International Migrant Day

 In recent years, #conflict, insecurity, and the effects of climate change, war and conflict have heavily contributed to the forced movement whether within countries or across borders. In 2020 over 281 million people were international migrants while over 59 million people were internally displaced by the end of 2021. Regardless of the reasons that compel people to move, migrants and displaced people represent some of the most vulnerable and marginalized groups in society, and

are often exposed to abuse and exploitation, have limited access to essential services including healthcare, and are faced with xenophobic attacks and stigma fueled by misinformation. On the other hand, many migrant workers are often in temporary, informal, or unprotected jobs, which exposes them to a greater risk of insecurity, layoffs, and poor working conditions. Due to persistent lack of safe and regular migration pathways, millions continue to take perilous journeys each year. Since 2014 more than 50,000 migrants have lost their lives on migratory routes across the world. Despite this, migrants have proven to be a source of prosperity, innovation, and #sustainabledevelopment to countries of origin, transit, and host countries. Their financial contribution through remittance offers a lifeline to families and spur local markets especially those of Low- and Middle-Income Countries while their role in the labour market remains invaluable. Their knowledge, networks, and skills have greatly contributed to the development of resilient communities. Strengthening the contribution of migrants to sustainable development requires collective effort to improve the governance of migration and addressing the challenges migrants face. Migrants and displaced people represent some of the most vulnerable and marginalized groups in society. Migrants have proven to be a source of prosperity, innovation, and sustainable development to countries of origin, transit, and host countries. No state can manage migration effectively and sustainably in isolation.

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Red Planet Day !

Red Planet Day is celebrated on November 28 as it commemorates the launch of the Spacecraft Mariner 4 by NASA in 1964, which was the first craft to ever reach Mars. It took almost eight full months for the craft to reach the red planet, finally performing a fly-by on July 14, 1965.

Mars is only about 1/2 the size of Earth.

• Galileo Galilei was the first person to view Mars by using a telescope. The name of the planet came from the Roman god, which is related to its red appearance.

• Mars has weather that is made up of extreme temperatures and, being further away from the Sun, it is generally colder than Earth. Temps can range from -191 degrees F to +81 degrees F.

• The gravity on the Red Planet is roughly 1/3 of that of planet Earth. This means that a person who weighed 100 pounds on Earth would only weigh about 38 pounds due to the difference in the pull of gravity.

• Because it is further away from the Sun, it takes Mars a lot longer to make its orbit. A ‘year’ on Mars would take around 687 days, which is almost twice the length of a year on Earth.

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World Toilet Day 2022 is 'Making the Invisible Visible'

World Toilet Day 2022 is 'Making the Invisible Visible'

Sanitation for all is a global development priority. HEEALS encourage behavioural change and the implementation of policies to increase access to sanitation among the poor, along with a call to end the practice of open-air defecation, which it deemed extremely harmful to public health. Hygiene promotion, the provision of basic sanitation services, and sewerage and wastewater treatment and reuse in the context of integrated water management is our prime prime priority.

World Toilet Day is 'Making the Invisible Visible', which focuses on the impact of poor sanitation on groundwater, and how inadequate sanitation systems spread human waste into rivers, lakes and soil, polluting underground wate.

Groundwater and sanitation – making the invisible visible

World Toilet Day 2022 focuses on the impact of the sanitation crisis on groundwater.  


This observance, held annually since 2013, celebrates toilets and raises awareness of the 3.6 billion people living without access to safely managed sanitation. It is about taking action to tackle the global sanitation crisis and achieve Sustainable Development Goal 6: sanitation and water for all by 2030.

The 2022 campaign ‘Making the invisible visible’ explores how inadequate sanitation systems spread human waste into rivers, lakes and soil, polluting underground water resources.

However, this problem seems to be invisible. Invisible because it happens underground. Invisible because it happens in the poorest and most marginalized communities.

Groundwater is the world’s most abundant source of freshwater. It supports drinking water supplies, sanitation systems, farming, industry and ecosystems. As climate change worsens and populations grow, groundwater is vital for human survival.

The central message of World Toilet Day 2022 is that safely managed sanitation protects groundwater from human waste pollution. Currently, the world is seriously off track to meet the promise of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6.2: to ensure safe toilets for all by 2030.

The campaign urges governments to work on average four times faster to ensure SDG 6.2 is achieved on time. Policymakers are also called upon to fully recognize the connection between sanitation and groundwater in their plans to safeguard this vital water resource.

Key messages you should know on World Toilet Day 2022

• Safe sanitation protects groundwater. Toilets that are properly sited and connected to safely managed sanitation systems, collect, treat and dispose of human waste, and help prevent human waste from spreading into groundwater.

• Sanitation must withstand climate change. Toilets and sanitation systems must be built or adapted to cope with extreme weather events, so that services always function and groundwater is protected.

• Sanitation action is urgent. We are seriously off track to ensure safe toilets for all by 2030. With only eight years left, the world needs to work four times faster to meet our promise.

Did you know?

