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Shortlist Profiles 2006

CIIFAD / Cornell University, USA
The Cornell International Institute for Food, Agriculture, and Development (CIIFAD) initiates and supports innovative programs that contribute to improved prospects for global food security.




Deutsche Stiftung Weltbevölkerung - DSW, Germany
DSW’s main goal is to help free people free themselves from poverty.




Funcación del Empresariado Chihuahuense, Mexico
FECHAC brings together the private sector, civil society and the government of Chihuahua to develop social programs aimed at reducing marginalization and social exclusion.




International Development Enterprises - IDEI, India
International Development Enterprises (India) or IDEI, is an Indian non-profit organization committed to sustainable long-term alleviation of hunger and poverty.




Instituto Terra, Brazil
Instituto Terra is based in the Rio Doce Valley of Brazil seeking to create positive social change.




Mennonite Economic Development Associates - MEDA, Canada
Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA) aims to alleviate poverty through economic development.




Naandi Foundation, India
Naandi’s mission is to be a leading not for profit development institution that strives for the eradication of poverty.




Sustainable Energy Africa, South Africa
Sustainable Energy Africa’s mission is to promote just and sustainable urban societies founded on the efficient use of energy and other resources.




The Barefoot College, India
The long-term mission of the Barefoot College has been to work with the marginalized, exploited and impoverished rural poor living on less than $1/day and facilitate their development with dignity and self respect to improve their quality of life.








The Energy and Resources Institute, India
The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) was established to deal with ‘the immense and acute problems that mankind is likely to be faced with in the years ahead (a) on account of the gradual depletion of the earth’s finite resources … and (b) on account of the existing methods of their use which are polluting.’


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