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CLINTON GLOBAL INITIATIVE What does it mean to be a global citizen in the 21st century? For Clinton Global Initiative members, it means committing to educate a child. Committing Clinton Global Initiative Intel to build a sustainable business. Committing to work across organizations, across sectors, across borders. It means moving from opinion to conviction, from inclination to action, from “I wish” to “I will.”

The members of CGI have accomplished a great deal. Those who have worked the hardest, however, will be

Vision Spring Clinton Global Initiative Clinton Global Initiative Asia the first to declare that their work to address pressing global challenges is far from over. We must never lose sight of what is important, for together we will chart a course to a better tomorrow.

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Clinton Global Initiative Clinton Global Initiative How do you go about taking the best of intentions “and turning them into positive changes that benefit other people? That is the question that you must ask and the question you must answer.” President Bill Clinton

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In 2005, we sought to create a global movement based on the simple notion that problems have solutions. These numbers represent only a sampling of the positive changes that our members have helped make We convened the world’s most innovative and influential citizens – Nobel Prize winners, global CEOs, heads around the globe. They capture the what of our achievements, but they do not capture the how. In practice, of state, and visionary leaders from the NGO community – to take part in a new kind of meeting, one that the how question is where the real strength of CGI lies, and in the pages ahead, you will discover some of yielded results. We asked them to do more than merely discuss the problems plaguing our world; we asked the ways our members answer that crucial question. It’s why I’m so proud of CGI: our members tirelessly them to commit to resolving them. search for the best actions that will bring about the best results. They ask: how can we make the largest, most sustainable impact on people’s lives? How can we empower communities so we’re not just raising and That first meeting was inspiring. Together, our members made more than 270 Commitments to Action educating this generation, but future generations as well? How can we help businesses employ more people spanning 88 countries around the world. Since then, the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) has matured as an at fair wages, while increasing profits and improving the communities where they are based? organization. We started with one annual event. Today, our dedicated team leads a year-round operation that catalyzes new commitments, bolsters existing ones through strategic partnerships, and engages new Over the years, we’ve learned that it is possible to find solutions to these challenges. I encourage you to change-makers in our mission to create progress in our world. We have created a forum for cross-sector take this opportunity to learn more about how CGI members are turning their answers into commitments collaboration, where business, government, and civil society can find common ground and work together that improve lives. As we enter our fifth year, these commitments stand as benchmarks of the progress toward shared goals. we have achieved together. They remind us of our capability, and even more, of how much good work remains to be done. The CGI community focuses on action and results. Since 2005, our members have made more than 1,400 commitments, valued at $46 billion. These commitments have positively impacted more than 200 million Sincerely, people in more than 150 countries. Our members have provided nearly 9 million people with new jobs and income-generating opportunities. They have given more than 10 million children access to better education, cut the equivalent of 60 million metric tons of CO2 emissions, and expanded access to health care for almost 50 million people. Launching New Tools making a difference President Clinton created CGI as an innovative new model of global citizenship for our interconnected age. Today, CGI members use that model to pursue groundbreaking innovations of their own. A number of new tools, techniques, CGI collaborates closely with members to help and processes have been developed as a result of CGI member commitments. John Williams, senior vice president and national director of sustainable development for HDR them develop commitments and build partnerships Engineering, has done a great deal of pro bono work with municipalities. Given his interest in climate change, he has often been frustrated by the inability of middle managers to factor climate change into their with other organizations. decision-making processes. At CGI, he decided to create a new tool for North American cities to do just that. With Williams’ new Sustainable Return on Investment model – his Commitment to Action in 2008 – elected officials and public administrators across the continent will be able to make informed, long-term strategic decisions that will increase efficiency and reduce consumption.

Bringing Partners Together CGI has shown time and again the value of creative collaboration – the engine that drives Commitments to Action. That’s why CGI puts a premium on helping members connect, whether it’s at the Annual Meeting in New York or throughout the year. The goal is always to provide a space and a means for members with vastly different expertise to form breakthrough, Clinton Global Initiative Accelerating Momentum transformative partnerships. A good idea or a well-designed plan is one thing – making it happen is another. In an effort to address the current global food crisis, CGI’s 2008 That’s why the word that best describes CGI is “catalyst.” The Annual Meeting Education Working Group mobilized major players across several is where great intentions become clarion calls to action, and groundbreaking ideas sectors – corporations, governments, NGOs, and international come to fruition. Simply put, CGI is the accelerant that makes it possible to move organizations – to develop a series of commitments focused on from conceptualization to realization on the ground – effectively, collaboratively, Camfed RCEF Clinton Global Initiative food in schools. More than a dozen organizations, corporations, and quickly. and foundations are currently collaborating through CGI to At the 2008 annual meeting, Jack Hidary, CGI member and chairman bolster school feeding programs for nearly 40 million children of Smarttransportation.org, announced Cash for Clunkers, an innovative in more than 30 countries. program to stimulate the economy, generate jobs, and assist the auto industry – all while cleaning up the environment. The announcement

Clinton Global Initiative gave Cash for Clunkers instant visibility and helped jump-start discussions that brought all three major American automakers on board.

Channeling Resources Clinton Global Initiative Guatemala Savings Group Clinton Global Initiative As President Clinton has often noted, the resource- driven challenges we face frequently are rooted not in the absence of resources, but rather in their unequal or problematic distribution. Whether it’s a man-made product or a commodity like clean water, sometimes a critical resource is out of reach for those who desperately need it. Recognizing Results CGI is always looking for new ways to spotlight excellent humanitarian work. Our members have designed and CGI encouraged Becton Dickinson and Merck & Co. to combine resources and ultimately implemented innovative projects that hold important lessons for others. Other activists, political leaders, provide 3 million auto-disable syringes to girls and women throughout Africa, Asia, and and companies are also engaging in life-changing activities that deserve to be recognized. Latin America. This commitment is expected to save the lives of 1 million young girls and women and, more importantly, to encourage governments to adopt policies to provide more In 2007, we launched the Clinton Global Citizen Awards to honor individuals who have made great HPV vaccinations. strides fighting for positive social change. The awards are distributed by President Clinton during a dinner event at the Annual Meeting. In 2008, for example, President Clinton honored Xiaoyi (Sheri) Liao, founder of the Global Village of Beijing, philanthropists Jennifer and Peter Buffett, former Mexican health minister Julio Frenk, and then-Chairman of Coca-Cola Neville Isdell. inspiring action

The man who really counts in the world is the “doer, not the mere critic – the man who actually Cargotec, the multinational cargo-handling company, committed to reducing the fuel does the work. Theodore Roosevelt, 26th president of the united states consumption of its machines by 10 percent over the next six to 10 years, saving 1 ” Beginning in 2006, Pfizer committed to million barrels of oil and reducing carbon emissions by 436,000 tons. Since Cargotec partner with several nonprofits to support made the commitment in 2007, several innovative efforts in fighting malaria. divisions have launched new products The $15 million project aims in part to Creating positive social change that use up to 33 percent less fuel than educate patients about the importance their predecessors. of taking a full course of medication. The Annual Meeting happens in September, but CGI members are working 365 So far, the partners on the ground in days a year to fight poverty, create a cleaner environment, expand access to Kenya, Ghana and Senegal have trained education, and improve health care. Each CGI member creates a Commitment hundreds of educators, developed radio to Action, pledging to take specific, measurable steps to reach social goals. Our spots, and organized advocacy sessions at national and regional levels. members’ tactics are as diverse as they are. A business can build a greener supply chain; a nonprofit can launch an innovative new project; a philanthropist can fund medical research. Here are just a few examples of Commitments to Action that are creating a better world.

