Brazil’s Noted Bolsa Familia Questioned
The primary health center pharmacy which is supposed to provide free medicines. It has a long list of basic medicines that are not available stuck to the wall next to…
Tom Carter’s Epic Journey Through China
American photojournalist Tom Carter travelled over 35,000 miles, hitting 33 provinces, on a limited budget, with just a backpack and a digital camera. He encountering 56 different ethnic minorities, each with…
Bangladesh Fire Raises Concerns for Women Workers
Photo courtesy of Nari Uddug Kendra, one of Global Fund for Women’s Bangladeshi grantee partners. By Lindsay Hebert The fire that killed 112 garment factory workers in Bangladesh last month…
A Second Life For the World: Encore Entrepeneurs
By Lindsay Hebert Last week, Encore.org announced this year’s Purpose Prize winners, five social innovators over the age of 60 who will receive $100,000 for their contributions to society….
Where the Heck is Liberia: Meet Child Liberty
Recently Jonathan Lewis, an entrepreneur, started iOnPoverty, to answer the fundamental question: how did you get that job in social enterprise? Hundreds of young graduates are looking for gigs in the…
Water Wars in the Digital and Real World
Photo Courtesy of Water.org – By Lindsay Hebert Tilling virtual crops from their urban apartments and assembling criminal empires from the comfort of suburban homes, gamers seem to live in…
Non-Communicable Diseases On the Rise
A child receives an oral polio vaccine administered by a house-to-house polio vaccination team near Kano, Nigeria. (Photo Courtesy of Gates Foundation) By Ali Wyne The United Nations (UN) estimates that 56.9…
Live Webcast Today: TedxChange-The Big Picture
Beginning at 11:30 a.m. EST today (5:30 p.m. Central European Time), TedxChange will be Webcast live from Berlin, Germany. TEDxChange is a partnership between TED.com and the Bill & Melinda…
An Unlikely Obstacle to Girls’ Education: Improving Hygiene Around the World
There’s been a slow but steady push in recent years to improve girls’ access to education in developing countries. But while education has tremendous implications for gender equality and economic…
Working Toward Sustainable Energy for All
Every year, the UN chooses a social or environmental issue of global importance — such as biodiversity (2010) or microcredit (2005) or sanitation (2008) — to bring attention to the issue…
First person: Entrepreneurs on early lessons in the field — Keyne and Kirsten Monson of Elevita
Keyne and Kirsten Monson founded Elevita in May 2010 to help artisans in developing countries find a greater world market for their products. Dowser: What’s something concrete and tangible you’ve…
On starting over: Troy Holmberg of Coast Coconut Farms
When a good idea is executed poorly the smart social entrepreneur will often scrap the project and go back to the drawing board. In this series entrepreneurs talk about discarding…
The importance of reaching out: Kurt Brown of Micro Benefits China
In this series social entrepreneurs discuss the importance of reaching out. From transforming strangers into business partners to saving flooded headquarters, contacts and future contacts routinely prove integral to every…
On starting over: Maria Springer of Kito International
When a good idea is executed poorly, the smart social entrepreneur will often scrap the project and go back to the drawing board. In this series entrepreneurs talk about discarding…
How to get a social enterprise off the ground: Making an idea for social change become a reality
So you’ve got the next Great Idea to solve a social or environmental problem; or the beginnings of the next Great Idea — where do you go from here? How…
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