because of the values it nurtures, especially the proximity between the players and the attachment to a pioneering spirit, the University of Corsica articulates people and skills, practices and ideas, resources and projects. Backed by profound convictions, it deploys its historical and geographical heritage in a spirit of citizen openness in the service of knowledge, youth and Corsica. The University has 4500 students and 600 Members (Professors and government employees), Research, and educational activities.

University of Corsica (FR)

To strengthen the actions of existing multilateral organisations, and speed up implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals

The Paris Peace Forum is a global platform for governance projects. It is based on a simple idea: governance through international cooperation is necessary to address global challenges and ultimately maintain durable peace. https://parispeaceforum.org/

Association Forum de Paris sur la Paix (FR)

YOU bring real, lasting social change in the DRC.

“Women are the first victims of war, but only they hold the unique key to peace.” – Julienne Lusenge 
 
 The Fund for Congolese Women (FFC)   supports women's grassroots organizations through financial and technical assistance.  FFC is unique - the only women-led grant-giving NGO in the entire DRC. We provide grants to local women-led organizations that are often in the most remote, difficult to reach areas.   Why? We are unshakable believers in local solutions to local issues.  We know that the brave women and girls working at the grassroots level have the solutions. We know that when women become agents of change, they benefit, their families benefit, their communities benefit. Since its inception in 2007, FFC has funded more than 386 projects throughout the Democratic Republic of Congo. We support projects focusing on eliminating sexual violence against women, delivering empowerment programs for women and girls, educating women about HIV/AIDS and reproductive health, and advocating for environmental justice and access to resources and land for women.  Generous individuals like you make our work possible.  Thank you! 
 
 
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Fund for Congolese Women (FFC)

Donate to make a difference! Every bit counts, changes lives & makes the world better. 

Create sustainable livelihoods and empower pastoral communities in Kenya 
 
 Patinaai Osim is a national non-governmental organization (NGO) founded and registered in Kenya in 2010 and started it's operations in 2019. Founded by Semerian Sankori a proud Maasai woman, she grew up seeing women disadvantaged at all societal levels. From the household level where they had no say on their rights and those of their children. at national level they were barred by their spouses from electing a leader of their choice among other rights. Where as Semerian was fortunate to attend school, many girls from her community didn't and sadly, challenges still exist. Something compelled Semerian to do something about this by being a voice and speaking against this oppression and this is why Patinaai Osim was founded. Since inception, Patinaai has made tremendous achievement, contributing significantly to national efforts aimed at eliminating discriminations against women and girls. Patinaai's vision is aligned to Kenya vision 2030 which strives for a collective aspiration for a better society by the year 2030. It further aligns to Chapter Four of the Kenya Constitution which, contains a progressive Bill of Rights which strives to guarantee the protection of minorities and marginalized groups. The organization's image as an NGO is to advocate for the protection of minorities and marginalized groups especially pastoral communities.   Patinaai has programs in  Education ,  Sexual and Reproductive health rights ,  Sustainable livelihoods  and  Environment sustainability.  By the end of 2022, Patinaai had reached out to approximately 5000 persons (including 1300 women, 700 youth and 3000 children) with comprehensive sustainable positive change related services. It is estimated that Patinaai reaches close to 7000 people with information that promotes positive behavior change towards the rights of children and women, education and elimination of harmful practices. We plan to reach double these numbers by 2025. Patinaai continues to work closely with other care provider organizations in meeting the needs of the target population in recognition of benefits of partnerships.   VISION:  To have empowered and resilient children, women and youth as change-makers in the pastoral community. MISSION : Create sustainable livelihoods and empower pastoral communities to actively engage in the improvement of their social-economic status. GOAL:  To have girls, women and youth who actively and positively contribute to their community.  Visit our website for more info:  http://www.patinaaiosim.org/

Patinaai Osim Community Care Organisation (KE)

Improving the quality of life of pastoralist communities in Kenya 
 
 ABOUT US Ewang'an Nadede Advocacy Initiative (ENAI - Africa) is a community-based organization serving more than 3500 people living in Indigenous pastoral communities in Kajiado County, a remote rural region of the south rift in Kenya.  ENAI was established by Maasai community member Dr. Lanoi Parmuat to advocate for, protect, enlighten and empower Indigenous women and girls, 78% of whom the issue of female genital mutilation (FGM) and child marriage remains a sad reality.  Today our programs have grown to include: Education and Health Services * Anti-FGM Advocacy and Response * Food Security, Nutrition, and Livelihood Support * Natural Resource Management and Governance OUR URGENT NEED: WATER Kenya is currently facing its worst drought in 40 years.  The drought has wiped out crops, livestock, and deepened a growing hunger crisis. Acute malnutrition in children under 5 is prevalent and recent outbreaks of cholera have been reported due to lack of access to clean water. Currently, the community that ENAI supports has only one drilled well which serves 3500+ people and livestock and requires a 2–5-mile walk each day to collect water. This manually operated well serving 200 children has run dry and needs to be replaced SOLUTION: Drill 4 Water Wells (Bore Holes) 1 well = $20k Having a sustainable water solution in the community will:   Encourage  children to return to and remain in school through a school and community feeding program thereby reducing the rates of early marriage, teen pregnancy and creating a healthier community for everyone.   Enable  the pastoral community to water their animals and to plant and maintain trees, vegetable and fruit gardens. Enhance  the community's ability to respond and prevent waterborne diseases like cholera and improve general sanitation and health conditions.  
 Establish  sustainable food security practices  in line with SDG-2 (Zero hunger)    Your support is greatly appreciated. Ashe oleng - thank you! Visit our website;  http://www.enaiafrica.org/ ENAI Africa is guided by the vision of a healthy, food secure, good governance and developed pastoral community in Africa.