In 2005, global transportation and distribution company TNT and the World Food Programme committed to increase awareness about the dangers of HIV/AIDS Actress Julia Ormond, a United Nations by setting up mobile roadside clinics and Goodwill Ambassador, committed to Poor nutrition and anemia are common providing free advice and counseling on a establishing an NGO that would help problems for children in India. In 2007, range of health issues, with a strong focus eradicate slavery and human trafficking. Beginning in 2005, Starbucks pledged to Helen Keller International (HKI) began a on HIV/AIDS. They created the North Star Since its establishment, the Alliance to dramatically increase the amount of its pilot project to distribute Sprinkles Plus Foundation, which has secured funding Stop Slavery and End Trafficking has coffee grown according to Coffee and micronutrient powder through India’s to open more than 30 Wellness Centers helped corporations learn about potential Farmer Equity (CAFE) standards. In fiscal Integrated Child Development Services in 11 countries. slavery within their supply chains and year 2008, Starbucks bought 295 million program, with the goal of creating provided expertise for anti-slavery pounds of coffee, or 77 percent of its total In 2007, Camfed International committed a model that could be replicated in legislation in California. purchases, from CAFE-verified suppliers. to spending $15 million to improve other areas. Supported by the H.J. Heinz This commitment affects 1.2 million education for girls in rural sub-Saharan Company Foundation, HKI has catalyzed farmers and workers around the world. Africa, through policy reforms, training the distribution of more than 17,000 sachets. and research. Camfed, a UK-based NGO, Since 2005, CGI members have made enlisted several partners, including the Financial Times, the Skoll Foundation, more than 1,400 commitments affecting and Edelman PR. So far, the project has reached almost 2,800 rural schools, serving more than 400,000 children. 200 million lives around the world. delivering results

And if every one of us did something little … that education highlights “ • More than 10 million children have gained access to a better education little action multiplied several million times will • Nearly 9 million girls and women have been empowered • More than 650,000 people have learned new professional skills make a difference.” Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate

A Strategy that Works energy & climate change highlights • The equivalent of 60 million metric tons of CO2 emissions have been cut After four years, the results are clear: actions really do speak louder than words. • More than 33 million acres of forest have been protected or restored Our members have launched a diverse array of programs, and reported back to • Enough clean energy has been generated to power more than 400,000 homes us about the progress they have made. More than 300 commitments have been completed, and others are ongoing, multi-year projects that could still affect millions more lives. By catalyzing partnerships and encouraging cross-sector collaboration, CGI has helped millions of people around the world. Here are just a few examples of our successes. global health highlights • 48 million people now have access to better health care • More than 12 million people have access to safe, fresh drinking water • More than $150 million has been invested in new medical research

economic empowerment highlights • More than $600 million has been invested in or loaned to small and medium-sized enterprises • More than 3 million people have better access to information technology • More than 270 microfinance institutions have been founded, empowering almost 3 million micro-entrepreneurs

CGI member commitments have provided nearly 9 million people with new jobs and CGI Commitments across the globe  High density  Medium density  Low density  None income-generating opportunities. our global impact Never before has one effort brought such disparate people and organizations together for a common purpose. Amity Foundation 1 American Jewish World Services 2

Peace CGI is a global melting pot that encouragesAfrica far-flung individuals, organizations and even nations Poverty toWorldwide commit to take action – together – on a subject of mutual concern. Since 2005, the Annual Alleviation 6% 17% 10% Meeting has 27%challenged the international community to think about new ways to collaborate, new Building Health Clinics in Rural China goals to achieve, and new programs to design. The result has been more than 600 partnerships 5% Global between the publicREGIONS and private sector. North At a CGI meeting in Hong Kong, the Amity Foundation launched a project 14% 47% Energy & 16% Health 2008-2009 Climate OF IMPACT America that will provide health care for thousands of rural, impoverished people in As of 08/2009 Change 3 Regions 6% As of 08/2009 Projects inspired by CGI can be found on six continents and in more than 150 countries, from China. This faith-based service organization, which is based in Hong Kong, Afghanistan to9% Kenya to Kiribati.14% This is a testament to President Clinton’s vision. It is also a committed to build 100 village clinics over five years in Guizhou, one of the 23% 2 Regions testament to the spirit6% of possibilityAsia that drives CGI members from all walks of life and all regions poorest provinces in China. Education Oceania (<1%) of the world. Latin America Europe (2%) Middle East (3%) These clinics will improve primary health care for 170,000 villagers, many Good Energies, Ethiopia 3 CGIU by Global Challenge of whom are minorities, and half of whom are women or children. The Amity Global: Regions of impact Foundation contributes $6,450 to build each clinic, and local health authorities Global commitments by type regions of impact provide an additional $1,173.

Other Peace Other Africa In less than one year, 23 clinics have already been built, and three others have Economic Poverty Worldwide received donations and are at various stages of construction. As a result, almost Governance (2%) Alleviation Governance6% (3%) 14% Empowerment 17% 13% 10% 23% 27% 45,000 people have access to desperately needed health services. This commit- Religion (3%) Religion 6% 5% ment is also inspiring young people to serve. Students at a nearby international Global Health Global 1405 REGIONS North 5% 220 TOTAL 14% 47% Energy & 16% school have donated enough money to build two rural health clinics. They have Energy & Health 2008-2009 COMMITMENTSClimate OF IMPACT America COMMITMENTS As of 08/2009 As of 08/2009 also been invited to take part in the construction of one clinic as part of their Economic 9% 54% Climate EducationAs of 08/2009 15% Change 3 Regions 6% As of 08/2009 22% Empowerment Change Energy & service learning program. 9% 14% Climate Change 2 Regions 14% 23% 20% 6% Asia Education P&G Education Global Health Oceania (<1%) Latin America 4 Europe (2%) Middle East (3%) Domestic Global Challenge Global: by GC CGIU by Global Challenge Global: Regions of impact

IN PICTURES: Clockwise from top: 1. A doctor in Gonghe Village examines a patient, thanks to the Amity Foundation’s commitment. 2. A woman learns to sew as part of American Jewish World Service’s commitment to help conflict-affected women and girls.3. President Clinton and Chelsea Clinton meet with Marcel Brenninkmeijer of Good Energies, center, and Harald Schützeichel, director of theOther Solar Energy Foundation, in Ethiopia. The commitment Other Corporate (2%) brought solar energy to a rural Ethiopian village. 4. Procter & Gamble partnered with more than a dozen organizations to provideEconomic safe drinking water Government Think Tank (<1%) Governance (2%) for children around Otherthe world. 5. Drew Barrymore, an Ambassador AgainstGovernance Hunger for the (3%) World Food Programme14% (WFP), lends a handEmpowerment at a WFP-support- Individual 13%ed school feeding project. 6. A scientist from the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, which has made three CGI commitments.23% Religion (3%) 11% Goods Religion 6% 11% Non-Profit Global Health Money 30% 1405 32% 5% 220 TOTAL 12% COMMITMENTSEnergy & COMMITMENTS COMMITMENTS As of 08/2009 University 12% 620 MEMBERS Economic1 0 9% ACTION SPEAKS54% Climate LOUDERBY TYPE THAN WORDSEducation 15% As of 08/2009 Change 22% & PARTNERS Empowerment As of 08/2009 Energy & International Aids Vaccine Initiative. 6 5 Guillaume Bonn / World Food Programme As of 08/2009 18% Climate Change 14% Skills 20% 15% Education 27% Global Health Foundation 24% Time Corporation Domestic Global Challenge Global: by GC Domestic by type mycommitment.org Governance (2%) Foundation (1%) Individual (2%) Think Tank (1%) University (3%) Governance (2%) Foundation (<1%) Non-Profit Other Think Tank (<1%) Individual (2%) 9% Corporate (2%) University (3%) Government Think Tank (<1%) Other Governance (2%) 13% Individual 5% Non-Profit 11% TOTAL VALUE Goods Religion (3%) $7.5 BILLION 9% 11% Non-Profit Money 30% Global Health As of 08/2009 5% 32% 12% 220 TOTAL TOTAL VALUE COMMITMENTS Energy & University COMMITMENTS 54% Climate $7.5 BILLION 12% 620 MEMBERS 82% Economic 9% As of 08/2009 BY TYPE Change As of 08/2009 & PARTNERS As of 08/2009 Corporate Empowerment As of 08/2009 Skills 18% 14% 82% 15% Domestic27% Total Value Education Corporate Foundation 24% Time Corporation Domestic Total Value Domestic by type mycommitment.org Governance (2%) Foundation (1%) Individual (2%) Think Tank (1%) University (3%) Governance (2%) Foundation (<1%) Non-Profit Other Think Tank (<1%) Individual (2%) 9% University (3%) Governance (2%) 5% 13% Non-Profit TOTAL VALUE Religion (3%) $7.5 BILLION 9% Global Health As of 08/2009 5% 220 TOTAL TOTAL VALUE Energy & COMMITMENTS 54% Climate $7.5 BILLION 82% Economic 9% As of 08/2009 Change As of 08/2009 Corporate Empowerment 14% 82% Domestic Total Value Education Corporate

Domestic Total Value Peace Africa Poverty Worldwide Alleviation 6% 17% 10% 27% 5% Global REGIONS North 14% 47% Energy & 16% Health 2008-2009 Climate OF IMPACT America As of 08/2009 Change 3 Regions 6% As of 08/2009

