http://www.nextbillion.net/activitycapsule/3012 Comments for "George Foundation" en http://www.nextbillion.net/activitycapsule/3012 <div class="flexinode-body flexinode-6"><table class="actable" width="470px" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tr><td class="actable-left" width="175px" valign="top"> <div class="flexinode-textfield-23"> <strong>Managing Organization: </strong> George Foundation<br /><br /> </div> <div class="flexinode-textfield-38"> <strong>Activity URL: </strong> <dd><a href="http://www.tgfworld.org/home.html" TARGET="_blank">http://www.tgfworld.org/home.html</a></dd><br /><br /> </div> <td width="295px" valign="top" align="left"> <div class="flexinode-textarea-22"> <strong>Activity Description: </strong> <div align="left">The George Foundation was established in January 1995 in Bangalore, India, as a not-for-profit organization under the Indian Trust Act. Its mission is to work towards poverty eradication in India, promote environmental health, and strengthen democratic institutions and values in developing countries.</div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"><em>The New York Times</em> writes this about the George Foundation: &quot;Among the foundation’s projects is a commercial banana farm, which employs largely unskilled women from untouchable castes in the rural area near Bangalore, one of India’s showpiece technology centers.&quot;<br class="clear" /></div> </td> </tr> </table> </div><p><a href="http://www.nextbillion.net/activitycapsule/3012">read more</a></p> http://www.nextbillion.net/activitycapsule/3012#comment Agriculture Activity Health Activity Miscellaneous Activity Active For-profit Activity India Philanthropy Funded Private Investment Funded Producer South Asia Mon, 17 Jul 2006 14:08:20 -0400 Ethan Arpi 3012 at http://www.nextbillion.net