• 3.6 billion people live without access to a safe toilet. (WHO/UNICEF 2021)

• Groundwater accounts for approximately 99 per cent of all liquid freshwater on Earth. (UN-Water 2022)

• Groundwater provides half of all water withdrawn for domestic use, including the drinking water for the vast majority of the rural population. (UN-Water 2022)

• Globally, at least 2 billion people use a drinking water source contaminated with faeces. (WHO 2019)

• Every day, over 800 children under age five years old die from diarrhoea linked to unsafe water, sanitation and poor hygiene. (UNICEF 2021)

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What is the Government doing for GRASSROOTS Nonprofit/NGOs?

 

What is the Government doing for GRASSROOTS Nonprofit/NGOs?

• by Valentina

 

NGOs and nonprofit organizations can only exist thanks to donations from generous people and grants from the Government, which together cooperate to build a sustainable development in the economic, social, ecological and political areas. 

When governments become more pluralistic, many of these organizations attempt to build on the new possibilities for citizen participation and NGO policy influence. 

Grassroots groups and support organizations help give voice to those that can’t by their own, they play a crucial part in improving democracy and the skills of citizenship essential to healthy societies.

Localized philanthropy is gaining momentum with funders, who are fostering program ownership by empowering local stakeholders. 

This approach disrupts the traditional international development framework. 

Here are some reasons why the Government should render grants for grassroots NGOs easier, instead of facilitating only big international foundations.

1. More Ownership: Local nonprofits are ever more engaged in the long-term outcome of their work. As members of the community they serve, they have a strong incentive to find relevant, practical solutions.
2. Local knowledge: Local nonprofits people have more knowledge about local conditions and context than international NGOs.
3. Higher Return on Investment: Directly supporting the operations and sustainability of local organizations offers a lower cost structure and a stronger foundation for long-term impact.
4. Diversification: Funders, like private investors, can increase their chances of reaching a desired impact through a portfolio of local partnerships. This approach creates multiple opportunities for growth and impact.

To do so, a percentage of CSR activities should go to local NGOs, apart from firms’ own and big foundations.

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How to embrace a grassroots approach to CSR

 How to embrace a grassroots approach to CSR

- by Valentina

 

A grassroots, fundamental approach to Corporate Social Responsibility is based on the idea that the impact of companies on society should be focused on the necessities of its stakeholders. These can be assessed by welcoming community principles, considering not only the needs of the CEO and the top executives, but also those of who contributes to raising their voices. 

For this reason, the CSR strategy should be rethought as a BOTTOM-UP, instead of a top-down one. 

To manage to do so, it is mandatory to:

1. UNDERSTAND the needs of the society, which inevitably influence the environment in which companies operate.
2. After that, it is crucial to ENGAGE with consumers, taking into account what they want. In this, social media are the key instrument by which businesses can increase, involve and grasp the requirements of their audience.
3. Then, another important step to take is to REFLECT on the core purpose of the firm and the real necessities of its workers, in order to build coherence between the tools, skills and competences used to achieve the final goal. In such a way, everyone takes a small but active part in the decision making process.
4. Finally, the last thing to do is to RELATE with people, by developing one to one interactions that allow to recognize clearly their preferences and values.
   
   
   

 

By following all these rules, firms are able to deeply understand their stakeholders’ goals and motivations, creating common goals able to mobilize people through the employment of their energy.

The building of these relationships can therefore be considered as a way to get a more conscious, sensitive, engaged and linked organization. 

A grassroots approach has the potential to nurture shared responsibility from all involved stakeholders and to provide the means to elaborate and consolidate an effective CSR programme.

The perfect balance between the satisfaction of citizens and local, community institutions’ needs can be achieved in this way.

But how can firms actually start this process?

By sponsoring and promoting local events, significant for the community they live in and are part of. 

And most importantly, by not limiting themselves to giving money but instead engaging in first person in the activities. In this way the monetary and human resources merge into the same direction of investment, providing the tools to better sustain and develop the community. 

Even if social gains are not easy to be measured and recognized, they should never been underestimated.

As a matter of fact, young consumers of today are always more demanding to firms to have a sustainable footprint and a beneficial social impact.

For theirs and future generations’ tomorrow.

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Why Corporate Volunteering

Why Corporate Volunteering Is Important !

by Valentina

Corporate volunteering can be considered as a WIN-WIN strategy and initiative with benefits for the environment, the community and the firm itself.

As a matter of fact, this kind of activity improves the reputation of companies, and boosts the motivation of the employees, develops their skills and improves their empathy and team-working attitude.

In such a way, a model of success can be created, linking training, fieldwork and cooperation moments, which can lead to earnings in the long run. There are many PRACTICES through which employees can sustain a greener and environmentally-friendly way of working and living. For example, they could avoid to buy prepackaged water, bringing their own bottle from home, or they could also employ their artistic skills to paint walls. 

Furthermore, since NGOs work non-stop and their staff also have a social life, company’s workers could substitute them during the week, sharing their food and donating their time, while having joy and gratitude back. Firms are more and more keen on realizing corporate volunteering programmes, because they take into account the social commitment of their staff as a valuable resource to share.

