Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
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Economic and Social:
Agriculture
Business and Industry
Children
Citizenship and Governance
Culture
Development
Economics and Finance
Education
Energy
Environment
Food
HIV/AIDS
Human Rights
Indigenous Peoples
Least Developed Countries
Micro-Credit
Migration
Minority Rights
Population
Private Sector
Refugees
Social Development
Sustainable Development
Values
Volunteerism
Water
Women
Women/gender Equality
Youth
Gender Issues and Advancement of Women:
Capacity building
Education and training of women
Human rights of women
Social Development:
Cooperative
Employment
Poverty
Youth
Sustainable Development:
Agriculture
Capacity-building
Education
Energy
Finance
Gender equality
Health
Partnerships
Poverty
Protecting and managing the natural resources
Sustainable Tourism
Sustainable development for Africa
Sustainable development in a globalizing world
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| Geographic scope: |
International
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| Country of activity: |
Uganda
Kenya
Nicaragua
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
India
United States of America
Argentina
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| Millennium Development Goals: |
Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Achieve universal primary education
Promote gender equality and empower women
Reduce child mortality
Improve maternal health
Ensure environmental sustainability
Develop global partnership for development
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| Mission statement: |
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| Year established: |
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| Year of registration: |
1995 |
| Organizational structure: |
FSD's organizational structure includes a home office lead by an Executive Director in San Francisco, supported by five officers and a few contractors. Governance is conducted through a 15-member Board of Directors. International staff comprise a Program Director who is a country national at each of our ten international sites. The Program Director is supported by program coordinators. The total staff size currently is 36. |
| Number and type of members: |
FSD supports over 300 community-based partners at our ten sites, and provides technical and funding support for over 240 projects annually. We also educate over 300 student and professional volunteers in our strengths-based, participatory approach to economically, culturally and environmentally sustainable development |
| Funding structure: |
Fundraising campaigns
Fees for education and training services
Fees for providing consulting or research services
Donations and grants from domestic sources
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