Who We Help
Center for the Adolescents of San Miguel de Allende (CASA) More »
CASA has been serving the poor - particularly adolescents, rural women and their families - since 1981. Through successful initiatives in health services, youth education and community advocacy, CASA now reaches beyond the scope of San Miguel de Allende, replicating its programs in other regions and even impacting Mexican policy at the national level. CASA's various programs aim to promote family planning, empower young people, provide equal access to health care and eliminate gender bias and sexual violence in Mexican communities.
Children’s Safe Drinking Water (CSDW) More »
In partnership with Procter & Gamble (P&G), Children's Safe Drinking Water works to provide access to clean drinking water to families in developing countries. Since its creation in 2003, CSDW has introduced the PUR® Water Purifier in 23 countries, combating childhood death and diarrhea through the provision of safe water. Studies show that the PUR water system can reduce diarrheal disease by up to 50%. CSDW has also used this purification method to aid some of the most critical global emergency relief situations, including the tsunami in Asia, hurricanes in the Caribbean and floods in the Philippines and Bangladesh.
Committee for Democracy in Information Technology (CDI) More »
The Committee for Democracy in Information Technology, or simply CDI, was founded in 1995 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with the mission of promoting the social inclusion of disenfranchised populations by using ICT education and technology to fight poverty, stimulate entrepreneurship, strengthen communities, and empower poor youth and adults to transform their realities by becoming informed, active citizens.
Fundación Paraguaya (FP) More »
Fundación Paraguaya developed an innovative approach to education when it took over responsibility for an agricultural high school for the children of the rural poor in 2002. With the support of the Skoll and Avina Foundations, FP introduced a new curriculum that integrates traditional high school subjects with the running of small-scale, on-campus agricultural enterprises. Using agriculture as the main subject, FP's coursework uses both theory and in-field active learning to teach and empower students.
Lighting a Billion Lives (LaBL) More »
In September 2007, TERI launched the Lighting a Billion Lives (LaBL) campaign at the Clinton Global Initiative's annual meeting held in New York. LaBL aims to brighten lives across the world by providing 200 million solar lanterns to rural households, touching one billion lives. A total of 1.6 billion people lack access to electricity, and 33% of these live in India. Inadequate lighting is not only an impediment to progress and development, but also has an adverse impact on the health, environment and safety of these individuals. The LaBL campaign will improve the livelihood and opportunities of rural communities by using an implementation model that is locally sustainable and environmentally sound.
Teach a Man to Fish (TAMTF) More »
Teach a Man to Fish grew out of Fundación Paraguaya's model for sustainable agriculture schools, spreading the philosophy of an education that pays for itself around the globe. Thus, TAMTF uses a hands-on teaching approach to create self-sufficient schools, which generate enough income to cover the costs of providing a quality education to its students. Like any business, these schools must adapt, innovate and constantly renew themselves to succeed. The discipline this requires serves as an inspiration to students and ensures, of necessity, that the education they receive is focused on skills with which they can earn a livelihood.