Reclaiming America’s Youth and Recovering Our Economy
by Chelsea Clinton
Crime and ennui in Columbia Heights, D.C., overwhelmed the adolescence of Elmer Diaz, a first-generation immigrant from El Salvador. He was always bright, but with his hard-working parents constantly away from home, Elmer’s life became entwined with gangs. He also got into drugs. Then he dropped out of high school.
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CHAI and the IKEA Foundation Team Up to Save Children’s Lives
In the developing world, diarrhea is the second biggest killer of children under 5, and is responsible for 800,000 deaths a year. The majority of these deaths are preventable with simple, effective, and affordable treatment – but less than 1 percent of children are actually receiving them.
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Empowering Women-owned Businesses in Cartagena
The Clinton Giustra Sustainable Growth Initiative has extensive experience in projects that organize market-driven activities to meet the private sector’s requirements for optimization of local supply chains. In partnership with National Hotel Association of Colombia in Cartagena we have developed an entire...
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Brewing a Better Future by Investing in Haiti’s Agriculture
A little over a year ago we acquired the BRANA brewery, making BRANA an official part of the HEINEKEN footprint. HEINEKEN is active in many emerging markets, like Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mexico and Thailand. For us it is absolutely...
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Rebuilding Haiti’s Coffee Industry
On March 10 and 11, 2013, President Clinton visited agricultural sites across Haiti to help bring international investments to strengthen the country’s agricultural sector, support the environment, and promote job creation. While he was there, President Clinton announced that the Clinton Foundation is...
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Empowering Female Farmers to Uplift Communities
The Clinton Development Initiative established the Anchor Farm Project in 2008 to help smallholder farmers in Malawi create sustainable farming solutions and increase their income. Since then, the project has expanded to include four 1,000 hectare “anchor” farms that partner with more than 21,000 local...
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