Ewang'an Nadede Advocacy Initiative (ENAI - Africa) (KE)

GOEL –  Cooperative Group  (  http://en.goel.coop  ) is a non-profit community movement in Southern Italy challenging the mafia 

GOEL –  Cooperative Group  (  http://en.goel.coop  ) is a non-profit community movement in Southern Italy challenging the mafia by building a legitimate economy based on ethically run social enterprises.   It is a viable alternative to the political corruption and violent oppression of the Calabrian mafia, 'ndrangheta, which is now one of the world's most powerful criminal organisations. 'Ndrangheta has an estimated turnover of around 50 billion euros: it's the only mafia present in the five continents, the leading importer of cocaine in Europe.   Within Calabria, one of the most beautiful region of Europe, GOEL's existing network of co-operatives creates jobs across a wide range of economic sectors.   GOEL Bio  ( www.goel.bio ) includes organic farming and food production, processing and distribution as well as bio-cosmetics, restaurants and catering. Farmers who refuse to submit to the mafia have formed a protective network to help members attacked by 'ndrangheta. It also runs  A MAL  ( https://www.ristoranteamal.it/ ) , a restaurant using only organic food and guaranteeing fair wages and conditions to staff. The restaurant suffered a bomb attack before its opening. GOEL Travel  ( https://turismo.responsabile.coop/en ) is developing new standards for responsible tourism in Calabria. We guarantee that none of the profits of our holidays go to the mafia. GOEL offers accommodations and different itineraries to enjoy Calabria nature and culture (sea, mountains, archaeology, food). The GOEL label  CANGIARI  ( www.cangiari.it/en ) is a leader in textile manufacturing, hand woven fabrics, handicrafts and eco-fashion. Marginalised women workers are employed to revive the ancient tradition of Calabrian hand weaving. Leading-edge design and tailoring transform the cloth into haute couture. CANGIARI is now one of the most important eco-ethical high fashion brand in Italy, the only one completely organic. Campus GOEL  is an incubator for Calabrian start-ups. GOEL works especially with entrepreneurs developing new avenues of a future ethical economy. GOEL Welfare  runs a shelter and skills workshop for new migrants arriving every year in Calabria and prevents them falling into the hands of the mafia. Migrants are welcome in Calabria, which has been severely depopulated by emigration. It also works to support disabled people, orphans, abused children, troubled teenagers and people suffering from mental health problems. Creating space where disadvantaged and marginalised groups can play a greater role in the Calabrian economy is a core value for the GOEL network.  All of GOEL's member co-operatives stand as living social and economic models for how Calabria can build a legal and prosperous state free of mafia control. With its strong grass-roots support, GOEL is creating space for the rebirth of civil society in one of the beautiful but poorest and most corrupt regions of Europe. Internationally, it offers a model of change for states and communities where the rule of law has failed in the face of criminal or political violence. Find out more at:  http://en.goel.coop/    
 
 
 Alternative ways to give to GOEL: For gifts by check: Write your check to KBFUS, write "GOEL" in the memo section of the check, and send it to KBFUS, 551 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2400, New York, NY 10176. Gifts by wire transfer or to contribute other types of property: Email KBFUS at:  info@kbfus.org  or phone (212) 713 7660.

GOEL - Cooperative Group (IT)

Advancing narratives and improving realities for African women and girls. 
 
 http://africanwomenonboard.org/ WHO WE ARE African

Advancing narratives and improving realities for African women and girls. 
 
 http://africanwomenonboard.org/ WHO WE ARE African Women on Board (AWB) is a non-profit organisation, run by African women for African women, including those of the diaspora. Through our expanding network of allies, experts, and partners, AWB is dedicated to reshaping the future for African women and girls. Founded in 2017, our growing team incorporates both female and male change makers from around the world. What we all share in common is our unfailing commitment to fast tracking the trajectory of African females into the leadership roles of the future. Our goal is to amplify African female voices, support African female empowerment, and help to create a world in which African women and girls across all classes including those of the diaspora, are given the tools and resources they need to fully realise their potential. WHAT WE DO Our approach focuses on two key areas of change:  Advancing Narratives  and  Improving Realities .  
 
 A dvancing Narratives , because the African women's story must be told, in a transparent way that breaks free from the pre-determined Western dialogue.  
 
 Improving Realities , because ultimately, this new approach must help to facilitate genuine change. All our activities (programming and events, sponsorships and collaborations, public policy advisory and corporate partnerships, and media relations) are geared towards advancing the role of African women within global society. 
 
