Singapore International Foundation has been around since 1991 carving out greater community understanding on the western seaboard, but this year marks the first time they’ve instituted a camp for young, aspiring social entrepreneurs. In partnership with Volans Asia, they’ve launched a three-day camp at the YWCA Fort Canning Lodge in Singapore to cultivate the [...]
Six decades after his death, Mahatma Gandhi remains one of the most recognized change-makers in the world. On Saturday, some of his ashes were scattered by his relatives off the coast of South Africa, a place that was home to the fruition of his battle against social injustice. In 1893, when Gandhi was kicked [...]
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will be the guest of honor and deliver the keynote address at the American Pakistan Foundation’s Inaugural Benefit on Friday, December 11, 2009 at Cipriani in New York City.
The Secretary will speak about the U.S. government’s commitment to a strengthened partnership with the Pakistani American community for a [...]
The IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is helping microfinance institutions and banks in Nepal discuss strategies for expanding financial access by mobilizing deposits and using banking technologies such as payment cards, mobile phones, and retail agents.
Microfinance institutions, banks, payment providers, regulators, and development partners from Nepal along with institutions from Bangladesh [...]
Stressing the role for management graduates in microfinance, Suresh K Krishna , Managing Director of a Bangalore based MFI has urged MBA students to join the sector and take it forward professionally.
In his valedictory speech at the “International Convention on Microfinance” organised by NIAM Institute of Applied Management, Mr Krishna invited the management graduates [...]
If you’ve been following the news over on SocialEarth and Ashoka Tech, you know that we are running a blogger’s competition to find our official blogger for the Ashoka Tech 4 Society event happening in Hyderabad, India, February 11-13, 2010. You should also know you have only 7 DAYS LEFT to enter the competition.
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Nestled deep in the Trans-Himalayan belt of Himachal Pradesh of India lies a world within a world known as Spiti and within that world, the fascinating sustainable community of Ecosphere. Ecosphere, an organization whose aim is to achieve a responsive synergy between the economy and the environment, was first established in 2002. The rugged, [...]
This post is the first in what will become a weekly series of posts from the team of bloggers at Ashoka. On Mondays, look for tech news and innovation from the bloggers behind Ashoka Tech. On Wednesdays, read about the latest in peace and conflict resolution from Ashoka Peace and on Fridays [...]
You blog because you have a voice. You blog because your passion to write. You blog because you want to change the world. Now you can blog to win a once-in-a-lifetime chance to attend and cover the Tech 4 Society conference in Hyderabad, India.
Exclusively from Ashoka and the Lemelson Foundation, the Blog your way [...]
Huang Ming is known in China as “The Solar King” and he has certainly earned his crown. Ming lives in Dezhou City, in the province of Shandong, China. What he has developed Dezhou into is known as ‘Solar Valley’. Because of his innovative ideas and cutting edge technology, it is comprable to America’s Silicon [...]
Traveling through rural India in 2003, Anna Sidana saw a simple need that was out of reach for the people there, the need for safe, bright light. She went home and raised enough money for 250 portable “MightyLights” to donate to the children of Rajasthan, India. After seeing the amazing response, she convinced her employer, eBay [...]
