A food retail social entrepreneurship project allows women from economically-challenged backgrounds, widows, and victims of domestic abuse, are given opportunities to earn a respectable livelihood. Sodexo On-Site Services, a leading service provider of food and facilities management solutions, had ventured on a journey to fulfill its CSR obligations by entering into a partnership with the ECO (Enhancing…
The Intel Foundation invests in refugees On February 12th, 2018, the Intel Foundation donated $1 million to the International Rescue Committee to help arm refugees with coding skills. This will allow the company to help 1,000 German-based refugees find tech jobs. The Foundation has designed a program called Project CORE (Creating Opportunities for Refugee Employment), in which they collaborate with other local actors…
Forest guard: These women prove it’s not just a man’s job Disseminated over 600 hectares, the Marayoor range is one of the most the vulnerable forests in the state. The illegal tree felling by lumberjacks continues ceaseless, so the job of these vigilant officers is risky. Protecting the sandalwood forests of Marayoor from the onslaught…
British film bring to light witch-hunts in Zambia Nairobi — An award-winning British film about witch-hunts in Zambia trying to fight against curbing violence against women. Provided it is translated into local languages and distributed widely, according to human rights campaigners. “Bringing these stories to light can help survivors, civil society and communities to hold their government…
Empowering Bedouin women by selling their creations Iota, an Israel-based textile company is empowering unemployed women through the art of crochet. Shula Mozes, an active social entrepreneur for more than 16 years, founded Iota in 2014. It’s a company that supports women around the world who can not work outside the home for cultural, religious…
Tanzania cares for the welfare of mothers and newborns The campaign dubbed, ‘Mjamzito na Mtoto Salama ni Wajibu Wetu’ aimed at improving maternal and newborn care in Kigoma and is being executed by the Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children in collaboration with Thamini Uhai. AN initiative advocating for safe delivery was…