 
 OUR MISSION 
 Through our commitment to reshaping the narratives and advancing the realities of African women and girls, AWB seeks to:  
 
 Change the status/perception of women and girls in Africa  
 Advance African women in leadership positions in the public and private sector  
 Advise governments and organizations on workforce and gender-related policies  
 Strengthen influential female role models and the inspiration they can bring to young Africans  
 Transform Africa and the wider world through [increasing] women's and girls' leadership and agency 
 
 OUR VISION 
 AWB sees a world in which African women and girls across classes including the diaspora, are given the tools and resources they need to fully realise their potential. Removing these barriers for entry and projecting more African women into leadership positions will not only create more accurate representation of this segment in society, but also strengthen the diversity pool and knowledge base of global leadership at large, at a time when the world needs new ideas. With  narratives advanced  and  realities improved , African women can make an important contribution to tackling the rising challenges of AI, climate change, and global inequality.  KEY INITIATIVES AWB focuses on six key areas of inspiring tangible change. We welcome our partners to join us as champions of these initiatives, by placing African women and girls at the helm of their future through Africa-focused, strategic development programs that include African women from the continent and throughout the diaspora. 
 Women in Leadership:  When it comes to good governance practices both in politics and in the C-suite, gender diversity at the top enhances overall financial performance, innovation and general stability. At AWB, we are creating leadership pipelines for governance in political spaces and on corporate boards to generate better decision-making teams. The inclusion of women and girls at decision-making tables is a crucial indicator of the freedom of the people in society, and a shift towards true liberty for all cannot be achieved without a concerted effort to bring them on board. 
 FLI – Financial Literacy and Inclusion (FLI):  We want our girls (and our women) to be able to make informed and effective decisions around the finances available to them, as well as the capital that they aspire to have in the future. As the world struggles to ensure that basic needs are met for African women and girls, AWB is thinking ahead to the importance of building out mechanisms to activate and sustain African female wealth. Gender-conscious practices are not only sound economically, but truly an operational necessity in order to guarantee global growth and development for all of society down the line. 
 Girls in STEM:  When it comes to the basics of IT and innovation-based education, AWB is focused on young women and girls. Starting with the youth safeguards our future as it fuels our leadership and talent pools. We're certain that improved workplaces of a new Africa depend on the attention we give to our girls now. This work is manifold because as we arm our young females with these marketable skills, we are also showing them and their male and female counterparts, both elder and younger, that the tech and innovation space is a platform that they can use to build out their agency and creativity as human beings. 
 The Arts:  Historically, African women have been pigeonholed into negative stereotypes and damaging caricatures. Given the nature of this misrepresentation and underexposure, we are committed to enabling the promotion of positive imagery of African women and girls while also championing and amplifying their voices on the world stage. Using fashion, the arts and celebrity, AWB aims to inspire global conversations around more accurate – and interesting - African women's narratives. 
 Sports:  This is an area that often gets overlooked in favour of others, when we think about the pursuit of global equality. However, sport and general well-being can be key assets in disrupting traditional narratives about what it means to be feminine or masculine in society as a whole. Tackling hegemonic norms within the global patriarchy can start with creating organised spaces for our girls to recreationally exercise. AWB is committed to bringing this invaluable instrument to African girls and young women and allowing them the opportunity to run with it. 
 Clean Energy:  As the world debates the verity of destructive changes to the environment, we at AWB know that Africa cannot afford to not take global warming seriously. AWB demands that Africa, as a formidable mass, be a comparable giant in global discussions on the environment. Our advantage lies in our women. African women and girls are a conduit to accessing urban and remote communities and instituting sustainable practices that protect and preserve the environment for generations to come. AWB is making sure African women and girls are always given a say moving forward. 
 
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Association of African Women on Board the Conversation (NG)

An intact environment and an improved quality of life so that all people can live where they were born. 

To give everyone access to clean energy and an intact environment.  
 
 Zenaga expands the dialogue and transfer of knowledge and technology between developed countries and developing countries. We establish clean energy, intact environment and rising quality of life, so that people can live where they were born. Introduction The Zenaga Foundation was founded to improve the dialogue and transfer of knowledge and technology between industrialized countries and their actors and actors in developing countries. One focus is on the exchange of knowledge,  the representation of the technical possibilities as well as the realization of projects. With our work we reduce the causes  of flight, strengthen the international understanding of the technically and economically sensible solutions for energy production and for climate and environmental protection. The Vision  We give everyone access to clean energy and an intact environment. With a rising quality of life and stable global climate  can future generations live where they were born and where their homeland is.  In addition to providing knowledge and contacts, projects in various fields contribute to the realization of this vision.  We strengthen cooperation and connect the actors in the USA, Europe and Africa. We thus promote dialogue between countries and people. https://zenaga.de/zenaga-usa                    PROGRAMS With each of our programs, we pursue the goal of simultaneously implementing several focus areas (see picture above).   As a result, the projects in the priority areas often have an impact on the other areas and thus have no overall impact. Social + Health care We want to electrify the health stations so that there is enough power for light and the operation of the technical equipment.   This is a contribution to, for example, reducing maternal and infant mortality in rural areas. + Women groups The women carry a heavy burden in many parts of the world.   With the help of Ms. Cooperatives and Associations,  we help women to improve their position and better feed the families. + Fountain Access to water is existential.  Nevertheless, many bunnies are still due to technical defects and the water must be used from polluted sources.   In addition, many wells will be powered by diesel generators - polluting the environment and the climate.   By upgrading to a solar well, we are improving the situation. 
 education 
 + clean electricity for schools With the electrification of schools in rural areas by photovoltaic systems, we are creating an improvement in education.   At the same time we enable the rural population to hold evening meetings and events. + scholarships With scholarships, we want to enable gifted students regardless of gender or origin to attend secondary schools  or the university. + Forum This project idea is to inform people, companies and decision-makers about modern climate-friendly and money-saving techniques in buildings and train people in the techniques.   In addition, shared offices should bring start-ups, NGOs and companies into an exchange and dialogue. 
 energy 
 + energy villages With this project idea, we want to show with which forms of organization a favorable and environmentally friendly / climate-friendly energy supply for villages in rural areas is possible.   A reliable and cost-effective energy supply is the basis for a good development. + Recycling Center In many regions of the world, waste is thrown into the countryside in an uncontrolled manner, burdening the environment  and the climate with uncontrolled poisoning.   By implementing the project, we could generate income for the population  and protect the environment / climate. 
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 + reafforestation Afforestation projects deprive the atmosphere of Co2 and raise the groundwater level.   In addition, the fruits of the shrubs and trees can be used by the local population, thus improving the nutrition and income of the families. + Training Center Sustainability  By implementing this project idea, the population can be trained in sustainable agriculture, forestry, renewable energies  and recycling. For further information you can send us an e-mail: help@zenaga.de 
 
