Latin America

December 15th, 2011By Comments (1)

In this series we check in on Unreasonable Institute graduates. The Institute puts 25 entrepreneurs through an intense training and mentoring program to speed the development of their social enterprise. Here we're tracking their progress and examining lessons learned. Luis Duarte is a ...

September 8th, 2011By Comments (1)

Large-scale global initiatives can be challenging to interpret on a local level, especially when they involve goals for children and education. Deport-es para Compartir seeks to render the UN Millennium Goals for Mexican schoolchildren through physical activities to build students’ capacities for local ...

August 5th, 2011By Comments (1)

Journey of Action is filming Gen Y changemakers around the world. We catch up with them in Tegucigalpa, Honduras to visit the for-profit social enterprise Tegu, a premiere wooden block maker whose innovative business model takes a three-pronged attack to social problems in Honduras.

May 23rd, 2011By Comments (3)

We often think of agricultural workers as healthy, physically active and surrounded by produce, but obesity and diabetes are at epidemic levels in many farm-worker communities. Researchers at the University of California's Migration and Health Research Center (MAHRC) are developing a new program to improve agricultural ...

April 13th, 2011By Comments (2)

In this series social entrepreneurs discuss the importance of sharing their big idea and reaching out to others. From  making business partners out of strangers to saving flooded headquarters, our contacts and future contacts routinely prove integral to every aspect of creating and running a social enterprise. ...

March 22nd, 2011By Comments (4)

Over one billion people around the globe don't have access to clean running water. There are no faucets; water must be carried into the home in arms, and on heads, typically by women. Getting water requires hours of walking, waiting in line, and ...