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It can be easy to overlook the pressing issuesCGIU in theby Global developed Challenge world. But wherever there is a need, CGI members have found there is a way. Global: Regions of impact FPL 1 Jacob Ruff / Green For All. 2 Other Other Economic Peace Governance (2%) Africa Governance (3%) 14% Empowerment Since 2005, CGI members have made 220 U.S.-focused commitments,13% with a total estimated 23% Poverty Worldwide valueAlleviation of $7.5 billion.6% Members have invested in greenReligion energy, (3%) funded stem cell research, inspired 17% Religion Building Clean Energy Capacity 6% teens to fight10% poverty, and worked to mitigate Globalethnic Health conflict within immigrant communities.27% 1405 5% 220 TOTAL 5% EnergyREGIONS & COMMITMENTSAt CGI’s 2007 Annual Meeting, Lew Hay – Chairman and CEO of FPL Group, Inc. – and Global Energy & COMMITMENTS North As of 08/2009 14% 47% Economic 9% 54% Climate 16% Education 15% Governor Charlie Crist joined President Clinton on stage to announce a $1.5 billion new HealthFor the most part,2008-2009 however, there canClimate be little distinction between U.S.As ofand 08/2009 international issues.OF IMPACT America 22% Empowerment Change Energy & As of 08/2009 6% As of 08/2009 capital investment in solar electricity. FPL – the nation’s leading producer of renewable Combating an infectious disease in SoutheastChange Asia could have implications3 Regions for treatment and Climate Change prevention in the southern U.S. Deploying a new source of clean, inexpensive14% power in sub-Saharan Africa 20%energy from wind and solar power – committed to build new solar electricity facilities 9% 14% Education 2 Regions could revolutionize23% energy use in New York City. The challenges facing humanity are complicated6% Asia Global Health over the next seven years that would generate 500 megawatts of clean energy, including Education and interdependent – and CGI members are engaging them on all fronts.Oceania (<1%) Latin America 300 megawatts of renewable energy in Florida. Domestic GlobalEurope Challenge (2%) Middle East (3%) Global: by GC By May 2009, FPL had already broken ground on three new facilities across Florida that, Cool Cities 3 CGIU by Global Challenge when complete, will represent 110 megawatts of clean, renewable energy. One of these – Global: Regions of impact the DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center – is set to begin operations this fall. U.S. commitments by global challenge U.S. commitment-makers The DeSotoCorporate Next (2%) Generation Solar Energy Center has more than 90,000 solar panels Other Other Government Think Tank (<1%) Other will track the sun’s movement across the sky, gathering more of the sun’s rays than Individual Economic Governance (2%) Governance (3%) 14% Empowerment 11%stationary panels. TheGoods center’s 25 megawatt solar array will deliver enough domestically 13% 23% 11% Non-Profit Money 30% Religion (3%) Religion produced, emissions-free electricity to power 3,000 homes, or 20 percent of DeSoto 32%6% 12% Global Health 1405 COMMITMENTSCounty’s population. 5% 220 TOTAL University Energy & 12% 620 MEMBERS COMMITMENTS BY TYPE COMMITMENTS As of 08/2009 As of 08/2009 Economic 9% 54% Climate &Education PARTNERS 15% Over 30 years, the solar facility will prevent the emission of 575,000 tons of greenhouse As of 08/2009 22% Empowerment Change As of 08/2009 Energy & Skills 18% gases. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, this is the equivalent of 15% Climate Change 27% 14% 20% removing 4,500 cars from the road every year for the entire life of the project. Foundation 24% Time Education Project Grad Global HealthCorporation 4

Domestic Global Challenge Domestic by type Global: by GC mycommitment.org Governance (2%) Foundation (1%) Individual (2%) Think Tank (1%) IN PICTURES: Clockwise from top: 1. Lewis Hay, chairman and chief executive officer of FPL Group, center. FPL committed to constructing up University (3%) Governance (2%) Foundation (<1%) to 500 megawatts of new solar energy facilities in the U.S. 2. Green For All is advocating at both local and national levels for good, green-collar Non-Profit Other Think Tank (<1%) jobs. 3. Norton Bonaparte, left, Topeka’s city manager, receives a certificate fromIndividual Paul Post, (2%) chair of Sierra Club’s Topeka Group. Topeka became 9% a Cool City in 2006. 4. Project Grad committed to expand into three high-need school districts in the United States. 5. Doc to Dock donates unused University (3%) Corporate (2%) Governance (2%) and reusable medical supplies to hospitals in the developing world. 6. Operation Hope rings the opening bell as part of the New York Stock 5% TOTAL VALUE 13% Exchange’s financialGovernment literacy program.Think TheTank NYSE (<1%) committed $100,000 to buildNon-Profit on Operation Hope’s successful program inOther Harlem. Religion (3%) 9% $7.5 BILLION Individual 11% Global Health Goods As of 08/2009 5% 220 TOTAL 30% 11% Non-Profit TOTAL VALUEMoney COMMITMENTS Energy & 12% 54% Climate 32% $7.5 BILLION 82% Economic 9% As of 08/2009 COMMITMENTS Change As of 08/2009 Corporate Empowerment University 12% 620 MEMBERS 1 2 ACTION SPEAKS LOUDER THAN WORDS BY TYPE & PARTNERS As of 08/2009 14% 82% Operation Hope 6 5 Doc To Doc As of 08/2009 18% Domestic Total Value Education Skills Corporate 15% 27% Foundation 24% Time Corporation Domestic Total Value

Domestic by type mycommitment.org Governance (2%) Foundation (1%) Individual (2%) Think Tank (1%) University (3%) Governance (2%) Foundation (<1%) Non-Profit Other Think Tank (<1%) Individual (2%) 9% University (3%) Governance (2%) 5% 13% Non-Profit TOTAL VALUE Religion (3%) $7.5 BILLION 9% Global Health As of 08/2009 5% 220 TOTAL TOTAL VALUE Energy & COMMITMENTS 54% Climate $7.5 BILLION 82% Economic 9% As of 08/2009 Change As of 08/2009 Corporate Empowerment 14% 82% Domestic Total Value Education Corporate

Domestic Total Value accelerating momentum Philanthropy is not just the purview of a few. CGI aims to encourage Peace Africa Poverty individuals to commit to making a differenceWorldwide in their communities. Alleviation 6% 17% 10% 27% 5% Global REGIONS North 14% 47% Energy & 16% Health 2008-2009President ClintonClimate believes that in today’s interconnected world, one OFperson IMPACT can harness theAmerica wonders of As of 08/2009the modern ageChange – information technology, online 3social Regions networking,6% andAs accessible of 08/2009 mobile communications – to have a measurable impact on pressing issues and historically intractable problems. 9% 14% 2 Regions 23% 6% Asia Education The Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U) and MyCommitment.org are extensions of CGI that enable Oceania (<1%) Latin America individual action in unprecedented ways. At CGI U meetings, the next generation of global leaders gathers Europe (2%) Middle East (3%) Clinton Global Initiative 1 Leveraged Freedom Chair 2 to discuss and implement innovative solutions to a wide variety of U.S. and international challenges. CGIU by Global Challenge Throughout the year, and as a prerequisite of attending theGlobal: CGI U Regions meeting, studentsof impact and university officialsdevelop their own Commitments to Action: specific plans that address pressing challenges on their campuses, in their communities, or in different parts of the world. CGI U commitments have Other ranged from installing energy-efficient light bulbs and establishingOther bike-share programs on campuses Joining Hands for Peace – and Microfinance to distributing life-saving water filtration kits and designing medical backpacks for nomadicEconomic doctors Governance (2%) Governance (3%) 14% Empowerment 13% in Africa. To date, over 2,000 Commitments to Action have been made by students23% from 53 countries At the University of Pennsylvania, two Jewish and two Palestinian students came together Religion (3%) Religion because of their concern around the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. Driven by the belief that and 388 schools. Thanks to the Walmart Foundation and the6% Pat Tillman Foundation, CGI U has been Global Health 1405 citizens of economically stable regions are more inclined to contribute positively to their 5% 220 TOTALable to provide $900,000 in grants to support student and university commitments on campus through Energy & COMMITMENTS families and communities, the team was eager to use microfinance as a means to spur COMMITMENTSthe CGI U Outstanding Commitment Award. As of 08/2009 Economic 9% 54% Climate Education 15% As of 08/2009 22% economic development. In 2008, the group launched LendforPeace.org, a web portal where Empowerment Change Energy & On the web, MyCommitment.org offers a virtual space for collaboration among activists,Climate entrepreneurs, Change individuals anywhere can lend directly to vetted micro-entrepreneurs in the West Bank. 14% and individuals who share the same vision for change. More than 150,00020% visitors to the site from more Education LendforPeace.org 3 than 200 countries and territories have pledged 430,000Global volunteer Health hours, nearly 45,000 donated items, The team works with ASALA and FATEN, two microfinance partners affiliated with the and more than $5 million in contributions to people and organizations in need. U.S. government, to vet entrepreneurs on the ground. Co-founder Sam Adelsberg and Domestic Global Challenge Global: by GC his team received a CGI U Outstanding Commitment Award in 2008 from the Walmart Foundation as start-up capital for the loans. As of February 2009, LendforPeace.org had catalyzed $40,000 in loans to 40 entrepreneurs in the West Bank. CGI U Outstanding Commitment Awards MYCOMMITMENT.ORG commitments Craig Newmark, founder of craigslist.org, learned about LendforPeace.org and Corporate (2%) Peace Africa approached CGI to find out how he could help. Since then he has contributed both Government Think Tank (<1%) Other Poverty Worldwide money and time, serving as an adviser to the team. LendforPeace.org is bringing Individual 6% 17% Alleviation 11% Goods 10% 27% together people of all faiths and backgrounds to give Palestinians the opportunity 11% Non-Profit Money 30% to provide for their families and contribute to the political process. 32% 12% 5% REGIONS Global Energy & 16% North Health 14% 47% COMMITMENTS OF IMPACT University 12% 620 MEMBERS 2008-2009 Climate BY TYPE America As of 08/2009 Change 6% As of 08/2009 Yongjun Heo 4 & PARTNERS 3 RegionsAs of 08/2009 As of 08/2009 18% Skills 9% 14% 2 Regions 15% 23% 27% 6% Asia Foundation Education 24% Oceania (<1%)Time Latin America Corporation Europe (2%) Middle East (3%)