 
 ACTIONS 
 With our actions we show people, companies and cities in industrialized countries how you can save money through the energy turnaround and other measures and also get a good feeling with the associated climate and environmental protection.   With our offers we can also ensure a better perception in the public. * Public relations work and information - Opportunities/benefits of the energy revolution * Supporting the economy - Taking advantage of potentials - know-how and technology - better positioning  * Achieving climate targets – reduction of CO2 emissions  by 2050 * Participation in the UN climate conferences SUPPLY lectures We are offering lectures worldwide on topics such as: - CSR - Climate and environmental protection - Energy transition - the way to success and many more topics. Talk to us:   info@zenaga.de You can find examples of lectures on our website:  https://zenaga.de/zenaga/angebote/vortraege Co2 compensation PLUS Through this offer, individuals and companies can offset their Co2 emissions and also support the implementation  of our programs. More information can be found on our website:  https://zenaga.de/zenaga-usa 
 Sponsoring 
 We increase the impact of companies through our sponsorship program, label and the possibility of seals.  In this way, our partners improve their impact on customers and employees and increase the success of the company. Donation Only donations from private persons and companies make our charitable work possible - therefore we ask you to support our work with your donation. U.S.-based donors can support our avtivities in a tax-efficient manner through the Zenaga Foundation at the King Baudouin Foundation United States (KBFUS).   Because KFBUS is a public charity, within the meaning of Sections 501 (c) (3) and 509 (a) (1) of the IRC, donors may claim the maximum tax benefits.   tax law tof their contributions. Online Media 
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Zenaga Foundation (DE)

COOPI – Cooperazione Internazionale  is a nonprofit humanitarian organization committed to building resilience and fighting against poverty in the Global South. Over the past 50 years, COOPI has touched more than 100 million lives in 63 countries around the world.     Because global problems need collaborative solutions, we truly believe that building partnerships is the best way to have a more profound impact. Through the American Friends of COOPI, we seek to engage American partners and supporters to help us implement programs that build the resilience and reduce poverty of disadvantaged and marginalized groups around the world. US website:  www.coopi.us

COOPI Cooperazione Internazionale (IT)

The purpose of  Joliet Youth for Malawi:   Access Brings Change , a  donor-advised fund  at KBFUS, is to enhance the lives of people in Malawi, Africa. Partnering with Mary Mudron, our purpose is to bring access to water by creating borehole wells for hundreds of people in rural Malawi, Africa.  Through our friends, Fr. Elizeo Nthalika and Fr. Benedict Zele, we have identified two villages where our help is strongly needed.  Our goal is to start with the Chisawani and Chazemba villages and then move forward with others to provide essential positive changes in the lives of many. Currently, multiple villages with over 600 families share one borehole well.  Hundreds of people travel several hours and many miles to obtain water for their daily necessities.  Sadly, on many days, after walking this long distance these individuals find the well is dry with no available water.   Since 2017 our organization has raised funds to assist with providing clothing, electricity, water supply, books, and with the building of a school.  Currently, our focus is set on creating these two wells in the Chisawani and Chazemba villages which will each cost $5,000. All proceeds will go directly toward the needs of Malawi, Africa.    Click here for PHOTOS:  https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1R0ZI9v1VXa...

Joliet Youth For Malawi:  Access Brings Change

Developing solutions to meet tomorrow's major societal challenges.

To have an impact on the future of the world and stimulate the changes necessary to build a new society. 
 
 Sorbonne University is a multidisciplinary and research-intensive university with world-famous origins. Continuing the humanist tradition of the Sorbonne, it is devoted to meeting the scientific challenges of the 21st century and spreading the knowledge created in its laboratories by its research teams and transmitted to its students and to society as a whole. Sorbonne University's three faculties in humanities, medicine and science each with the wide-ranging autonomy necessary to conduct its ambitious programs in both research and education The University's  55,300 students, 6,700 professor-researchers and researchers and 4,900 administrative and technical staff members  who help it run every day contribute to a University that is diverse, creative, innovative, and with a global outlook.

