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"one of the greatest leadership challenges of our time is finding new models of development that overcome...limits to human progress by harnessing the interests, competencies, and resources of all sectors" -Partnering for Success: Business Perspectives on Multistakeholder Partnerships, World Economic Forum Report, 2005.

Previous Clients

"Without the support of Globalhood, this would not have been possible. I remember almost to the month and date the encouragement I have got when I was on the verge of giving up....Last night was one of the few evenings when I returned from work and i felt a deep sense of peace because I felt that we all had achieved something: the peace was not just about 'giving', because I have given or donated time or money to charities: it was about getting something off the ground. And for that, I must thank the critical role that your team has played and will continue to play..."-- Globalhood Incubation client, April 2008

Profits for People

Globalhood was engaged with 'Profits for People' from May to December, 2007. During this time, we took them on as an incubation client and provided them with services that included: financial consulting, logo design and branding, organizational development and strategic planning, and advice on how to integrate sustainable and equitable social development outcomes into their overall plan. Globalhood Staff spent approximately 52 hours of pro-bono time working on the GH-PfP engagement.

Although after winning the Stern Business Plan contest, PfP was already an incubator of the prestigious NYU Stern Business School, they felt that there were many services that Stern was not able to provide them that Globalhood would be apt to provide. Profits for People was an early stage start-up with limited seed funding. They worked over the course of one year to create economic opportunities for people living in rural communities in India, however, they faced significant challenges and their pilot project did not meet their organizational goals, both in terms of scale as well as in terms of feasibility. They are currently evaluating next steps and working on creating a renewed strategy for the organization.

According to one of the two Profits for People co-founders, "Globalhood has been a great partner, especially supporting us with our marketing and branding strategy. The staff members...have been patient and supportive...We are enthusiastic supporters and ambassadors of Globalhood, and strongly believe in the organization's model."

Unified for Global Healing

Challenge:
UFGH is a nonprofit organization that employs a culturally competent and multidisciplinary approach to promote health education and provide health services to under served communities around the world. Their diverse professional network of volunteers includes physicians, nurses, social workers, and artists. UFGH has operated international public health missions to Haiti (1993-2005), Jamaica (2006), and Ghana (2007)

Despite its many accomplishments in the field and its growing network of volunteers and clients, UFGH needed assistance improving its organizational structure to more effectively meet its new commitments. In addition to planning for their 2007 Ghana mission, UFGH was building their website, organizing new fundraising activities, structuring their board, and re-defining staff and volunteer roles within the organization. UFGH asked Globalhood to assist with these development issues, as well as with preparing for the Ghana mission.

Approach:
Globalhood put together a team that was comprised of a social worker, a physician, and an international affairs consultant. We drafted an action plan with a timeline of three months that included a comprehensive review of their organizational structure, evaluation of project outcomes, and provision of specific recommendations. Simultaneously, we organized a number Globalhood interns to perform background research on malaria in preparation for the mission to Ghana in 2007.

Outcome:
The Globalhood Consultants produced an Organizational and Operational Manual, compiling existing information and providing concrete strategies regarding fundraising, human resources, organizational development, multidisciplinarity, project identification and reporting, and measuring and quantifying outcomes. To view an excerpt of the 55 page document, click here.

We are proud to partner with the UN-GIFT, a turning point in the fight against modern-day slavery. Globalhood and UN.GIFT both believe that strong cross-sectoral collaboration, incorporating a range of players including community based organizations, the private sector, and youth, is necessary to effectively address the complex issue of Human Trafficking. Globalhood is supporting the initiative by engaging the private sector in a UN.GIFT coalition, led by Microsoft, which will play a substantive role in interacting with government, NGOs, and others to actively engage against human trafficking.[more info]

MotherNurture: Children for mothers. Nurturing mothers to nurture the world
MotherNurture taps into the child-mother bond by encouraging children to come up with and act on innovative ideas to mobilize support for poor mothers. When poor mothers benefit, their families benefit as well. Children learn the joys of giving, volunteering, and becoming leaders.