Heidi Wang is shifting social responses to dementia so that the person with the diagnosis is the focal point for care. Heidi’s system of support positions diagnosis as an opportunity, not an ending.
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Sascha Haselmayer is creating mechanisms to spread innovation into cities, improve governance, and radically alter the way cities deliver much-needed services. With the use of new technology application concepts—a city as a lab—he is mobilizing a new community focused on making cities more...
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Apple et Simplon officialisent un partenariat pour apprendre à coder des applications !
Simplon poursuit son objectif de "faire du numérique un véritable levier d'inclusion et révéler des talents parmi des publics peu représentés dans le secteur du numérique" avec le soutien du PDG d'Apple Tim Cook ! Dès janvier prochain, un programme conjoint entre Apple et Simplon, appelé "Foundation...
How To Build The Next Generation of India's Changemakers? Ask Ashoka Fellow, Gaurang Raval
India, with an average age of 29, will be the youngest country in the world by 2020. But are its youth ready to lead change
Inner Growth for Social Change
Cultivating the inner qualities of a systems change leaders through a focus on inner wellbeing and self-awareness
Summer Reading! J.P. Morgan Picks Engine of Impact for Its Annual Book List
The book Engine of Impact, Essentials of Strategic Leadership in the Nonprofit Sector, which features Ashoka, is among the titles honored by placement on financial services giant J.P. Morgan's list of the 10 books it recommends to its clients for 2018. Every summer, out of the thousands of...
Introducing the Ashoka Fellows’ Bookshelf: A Reading List for Changemakers
What book should everyone read if they want to change the world? Thirty-seven years ago, Ashoka pioneered the field of social entrepreneurship and continues to identify and support leading social entrepreneurs who find creative solutions to the world’s most pressing problems. Today, our Fellows are...
La libreria degli Ashoka Fellow: una lista di letture per changemakers
Qual è il libro che chiunque voglia cambiare il mondo dovrebbe leggere? Trentasette anni fa, Ashoka è stata pionieria nel campo dell'imprenditoria sociale e continua a identificare e supportare i principali innovatori sociali che trovano soluzioni creative ai problemi più urgenti del mondo. Oggi, i...
Hilmi Quraishi: Improving Health for Millions with Mobile Phones
It began with the game of cricket and cell phones. Hilmi Quraishi recognized that together, cricket— the most popular sport in India—and cell phones, in the hands of 650 million Indians, could become a powerful health tool. In 2005, this observation led him to develop “Freedom HIV/AIDS.” A set of...
Fabrice Vil is the architect behind a new professional in the public sports and education sectors that promote positive civic engagement and community leadership at large. He is systematically transforming sports coaches into skilled “life coaches” to support vulnerable youth to overcome adversity...
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