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- EIN 94-3178913
- (212) 414-2339
- 442 Lorimer St Ste D Brooklyn NY 11206-1030 USA
- www.greenbeltmovement.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Environment, Natural Resources Conservation & Protection
Mission: Empower communities, particularly women, to conserve the environment and improve livelihoods.
Programs: Tree planting, community development, and wpower program - provides funds to encourage women in kenya to work together to grow seedlings and plant trees to bind the soil, store rainwater, provide food and firewood, and receive a small monetary token for their work. In honor of "gender day" at the annual united nations framework convention on climate change conference of the parties (cop-19), the united states is highlighting its actions to harness the potential of women and women's networks to increase the use of clean energy technologies, which in turn helps reduce climate change. The department of state launched the partnership on women's entrepreneurship in renewables ("wpower") in january 2013. Wpower aims to empower more than 8,000 women clean energy entrepreneurs across east africa, nigeria and india who will deliver clean energy access to more than 3. 5 million people over the next three years.