Domestic by typeCGIU by Global Challenge mycommitment.org Governance (2%) Foundation (1%) IN PICTURES: 1. Brad Pitt joins President Clinton and CGI U participants at the groundbreaking for Make It Right,Global: an initiative toRegions redevelop the of impact Individual (2%) Think Tank (1%) Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina. 2. MIT Mobility Lab’s Leveraged Freedom Chair. 3. The Lendforpeace.org commitment has catalyzed $40,000 in loans to entrepreneurs in the West Bank. 4. Yongjun Heo, a student at Swarthmore College, has committed to send students University (3%) Governance (2%) Foundation (<1%) to an understaffed medical clinic in Venezuela every summer. 5. With the Gator Gameday Fan Outreach Tent, Earth Givers teaches about sustainability. Non-Profit Other Think Tank (<1%) Individual (2%) 6. Ashifi Gogo,Other an Outstanding CGI U commitment winner, is applying technology to prevent distribution of fake drugs inOther West Africa. 9% University (3%) Governance (2%) Economic 13% Governance (2%) Governance (3%) 14% Empowerment 5% TOTAL VALUE Non-Profit 13% 23% Religion (3%) 1 4 ReligionACTION (3%) SPEAKS LOUDER THAN WORDS $7.5 BILLION 9% Religion Global Health 6% As of 08/2009 5% Global Health 1405 220Ashifi TOTAL Gogo 6 Earth Givers 5 TOTAL VALUE 5% 220 TOTAL Energy & Energy & COMMITMENTS COMMITMENTS 54% Climate $7.5 BILLION 82% Economic 9% As of 08/2009 COMMITMENTS 54% 15% As of 08/2009 As of 08/2009Economic 9% Climate Education Empowerment Change As of 08/2009 22% Corporate Empowerment Change Energy & Climate Change 14% 82% 14% 20% Domestic Total Value Education Corporate Education Global Health Domestic Total Value Domestic Global Challenge Global: by GC

Corporate (2%) Government Think Tank (<1%) Other Individual 11% Goods 11% Non-Profit Money 30% 32% 12% COMMITMENTS University 12% 620 MEMBERS BY TYPE & PARTNERS As of 08/2009 As of 08/2009 Skills 18% 15% 27% Foundation 24% Time Corporation

Domestic by type mycommitment.org Governance (2%) Foundation (1%) Individual (2%) Think Tank (1%) University (3%) Governance (2%) Foundation (<1%) Non-Profit Other Think Tank (<1%) Individual (2%) 9% University (3%) Governance (2%) 5% 13% Non-Profit TOTAL VALUE Religion (3%) $7.5 BILLION 9% Global Health As of 08/2009 5% 220 TOTAL TOTAL VALUE Energy & COMMITMENTS 54% Climate $7.5 BILLION 82% Economic 9% As of 08/2009 Change As of 08/2009 Corporate Empowerment 14% 82% Domestic Total Value Education Corporate

Domestic Total Value Governance Community-Based Development Microfinance Community-Based Development Access to Markets Urban Development 11% Innovative Partnerships Market-Based Development 10% 5% Access to Capital 6% CROSS-CUTTING Skills Development COMMITMENTS 9% Enterprise Development 6% As of 08/2009 8% 6% Entrepreneurship Jobs 8% 7% 8% Sustainable Development Rural Development Leadership global challenges Clean Development School Health (3%) Mechanism Other (3%) Other (1%) Other Mental Health (3%) Governance WCommunity-Basedater Development Maternal & Child (3%) MicrofinanceFish & Wildlife Community-Based4% DevelopmentClean Energy 13% Infectious 4% SanitationThe Clinton19% Global Initiative is focusedAccess to Markets on four19% global Scholarships Disease Agriculture 5% 23% 5% 27% Urban Development 11% 8% 5% Innovative Partnerships Access to Immunization Market-Based Development 10% challenges:8% Economic Empowerment,5%Forests Education, 42% Education & Vaccines 7% ENERGY & EDUCATION GLOBAL HEALTH Access to Capital Early 6% CROSS-CUTTINGCLIMATE CHANGESkills Development 12% As of 08/2009 As of 08/2009 9% Childhood Energy and Climate Change, and GlobalCOMMITMENTS Health. As of 08/2009 Chronic 11% Enterprise Development 6% As of 08/2009 Education 14% 8% Disease 6%Green Entrepreneurship23% Energy 26% Jobs Building7% 8% 11% 8% Efficiency 25% Health Rural14% Development Nutrition Sustainable Development Systems Leadership Education Natural Materials Resources EconomicGlobal Empowerment Health Education Shaylene Spaniola / Students of the World

Education Mobile Banking (2%) Clean Development Energy & Climate School Health (3%) Mechanism Other (1%) Supply Chains Mental Health (3%) Other (3%) Entrepreneurship Other Water Agriculture Maternal & Child (3%) Fish & Wildlife 4% Clean Energy 4% 13% Infectious 4% 7% 17% Sanitation 19% 19% Food Security Scholarships Disease Agriculture 5% 23% Economic5% 27% 7% 8% 5% Governance Community-Based Development Governance Community-Based Development Access to Immunization Base of the 8% Forests Agricultural businesses Conflict ECONOMIC 42% Education & Vaccines 7% ENERGY & Microfinance Community-Based Development Microfinance 8% Community-Based Development13% Pyramid 2,145 EDUCATION GLOBAL HEALTH Access to Markets Access to Markets EMPOWERMENT Early CLIMATE CHANGE 12% As of 08/2009 As of 08/2009 started thanks to the Jobs for As of 08/2009 Empowerment As of 08/2009 Urban Development 11% Urban Development 11% Childhood Innovative Partnerships Innovative Partnerships Chronic 11% 8% Education Families Trapped14% by the Food Market-Based Development Market-Based Development Microfinance DiseasePoverty is both a cause and a consequence of many of Green 23% 10% 10% 13% Energy 5% 5% 26% CrisisBuilding commitment 9% Jobs the pressing problems11% we face today: climate change, Efficiency Access to Capital 6% CROSS-CUTTING Skills Development Access to Capital 6% CROSS-CUTTING Skills Development 25% Health 14% 9% Market Access 9% 12% Nutrition COMMITMENTS COMMITMENTS pandemics, political instability, violentSystems conflict, social Education Natural Enterprise Development 6% As of 08/2009 Enterprise Development 6% As of 08/2009 Access to Capital 8% 8% Materials and political exclusion, food insecurity, demographic Resources 6% Entrepreneurship 6% Entrepreneurship Jobs 8% Jobs 8% pressures, andGlobal migration. Health CGI believes, however, that 7% 8% 7% 8% Rural Development Rural Development Other informed policy combined with human ingenuity can Sustainable Development Sustainable Development Education Mobile BankingBase (2%) of Million Leadership Leadership 19% Energy & Climate generateSupply25% solutions Chainsthe Pyramid that fundamentally alter trajectories Economic Empowerment Energy Climate Change Entrepreneurship raised & Global Health Scholarships (3%) andAgriculture change lives. $3.2 ECONOMIC 4% to support the recovery of the Nutrition 6% 7% 17% Clean Development EMPOWERMENTFood SecurityClean Development School Health (3%) Mechanism School Health (3%) As of A08/2009 problemMechanism as complex as this requires many different Broadmoor neighborhood of Other (3%) Other (1%) Other (3%) Mobile Banking 8% 16%7% Other (1%) Other Mental Health (3%) Other Water Mental Health (3%) stakeholdersWater toAccess fight to on multiple fronts. Some CGI Base of the New Orleans, thanks to the Maternal & Child (3%) Fish & Wildlife Maternal & Child (3%) 9%FishConflict & Wildlife EducationECONOMIC 4% Clean Energy commitment-makers,14% 8% 4% for example,Clean13% use Energy technology to 13% Infectious 13% 4% Infectious Agriculture 4% EMPOWERMENT Pyramid Phoenix 2.0 commitment Sanitation 19% Disease 19% Sanitation 19% Disease 19% Scholarships Scholarships Agriculture 5% 23% AgricultureconnectCivil Society farmers5% toAs markets, of 08/200923% patients to doctors, and 5% 27% 5% 27% 8% 8% 5% producers5% 8% to distributors. Some commitments tackle Immunization Immunization Microfinance Access to Access to 13% 42% & Vaccines 8% Forests 42% & Vaccines 8% Forests poverty by focusing on education or health, while others Education 7% ENERGYEducation & 7% ENERGY & Jobs EDUCATION GLOBAL HEALTH EDUCATION GLOBAL HEALTH 9% Early Early CLIMATE CHANGE focus on helpingCLIMATE impoverished CHANGE12% people learn new skills. 12% As of 08/2009 As of 08/2009 12% As of 08/2009 As of 08/2009 Market Access Childhood Childhood As of 08/2009 As of 08/2009 Chronic 11% Chronic 11% Others use innovations suchAccess as to microfinanceCapital or micro- Million Education Education 14% 14% Disease Green 23% Disease Greeninsurance to unleash entrepreneurship23% among the Energy Energy 26% Building 26% Building average loan 11% Efficiency 11% world’s poor. The overarching goal Efficiencyof these projects $7 Other 25% Health 25% 14% Health 14% Nutrition Nutrition extended to microfinance Base of Systems Systems is to grow and broaden participation in the global 19% Education Education Natural Natural 25% the Pyramid Resources economy,Resources so that people all over the world have access institutions through the Materials Materials Economic Empowerment Scholarships (3%) Global Health Global Health to the opportunities and benefits of economic growth. Microfinance Finance Facility ECONOMIC Nutrition 6% EMPOWERMENT Education Mobile Banking (2%) Education Mobile Banking (2%) Energy & Climate Global Challenges as of 08/2009 Energy & Climate As of 08/2009 8% 16% Supply Chains Supply Chains Mobile Banking Access to Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship Agriculture Agriculture 9% Education 4% 4% Agriculture 14% 7% 17% 7% 17% Food Security Food Security Civil Society 7% 7% Base of the Base of the Conflict ECONOMIC Conflict ECONOMIC 8% 13% 8% 13% EMPOWERMENT Pyramid EMPOWERMENT Pyramid As of 08/2009 As of 08/2009 Microfinance 8% Microfinance 8% 13% 13% 9% Jobs 9% Jobs Market Access 12% Market Access 12% Access to Capital Access to Capital

