FSD enhances the capacity of community organizations around the world to address local health, social, environmental, and economic issues. We also educate international communities on effective approaches for sustainable community development.
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Foundation for Sustainable Development (FSD) is an international community development organization that engages a global network of grassroots organizations, community leaders, and volunteers to support community-driven projects that fight social, environmental, and economic inequities. Your donation supports the social, economic, and environmental development programs of our more than 300 community partners, addressing critical needs in developing countries by funding sustainable community development projects. FSD has been described as the “gold standard for global engagement programs.� With our program sites in 6 countries and 10 cities in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, FSD supports more than 300 community partner organizations and has trained more than 3,000 volunteers to support their work. For more than 18 years, FSD's community development efforts have
maintained an ongoing project sustainability rate of 80 percent, responding to community priorities and offering training, grants, and volunteer support to our community partners. In 2012, we supported 242 projects and invested more than $840,000 in our partner communities. As a result, our work directly improved the lives of 142,000 people around the world. From a women's beekeeping business in Kenya to nutritional education for mothers in Nicaragua and cook stove projects in India, FSD listens to community priorities and supports local leaders to achieve their vision for a better future. (Statistics based on FY2012)
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WHO BENEFITS IN AFRICA?
volunteers to East Africa each year to work on pressing issues such as AIDS, youth education, gender equity, and environmental conservation. Since 2007, FSD has … •
Opened program sites in two countries and four cities in Africa: Kakamega, Kenya; Mombasa, Kenya; Jinja, Uganda; Masaka, Uganda
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Partnered with 97 community organizations
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Supported nearly 1,000 community development projects
FSD has worked in Kenya and Uganda for a decade, supporting sustainable community development with full-time site teams. Through mentoring and coordinating our award-winning International Internship, Service Learning, and ProCorps Programs, FSD sends hundreds of student interns and professional
(Statistics based on FY2012)
WHO BENEFITS IN ASIA? FSD has supported sustainable community development in Asia for almost a decade. Our site teams in India connect diverse community partner organizations with talented international interns and volunteers to take on some of the most pressing issues faced by a country that is home to a third of the world’s poor. Through training, grants, and intern-supported projects, such as establishing checkpoints to curb human trafficking and leading business training workshops for rural farm owners, FSD stands at the forefront of ensuring human rights, environmental stewardship and economic stability for the world’s most vulnerable populations. Since 2004, FSD has … •
Opened two program sites in Asia: Jodhpur, India; Udaipur, India
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Partnered with 46 community organizations
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Supported more than 500 community development projects (Statistics based on FY2012)
WHO BENEFITS IN LATIN AMERICA? FSD has supported sustainable community development in Latin America for nearly two decades. Our site teams connect diverse community partner organizations with talented international volunteers to take on some of the most pressing issues faced by a continent with nearly 167 million people living in poverty. Through training, grants, and intern-supported projects, such as cultivating high quality, highly nutritional foods to replace expensive, low quality imports, FSD has been securing youth literacy, gender equity, and environmental conservation for the area’s most vulnerable populations. Since 1995, FSD has … •
Opened program sites in three countries and four cities in Latin America: Salta, Argentina; Cochabamba, Bolivia; Ciudad Sandino, Nicaragua; Tola, Nicaragua (Statistics based on FY2012)
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Partnered with 52 community organizations
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Supported more than 1,000 community development projects
WHO’S ON OUR TEAM? For almost two decades, FSD has … •
Developed more than 300 community partnerships
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Hired 10 local program directors to lead our program sites abroad
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Trained more than 3,000 volunteers
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Worked with 25 University Partners across the U.S.
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Placed interns with more than 500 host families
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Employed 5 staff members in San Francisco Home Office
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Seen more than 100 alumni win prestigious national awards (Statistics based on FY2012)
RECENT PROJECTS Producer Education Seminar Location: Udaipur, India NGO: Access Development Services Sector: Community Development, Microenterprise
Project Description: The Producer Education Seminar supports four farming collectives in southern Rajasthan through comprehensive training in business management.
Sustainable Gardening for Self-sufficiency Location: Salta, Argentina NGO: Center for Sustainable Rural and Urban Development (Centro para el Desarollamiento Rural y Urbano Sustentable) Sector: Youth Education and Development, Environmental Sustainability, Appropriate Technology
Project Description: Students at the Isonza School are using their new skills in soil conservation, crop rotation, and organic composting to double their garden’s growing capacity.
Community Food Security for Women Living With HIV/AIDS Location: Jinja, Uganda NGO: Namwezi Health Clinic III, Njeru Sector: Health, Gender Equity, Youth Education and Development
Project Description: The Food Security workshops at Namwezi Health Center help women with HIV to break a cycle of low information, poor nutrition, and poverty.
Mail Your Gift: Gifts by check: Foundation for Sustainable Development | 1000 Brannan Street, Suite 207 | San Francisco, CA 94103 (Please make checks payable to: Foundation for Sustainable Development) Matching Gifts: Your employer may have a matching gift program that will double or even triple your gift. Inquire at your place of employment and include your company’s form with your donation. Contribute Stock: For information on how you can donate stock, send us an email: donate@fsdinternational.org Donate Online: fsdinternational.org/donate To learn more: Mireille Cronin Mather | Executive Director | mireille@fsdinternational.org | 415-283-4873
Mail Your Gift: Gifts by check: Foundation for Sustainable Development | 1000 Brannan Street, Suite 207 | San Francisco, CA 94103 (Please make checks payable to: Foundation for Sustainable Development) Matching Gifts: Your employer may have a matching gift program that will double or even triple your gift. Inquire at your place of employment and include your company’s form with your donation. Contribute Stock: For information on how you can donate stock, send us an email: donate@fsdinternational.org Donate Online: fsdinternational.org/donate To learn more: Mireille Cronin Mather | Executive Director | mireille@fsdinternational.org | 415-283-4873