Fondation Sorbonne Universite (FR)

Non-profit investigative and social journalism outfit working with other media to further the public benefit 
 
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Non-profit investigative and social journalism outfit working with other media to further the public benefit 
 
 Inkululeko South Africa Media NPC is a not-for-profit company registered in South Africa that houses Scorpio, the Investigative Unit of Daily Maverick, South Africa's leading news publisher of high-quality journalism.  Inkululeko South Africa Media NPC (Inkululeko) was founded in 2014 as the Daily Maverick Institute for Advanced Journalism. In 2017, Daily Maverick founded Scorpio, a dedicated investigative journalism unit. Scorpio's first major investigation was the #GuptaLeaks, the reporting of which started in June of 2017. In early 2018 Inkululeko became registered as a Public Benefit Organization with SARS. Inkululeko's founding objectives are to: 1. Promote an open, accountable and just democracy, and 2. Promote access to media and a free press Over the last year, our total audience has effectively grown by more than 80%. We now reach 8,1 million monthly unique visitors (July 2022), compared to 4.3 million in the previous year July 2021, and we aim to increase this number by continuing to provide factual, accurate, and fearless quality content in line with our vision for our audiences to know more and to know better. We will achieve this through our mission which is to Defend Truth.  Visit our website:  Daily Maverick

Inkululeko South Africa Media NPC (ZA)

75% of women in Kenya are in prison due to petty survival crimes brought about by endemic and systemic poverty. 

Creating second chances for formerly imprisoned women, their children  and girls in the Juvenile Justice System 
 
 Clean Start is a social enterprise registered in 2015 in Kenya.  Clean Start is the only women-led organization in Kenya with 50 % of the staff being formerly imprisoned and supporting their fellow imprisoned women to get out of the trenches and get back on their feet post imprisonment.  Our vision is to Re-imagine futures and Re-claim destinies.  Our mission-Clean Start works with women and Children Impacted by the Criminal Justice System to restore their dignity and hope for a successful re-integration. Our strategic objectives 
 
 Catalyze movement building on issues about the incarceration of women 
 
 Contribute to effecting systemic change within the Criminal Justice System  
 Service delivery to restore dignity, and hope and facilitate successful reintegration. 
 Our target groups Imprisoned women, formerly imprisoned women, girls in the juvenile justice system, and children of imprisoned and formerly imprisoned women. Our interventions We offer pre-and post-release programs that support women and their children and girls as they return to their communities from prison, we provide them with psycho-social support and livelihood opportunities. We also advocate for systemic change within the Criminal Justice System. Our work begins inside prison, in the last 5 years, with our friends and partners, our outreach programs in and out of prison have impacted 4000 women by providing them with dignity packs and attitudinal and behavioural change training. The dignity packs have provided the dignity, respect, and self-esteem the women need. We are bridging the gap between prison and the community and ensuring we avoid the gaping trench in-between while putting the formerly imprisoned woman at the core of the strategic framework, program design, development, and implementation with progressive touch points with her children, family, and community. Clean Start supports successful reintegration and transition for women through  employment training, psycho-social support, entrepreneurship, and vocational training, enabling them to find sustainable livelihoods post-release.  We are a bridge for women leaving prison over stigma, isolation, pain and outrage, abandonment, depression, illness, and lack of economic and educational opportunities. We amplify the stories of resilience, hope, and change for formerly imprisoned women to support policy change and prison reforms. We achieve this by raising the government's accountability towards formerly imprisoned women as a marginalized group. Visit our website:  https://www.cleanstartkenya.org/

Clean Start Solutions (KE)

To promote private philanthropic commitment.

We help you give life to your philanthropic aspirations 
 
 The Fondation de Luxembourg is an independent center of expertise in the field of philanthropy. The Foundation acts as umbrella foundation and assists donors from all over Europe in the structuring, managing and monitoring of their charitable foundations active in Europe and worldwide.  Created by the State of Luxembourg and the Oeuvre Nationale de Secours Grande-Duchesse Charlotte, the Fondation de Luxembourg's mission is to promote and facilitate private philanthropic engagement. www.fdlux.lu

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PAST also uses the scientific evidence of the shared origins of all living things, including humans, to promote nature conservation.

American Friends of PAST 
 
 PAST is a South Africa-based public benefit organization that since 1994 has been dedicated to the mission of protecting, preserving and promoting Africa's ancient fossil heritage for the benefit of humankind. This fossil record demonstrates Africa's status as humankind's birthplace, the repository for the fossil heritage of people everywhere, and the place where everything that distinguishes us from other organisms arose, including our artistic and other advanced cognitive capabilities. Africa's fossil record also provides some of the best evidence for the nature of past mass extinctions and a rich palaeoenvironmental and palaeoclimatic record that uniquely informs us about the climate and biodiversity crises humanity is causing today.    PAST pursues its mission by bringing together scientists, business, government and communities to support research, education and public understanding in the sciences related to our origins (palaeontology, archaeology, paleoanthropology and related disciplines). Our goal is to use a scientific understanding of the shared origins of humankind and of all living things to promote human unity and nature conservation, and to confront the most fundamental challenges facing societies everywhere: discrimination and human-induced loss of natural environments and biodiversity.  Please visit our website for more detailed information on PAST and its programmes. www.past.org.za

PAST - Palaeontological Scientific Trust (ZA)

The Patrizio Paoletti Foundation is a non-profit organization  registered with the National Registry of Legal Entities at Rome's Prefecture of Police and  the National Research Registry Office  at the Ministry of Education, University and Research.
 
	The Paoletti Foundation creates and implements educational and social development projects all over the world, including in developing countries. The Paoletti Foundation further conducts awareness-raising campaigns and institutional information tools to stimulate educational processes in schools and society, with the aim of helping to 
	 improve modern human conditions and the society in which we lives .
 
	The Neuro-Scientific Research Unit at the Patrizio Paoletti Foundation is conducting an international research project on the Quadrato Motor Training (QMT). 
	 QMT is a specifically-structured motor training aimed at increasing cognitive, emotional and neuronal functions. It was further found to improve creativity, reading, problem solving and emotional well-being. Thus, QMT has promising results for healthy development, as well as for dyslexia and other neuro-develomental deficits.

