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Danfoss partners with the UNDP to foster women entrepreneurs in China
An initiative of empowerment and employment oriented business incubation in Beijing by Danfoss and UNDP is promoting women entrepreneurs in China. More
Public and private sectors search for common ground in the movement for children's rights
Leaders from business, government and civil society met to discuss better ways of involving their constituencies in the movement for children's rights. More
WFP partners with private sector in Malawi
WFP continues to engage the private sector to support the Walk the World event. This annual event raises money to support the school feeding programme. A variety of organisations exist that continue to support the annual Walk the World event such as the transport sector, banking sector and... More
Cyber Crime Training Programme, organised by Kerala Police, UNODC and Microsoft
A four-day Cyber Crime Training Programme, organised by Kerala Police, Microsoft and UNODC commenced in Thiruvananthapuram on 17 January 2007. Mr. Gary Lewis, Representative ROSA, UNODC inaugurated the programme. Mr. Rajan Joseph, Director Centre for Development of Advanced Computing,... More
UNHCR's ninemillion.org campaign will help refugee children learn and play
Under the slogan "Nine million faces. Nine million names. Nine million stories," UNHCR and its corporate partners are counting on a major new internet-based campaign to help refugee and displaced children around the world. More
Old Trafford echoes with ninemillion.org appeal for refugee children
More than 75,000 diehard soccer fans got an earful about the UNHCR-led ninemillion.org fund raising and awareness campaign for refugee children at a recent crunch match between Manchester United and arch rivals Arsenal. More
Nike donates sports gear to Kakuma camp
Nike staff visited Kenya's Kakuma camp in late January 2003 to produce a short film documenting the donation of sports clothing and equipment to the UN refugee agency. Nike and UNHCR agreed that this generous gift of T-shirts, shorts, shoes, socks and balls would benefit the refugee populations in... More
UNHCR and Nike encourage Somali refugee girls to play sports
It has been a hard struggle, but UNHCR and its corporate partner Nike have had some success over the past three years in encouraging Somali girls to engage in sports at three refugee camps here in north-east Kenya. More
PricewaterhouseCoopers donates $4 million to educate Darfur's refugees
PricewaterhouseCoopers has donated US$4 million towards the education of refugee children in eastern Chad's camps, in the single largest corporate donation ever received by the UN refugee agency. More
WTA promotes gender equality worldwide
UNESCO and the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour, the world’s leading global sport for women, announced in 2006 a landmark global partnership to further gender equality and promote women’s leadership in all spheres of society. The social responsibility program marks a new level of commitment by the Tour and... More