600,000 people reached through programs for Education, Water and Equality
For the past three years, H&M Foundation and our partners UNICEF, WaterAid and CARE have reached and exceeded our goals within our global programs. Thousands of women have received support in order to start their own enterprises and have been able to lift their families out of poverty, vulnerable children have gained access to the care and stimulation they need to grow and develop, and communities, schools and health centers now have clean water and functioning toilets.
Global Program for Education – with UNICEF
The goals we set
- Reach 145,000 children, parents, teachers, government officials, and other influencers with Early Childhood Development programs, so that every child can have the best start in life.
- Facilitate collaboration within national ministries in Mali, Timor-Leste, Vietnam and Egypt to enable implementation of Early Childhood Development services.
- Develop a tool to highlight the relevance of Early Childhood Development efforts for tolerance, cooperation, and respect to prevent conflicts and bring communities together.
Global Program for Water – with WaterAid
The goals we set
- Provide 150,000 people with access to water and/or sanitation services.
- Improve policies for delivering sustainable access to water, sanitation and hygiene services in Uganda, Ethiopia, Pakistan, and Cambodia.
- Launch a global, evidence-based report on learnings and best practices for promoting a sustainable service of safe water, sanitation, and hygiene.
• 100,000 women from low-income communities in seven countries worldwide have adequate conditions to become successful and empowered as entrepreneurs.
• Successful and proven enterprise models with female entrepreneurs are developed and showcased in seven countries, and mechanisms to take success to scale are applied.
• The value proposition for enterprise development with women from low-income communities is proven and presented in a Global Report.
Global Program for Equality – with CARE
The goals we set
- 100,000 women from low-income communities in seven countries worldwide have adequate conditions to become successful and empowered as entrepreneurs.
- Successful and proven enterprise models with female entrepreneurs are developed and showcased in seven countries, and mechanisms to take success to scale are applied.
- The value proposition for enterprise development with women from low-income communities is proven and presented in a Global Report
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