Patrizio Paoletti Foundation (IT)

Pursuing collective, holistic and sustainable positive impact in South Africa. 
 
 ABOUT RANYAKA Ranyaka Community Transformatio

Pursuing collective, holistic and sustainable positive impact in South Africa. 
 
 ABOUT RANYAKA Ranyaka Community Transformation  is a registered urban planning non-profit and Public Benefit Organisation working in South Africa to mobilize communities to become active participants and drivers of positive transformation in their towns and neighborhoods. Ranyaka currently operates in 25 communities across 8 of South Africa's nine provinces. Scroll down past 'Upcoming Major Projects' for more information about Ranyaka and the  Proud of my Town  programme they are implementing across South Africa. THE FERN - RANYAKA CONNECTION FERN Impact Partners LLC is a New York-based investment manager specializing in positive impact-themed investments that will be shaping the world for years to come. FERN collaborates with Ranyaka to bring about positive, holistic and sustainable impact in under-resourced communities. The overall objective is to facilitate and accelerate the flow of capital for meaningful impact.  YOUR GIFTS ARE TAX-DEDUCTIBLE KBFUS is a U.S. public charity within the meaning of Sections 501(c)(3) and 509(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code. This means that donors are eligible for a U.S. income tax deduction for their contributions, to the extent permitted by U.S. tax law. HELP US REACH THE $5000 MARK TO WITHDRAW FUNDS While KBF.US enables us to run campaigns very cost effectively in the US, we need to reach a $5000 hurdle to be able to draw any funding raised on the platform. Please assist us by sharing widely! Also, even small monthly donations will help us in many exponential ways, not least of which is to always be able to clear the $5000 minimum distribution threshold. UPCOMING MAJOR PROJECTS - DECEMBER 2022 FOR GIVING TUESDAY 2022, WE ARE FUNDRAISING FOR THE FOLLOWING TWO PROJECTS: FIX YOUR SPACE PAARL - $11 000 Transforming a community - one street at a time In South Africa's Western Cape province, a small community named 'Chicago' in the town of Paarl is preparing for their first-ever Fix Your Space event taking place on 9 and 10 December 2022. Ranyaka has been journeying with the community of Chicago for the past 3 years - understanding local challenges, identifying strengths in the midst of this marginalised community, and mobilising and equipping project teams to be the drivers of change in their area. in April 2022, Ranyaka hosted a 'Reimagine Chicago' event where over 400 community members shared their ideas on how to transform one street in their area. The community spoke. We listened. Extensive planning followed in collaboration with the local project team. On 9 an 10 December, volunteers will tackle a section of Springbok Street. Activities will include: 
 Painting houses and small home-based shops 
 Fixing and installing fencing 
 Installing solar lighting (crime flourishes in dark alleys) 
 Planting trees 
 General cleaning up 
 Call for support Fundraising in South Africa is ongoing.  As at 24 November 2022, a total of $11 000 was still needed to successfully implement this project.  Below: Community members in Chicago shared ideas on how to create a safer, cleaner, more attractive, more investor-friendly neighbourhood CHRISTMAS MEALS FOR DISPLACED FLOOD VICTIMS - $3300 Make a difference for 1 436 flood victims left homeless The floodwaters that brought devastation to South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province in April 2022 subsided seven months ago. However, hundreds of families are still dealing with the aftermath. This festive season from 9 to 11 December 2022, Ranyaka is joining forces with over 150 NGOs from the Inanda, Ntuzuma and KwaMashu (INK) and Umlazi areas to serve Christmas lunches to 1 436 community members still being housed in 12 public community halls  in these areas. The Drive also marks the launch of a campaign to raise funds for Back-to-School starter stationery packs and school uniforms for children under 18 housed in these halls. 
 $8,22 will sponsor a Christmas meal and colddrinks for a family of four 
 $8,80 will sponsor a basic Back-to-School stationery kit (250 kits needed) 
 $29,37 will sponsor a bottle of gas for cooking (total of 12 bottles needed) 
 $7,64 will sponsor a pair of school shoes (250 pairs needed) 
 $15,86 will sponsor the average school uniform for one child (250 pairs needed) 
 As at 24 November 2022, a total of $3300* was  still required to successfully roll out this project.  *(This includes meals, cooking gas and stationery kits for 250 children, but excludes uniforms and shoes.) Read the story about Ranyaka's involvement in flood relief efforts supported by the Nedbank Proud of my Town programme and other co-funders and donors  here . On  24 April, official reports indicated that over 17 000 households and 121 687 people had been affected by the floods. By end November 2022, hundreds of displaced families are still being housed in community halls. Living conditions are difficult. There is no privacy. Many halls struggle with food shortages.  MORE ABOUT RANYAKA BACKGROUND: PURSUING COLLECTIVE, SYSTEMIC TRANSFORMATION Ranyaka works towards collective and sustainable impact on a grassroots, as well as a systemic level - looking beyond once-off, isolated interventions towards co-creating holistic transformation programs for  under-resourced communities  who face immense socio-economic challenges every day. CO-CREATING SOLUTIONS Ranyaka tackles complex socio-economic challenges and works hand-in-hand with local communities, stakeholders across multiple sectors, faith-based institutions, academic institutions, funders and all levels of government to: 
 Employ a cost-effective  model  to identify challenges, opportunities and resources within an area 
 Develop plans to address these challenges, unlock opportunities and activate change agents & communities to self-organize 
 Facilitate multi-sectoral collaboration and interventions 
 Build cohesion and strong local networks 
 Create lean impact opportunities for communities, corporates & other funders; and 
 Implement programs & projects that achieve collective impact, as opposed to isolated impact. 
 Ranyaka's work and approach is based on a sound theoretical and tested  development framework , strong analytical tools, skills across a number of disciplines and sectors and care and concern for the communities with whom they collaborate. PROUD OF MY TOWN PROGRAMME Ranyaka is currently implementing a national socio-economic transformation initiative known as  Proud of my Town  for one of South Africa's largest banks. Watch the video below for more about Proud of my Town. PROGRAMS/THEMES -  Early Childhood Development -  Community Safety   -  Building Business  (Enterpreneurial & Enterprise Development) -  Fix Your Space  (Repair and beautification of public spaces) -  People Care & Development  (Includes food security, addressing Gender-based Violence, women empowerment programmes) -  Strong Schools  (Supporting educational initiatives and strengthening the capacity of schools) -  Sport, Art & Culture -  Land & Property  (including a growing food gardens network) -   Collaboration Initiatives -  Tell Your Story MORE ABOUT RANYAKA HERE Visit the Ranyaka website Visit Ranyaka's Facebook page

