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Organization: Green Empowerment

Based in: United States,   US EIN #: 93-1230409 add to cart Request Info
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Quick Facts

We partner with host country NGOs and rural communities in Latin America and Southeast Asia to implement renewable energy and water systems in order to alleviate poverty and restore watersheds.

Focus Areas: Technology, Economic Development, Education, Environment, Health, Poverty, Gender & Equality
Countries Served: Ecuador
Myanmar
Nicaragua
Peru
Philippines
Thailand

Background

Date Founded: 1996
Number of Staff: 6

Description of Services:
To our Local Partners:
Financial assistance
Organizational development
Technical assistance in terms of project design, sourcing of equipment, and project implementation
Technical training on renewable energy
Networking assistance with other NGOs, funding sources, and technical resources
Recruiting and placing volunteers and interns


To International NGOs:
Advice on how to incorporate renewable energy in their health, education, income generation, etc. projects
Technical assistance, including project design, sourcing of equipment, and project implementation
Technical training on renewable energy
Networking assistance with other NGOs, founding sources, and technical resources
History:
Accomplishments & Progress:

Quality Check

Financial Information   Verified
Year 2007 2006 2005
Total Revenue: $503,837 $322,042 $401,322
Expenses:      
        Program Services Expenses: $431,374
(87% of total)
 $348,415
(88% of total)
 $346,706
(85% of total)
        Management & General Expenses: $32,558
(7% of total)
 $23,898
(6% of total)
 $33,345
(8% of total)
        Fundraising Expenses: $33,838
(7% of total)
 $25,027
(6% of total)
 $27,815
(7% of total)
        Total Expenses: $497,770 $397,340 $407,866

Additional Information

Additional Background Information:
Green Empowerment provides the following services to the Public in the United States -- especially universities:
Customized NGO Skills and Renewable Energy technical training
University Partnerships, short courses, "adopt-a-project" -- longer term engagement with actual projects and communities
International placement of undergraduate/graduate students, professors on sabbatical, health professionals, or renewable energy professionals
Volunteer opportunities at our Portland office
Information and resources on renewable energy in the developing world
Local Partners:
Soluciones Practicas/ Peru (www.itdg.org.pe);
Fundacion Ecuatoriana de Tecnologia apropriada/Ecuador (FEDETA) (www.fedeta.org);
Asociacion de Trabajadores de Desarrollo Rural - Benjamin Linder /Nicaragua (ATDER-BL) (www.atder-bl.org);
Asociacion Fenix/Nicaragua (ASOFENIX) (asofenix.org);
Sibol ng Agham at Teknolohiya/Philippines (Wellspring of Science and Technology) (www.SIBAT.org);
Alternative Indigenous Development Foundation, Inc./Philippines (AIDFI) (www.aidfi.org);
Border Green Energy Team/Thailand/Myanmar (BGET)(www.bget.org);
Phalang Thai (www.palangthai.org/en/home);
Yamog/Philippines ("Morning Dew") (yamog.org)
Additional Affiliations:
One Percent for the Planet (www.onepercentfortheplanet.com);
Global Village Energy Partnership (www.GVEP.org);
Global Environmet Facility (www.thegef.org)

Officers & Board

President:
Anna Garwood
Acting Executive Director and Program Director Phone: 503-284-5774
Development Director:
Joan Gardner
Development Director
Phone: 503-284-5774
Volunteer Coordinator:
Jason Selwitz
Director of Service Learning
Phone: 503-284-5774
Board of Directors and Board of Advisors:
Michael Royce, Francie Royce, Kathy Fry, Susan Anderson, Richard Benner, Dexter Gauntlett, Carolee Lee, David Van't Hof, Katrina Gonzalez Yuen

Contact Information

Address:
140 SW Yamhill St.
Portland , Oregon 97219
United States
Phone: 503-284-5774
Fax: 503-460-0450
Web: http://www.greenempowerment.org

Photos
Peruvian villager
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Villagers carrying water in the Philippines
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Building solar water pumps in Nicaragua
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Bringing light to Alumbre, Peru
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Solar electricity training on Thailand/Burma border
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Boys receive water in Amgu-o, Philippines
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