RESULTS Educational Fund (a US-based non-profit 501(c)(3)) is an advocacy organization working in the United States and around the world on projects focused on three key pillars in the fight to end poverty: 1) health, 2) education and 3) economic opportunity. RESULTS Educational Fund performs cutting-edge research and oversight in these three areas; educates and mobilizes the public, policymakers and the media; and supports powerful citizenship by training volunteers in public speaking, generating media and educating their communities and elected officials on issues of poverty. In May 2016, the Microcredit Summit Campaign merged its structure and operations with those of its parent organization, RESULTS Educational Fund. Website: www.results.org.
Established in 2012 as a Public Charitable Trust, Freedom from Hunger India Trust aims to break the cycle of chronic hunger and poverty among women and their families in India by delivering sustainable innovations that combine health protection services, livelihood with the availability of micro credit. Together with local partners, Freedom from Hunger India Trust equips families with resources they need to build futures of health, hope and dignity. It is governed by five trustees with highly relevant professional backgrounds. Freedom from Hunger India Trust plays a pivotal role in designing and disseminating community based integrated services and behaviour-change communication interventions across the country. It supports the self-help efforts of the very poor to achieve food and nutrition security. Please visit: www.freedomfromhunger-india.org.
Grameen Foundation is a global non-profit organization that helps the world’s poorest people achieve their full potential by providing access to essential financial services and information on health and agriculture that can transform their lives. In 2016, Grameen Foundation and the global non-profit Freedom from Hunger decided to join forces under the banner of Grameen Foundation. The integration of the two organizations brings together Grameen Foundation’s expertise in digital innovation to end poverty and Freedom from Hunger’s focus on providing the world’s poorest women with self-help tools to reduce hunger and poverty. Grameen Foundation is headquartered in Washington, D.C., with offices in the U.S., Asia, Africa and Latin America. For more information, please visit www.grameenfoundation.org or follow us on Twitter: @GrameenFdn.
Sa-Dhan the Association of Community Development Finance Institution has been working for more than one and a half decades in supporting and strengthening the agenda of Financial Inclusion in India and creates a space and understanding of microfinance with policy makers, bankers, government, researchers and practitioners. We are engaged with all kind of operating models, legal forms and have also roped in the technical institutions in the process. At present, Sa-Dhan has the membership base of 193 institutions (56 NBFCs, 113 Societies & Trusts, 13 Cooperatives, and 31 SHPIs) also including Banks, Rating agencies and Capacity Building agencies, representing all legal forms and operating models. This diverse set of representation acts as a comprehensive web for picking up the details and focusing on key issues and challenges. Our membership network reaches out to approx. 33 million clients with loan outstanding of more than Rs. 33,000 crores and over 90% districts in India. Website: www.sa-dhan.net.
Aikyatan Development Society is a nonprofit development organization engaged in the self-help group (SHG) movement, health care and livelihoods to address the poverty of poor families in the district of Burdwan in West Bengal, India. ADS’s sanitation program with the state government is the largest program of ADS and it is well known for effective linkages with the public health system and SHG strengthening. It was conceived in 1999 with active support of CARE India and became a partner of Freedom from Hunger and Freedom from Hunger India Trust in 2014. Through this partnership, ADS has reached 2,000 SHGs (women’s savings and credit groups) with health education in WASH, Nutrition and Anemia prevention. Website: aikyatan.org.
Bandhan Konnagar (BK) is a nonprofit entity registered under the West Bengal Societies Registration Act, 1961. Its main thrust is to alleviate poverty and help bring about women’s empowerment. It was founded in 2001 as a pro-poor organization, catering to more than 1 million households across 11 states. Bandhan Konnagar offers an entire suite of development programs in the areas of education, health, securing of livelihood, market linkage, skill development and financial literacy – all focused on turning the lives of the underprivileged around. In 2007, BK started its health initiatives in collaboration with Freedom from Hunger and at present its operation spreads to 7 states. It has reached out to more than 1 million households mainly with mother and child health care issues besides water and sanitation. At present, in partnership with Freedom from Hunger India Trust, Bandhan Konnagar is implementing a project called 'Safe Motherhood Initiative through Linkages and Education (SMILE)' where the study on 'Prevent anemia for better health' was conducted. Website: www.bandhan.org.
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