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Over the period 1995-2004, a total of two and a half billion people were affected by disasters, with 890,000 deaths and US$ 570 billion of losses. More
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UNFPA Kenya is seeking corporate partnerships to advance Maternal & Newborn Health (MNH) in Kenya
In Kenya every 2 hours a woman dies while giving birth and every 20 minutes a mother loses her new-born child. Maternal Mortality in Kenya remains stubbornly high at 488 (100,000 live births (KDHS 2009) and the decrease of Maternal Mortality Ration has been stagnating over the last decennia. More... More
Making Cities Resilient-Campaign: "My city is getting ready!"
Cities and local governments need to get ready, reduce the risks and become resilient to disasters. For the next two years and beyond, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) will campaign together with its partners for this to happen.
The World Disaster Reduction Campaign...
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Endorse The CEO Water Mandate
Water poses one of the greatest sustainability challenges of the 21st Century. Water scarcity and pollution, among many other issues, threaten our ability to grow strong and stable economies, meet basic human needs, and protect healthy ecosystems (and the services they provide), while also posing... More
Join Caring for Climate
Caring for Climate is a voluntary and complementary action platform for UN Global Compact participants who seek to demonstrate leadership on the issue of climate change. It provides a framework for business leaders to advance practical solutions and help shape public policy as well as public... More
HAITI - JOINT DONOR ALERT: GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF HAITI AND UNITED NATIONS
With the ongoing earthquake and cholera outbreak responses, Haiti is now facing three emergencies at the same time as, since 4 November, the country suffers the impacts of Hurricane Tomas. This donor alert focuses on immediate response to the hurricane. While the impact of the hurricane so far has... More
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene In-Kind Donations for Pakistan Emergency: Relief Items Requested by the WASH Cluster
The WASH Cluster is requesting a list of items related to the provision of clean water, sanitation and hygiene, such as aqua tabs, buckets, soap, hygiene kits, etc.
If your company is able to provide any of these items, please contact the Cluster Coordinator (UNICEF), Jamal Shah - jshah@unicef.org...
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Global Sanitation Fund
The Global Sanitation Fund, launched in 2008, is an innovative financing mechanism that supports national sanitation and hygiene programmes. The Global Sanitation Fund is looking for financial support to help large numbers of poor people to attain safe sanitation services and adopt good hygiene... More
Business partnerships for addressing Sexual Violence against Girls
UNAIDS would like to hear from companies and business hubs interested in addressing Sexual Violence against Girls
UNAIDS is part of an initiative which longer-term goals include
• establishment of in-country violence prevention stations
• extension of support services including health care to...
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Business Call to Action
Launched in 2008, the Business Call to Action (BCtA) is a global membership network of companies, governments, and development organizations working to identify and promote business models that contribute to long-term commercial and development goals. By challenging companies to adapt business... More
Emergency Relief in Haiti
support UNICEF's relief work in Haiti by making a philanthropic cash donation More