CGI Member Commitments
Commitments By Year: 2008
Sexuality, Family Life, and HIV/AIDS Education, 2008
Bene E. Madunagu, Chairperson, Executive Board, Girls' Power Initiative
Girls' Power Initiative
Focus Area: Global Health
Girls' Power Initiative (GPI), along with its partners, commits to provide a gender-sensitive education in leadership and life management skills, human rights, sexuality, and reproductive health.
The Adolescent Girls Initiative, 2008
Government of Liberia
Nike Foundation
Focus Area: Poverty Alleviation
The Adolescent Girls Initiative commits to improving economic opportunities for adolescent girls in post-conflict Liberia, through a pilot model that seeks to smooth the path of adolescent girls to... (more)
IUCN Water & Nature Initiative, 2008
International Union for Conservation of Nature - IUCN
Focus Area: Energy & Climate Change
From 2001-2008, the International Union for Conservation of Nature invested $45 million in building water security in 12 river basins worldwide as a means of improving protection of the environment,... (more)
IT Work-study Program for Disadvantaged Youth, 2008
Digital Divide Data
Focus Area: Education
Digital Divide Data commits to provide training, job opportunities, and access to higher education for an additional 1,000 disadvantaged youth in South Asia, especially those who are disabled. By... (more)
Expanding Support for HIV/AIDS Orphans in Uganda, 2008
Nyaka AIDs Orphans School
Focus Area: Education
The Nyaka AIDS Orphans School commits to using a community-based approach to develop sustainable solutions in rural communities for addressing the challenges presented by poverty and the HIV/AIDS... (more)
Global Dignity Day 2008, 2008
Operation HOPE, Inc.
Focus Area: Education
Operation Hope Inc. commits to empower and unite youth across the globe in a universal principle, dignity, at a time when the world agrees on little else, and to help equip 12,500 youth in one day... (more)
Oweesta Native Asset Building, 2008
First Nations Oweesta Corporation
Focus Area: Poverty Alleviation
Oweesta only began its commitment on March 1, 2009.
Africa Social Venture Fund, 2008
Stephen Nairne, Managing Director, Lundin for Africa Foundation
Lundin for Africa Foundation
Focus Area: Poverty Alleviation
In 2008, Lundin for Africa committed to raising a $15 million Social Venture Capital Fund (with $3 million Technical Assistance Facility) targeting West Africa. All documentation will be completed by... (more)
Leadership Corps, 2008
William H. Frist, Schultz Professor of International Economic Policy, Princeton University
Focus Area: Global Health
In 2008, the International Health Services Foundation and Senator William H. Frist, M.D. committed to create the Leadership Corps, a registered 501(c)3 organization. The goal of the Leadership Corps... (more)
Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies, 2008
Focus Area: Education
Social Metrics Platform (PDMS), 2008
Acumen Fund
Focus Area: Poverty Alleviation
In 2008, Acumen Fund, along with its partners (including Google, Salesforce, Skoll Foundation, and the Lodestar Foundation), committed to the development and roll out of a social metrics platform and... (more)
Center for Interfaith Action on Global Poverty, 2008
Edward W. Scott, Chairman, Center for Global Development
Focus Area: Poverty Alleviation
In partnership with Georgetown University and the National Cathedral, Ed Scott commits to coordinate efforts within the interfaith community, increase collaboration with other key sectors, and... (more)