Our Work
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The Global Fairness Initiative is working with committed donors, partners, and humanitarian organizations in the region to protect and rescue vulnerable Afghanis and their families, and to enable a secure future for Afghani refugees. Many Afghani families are at great risk under the current regime and conditions and there remains an urgent need for support to bring them to countries of sanctuary. In addition to the rescue of Afghani families, GFI remains committed to the empowerment of women and girls remaining in Afghanistan and will continue our work to advance a more equitable and secure future for Afghani women and their communities. Donations to GFI’s Afghan Resilience Fund will go directly to support the rescue and protection of families seeking asylum outside Afghanistan. The Fund will also provide long-term investment in women-led programs and leaders who remain in Afghanistan and continue the hard work to secure the rights, protections and livelihoods of Afghani women and their families..
To support the fund please use the donate link or donate by mail through the address below.
Donate to the Afghan Community Resilience Fund
To donate by check:
Please mail your tax-deductible contribution by check or money order to:
Global Fairness Initiative
re: Afghan Resilience Fund
2000 P Street, NW #210
Washington, DC 20036
Make Check out to: Global Fairness Initiative
Our tax ID number is: 05-0563219
Issue Area: Inclusive Sustainability
The Global Fairness Initiative works to achieve environmental sustainability through inclusive initiatives and programs around the world. GFI works with communities, consumers, governments, and the private sector to promote inclusive sustainability models that improve the environment and the lives of those living within it. Communities, particularly marginalized ones, should be empowered to play a role in policymaking, green supply chains, and other points of leverage in green economies, and GFI works to achieve this in our work.
Sustainability Program Profiles
The Recyclers Leadership Initiative (RLI) aimed to strengthen the recycling value chain, support the economic, social, and environmental inclusion of waste pickers, and improve the working conditions of waste pickers with an emphasis on occupational health and increasing incomes.
GFI and Ciudad Saludable, a Peruvian NGO, worked with hundreds of recyclers in municipalities across Peru to enable the formalization of unorganized recyclers and strengthen existing recycling centers through targeted skills development, professional development, and organizational strengthening. The formalization of associations and recycling centers improved efficiencies in waste collection, increased incomes for the recyclers, and is contributing to a culture of recycling.
The Salt Workers Economic Empowerment Program (SWEEP) is a collaborative project of GFI and the Self Employed Workers Economic Women’s Association (SEWA) designed to improve economic opportunity and empowerment for women salt farmers and introduce environmentally sustainable energy solutions to lower production costs so that the poor too can benefit from “green technology.” Capitalizing on sustainable technology and production methods, improved links to high-value markets and greater local control of energy costs, SWEEP gives women salt producers tools, access and voice to better realize profits and maximize their personal and community livelihood goals.
A Few Nagging Questions
A Documentary Film Directed by Paul Sapin
A Few Nagging Questions is a feature-length documentary film about a unique cross‐generational memory project involving Glenville High School students and community elders. Together, they are searching for answers about a gun battle that took place in their community nearly 50 years ago when seven people were killed, three of them police officers. Described as the first example of “urban warfare” in the United States, the shoot-out set in motion a cycle of poverty and neglect that still persists in Glenville. The documentary will investigate what happened that night, the subsequent murder trial and how the Glenville students' journey might offer solutions for their community.
Production of the film started in June 2017 and is planned to complete by October 2018.
Donate to Support the Documentary Film Project
To donate by check:
Please mail your tax-deductible contribution by check or money order to:
Global Fairness Initiative
re: A Few Nagging Questions
2000 P Street, NW #210
Washington, DC 20036
Make Check out to: Global Fairness Initiative
The A Few Nagging Questions documentary is produced in partnership with the Global Fairness Initiative, a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) charitable organization registered in Washington, DC with a core mission to create a more just, more equitable life for working poor communities around the world.
