Ecozoom, a certified B Corporation that makes clean burning cookstoves accessible and affordable in developing nations. The clean technology helps end disastrous health effects of indoor stoves and overharvesting of forests. Ecozoom does commercial, development and relief work reaching from Haiti to Vanuatu. Our 2013 funding is helping them fill needs in Kenya. In 2014,
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Tosheka Textiles, creators of gorgeous purses, clothing and other textiles, employs and trains Kenyan women to weave and crochet its designs using organic, recycled, materials and even plastic bags! They have a new online shop which makes it easy to purchase their beautiful bags. In addition to creating employment using fair labor practices, the
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Producers of a superb solar light and recharger of cell phones and small appliances, One Degree Solar is lighting up Africa. Affordable to many in the developing world, the company’s “BrightBox” is long lasting and designed to have easily attainable replacement parts unlike most of its competitors’ products. Support One Degree Solar through Untours Foundation!
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Youth Empowerment Services is a non-profit organization that uses art as an avenue to success for Philadelphia students who have dropped out of high school. [box] “YESPhilly is many things. We are here to put students on the pathway to success. YESPhilly is a place where students who dropped out of school can get their
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SosteNica, a non-profit financial institute, integrates environmental and educational projects with financial services, creating a holistic and long-term approach to the alleviation of poverty in Nicaragua. It’s a trail blazer in its vision and actions to live gently on this planet, truly a model of green development. In addition to an Untours Foundation loan that
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NativeEnergy sells carbon offsets, renewable energy credits, and carbon tracking services then uses its profits to invest in projects that restore the earth’s resources while serving communities in need. NativeEnergy website purchases–along with a loan from the Untours Foundation– are helping build the Ghana Clean Water Project. Offsetting customers’ carbon footprints provides essential upfront funding
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