I moved to Rwanda in March of 2008 and started an aid organization designed to care for women wishing to leave the sex trade. They had been beaten, raped and [...]
We live in a world where shock value regularly trumps true value. Consequently international aid agencies either play ball or loose the opportunity for funding. And it’s not just the [...]
I just returned from the annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty in Washington, DC. I was happy to see that conference built off of last year’s focus on [...]
2010 Social Innovation Fellow Dr. Raj Panjabi and his colleagues are on the front lines of the unfolding crisis in Liberia as tens of thousands of Ivorian refugees pour into Liberia.
Can we take our enthusiasm for social entrepreneurship offline? Can we make problems half a world away relevant to our everyday lives? When the demonstration in Egypt began, I was [...]
There must be something inherent to the discipline of anthropology that moves us toward critique: the tendency to pick-apart any kind of human effort to do anything in the world. [...]
Liz Bassler (far right) and some of her Invisible Children SoCal Roadie team members. A wise person once told me, “It’s good to have all kinds of friends, but you [...]
The Egyptian Revolution is known for many things; the large number of protesters; largely being youth led; inclusive to all social, religious and age groups; and its people’s persistence (because [...]
Hotels are arguably one of the longest-standing social enterprises. Began by families as a way to support a household, they continue to compete with major chains by offering the unique [...]
With a population of over 80 million, a large part of which is under the poverty line, and over 50 years of “democracy” in the shadow of a republic, Egypt [...]
Chocolate fans will be delighted to know that they can indulge in their love of chocolate and at the same time make a significant contribution to the Global Cocoa Project’s [...]
Art in Social Entrepreneurship Happy New Year 2011 to all of you out there, I’m celebrating this new year with my very first blog post to Social Earth! I can think [...]
I am in a bit of a unique circumstance while writing this blog as I am sitting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia preparing to leave for a five-day trip to where [...]
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