GVC is an international NGO established in Bologna (Italy) in 1975. GVC is currently working in 29 countries to promote sustainable economic development, human rights and access to water. The organization receives funds from the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the European Community, the United Nations and private donors.
Haiti Lumiere de Demain Inc. (HLD), founded in 1998, is a 501(c) 3, non-profit, non-governmental, non-partisan educational organization operating to promote literacy and educational opportunities among children of Haiti.
The organization focuses its effort on the public primary school system in rural and impoverished areas of Haiti.
HAPI is a fair trade 'business as mission' venture, primarily for women. 'Fair trade' is a just solution for poverty, providing a fair wage within the local context, healthy and safe working conditions, and maintaining an environment of dignity and respect. This is a Haitian business with US encouragement.
HAPI is a ministry, committed to growing in knowledge and understanding of Christ within a community of acceptance and cooperation. Woven into the fabric of HAPI is a community of encouragement, support and spiritual bonding that carries the artisans through what is often harsh and demanding primitive living. HAPI seeks to raise the sense of self-worth of women in their homes, community and society and to expand the creative abilities that God has given to all. HAPI is identifying, developing and preparing leaders to provide strong, capable and ethical leadership for HAPI or other endeavors through mentoring, retreats and experiential learning.
The Awty School was founded in 1956 as a pre-school. The incorporation of an Upper School in 1975 changed the school into a college preparatory school which merged with the French School of Houston and became the Awty International School in 1984. With a total enrollment of over 1,100 students, Awty is currently the third largest private school in the city of Houston and the second largest international school in the United States.
Established in 2005 by President Bill Clinton, the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) convenes global leaders to devise and implement innovative solutions to some of the world’s most pressing challenges. Since 2005, CGI Annual Meetings have brought together more than 100 current and former heads of state, 14 Nobel Peace Prize laureates, hundreds of leading CEOs, heads of foundations, major philanthropists, directors of the most effective nongovernmental organizations, and prominent members of the media.
For more information, visit www.clintonglobalinitiative.org
Houston-based Millennium Relief & Development Services is a network of international development centers and field workers who live long-term among the people they serve.
These workers speak the local language and are experts in the local culture. By listening to and understanding the needs of the people, field workers design social investment projects to help solve human problems at the local level.
For more information, visit www.mrds.org
SunNight Solar is the world leader in the design and manufacture of high performance solar powered portable lighting devices, safely and economically meeting the illumination needs of the two billion people on the planet without access to an electrical grid.
SunNight Solar products also provide an environmentally and value orientated option to the old fashioned single use disposable battery flashlights
For more information, visit www.sunnightsolar.com