Other Other Base of Base of 19% 19% 25% the Pyramid 25% the Pyramid Economic Empowerment Economic Empowerment Scholarships (3%) Scholarships (3%) ECONOMIC ECONOMIC Nutrition 6% EMPOWERMENT Nutrition 6% EMPOWERMENT As of 08/2009 As of 08/2009 8% 16% 8% 16% Mobile Banking Access to Mobile Banking Access to 9% Education 9% Education Agriculture 14% Agriculture 14% Civil Society Civil Society Global Challenge: Economic Empowerment

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Aiding Afghan Farmers and Planting Trees Over the years, GPFA has kept local participation at the center of its mission by hiring and training the more than 120 Afghans who currently staff their The ultimate success of globalization will depend on our ability to ensure that the world’s operations throughout the country, and continuing to engage villagers in poor are beneficiaries of and participants in, rather than victims of, the change that it brings. its activities by reaching out to local councils and farmers to solicit their opinions, identify This is especially the case in Afghanistan, an overwhelmingly poor, agricultural country. needs, and allocate educational and economic GPFA 4 opportunities. A chief example of GPFA’s dedication to building Afghan capacity is its Eighty percent of its people live in rural areas. Per capita income is less food, firewood, and construction material. To ensure the commercial trees, GPFA’s farmers are improving the soil and arresting erosion. These Tree House, which not only equips individuals than $2 a day. In addition, Afghanistan faces severe food insecurity; the viability and longevity of the farmers’ enterprises, GPFA further trees also help to conserve water and protect watersheds. As GPFA has with the skills necessary to reestablish their country’s most recent National Risk and Vulnerability Assessment found committed to provide the farmers with intensive training in agricultural expanded its operations to districts with less secure water supplies, it has farms in the short and medium term, but also that 31 percent of Afghans do not achieve minimum food requirements. techniques and business practices, and to support the formation of farmer further advanced the protection of precious water resources by introducing effectively rebuilds Afghanistan’s corps of associations to facilitate cooperation between producers and increase farmers to water conservation techniques, such as drip irrigation. Besides agricultural experts, such that agricultural their market access and power. protecting soil and water, the poplars and willows planted by GPFA provide education and improvement may be driven by Afghans with new sources of construction material and firewood, alleviating Over the next two years, the commitment proved a resounding success. Afghans in the long term and assure the success GPFA 3 the pressures placed on the country’s natural forests to provide these. of GPFA’s work. Indeed, by the end of the commitment’s two-year duration, GPFA had far Finally, GPFA has launched efforts to preserve Afghanistan’s natural and surpassed its initial goal of aiding 100 farmers. Instead, it had helped to horticultural biodiversity. establish 9,000 farmer-owned enterprises and planted 2.5 million trees. Another important component of the long-term sustainability of GPFA’s To date, a total of 6.1 million trees have been planted, and 10,000 farmers programs is its dedication to building and maintaining strong partnerships in 422 villages have been able to set up their own tree-based businesses. with local, national, and international organizations. In addition to Additional Impact and the Future ongoing work with USAID, the European Union, and the World Bank, GPFA In working to create and support farmer-owned enterprises and build a Building on the success of the 2006 project, in 2008, Freyer and GPFA has partnered with U.S. Department of Defense Provincial Reconstruction sustainable framework to support them, GPFA has had an impact beyond committed to develop The Tree House, an Afghan-run center for excellence Teams and Agro Business Development Teams, agriculture faculties of the agricultural sector. One area that deserves particular attention is the in farm-forestry, horticulture, education, and entrepreneurship located local universities, and Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock social and economic role of women in Afghan society. in Guldara district, Kabul province. With the Tree House, GPFA hopes to officials. GPFA provides high school and university agriculture students create an institution through which Afghans can independently undertake and faculty practical and technical training through internships and From its inception, GPFA has made a priority of incorporating women GPFA 1 efforts to revitalize their country’s agricultural sector and increase rural scholarships on-site and at the Tree House. The organization is also into its operations. By including women both as staff and beneficiaries, incomes. GPFA intends The Tree House to be financially self-supporting engaged in a comprehensive capacity and infrastructure development GPFA has created a broader base for rural economic recovery, and provided While the agrarian nature of most Afghans’ lives has remained constant, within five years’ time. project for the agriculture faculty and students and neighboring farmers some insurance that the incomes generated through tree-based enterprises before the 1980s, the economic and social fabric of rural Afghanistan was at Albironi University in Kapisa province, which they hope to replicate at will benefit families and improve living standards. Through this economic other regional universities. Their strong local community connections and empowerment of women, GPFA has also helped to improve their social much stronger. At the time, the country’s farmers produced significant income Sustainability from major crops of fruit, nuts, and forestry operations, and were the world’s partnerships create synergy on the ground, increasing and enhancing position, both within families and within the wider community. At the core of GPFA’s commitment largest exporters of raisins. More than two decades of invasion and civil benefits to local people. to the rural poor of Afghanistan war, however, has created millions of refugees and destroyed the trees and Looking to the future, GPFA hopes to help Afghans gain access to other lies perhaps its most important vineyards that had supported the country’s economy. The challenges posed GPFA has also committed to achieve financial sustainability by investing parts of the tree product value chain. At the present time, many fruits success factor: a dedication to by this situation are compounded by the loss of local capacity to address in programs that have built-in multiplier effects. Poplar woodlots are and nuts are collected by Pakistani traders and exported to Pakistan for sustainable activities. For GPFA, them, as the social disruptions of the decades of war have resulted in a established through the planting of several thousand six-inch cuttings. storage, processing, and export. This prevents Afghans from tapping the sustainability is principally the gap in agricultural knowledge and expertise. For each cutting that GPFA provides to a farmer, he or she is required to majority of their harvest’s market value for the local economy. Indeed, result of ensuring that all of GPFA’s return one as the initial plantings are thinned and pruned. Because the this export trade drains the Afghan economy of much-needed capital, activities are driven by local need, cuttings grow so rapidly, this process of “repaying” GPFA’s loan usually as the fruits and nuts are often re-imported for local consumption at Commitment Summary owned by local people, and supported can be accomplished by the end of the first year, while still leaving the significantly higher prices. Founded in 2002 by four Americans with long-standing ties to Afghanistan, by local partners. In 2002, GPFA set farmer with enough cuttings to sell for profit. Another planned source of GPFA 2 the Global Partnership for Afghanistan (GPFA) has vigorously sought to out to build an organization that income is a food processing facility at the Tree House that will provide To prevent this loss to the economy and to create new job opportunities, restore the vitality of Afghan rural life through its community-based would allow Afghans to be leaders fruits and vegetables to Kabul and, potentially, other cities and towns. GPFA is helping farmers establish local storage and processing facilities. programs and through the reestablishment of tree-based enterprises. in the effort to restore their country. At the outset, the founders of GPFA Finally, to support the Tree House’s training programs for farmers and As with the initial elements of GPFA’s operations, this initiative has been In a 2006 Commitment to Action, Dana Freyer and GPFA launched the recognized the importance of listening to local needs before university interns, GPFA intends to adjust the way in which it charges developed with the input of local farmers and councils who are keenly Sustainable Farm Orchards and Woodlots for Income Generation project. acting. They engaged in a two-year needs assessment and consulted other organizations for providing training to their staff and beneficiaries. aware of the profits they and their communities could earn from local With the input and support of local shura (leadership) councils, GPFA with local authorities and farmers before they decided to focus their control of all aspects of production. Besides creating jobs within the committed to identify 100 farmers and help them set up their own orchards efforts on rehabilitating Afghan orchards and woodlots as a means to GPFA’s environmental sustainability efforts are vital to Afghanistan’s immediate agricultural sector, the effort also has the potential to generate and woodlots, both to generate income and to meet local demand for economic empowerment and improved livelihoods. ecological renewal. By planting millions of poplar, willow, fruit, and nut new, non-agricultural career opportunities. 