Benefits are grasped both by NGOs and their helper, which feel more accomplished and appreciated on the human side and consider themselves as part of the community rather than only of the economic system. 

To sum up, corporate volunteering both creates an impact in the local community and engages employees with CSR efforts.

All this said, it should be remembered that in order to understand how best to start for a corporate volunteering journey, it’s crucial to know what workers want from their volunteering experiences. Once their needs are identified, the firm can work to satisfy them.

·    Corporate volunteering is a way for businesses to enable their employees to give back and contribute to communities.It’s usually accompanied by volunteering time off (VTO) or other policies that empower employees to work with a larger purpose outside of their world of work. Corporate volunteering is a pillar of a company’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) and/or employee engagement strategy. Corporate volunteering programs came about to build more engaged and valued workforces.

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Why is Corporate Social Responsibility relevant for NGOs?

  Why is Corporate Social Responsibility relevant for NGOs?

   By Valentina

Non-profit organizations’ CSR can be considered as the purest form of social responsibility, since it is not simply a subsidiary activity, but rather their core life purpose.

CSR importance along the years has increased thanks to the necessity of demonstrating companies’ values to outside, contributing in the meanwhile to meaningful impactful sustainable projects that are able to positively shape communities.

The role of consumers is also crucial in this transition towards sustainability, since they are willing to actively support those brands that engage in fair practices.

Thus, always more often firms try to support nonprofits, making philanthropic projects more viable for those cashless organizations and creating long-lasting relationships among them.

But the most important reason why NGOs are crucial is that they are the means by which profit-oriented organizations implement CSR strategies and transform them from ideas into practice.

The worldwide recognition and support of NGOs’ initiatives is given by their strong, fast, low-cost role in the development of a better world, not only improving the economy, but also sustaining social justice, equality of genders  and quality of life. In order to do so, an active participation of citizens in decision-making processes is required.

In India NGOs are numerous and active mostly in health, education and rural development sectors, thanks to the financial support provided by the State, which is concerned about the social welfare of its citizens. These two entities, by working together hand in hand can ensure that millions of people, mostly children, are guaranteed with at least a basic level of education. 

As a result, they had a crucial role in the formulation of policies and laws favoring the poorest and most disadvantaged part of the society, especially in the fight against human trafficking, violence on women and poverty.

Through these rules, people become always more aware of their rights and roles in the community, as well as of the resources at their disposal. They are now more able to face taboos and fight against environment deterioration and pollution.

The input that voluntary, non governmental associations bring, both at country and global levels, encourages involvement, enthusiasm and cooperation of people.

Fortunately, in the last years, there has been an increasing engagement with these kinds of organizations, as both the Government and the market need the partnership of trustful, dynamic and responsible not for profit organizations, thanks to their link and interest for life at grassroots level. Thus, NGOs have quickly become the most useful and effective alternative agencies for development.

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Gender Equality In India: the importance of education in creating empowered women

 

Gender equality in India: the importance of education in creating empowered women

• by Valentina

 

Gender equality has always been and still is a crucial issue in the development of a fair society, but education can and must play an active role in shaping it.

However, despite a high growth rate and various Government measures to encourage gender equality, the gap still exists in India. The fact is that educating women can play a very significant role in the improvement of the country, helping to reduce inequality and functioning as a way to upgrade their status inside the family and throughout time.

The empowerment of women has therefore become a worldwide topic of discussion, but this inequality and discrimination against them is an eradicated centuries-old global issue.

Thus, the question is, what do we actually mean by equality? 

Generally, women and men should be treated equally in terms of work, education, marriage and politics. However, although the Constitution doesn’t make distinctions between them, the society has deprived the females of basic rights theoretically granted. As a matter of fact, the Indian Constitution considers equally the rights of its citizens, but in reality women and their representation in public roles and politics are still marginalized, leading to a lack of central control. 

The EMPOWERMENT process can really make the difference by enabling each kind of individual to reach his full capacity, bettering his social, economic and political participation. Women can be the key element able to move the country forward and to funnel it in the right direction and transformation. They are needed for the living humanity and therefore it is imperative for them to be educated.

But how can we make a change?

By moving from marginalization, underestimation and weakness towards the exercise of power. And the most useful tool to do so and change the status of society is of course education, whose encouragement can help minimize the gender bias in the educational environments. It can also foster the concept of women participation in public roles for the attenuation of discrimination based on gender.

Another factor of fundamentally determinant in the Indian gender gap is POVERTY. According to data, the percentage of women in the total number of poor is 70%, a number which is strongly and directly correlated with the lack of employment chances and possibilities. But poverty means also lack of food resources and therefore malnutrition, hunger and other health problems, as well as an increase in mortality, homelessness and exclusion.

Finally, gender gap is also influenced and fostered by the absence of decision-making involvement of women, which could contribute to a better social, civil and cultural way of living.

All this said, the backwardness of females in the education system, as long as it continues to exist, will always be seen as a reason to not invest in the development of women's knowledge and to keep considering their role strictly bound to marriage and family.

And maybe, unluckily, this could be the starting point to solve.

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