In many of America’s schools, violence poses a significant threat to children’s safety and performance in class. Eric Dawson is counteracting this with a program that engages youth in peacemaking and conflict resolution. Peace Games brings together students, teachers, and volunteers to collectively...
Mehr erfahrenIn an effort to counter the rising industrialization of organic agriculture, Laércio Meirelles has developed a participatory approach to organic certification, placing greater control in the hands of small-scale farmers.
Mehr erfahrenIlona Dougherty is fostering civic participation among apathetic youth by enhancing their democratic literacy. To do so she has created a multi-layered strategy using popular music concerts, workshops, and a youth-oriented online platform to cultivate volunteerism and increase civic engagement. She...
Mehr erfahrenIn an effort to counter the rising industrialization of organic agriculture, Laércio Meirelles has developed a participatory approach to organic certification, placing greater control in the hands of small-scale farmers.
Mehr erfahrenAlthough stroke is often perceived as occurring primarily among the elderly, it also strikes infants, and can even occur before birth. It is one of the top ten causes of death for children, yet public awareness is extremely low, early detection is limited, and rehabilitation is inadequate. Francesca...
Mehr erfahrenRegi Haslett-Marroquin engages immigrant, young, small, new and established agricultural entrepreneurs in the US in refining and championing a global model for small-scale, poultry-powered (and planet cooling), scalable regenerative agriculture system.
Mehr erfahrenAndrés Wehrle has developed and is now disseminating an innovative approach to rural education that enables small family farmers in Paraguay to withstand competition from large-scale agribusiness by adopting sustainable, high-yield farming methods.
Mehr erfahrenClive Nicholson
Ashoka Fellow since Apr 1996
Clive Nicholson plans to link appropriate resources to the farming needs of small-scale, commercially oriented, black farmers through the establishment of Farmer Support Centres.
Mehr erfahrenThrough a certified organic farmers' cooperative, Gerrit Hendriks gives small farmers a competitive niche in organic produce and the capacity to market and sell their products directly, thus keeping commercial farms from pushing them out of the market.
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