IN PICTURES: 1. Simple water basins can make the difference for family farmers at the Guldara Tree House. 2. Dana Freyer with female staff at GPFA Tree house in Guldara. 3. Guldara orchard owner harvests first apples with son.4 . GPFA extensionist Bulqis examines nursery tree at Guldara Tree House. CASE STUDY

Creating New Opportunities for Adolescent Girls The Nike Foundation and the World Bank have recently partnered with the government of Liberia to pilot an innovative model that seeks to address the needs of adolescent girls.

Evidence has shown that investing in the education, health, and economic targeted male ex-combatants. Very few have promoted the successful empowerment of girls can have a tremendous ripple effect. For instance, entry of girls and young women into productive employment. The AGI in when 10 percent more girls go to school, a country’s economy grows by 3 Liberia has adopted a comprehensive and innovative model that seeks percent. Yet, in most developing countries, girls still do not have the same to link skills training for adolescent girls to current labor demand and opportunities as boys. Five hundred million girls and women in developing opportunities in Liberia, in an effort to successfully enable girls and young countries cannot read or sign their name; 34 percent of young women are women aged 16-24 to enter the workforce and eventually become financially estimated to be unemployed, out of the labor force, or not in school. independent. The project is also made up of a unique public-private partnership, which leverages the technical expertise and resources of the Nike Foundation and the World Bank with funding from the government of

Megan Peyton / Students of the World Denmark. It also benefits from the support of the government of Liberia, which is the project’s leading implementation partner on the ground.

Given the challenges of working in a post-conflict environment, the strong political will behind AGI is one of its strongest pillars. With true local government ownership, this CGI commitment has the potential to last longer than the three years initially projected and expand to other parts of Liberia to reach more girls. It is also one of the key reasons why Education organizations such as the Nike Foundation and the World Bank decided to launch the pilot phase of this project in Liberia. Children Quality education is one of the most powerful ways for 58,867 Nike Foundation A significant amount of time was allocated to the design phase. All partners 1 supported through school people around the world to build a better future. Education met in Monrovia to develop the model and contribute their ideas, and ensure strengthens self-confidence, improves health, and unlocks this initiative would properly address the specific needs of adolescent girls thanks to Camfed’s Educate Moreover, 75 percent of the 15-24 year olds living with HIV in Africa are female. in a post-conflict environment. This collaboration led to the adoption of four African Girls commitment new economic opportunities. Yet, more than 70 million In post-conflict countries such as Liberia, where 14 years of civil war distinct components: children will never see the inside of a primary school destroyed 75 percent of the education infrastructure, these inequalities are classroom and another 226 million will never continue particularly visible. Today, only 12 percent of Liberia’s girls graduate from • skills training combined with job placement assistance secondary school. Moreover, 30 to 40 percent of all fighting forces during • business development services and links to microcredit for young women onto secondary school. Liberia’s conflict were women and girls, and a majority became victims of entrepreneurs sexual violence. Over 24 percent remain illiterate, while only 21 percent • institutional strengthening of have comprehensive knowledge about HIV/AIDS. the government partner and The barriers to education are even more substantial for implementing agencies, and girls and at-risk children such as child laborers, inner-city strengthening of civil society Children The Adolescent Girl Initiative: 6,400 groups working on adolescent youth, children with disabilities, trafficked girls, children vaccinated against tuberculosis Project Model and Challenges girls issues of conflict, and child soldiers. Even when children and Recognizing the intersection between girls’ empowerment and Liberia’s through the Delivering Quality • monitoring and impact families are able to overcome the obstacles to attending economic development, the country’s president, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, and evaluation. Schools in Haiti commitment the government of Liberia have placed adolescent girls at the top of the school, many face overcrowded classrooms, a lack of national policy agenda. In 2008, the Ministry of Gender and Development During the design process, the trained teachers and school leaders, and inadequate joined an exciting new partnership with the Nike Foundation, the World partners realized that Liberia’s Bank, and the government of Denmark to launch a three-year pilot program learning materials and access to technology. labor market remains demand- that seeks to boost adolescent girls’ economic empowerment through skills constrained. They therefore training and employment. This CGI commitment is called the Adolescent divided the training component Clinton Global Initiative 2 Despite these challenges, new models are emerging that Girl Initiative: An Alliance for Economic Empowerment in Liberia (AGI). into two parts, with 40 percent of girls participating in training for wage employment and 60 percent further improve access to quality education in underserved displaced Children Over the past decade there has been a considerable lack of investment in participating in business development training to become self-employed 7,856 areas and take these models to scale. A host of CGI members youth programs in post-conflict countries. In places where emergency skills entrepreneurs through specific skills development and referral to training and public works programs have been present, a majority have have access to basic education, have developed cutting edge programs to provide access micro-credit providers. because of Escuela Nueva’s to quality education to the most vulnerable people around continued > commitment the world.

IN PICTURES: 1. Ana Luisa Cholotio Vasquez, 17, participated in Guatemalans to the Rescue, a program to assist Guatemalan children in need. 2. Maria Eitel, president of the Nike Foundation, and President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf announcing their commitment with President Clinton. global challenge: Economic Empowerment

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Training providers will be rewarded for good performance via performance- based contracts. Significant financial incentives will be given to providers that successfully place their graduates in jobs or in small businesses. Indeed, 85 percent of the training service providers’ fee is paid during their contract period; the remaining 15 percent is paid based on the proportion of girls who are placed in jobs or who create small businesses in the six months following the training. Systems have been put in place to verify these employment outcomes. During this pilot phase, the project will Nike Foundation target 2,500 out-of-school adolescent girls and young women in the 2 Montserrado and Margibi counties of Liberia. associate positive outcomes with the training program. All girls recruited Global Green Similar to other post-conflict environments, Liberia has rampant sexual from the nine communities will be trained using a pipeline design, with violence and gender discrimination, adding several challenges to this random assignment to rounds. The second training cohort is composed initiative. Hence, the partners have added a life skills training module to of girls who were selected initially to participate, but who were not chosen to the AGI which seeks to help girls acquire critical communication and social receive training in round one. This strategy provides a control group for skills, knowledge of sexual and reproductive health, financial education, evaluation. Using a two-cohort training approach also allows the and an understanding of the importance of savings, and access to mentors government of Liberia to review the performance of the training service that will help them rebuild their confidence and see themselves as key providers at the end of the first round. Energy & social and economic participants in their communities. An early detection system is a critical tool for ensuring relevant and quality Finally, through its various components and by working closely with the training. The project created a unique partnership with the Adolescent cities government of Liberia and local partners, this initiative seeks to further Girls Working Group (AGWG), an umbrella organization of NGOs in Liberia Climate Change 200 build the capacity of local institutions, which, after 14 years of civil war, that work with adolescent girls. Two monitors from the AGWG will make an implementing Smart remain weak. unannounced visit to each training site approximately every month in order Ignoring climate change is both dangerous and costly. Energy Solutions, as to monitor the quality of training being offered. This system provides the But governments, private citizens, corporations, and project with a means for early detection of potential problems and gives Scalability NGOs around the world have begun to move from denial part of the commitment Following the launch of the pilot AGI in Liberia and the momentum it local NGOs first-hand knowledge of how quality monitoring mechanisms engendered, a larger program for adolescent girls was initiated by the World work and exposure to quality training of adolescent girls and women. and confusion to actively implementing new policies and made by the Cool Cities Bank with the intent of taking relevant lessons learned from this pilot and programs promoting alternative energy. Campaign launching the AGI in South Sudan, Rwanda, Afghanistan, Nepal, and other In addition to indicators of economic empowerment and employment such as earnings and employment status, the impact evaluation will examine countries, as new partners emerge. The project in Liberia will serve to inform In 2008, Europe forged ahead by launching the Emissions a broader policy agenda within organizations such as the World Bank, the the impact of the life skills training on the girls. Nike Foundation, and national governments to ensure that adolescent girls Trading Scheme, the world’s first mandatory cap-and-trade are at the top of the priority list. The rigorous monitoring and evaluation Lessons and takeaways program for CO2 emissions, which changed the way busi- component of the AGI will also help the partners to scale the project, as it While the Nike Foundation and the World Bank were keen on bringing their nesses think about carbon – by putting a price on it. In the will enable them to draw out valuable lessons learned and best practices. expertise and resources to the table, both knew that this project could not be successful in Liberia without the extensive knowledge, support, and U.S., which leads the world in energy consumption, the colleges and universities experience of the government of Liberia, and local Liberian communities. landmark American Clean Energy and Security Act is making 616 Monitoring and Evaluation committed to going climate- Monitoring and evaluation have been integral parts of the project from This would ultimately help create an enabling environment that is critical its way through Congress. And in China, a 20 percent energy the beginning, and a serious impact evaluation is essential to be able to for the project’s success. intensity reduction target is gaining momentum. neutral thanks to the Campus Green commitment The team also undertook three key studies at the beginning of the project, Indeed, there are many reasons to be optimistic. Leading which significantly influenced project design. Perhaps the most important of the three was a vulnerability study of adolescent girls in Liberia, based venture capitalists see clean energy as the greatest economic on information gathered in focus groups, and a quantitative survey. All opportunity of the 21st century. Across the world, fortunes partners acknowledge today that the vulnerability assessment was crucial are being made from solar, wind, and other renewable energy to the future success of this commitment. sources. “Green jobs” are revitalizing cities, while energy- Finally, the team organized workshops with key stakeholders to define MillionTREES efficient technologies are boosting company profits. exactly what the project would look like. These workshops produced some 1.1 of the most exciting parts of the project: the mentorship program, the But the question remains: will our collective efforts be of the planted as part of the Carbon financial literacy training and savings component, minimum literacy and numeracy requirements, and the emphasis on a wide variety of life skills.  scale and speed required to counter the perils of climate Offset Electrification Program Nike Foundation 1 change? As President Obama has stated, “Every nation on this planet is at risk, and just as no one nation is responsible for climate change, no one nation can address it alone.” IN PICTURES: 1. The Adolescent Girls Initiative represents a unique public and private partnership. 2. Phennapha Phommachanh, 22, is from the Sisatanak district in Laos. She participated in a Thai Youth Camp in 2006. Global Challenge: Energy & Climate Change

