Human Rights

Rape Education and Crisis Hotline

REACH’s roots were planted in 1981 by a group of community members committed to raising awareness about sexual abuse of children and sexual assault of adults, and providing a helpline for individuals in need of an ear, support, advocacy and resources. A part time coordinator was hired, who worked out of her car and, literally, [...]

Project Horizon

The mission (aim) of Project Horizon is to be dedicated to reducing domestic, dating, and sexual violence in the Rockbridge community of Virginia. To reach that goal, they provide crisis intervention and emergency services and programs, as well as violence prevention education programming. We gave them £3,500 through our Americas Funding Panel rds the client [...]

Prince Edward Family Violence Prevention Services Inc

PEI Family Violence Prevention Services is committed to improving the lives of women and children in Prince Edward Island. Through education and prevention programs in their communities they hope to eradicate violence against women, in all its forms. Currently, their activities are focused on women and poverty, human trafficking, mental wellness and substance use. We [...]

Kingston Interval House

Kingston Interval House (KIH) is to providing support and services to women and their children who have experienced or are experiencing violence and abuse, and to working collaboratively with the community to end violence against women and children. We gave them £4,450 through our Americas Funding Panel towards the project “Healing through Narratives – [...]

Girls in the Game, NFP

Since inception in 1995, Girls in the Game has emerged as a leader in girls’ health and fitness programming, serving more than 3,000 girls in Chicagoland each year. Girls in the Game is one of the only organizations that addresses girls’ physical, mental and emotional health with a comprehensive approach. Girls in the Game has [...]

Family Violence Center DBA Harmony House

Harmony House was incorporated in 1976 just five years after the first battered women’s shelter in the world was established in England in 1971. It was the first organization in the State of Missouri to specifically serve survivors of domestic violence. Harmony House provides shelter, advocacy and education to survivors of domestic violence and promotes [...]

Equality NC Foundation

The mission of Equality NC Foundation is to secure equality and justice for LGBT North Carolinians. As a statewide nonprofit, Equality NC Foundation educates and advocates on behalf of LGBT North Carolinians through community organizing, their annual Equality Conference & Gala, and other events across the state. We gave them £3,500 through our Americas Funding [...]

Children of the Street Society

Children of the Street Society is a Provincial Society and Federal Charity comprised of citizens concerned with the number of children and youth being sexually exploited in British Columbia. Children of the Street Society is the leading organization in the province of British Columbia dedicated to preventing the sexual exploitation of children and youth. Their [...]

The Body Shop Foundation Impact Report 2010/2011

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UPDATE: Tribal Voice & Women’s Alternative Fuel Initiative, Zambia

Innovative, exciting, evolving – just some of the words that we say about this small but vital community group.

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