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Contra el Hambre (Action Against Hunger) is an Honduran organization
focusing on over coming the issues leading to hunger.
Asociación
Bayan A Honduran educational NGO located in the northern
coastal town of La Ceiba, Bayan’s project are located in elementary
schools that serve as centers for the SAT program (Sistema de Aprendizaje
Tutorial), a rural, tutor-based learning system for areas without
established secondary schools. After a meeting in May 2004 between
Enersol and Bayan’s Executive Director, Bayan completed its
application and identified six potential communities. Enersol signed
an agreement with Bayan in August 2004 to support two projects,
with funding from the Schultz Foundation.
CENTRO CULTURAL POVEDA
is a education development organization founded by a priest from
Spain in the early 1980's in the Dominican Republic.
Christian Children’s
Fund Honduras CCFH is an international NGO based in Tegucigalpa,
Honduras working in 223 communities in two departments. Its Education
Program collaborates with communities and local government authorities
to ensure adequate classroom space, school supplies, and well-trained
teachers in primary schools. In August 2004 Enersol signed an agreement
to support the first two EduSol projects in partnership with CCFH,
one in each of the departments where CCFH works. The projects are
located in El Ocotillo and Los Amates.
Comisión de Trabajo
Ecumenico Dominicano, Inc (COTEDO) is a community organization
focused on improvement of health, employment and legal issues for
Dominicans.
Instituto para
el Desarrollo del Noroeste, (INDENOR) based in the city
of Mao, serves the four northwestern provinces of the DR. INDENOR
works with youth education and has about 200 rural youth participating
in IT training, many from un-electrified communities. INDENOR identified
four communities and began work on two EduSol projects in July 2004.
Junta Yaque, located
in Jarabacoa, La Vega, is a Dominican consortium of community-based
farmer and environmental groups founded to promote the sustainable
management of the upper watershed of the Yaque del Norte River.
It has successfully used micro-hydropower to provide electricity
to households. The partnership was formalized on May 14, 2004 for
one EduSol project. Junta Yaque’s first EduSol project is
located in Los Dajaos.
Peace
Corps since 1961, more than 168,000 Americans have
served in this international volunteer organization for the cause
of peace and development, by living and working in the developing
world. Enersol’s collaboration with the Peace Corps goes back
to 1985 with appropriate technology and small business volunteers.
The Peace Corps now has an interest in IT, and Enersol is working
with the new generation of volunteers. In 2004 Enersol initiated
two new EduSol projects in highly motivated and organized communities
with the assistance of Peace Corps Volunteers (PCV).
Proyecto Aldea Global (PAG)/Project
Global Village is an Honduras nonprofit development organization
that assists rural communities on issues of poverty, economics,
and health.
Many thanks to Enersol's Donors, including:
Massachusetts
Technology Collaborative (MTC) is the state’s development
agency for renewable energy and the innovation economy. MTC brings
together leaders from industry, academia, and government to advance
technology-based solutions that lead to economic growth and a cleaner
environment in Massachusetts. MTC administers the John Adams Innovation
Institute and the Renewable Energy Trust.
BP Solar
is a global company with manufacturing facilities in the US, Spain,
India and Australia. Enersol has received solar panels for our EduSol
program through the BP Solar Module Donation Program.
Combined Federal
Campaign aims to support and promote philanthropy through
a voluntary program that is employee-focused, cost-efficient and
effective in providing Federal employees the opportunity to improve
the quality of life for all.
Harris & Eliza
Kempner Fund awards grants in the areas of arts and historic
preservation, community development, education, health and human
services. The Fund encourages family members to contribute to their
communities using its Matching Gifts Program.
Winrock International is a nonprofit organization that works
globally to increase economic opportunity, sustain natural resources,
and protect the environment.
Sandia National Laboratories is a government-owned contractor
whose primary focus is on the utility sector. They develop commercially
viable energy technologies based on solar, wind and geothermal resources
that become significant domestic and international energy supplies.
Evergreen Solar
is a developer and manufacturer of photovoltaic (PV) modules based
in Marlboro, Massachusetts.
International Foundation exists to help people of the developing
world improve their standard of living and gain a level of self-sufficiency.
Mark & Catherine
Winkler Foundation focuses on giving to support social
services, global warming, conservation, population and medical research
both nationally and internationally.
Alternative Gifts International is a nonprofit interfaith
agency whose mission is to provide authentic, life-giving gifts
to a needy world. Their gifts are designed to build partnerships
with oppressed people in crisis, protect and preserve the earth's
endangered environment, and nourish and sustain a more equitable
and peaceful global community.
CHERBEC Advancement Foundation, associated with the Weyerhaeuser
family, supports projects that benefit the people of Haiti.
Comcast Cable headquartered in Wellesley, Massachusetts,
donates used laptops for use in Enersol's EduSol programs.
Foundation M focuses on education and social services, supporting
programs for women and youth, as well as a variety of environmental
and conservation organizations. They also support cultural and public
interest programs, and international development efforts.
New England Biolabs Foundation is a private foundation that
supports the environment, scientific research, education, health
and the arts.
Blue Oak Foundation funds environmental, family planning,
and community development programs, particularly offered through
organizations that benefit children.
Atkinson Foundation seeks to help individuals realize their
highest potential educationally, socially and economically, by providing
opportunities for them to become self-sufficient and to improve
their overall quality of their life.
A Better World Foundation is a nonprofit, publicly supported
endowment that gives unsolicited one-time grants to worthy charitable
organizations working globally in the areas of peace, hunger, health,
human rights, ecology, education, and economic development.
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