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about the challenges and successes of renewable power implementation; Green Power for Mobile Communications a Working Group, which currently comprises 25 mobile providers, to share concerns and insights about implementing renewable power; The spread of mobile technology in the developing world is not without obstacles. and a rapid assessment toolkit used to guide providers through a decision- Cellular networks rely on radio towers, or base stations, that convert electricity making process of whether to use green power solutions in their networks.

into radio waves and need a constant supply of energy to operate. Through its CAPEX Financing work stream, GSMA Development Fund acts on behalf of its members to secure funding through development banks. In developed areas, base stations are easily connected to a main power In September 2008, GSMA Development Fund launched its Green Power for As a nascent market, capital costs to implement green technology as a grid for a reliable energy supply. However, in developing areas, 1.6 billion Mobile program as a Clinton Global Initiative Commitment to Action. source of mobile power appears too risky an investment for many mobile people lack access to grid electricity (off-grid), and another 1 billion Leveraging its expansive network of mobile providers, vendors, and providers. The aim of CAPEX Financing is to provide mobile providers with lower cost loans in order to encourage investment in green people have unreliable electricity (grid-off). financiers, GSMA Development Fund aims to advance the use of renewable GSM Association 3 energy sources by the mobile industry to power 118,000 new and existing technology to power their mobile network. off-grid base stations in developing countries. When fully implemented, this target will save up to 2.5 billion liters of diesel fuel per year, cut Green Power for Mobile’s Ongoing Innovation work stream utilizes several mobile operator on Vanuatu, to power 25 base stations also through a annual carbon emissions by up to 6.8 million metric tons, and connect methods to promote continued innovation in renewable power, which GSMA hybrid of wind and solar energy. Already, 60 percent of Digicel’s network 118 million people in developing countries to mobile networks using understands to be key to the spread of mobile technology. Specifically, traffic is operating on green energy with plans to expand the project green power. GSMA Development Fund has the ability to support trials and test the further from 25 base stations to 33. Moreover, Digicel sees this pilot as potential of renewables in a given region – an undertaking too risky for a template for replication throughout Digicel’s worldwide mobile network. many mobile providers to do on their own. In addition, GSMA Development Barriers In addition to solar and wind options, GSMA Development Fund is Fund presents a Green Mobile Award to highlight organizations that Green Power for Mobile builds upon the successes of three pilot projects demonstrating the success of biofuels as an additional green power promote low carbon economies, industry, and lifestyles. Driving innovation utilizing solar energy, wind, and biofuels to bring to scale the widespread option for off-grid base stations. In partnership with Idea Cellular lowers the cost and improves the quality of green power technologies, use of renewable energy to power mobile base stations. To achieve this and Ericsson, GSMA Development Fund has successfully promoted the making this energy source a more attractive option for mobile providers. objective, GSMA Development Fund used interviews with mobile providers use of biofuels as an alternative source of energy in the Indian state of and its deep understanding of the mobile market to clarify three key issues Maharashtra. With an original scope to power 20 to 40 base stations, the preventing the uptake of renewable technology by providers. First, providers demonstrating success adoption of biofuels has expanded to hundreds of sites in Maharashtra. lack knowledge about the renewables market and as a result are hesitant Through Green Power for Mobile, GSMA Development Fund, in conjunction Howard Sayer / GSM Association 1 to take up the technology. Second, though clear return on investment has with key partners, is deploying 75 base stations in southern Africa, the Next Steps been demonstrated through pilot projects, operators see the additional Pacific, and South Asia. In Namibia, GSMA Development Fund, Mobile As an innovator in the mobile industry, and with a mission to bring capital costs as a barrier to implementation due to fixed capital expenditure Telecommunications Limited (MTC) of Namibia, and Motorola teamed up economic and social value to the base of the pyramid, GSMA Development Though providers largely have relied on diesel-powered generators to power budgets and aggressive rollout plans in terms of numbers of base stations. to undertake a 90-day Fund continually searches for ways to achieve its intended goals. Recently, off-grid/grid-off base stations, it is becoming increasingly apparent Third, because renewable power is a new technology for the mobile trial to test the viability of the Green Mobile for Power program began exploring a new initiative called that diesel is not the optimal solution for off-grid power. Many mobile market, providers worry that there is insufficient testing of alternative wind and solar power for Community Power. providers report that diesel-powered stations incur significant refueling sources of energy for powering their networks. off-grid base stations. The and maintenance costs, and volatile fluctuations in the price of oil make results demonstrated that With this project, Green Power for Mobile hopes to exploit excess power it difficult to estimate future costs. Moreover, consumption of diesel fuel Implementation Strategy the solution provided an generated by base stations to benefit local communities. Mobile contributes to a rise in carbon dioxide emissions. average of 198 kWh of power In response to each of these concerns, GSMA Development Fund established providers have deployed hundreds of thousands of off-grid diesel per week – 10 kWh greater an implementation strategy of three complementary work streams – sites and an increasing number of renewable energy sites in the than necessary – and GSMA Development Fund’s Green Power for Mobile Market Clarification, CAPEX (capital expense) Financing, and Ongoing developing world. Both types of base stations can be over-specified would offer a return on GSM Association is a worldwide network of more than 800 mobile Innovation. Within each work stream, GSMA Development Fund is clearly to provide excess power (diesel significantly so, with an estimated investment in three years. providers and 200 suppliers, vendors, and manufacturers with the leveraging its unique position in the mobile industry and relying on GSM 10 kW of excess power). Green Power for Mobile envisions Community The trial was deemed mission to drive the growth of the mobile communications industry. Association’s expansive network of mobile stakeholders to achieve its Power harnessing this excess energy and distributing it for local a success, proving the With an increasing focus on emerging markets and mobile telephony, intended goals. applications such as water pumping, street lighting, lantern charging, GSM Association launched its Development Fund in 2006 to accelerate viability of a wind/solar vaccination refrigerators, and power for buildings. economic, social, and environmental development through the use of option in Namibia. The objective of the Market Clarification work stream is to give mobile Green Power for Mobile is conducting extensive research over the third mobile technology. GSMA Development Fund understands that “[w]ith providers a full understanding of their respective green power markets and In Vanuatu, GSMA Devel- quarter of 2009, and will be publishing a white paper on the challenges, more than three billion users, ‘base of the pyramid’ markets are the future for demonstrate less risk in the uptake of technology than originally opment Fund is working opportunities, and suggested business models in the fourth quarter of mobile growth and innovation. The mobile industry is therefore uniquely perceived. Specifically, Green Power for Mobile offers three tools within GSM Association 2 with Digicel, a leading this year.  positioned to deliver economic and social value to these markets.” Market Clarification – a web portal to freely disseminate information

IN PICTURES: 1. Connecting refugees in Northern Uganda to the Internet via GSM. 2. Green base station with a Masai tribe in foreground. 3. The CGSMA Working Group. CASE STUDY

Improving Health while Creating Jobs In 2005, the Pan African Health Foundation (PAHF) committed to support the construction of an auto-disable syringe factory in the Niger Delta.

