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“'Something happened',” Amina Evangelista Swanepoel pauses. “It was always how they explained their pregnancy: ‘My parents were away and my boyfriend came over and something happened and now I’m pregnant’.” Amina is talking about the female students of her mother, Susan Evangelista...

Oskar Blakstad from Norway, founder of Explorable AS/Assisted Self-Help, was elected as a Fellow in 2018. Ashoka Scandinavia is excited to announce that Oskar Blakstad from Norway has been elected as an Ashoka Fellow . With Explorable AS and Assisted Self-Help, Oskar is leveraging the Norwegian...

Who can best create outcomes that lead to the healthiest possible lives of individuals and communities? Leading social entrepreneurs are challenging the traditional patient-provider dynamics from an empathetic and holistic perspective.

Homeless. Mentally ill. Living on the street. Filthy. Name forgotten. Family forgotten. Nearly naked. Muttering mysterious words. Lonely and lost. Sounds familiar? These are the people we see on the streets every day in our lives. But what do we feel for them? Repulsion? Fear? Mere ignorance...

Imagine you are a transgender women or an person who is deaf. Your local community organisation gave you a directory of clinics, schools, housing, offices, restaurants, cafes, entertainment establishments and other places that are known to be friendly or accessible. This list of...

Charm Mercado is a thin and rather shy man in his early twenties. He uses two crutches, having lost his leg a decade ago to osteosarcoma, a cancerous tumor in the bone. Growing up with cancer, Mercado used to have constant resentment toward the people around him. He believed the world was unfair. He...

All around the globe, the Christmas trees, lights and decorations are going up as December hits. Children are hinting for presents, shopping malls are decorated, Christmas carols are sung and in South Africa many children are getting new clothes: ‘Christmas clothes’. But unfortunately for many this...