INTERNATIONAL POVERTY CENTRE |
Established in 2004 in Brasilia, the International Poverty Centre (IPC) is a global centre for applied research and training on poverty. It is based on a partnership between the United Nations Develop...
Posted by Deltara - GLOBAL NETWORK on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:22:00 PST |
SOCIAL ENTERPRISE |
Social enterprises are social mission driven organizations which trade in goods or services for a social purpose. The need to deliver on financial, social and environmental performance targets is ofte...
Posted by Deltara - GLOBAL NETWORK on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 07:28:00 PST |
MILLENNIUM PROMISE |
Millennium Promise is a non-profit organization dedicated to ending extreme poverty by 2025. Its flagship initiative, Millennium Villages, is an integrated, community-driven strategy meant to achieve ...
Posted by Deltara - GLOBAL NETWORK on Thu, 08 Nov 2007 07:04:00 PST |
SA8000 CERTIFICATE - Corporate social responsibility |
SA8000 is a global social accountability standard for decent working conditions, developed and overseen by Social Accountability International (SAI). Detailed guidance for implementing or auditing to ...
Posted by Deltara - GLOBAL NETWORK on Thu, 08 Nov 2007 06:55:00 PST |
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS |
What are the Millennium Development Goals?The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are eight goals to be achieved by 2015 that respond to the world's main development challenges. The MDGs are drawn fro...
Posted by Deltara - GLOBAL NETWORK on Sat, 27 Oct 2007 09:01:00 PST |
ARISTIDES SOUSA MENDES |
Aristides de Sousa Mendes, GCC, OL (July 19, 1885April 3, 1954), (full name: Aristides de Sousa Mendes do Amaral e Abranches) was a Portuguese diplomat who fought against his own government for the...
Posted by Deltara - GLOBAL NETWORK on Fri, 26 Oct 2007 07:23:00 PST |
Imagination |
"Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understan...
Posted by Deltara - GLOBAL NETWORK on Sat, 20 Oct 2007 04:55:00 PST |
Being Human |
Live life fully while you're here. Experience everything. Take care of yourself and others who are needed. Have fun, be crazy, be weird. Go out and screw up! You're going to anyway, so you might as we...
Posted by Deltara - GLOBAL NETWORK on Sat, 20 Oct 2007 04:32:00 PST |