Auto-disable syringes eliminate the risk of infection through a built-in region has been identified as one of the leading causes of violence, mechanism that permanently locks or disables the plunger after use, instability, and corruption permeating this area for decades. preventing re-use of the syringe on another patient. This was to be the first and flagship project of the newly-established nonprofit organization, The city of Port Harcourt, the site of the new auto-disable syringe factory, the mission of which was to develop locally owned and operated, nonprofit is the capital of Rivers State and the epicenter of the region’s industry. medical supply factories in Africa, with the twin objectives of generating Despite its metropolitan population of nearly 3.7 million, Port Harcourt sustainable employment and improving public health. stands as a mere shadow of the prosperous and livable city it once was. As Rivers State Governor Amaechi described in his 2008 address at the Conference of Speakers: “Today, our streets are narrow and congested. Cantaro Azul Our drains are blocked. Potable water is nearly absent. Our neighborhoods are rough, dilapidated, and dangerous.”

The new factory fills an important medical need in the area. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), almost 12 billion injections are administered each year around the world, and almost 30 percent of Global Health BILLION therapeutic and vaccine injections in developing countries have been administered without adequate protection against infection from diseases Providing good health care to a few million people is a colossal Liters of water 1.4 such as HIV and Hepatitis B and C, all of which disproportionately affect challenge; providing it to six billion individuals is even harder. provided through the Children’s the developing world. In our interconnected world, a health crisis in one corner of Safe Drinking Water commitment the globe can easily move to another. Illnesses hop across The cost of an auto-disable syringe slightly exceeds that of standard PAHF 1 disposable syringes, but the long-term savings from reduced infection borders and even across species, viruses mutate and become rates is significant. According to the WHO, which recommended in 2000 drug-resistant, and traditional beliefs sometimes collide with that all developing countries adopt auto-disable syringes by 2004, “The modern methods. These complex and interrelated factors In October 2008, the factory was commissioned in a ribbon-cutting ceremony. hidden cost of disease transmission are exacerbated by an inadequate health care workforce; as Training and trial production were completed in the late spring of 2009. associated with unsafe injection The factory has been certified and registered by both the National Agency practice is considerably higher than of today, the developing world requires an increase of over PREGNANT WOMEN 2,743 for Food and Drug Administration and Control and the Pharmacist Council the cost of preventing the disease.” four million health workers to address existing needs alone. are receiving pre- and postnatal of Nigeria. By December 2009, the factory will be at full production, with 300 employees and three operational shifts. At that point, the factory The problem is daunting, but aggressive efforts are paying care in Haiti and Bangladesh Successes, Challenges, will be manufacturing more than 160 million syringes per year at World and Lessons Learned Health Organization standards, at a cost of approximately 6 cents a off: according to the World Health Organization, 27 percent thanks to the Urban Health In spring of 2009, CGI spoke with piece. A planned expansion will increase factory capacity to 800 million. fewer children died before their fifth birthday in 2007 than for the Poor commitment Mr. Amenya E. Wokoma, Executive in 1990. Between 1990 and 2006, 27 countries reported Secretary of PAHF in Nigeria, about a reduction of up to 50 percent in the number of malaria Background the organization’s experience fulfilling Located in the southern coastal area of Nigeria, the Niger Delta extends its Commitment to Action. Although cases. In the same time span, the number of people with over 70,000 square kilometers and comprises 7.5 percent of the country’s the construction of the factory took access to safe drinking water rose from 4.1 to 5.7 billion. total land mass. The land is largely characterized by tropical rain forests, twice the projected time, Wokoma was PAHF 2 swamps, and industrial developments marked by oil production facilities. proud that the overall cost was close 2 Of course, we can and must do more. CGI members are Children Although the 20 million people residing in the area primarily depend on to the original budget – $23 million, compared to a projected $18 to $20 focusing on all parts of the health care supply chain — looking 12,680 fishing and farming for their livelihoods, the presence of oil has had a million – particularly given the ever-stronger Euro, which raised the cost started on HIV medication since for new cures, developing and distributing crucial drugs and significant impact on the economic and political climate of this region, of equipment, and high inflation, which raised the cost of local building affecting the lives of local inhabitants. The oil industry in the Delta materials and labor. devices, helping people who can’t afford medications, and October 2007 because of the setting up clinics in communities that would otherwise have Rapid Expansion of Essential continued > little or no access to health care. Services for HIV commitment

IN PICTURES: 1. Then President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria (center, wearing red cap) lays the foundation stone at the factory’s groundbreaking ceremony. Former President Obasanjo retains the honorary title of Grand Patron of PAHF Nigeria. 2. Factory construction was well underway in 2007. Pictured is the sign at the entrance to the factory site. Global Challenge: Global Health

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Wokoma credits the use of direct purchasing from established companies as a major factor in maintaining the price of supplies in the face of these challenges. Wokoma also credits perseverance: “In a complex environment like Nigeria, you have to be focused. … People did not walk away, despite two extra years of work. Most projects that start, you roll out the program, you begin to see challenges, you walk away. That means the program will fail.” Realistically assessing local conditions for the project helped PAHF to persevere, as its leadership recognized complex political and social realities from the outset. Wokoma cautioned against blindly implementing projects designed outside of Nigeria, as impacts and challenges differ substantially from one country or region to another. “You have to The Clinton Global Initiative understand local conditions,” he said. would like to offer special thanks to PAHF 1 The U.S. Internal Revenue Service provided unexpected assistance, albeit indirectly. PAHF in Nigeria is affiliated with a U.S. 501(C)3, and since the successive changes of government – and priorities – in Rivers State might U.S.-based PAHF must report to the IRS, its American counterparts held Tom Golisano have ended the project altogether, but PAHF was able to communicate the the reporting standards in Nigeria to a high standard. PAHF appointed significant investment already made. “We sold it to the governor as an auditors and had all directors sign conflict of interest declarations. If CGI Founding sponsor imperative: we have already done 80 percent, you only need to do 20 someone made insinuations or demanded a bribe, PAHF staff could insist percent.” Once construction was complete late this spring, factory that it was out of their control to pay. “If we didn’t have those higher and our many generous sponsors ownership officially transferred to the government of Rivers State, with standards, such a project would easily have cost $40 million,” Wokoma the agreement that PAHF Nigeria will run the factory for six years and said. He concluded, “What you need from the U.S. is not necessarily throughout the years. will hold the factory’s assets in trust. money – you need them to be your partners.” In some circumstances, good practices in accountability and transparency can have as great Fundraising was the most significant challenge for PAHF, despite the an impact as an open checkbook. presence of multinational petroleum companies in the state. Despite initial promises of $3 million, however, the money never materialized. The caliber of the PAHF directors helped convince the government of Wokoma advises others pursuing similar construction efforts not to begin Rivers State that it was an organization with integrity. “Especially in work until funding is in the bank, and not to spend project time fundraising; Nigeria, there is always the fear that you are dealing with shady people,” looking for money is itself a full-time job. said Wokoma. The directors were committed, however, and demonstrated a willingness to travel to Nigeria, even during times of unrest, to meet with local government and industry leaders. The respect of the government for Next Steps the PAHF board was absolutely critical to the success of the project, as Now the primary challenge facing the factory is scaling up its successful contributions by the Rivers State government ended up comprising nearly operation. At present, the factory can produce over 160 million syringes per 90 percent of its funds. year at WHO standards, which meets 10 percent of Nigeria’s annual need. The needles and plastic caps must still be imported from China, however, Local ownership proved a as local manufacture of this component is not viable at this scale. Scaling significant benefit, though up to 800 million syringes per year would make a great difference in that was not the original plan, manufacturing capability as well as resource use, which would lead to said Wokoma. Making the a cost savings of 30 percent per unit. Whether at current or scaled-up local government a primary capacity, the new factory is especially well timed: in April 2009, as a public stakeholder created an health measure, the Nigerian government passed a law that mandated incentive to see it through. auto-disable syringe use and outlawed re-usable syringes. Once construction was underway, the government Now that all training is complete and the factory operation has been fully did not abandon the project, transferred to local leadership, what other directions will PAHF take? and the new governor could Since its flagship project has reached its initial goals, the organization take justifiable credit for its now hopes to dedicate its time to other sustainable manufacturing success. In fact, two endeavors that address global challenges to public health.  PAHF 2

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