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In the third episode of Uncommon Heroes on Community Channel we discover more about organisations like: OneWorld Health, Campaign for Female Education, Fundación Paraguaya, Marine Stewardship Council and the remarkable people whose enterprise has made a difference.
Victoria Hale – Eradicating Black Fever
In 2000 Victoria Hale, driven by the idea of working on global inequality of health care, launched the Institute for OneWorld Health. This not-for-profit company aims to develop drugs and vaccines for diseases that primarily affect developing countries. It started with a drug to treat visceral leishmaniasis, or black fever, a potentially fatal tropical disease transmitted by insect bites.
Ann Cotton – Educating Girls in Africa
A trip to Zimbabwe in 1990 persuaded Ann Cotton to launch CAMFED (Campaign for Female Education). Since then, the organisation has grown in size and now supports the education of tens of thousands of girls who encourage one another to stay in school, get jobs, start businesses and become leaders in their communities.
Martin Burt – Start Microcredit in Paraguay
When Martin Burt returned to Paraguay after university, he decided to start an innovative microcredit programme, Fundación Paraguaya. The organisation has already supported the launch of 30,000 small businesses, creating 19,000 new jobs. It also took over a bankrupt agricultural school and turned it into a model enterprise that encourages those attending to think of themselves not as poor 'campesinos' but as rural entrepreneurs.
Rupert Howes – Ensuring Sustainable Fisheries
Rupert Howes was always convinced of the need to create a more sustainable world and in particular, to protect the life of our oceans. Nowadays as CEO of Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), he focuses on reversing the decline in global fish stocks through MSC's marine certification and eco-labelling programmes. Today 500 MSC-labelled products from 22 certified fisheries are sold in 26 countries.
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