Social Entrepreneurship Knitting is often associated with grandmas, not social enterprise. However, Cambodian Knits founder and social entrepreneur Monika Nowaczyk makes the connection. At six years old Monika fled Communist Poland to live a better life in Canada. As a child she didn’t fully understand the situation she was in, but looking back realizes how [...]
I know, I know, I know. You already have your backpack burping out loose socks and cowboy hats for your great Asian adventure – there is NO WAY you can fit anything more in there and still be able to hoist it on your back. But then you realize you’ve forgot extremely important – in [...]
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 five-day camp at the YWCA Fort Canning Lodge in Singapore to cultivate the basics [...]
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 off [...]
Improv Everywhere is up to their shenanigans again….They enjoyed success at their 9th Annual No Pants! Subway Ride, harnessing a crowd of over 5,000 people in New York and much more worldwide. Yet what made this year a little bit left of the norm is that approximately 20 brave souls in China decided to do [...]
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. All [...]
If you’ve been following the news over on Social Earth 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. We are half-way to our November 30th deadline and that means we want YOU [...]
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, mystical [...]
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 get ready for [...]
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 [...]