Ranyaka Community Transformation (ZA)

Inspired by Finland: For the world The University of Helsinki was founded by a 13-year-old girl. The world came to know her as Christina, Queen of Sweden. In the beginning, we were a modest academic community of 11 professors and 250 students. Today, we do pioneering multidisciplinary research with 11 faculties and 40,000 students and researchers. We have educated nine presidents and thousands of people at the top of politics, science, culture and economics. Not to mention  four Nobel prize winners .  We are one of the best universities in the world ranking among the  top 1% of world's research universities. Urgent fundraising causes: UKRAINE APPEAL As part of our response to the humanitarian crisis caused by the invasion of Ukraine, the University of Helsinki has launched a  Crisis Fund and an emergency appeal . The money raised will be used to support researchers and students fleeing Ukraine who wish to move to Finland and conduct research or study at the University of Helsinki, as well as those already at the university. RESEARCH ON COVID-19 Researchers at the University of Helsinki are actively developing  new diagnostics and drug therapies for COVID-19 . Support us to find solutions for the global crisis. Fundraising themes: SECURING OUR PLANET'S FUTURE To secure our planet's future, we need new ideas to combat  climate change. We need fresh evidence of what is happening  in the atmosphere, on the ground and throughout our ecosystem.  We are a   pioneer of climate research , and one of the world's  leading research institutions in the field.  Our atmospheric  particle research is world- leading  and we lead the way in Arctic  science.  If you want to protect the natural world, The University of Helsinki is a great place to start.  FUTURE OF LEARNING Finland is the world leader in education.  Every child has the  same opportunity to excel.  We train the best teachers using rigorous scientific research  to create the future of learning.  Here, our researchers are fearless pioneers. They work  across disciplines to investigate how we  learn, and  develop  new teaching methods in real-life settings.   By educating new experts in learning, we can promote equality on a global scale . MAKING AI SMARTER AND ETHICAL Digitalisation  and artificial intelligence are changing  the world and  opening up  fresh opportunities.  As AI continues to drive innovation, it is vital to  ensure it is an inclusive tool accessible and beneficial  for all.  We are leading the way in  ethical AI  and harnessing  its power to provide practical benefits for all society. THE SCRIPT FOR LIFE IS HIDDEN IN OUR DNA By unlocking the secrets of the genome and  understanding how cells work, we can develop personalised  and more effective treatments.  Our expertise in genetics, combined with our status as one  of the largest medical hubs in Europe, offers a real chance to  find ground-breaking ways to  treat cancer  and other diseases. Our Finngen Biobank is pioneering the future of genomics and medicine.  SUPPORT INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS To solve the world's biggest challenges, we need to bring the best international minds together. However many international students face additional barriers that limit their chances of success.  With your support , we can break down the barriers international students face and help them to thrive during and after their time at university. For more information about our other current fundraising projects, please visit:  helsinki.fi/en/support-us 
 
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University of Helsinki (FI)

Will you co-create a global ecosystem for a sustainable, socially just world?

Your gift of as little as $100 can help sustain the Mandela vision through the only university bearing his name and building his legacy, academically.  
 
 
	 Donate now to support young people studying, enable academics to deliver world-class research, and help share the Ubuntu philosophy globally. Nelson Mandela University, a dynamic, engaged and transformative African university rooted in the values of Ubuntu and service of society, is the academic expression of Mandela. Based in Eastern and Western Cape, South Africa, we are locally responsive, nationally active, regionally alive, and globally aware. We are committed to being in service of society, and we also seek to co-create, with our stakeholders, a global ecosystem dedicated to the development of a sustainable, socially just world.   LEARN ABOUT OUR ENGAGEMENT AND TRANSFORMATION EFFORTS 
	 Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) opened on January 1st, 2005, the result of the merging of the PE Technikon the University of Port Elizabeth (UPE) and the Port Elizabeth campus of Vista University (Vista PE). The union of these institutions came about as a result of government's countrywide restructuring of higher education – intended to deiver a more equitable and efficient system to meet the needs of South Africa, the African continent and the world in the 21st century.  LEARN MORE 
	 
 
	 On July 20th, 2017, the university was officially renamed Nelson Mandela University,  the only university in the world to carry the name of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela.  With the full support of the Mandela family and the Nelson Mandela Foundation, it is our unique privilege to pay tribute to Nelson Mandela, South Africa's most beloved statesman and a man who became the world's moral compass.  LEARN MORE 
	 
 
	 We honour his name by leading our university into an era of transformative innovation, development and change. As an innovative 21st-century institution of higher learning, we ensure that his values are reflected in the way that we teach, learn, research, engage with our communities, and work and live as students, staff, alumni and partners. 
 
