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Guatemala Trip Report - Challenged & Inspired

ZOË Alliance has been working with the team at Asociación Hogares Internacionales Para Ninos for just over two years and we all got together in Guatemala this past February to review our progress, and to work on some key areas to ensure growth in the impact of this collaboration. This month’s blog is our trip [...]

Guatemalan Update - A Glimpse Into Some Great Work!

The ZOË Alliance team has the privilege of working with some truly incredible leaders in each country. This month’s blog brings us an update directly from the field in Guatemala. It provides a pretty comprehensive look into their principles, the way in which they engage the communities they serve and some great examples of impact.

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Face to Face with Wilma & the Power of Our Gift Choices

This week we follow the storyline of impact created by a simple decision. A small decision that didn’t take much time for one person however substantially improved the life of another and her entire family.

It all began with a large financial services client who was planning a fall conference for their associates. Like many of [...]

Exceptional Stories About Serving Those with Exceptional Needs

Every month we post an update from one of the villages we are working in because tangible impact in the lives of people is the reason we do what we do. We are excited to let you know that there is a new resource available that will provide weekly content from the field. [...]

Professional Fundraisers Triple the Impact of Conference Gifts

This week’s blog is a excerpt from our June Summer Newsletter – A little light good news and thanks to the AFP for choosing to Empower People For Life!

The AFP Triples the Impact of Their Conference Gifts.

“Perfect timing, I needed these for my desk!” AFP member upon receiving the gift set of coasters at the [...]

G8/20 Leadership Lessons from the Village

I was reminded recently of how incredibly fortunate we are here in Canada, and how oblivious I can be to the realities of my colleagues around the world. I was going to blog about the G8/G20 meetings this week, but after last week’s conversation, I think the best message for our world leaders is a [...]

Fear and Inspiration from Guatemala

In February, I had the incredible experience of visiting Guatemala with my colleagues from CH Global. It was a quick work trip, sorting out things like supply sources, cost models, production techniques, delivery intervals….all the exciting stuff of business…but in a very different context.

This business is being grown in the village of Lake Amatitlàn, Guatemala. [...]

One Client's View on CSR - Veridian

Diana Hills-Milligan, Veridian Corporation has chosen custom personalized Cambiar Portfolios from ZOË Alliance as gifts for Veridian's Board of Directors.

“You can give it saying…this is not just a portfolio, it’s someone’s life that you have changed…that says alot.” Diana Hills-Milligan, Veridian

Veridian Corporation is a great place to work according to many of [...]

Dishing Up A Great Story

This Thursday, just in time for Valentines Day Stories From Our Black Books is dishing up some great stories with the preview launch of Volume 2 of “STORIES FROM OUR BLACK BOOKS”. Not only is the book great fun to read, Stories has gone one step further partnering with ZOË Alliance to help women improve [...]

One Woman's Courage - Cindy

Cindy

Did you know that one of the top 10 countries in the world for violent crime is Guatemala? I didn’t until recently. In fact, 1 in 5 households is victimized by violent crime every 12 months and only 2% of homicides result in conviction. (Source: Guatemala Poverty Assessment, March 18, 2009. World Bank)

It is [...]

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