How do you know where your charitable dollars are going? Are they going to the cause you want to support or are they going to administrative and fundraising expenses? A [...]
The recent recession has shown how corporate company budgets can tighten when it comes to philanthropy, in the face of budget cuts and a down market. ...
A small donation can go a long way – this is what numerous social activists, including Bill Clinton, former U.S. President and founder of the Clinto ...
In late September, an ambitious program was launched in the state of Jharkhand, India: the government is aiming to train 50,000 people in 6 months, wh ...
It feels like the world is on fire. From Egypt to Greece, India to the UK, Spain and now North America, we are currently living in an international worldwide wave [...]
Milaap, like Kiva is a web based platform where individuals can make small loans to people in the low-income group, where they significantly differ from Kiva and others is in [...]
Education meets social enterprise as an increasing amount of universities and training programs are finding ways to implement social enterprise into their operations and curriculum. A new generation of social [...]
Editor’s note: This post is part of our SOCAP11 conference coverage in San Francisco. Picture is taken from one of the art exhibitions at SOCAP11. The three days at SOCAP11 was [...]
The slums meet the world of fashion through initiatives being taken by development organizations around the world. Through projects like three-month fashion design courses, post-graduate courses in craft management and [...]
Microfinance’s reputation has suffered a great deal from the stories of greed and poorly regulated operations in Andhra Pradesh. However, the concept and theory behind microfinance have noble roots; empowering [...]
Editor’s note: This post is part of our SOCAP11 conference coverage in San Francisco. Check in tomorrow for Day 2 coverage of SOCAP11. Hundreds of innovators, investors and social entrepreneurs invaded Fort [...]
Eureka! Asia’s Largest Business Plan Competition launched on 1st Sept ‘11 Eureka! is the International Business plan competition organized by IIT Bombay. It aims to create value in the ecosystem [...]
What happens when a micro-entrepreneur in rural Kenya forty miles away from a town needs a loan to grow his business and in turn support his family? Or when a [...]
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