Global AIDS Interfaith Alliance (GAIA) implements a grassroot strategy to help those affected by HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria in the most remote and underserved areas of Africa. The organization was founded in 2000 in response to the devastating HIV/AIDS epidemic … Read More
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How WAVE Leverages Salesforce to Help Close the Skills Gap for Young Jobseekers in West Africa
West Africa Vocational Education (WAVE) is helping West African youth take their first steps on the road to a successful career by providing them with the vocational training and guidance they need to secure a job in an unwelcoming economy. WAVE … Read More
How Salesforce is Giving x-runner’s Race for Universal Sanitation a Boost
Have you ever thought of coming home to no toilet? Today, 2.4 billion people lack access to basic sanitation services and more than 40% of the global population remains affected by water scarcity. Water scarcity, poor water quality, and inadequate … Read More
Omprakash Uses Salesforce to Power Crowdfunding and Online Learning
This post originally appeared on Salesforce.org and is republished with permission. By: Willy Oppenheim, Founder and Director of Omprakash Omprakash works at the intersection of technology, higher education, and international development to create mutually beneficial relationships between individuals and grassroots … Read More
Amplifying Women’s Leadership Development in Asia: How WeDu Uses Salesforce for Program Management
The inspiring young women of Wedu are called Rising Stars. Representing underserved communities from Bangladesh to Cambodia to Myanmar, these 300+ young women were recruited by ‘Talent Spotters’ in their own communities and selected to participate in Wedu’s Leadership Development … Read More
Hagar Uses Salesforce to Help Fight the Effects of Trauma
They come to Hagar to start over. Following months, but more often years, as unwilling victims of human trafficking, rape, domestic violence, child labor, and other forms of exploitation, women and children throughout Cambodia seek Hagar’s help in processing their … Read More
Lwala Community Alliance Employs Salesforce to Understand and Serve Their Community
Lwala Community Alliance (Lwala) is a community-led innovator in rural western Kenya, proving that when communities lead, change is drastic and lasting. Lwala was founded by Milton and Fred Ochieng’ – brothers from our community – who catalyzed neighbors to … Read More
Taking community development in Haiti from paper to the cloud
By Rachel Forst More than six years after an earthquake devastated hundreds of thousands of families, community development organizations in Haiti continue to rebuild. In the wake of many shared challenges, one organization is providing a sense of hope through music … Read More
Streamlining Systems and Processes used by the World’s Largest Financier of HIV/AIDS, TB, and Malaria Programs
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria is an international financing institution working with over 1,000 organizations across more than 140 countries. Channeling an estimated 21% of the world’s funding for HIV/AIDS, 50% for malaria, and 82% for … Read More
Global Goals for Sustainable Development: Decent Work and Economic Growth
This September, UN member states met in New York to ratify the Global Goals, committing to 17 goals that will act as a blueprint for global development over the next 15 years. The ambitious agenda – which tackles poverty, climate … Read More