Our tax ID number is: 05-0563219
Program Information
Program Supporter: The Citi Foundation
Implementing Partner: Kuepa.com
The Challenge
Despite the large youth population, developing countries have failed to absorb the youth into their education systems and labor markets, thereby not fully benefiting from this “youth dividend.” In Latin America and the Caribbean, young people account for roughly 50% of all unemployed workers in nearly every country in the region. Sustained unemployment reinforces inter-generational transmission of poverty, promotes anti-social and high-risk behavior, and restricts the ability of a community and economy to grow and realizes it’s social and economic development goals. It is essential to promote youth employment by encouraging programs that provide youth with soft and hard working skills that will help them get better jobs and continue their education and professional growth at a higher level.
The Opportunity
The Creating Your Future / Creando Tu Futuro – Workplace Skills Program is an innovative job skills training program aimed at building a strong foundation of technical and life skills knowledge for low income youth in Latin America. Launching in Argentina and Colombia, with a smaller pilot program in the Dominican Republic, the program will develop and deliver a blended platform of online learning modules and classroom instruction to 2200 low-income youth with the goal of preparing graduates for secure, financially sustainable jobs in the organized sector. The program will provide beneficiaries with instruction through four unique modules: math and literacy skill; workplace communication with applied English; technical and technology skills; and a blend of personal financial management and job search skills. The central goal of the program is to maximize the employability of participants by empowering them with the fundamental technical and personal skills necessary to effectively pursue and secure full employment, and achieve sustainable personal and professional success in their future careers.
Learn More
Visit creandotufuturo.com to learn more about the program, curriculum, and learning modules.
Program Leadership Team
Jessica Yarrow
Country Director, Latin America
GFI's Latin America Country Director, Jessica Yarrow, has been in Guatemala since 1997 working for human rights organizations supporting local initiatives to improve labor rights, access to justice, economic development and to end human trafficking. She also has experience interpreting and translating for visiting funders and academic groups. With GFI Jessica will provide insight and manage our current projects in Latin America. She holds a master’s degree in International and Intercultural Management from the School for International Service and a B.A. in Spanish/Latin American Studies from American University in Washington, DC.
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Program Information
Program Supporter: The Boris and Inara Teterev Foundation
The Challenge
Indigenous communities throughout Central America have historically been victims of an institutionally structured process of marginalization. Over countless years, these communities have seen social and political rights withheld and were often targets of human rights abuses during the 1980s. To address the many challenges of Sololá’s indigenous farmers, GFI has launched a community-based initiative designed to empower farming communities through improved agricultural production, market access and finance opportunities to help expand economic opportunity. The Sololá Agro-Industry Initiative (SAII) is designed to strengthen economic opportunity for indigenous agricultural producers and break down existing barriers faced by small-holder organic farmers by creating links to higher value, more sustainable markets. Additionally, the SAII program uses a robust multi-stakeholder engagement process to ensure that the voice and participation of the indigenous Mayan communities of Sololá are included in larger economic decision making within Guatemala’s agricultural development agenda.
The Opportunity
SAII is working with both smallholder farming communities and large buyers. Training and capacity building focuses on improving farming inputs and promoting skills and practices that address productivity, quality, and value. While all training modules are developed in partnership with the community, trainings will be designed around environmental and economic best practices and decent work standards in the agricultural sector. SAII is working to connect farming communities with larger buyers and secure transfer of knowledge through successful business contracts. Trainings could potentially adapt to buyer requirements without compromising labor or environmental standards.
Program Leadership Team
Jessica Yarrow
Country Director, Guatemala
GFI's Guatemala Country Director, Jessica Yarrow, has been in Guatemala since 1997 working for human rights organizations supporting local initiatives to improve labor rights, access to justice, economic development and to end human trafficking. She also has experience interpreting and translating for visiting funders and academic groups. With GFI Jessica will provide insight and manage our current projects in Guatemala. She holds a master’s degree in International and Intercultural Management from the School for International Service and a B.A. in Spanish/Latin American Studies from American University in Washington, DC.
Recent Activities
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