	 
 
	 
 
	 Today, Nelson Mandela University is a sought-after educational destination and the most diverse university in South Africa, reflecting Nelson Mandela's values of diversity -- especially the coming together of different minds, different backgrounds, different talents and different approaches to achieve greatness. 
 
	 We are also the largest higher education institution in the Eastern and Southern Cape of the country, serving our 29,000+diverse students through seven different campuses, ranging from one at the foot of the Outeniqua Mountains, to our main campus built in the heart of a private nature reserve covering 830 hectares. The reserve's protected wildlife includes 22 mammal species, 16 reptile species, four amphibian species and 66 bird species. We also provide education about environmental and animal welfare issues, in keeping with Mr. Mandela's message that "If we do not do something to prevent it, Africa's animals, and the places in which they live, will be lost to our world, and her children, forever". 
 
 
 
	 
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	 Did you know that the top three leadership roles at Nelson Mandela University are held by women?  
	 Vice Chancellor Professor Sibongile Muthwa, Chancellor Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi, and Chair of Council Ambassador Nosipho January-Bardill (shown left to right) are leading our University, building upon the foundation of our namesake's legacy, ethos and values.  LEARN ABOUT OUR LEADERSHIP 
 
	 Under their leadership, we aspire to function in service of society, primarily through our core mandates of learning, teaching, research, innovation, internationalisation and engagement. Our Vision 2030 Strategy (V2030) is an articulation of our strategic intentions and aspirations as we seek to embody the soul of Mandela through our core academic missions. The University strives to promote the public good by expanding human understanding, pushing forward the frontiers of knowledge, and cultivating socially conscious graduates who will make a positive impact on society as responsible global citizens and leaders.  LEARN MORE ABOUT V2030 
 
	 We invite all our stakeholders to journey with us as Nelson Mandela University sets out to be a dynamic African university recognized for its leadership in generating cutting edge knowledge for a sustainable future. 
 
	 
 
	 
	 
 
	 Nelson Mandela University aims to converge and connect with the communities that we serve through our faculties and a variety of engagement interfaces or "Hubs of Convergence." These are forums for the collaborative articulation, elaboration and implementation of African-purposed solutions to society's challenges -- with the goal of developing a sustainable, socially just world. As the Vice Chancellor has explained, "The Hubs of Convergence (HoC) initiative endeavours to co-create physical spaces where the University meets the community to engage on common platforms to find solutions to problems that affect our immediate communities."  LEARN MORE ABOUT HoC 
 
	 MEET SOME OF OUR AWARD-WINNING FACULTY MEMBERS 
 
 
	 Rose Boswell, PhD, DSI-NRF South African Research Chair in Ocean Cultures and Heritage 
 
 
	 Jean Greyling, PhD, Associate Professor / Director, Tangible Africa, Department of Computing Sciences 
 
 
	 Darelle van Greunen, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Information Technology / Director, Centre for Community Technologies 
 
 
 
 
	 LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR FACULTIES AND PROGRAMMES 
 
	 EXPLORE OUR RESEARCH 
 
	 
 
	 
 
	 Nelson Mandela University and our founding institutions have conferred 171,178 qualifications, including  1,785 doctorates  and  9,153  masters' degrees  on  127,718 graduates  from more than  80 countries . Since the merger in 2005, we have bestowed  Honorary Doctorates on 71   leaders around the  globe,  working in various spheres. 
 
	 MEET OUR OTHER NOTABLE ALUMNI AROUND THE GLOBE 
 
	 MEET OUR OTHER HONORARY DOCTORATE RECIPIENTS AROUND THE GLOBE 
 
	 
 
	 
 
	 A well-known African proverb states, "If you want to go fast, go alone; but if you want to go far, go together." We recognise that we do not have all of the answers to address the challenges of the world, and for that reason -- and in the spirit of Ubuntu -- we invite you to co-create a sustainable, socially just world by investing in: 
 
	 Increasing student access to a holistic 21-century education leading to life and career success. 
	 Advancing impactful, world-class research that helps improve lives and protect our planet. 
	 Enabling students to develop African-purposed enterprises that address youth unemployment. 
	 Helping to co-create solutions to the challenges faced by the vulnerable in society. 
 
	 To explore partnering with Nelson Mandela University, to discover study abroad options at our University, and/or to visit any of our seven campuses, please email Denver Webb, Senior Director of Strategic Resource Mobilisation and Advancement at Denver.Webb@mandela.ac.za. 
 
	 
 
	 
 
	 
 
	 The Nelson Mandela University Trust (ZA)  is the fundraising arm of the Nelson Mandela University. It is a registered trust in South Africa, of which Nelson Mandela University is the sole beneficiary.  KBFUS is a U.S. public charity within the meaning of Sections 501(c)(3) and 509(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code. Donations made to the Nelson Mandela University Trust (ZA) are eligible for a U.S. income tax deduction, to the extent permitted by U.S. tax law. 
 
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