Nazmi and DATÜB (Doğu Anadolu Tarımsal Üreticiler ve Besiciler Birliği), are playing a leading role in bringing together farmers the umbrella of the organic agriculture movement in Turkey. In the Eastern Anatolia region where the population living in agriculture is concentrated, farmers can do...
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In Colombia, a country where decades of civil war have kept urban dwellers out of the countryside, Luis Alberto Camargo is fostering a lasting and important connection to nature for all youth. Through savvy business strategy and an innovative teaching methodology, he reaches rich and poor alike...
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Enfant, Sarah Toumi monte sa première organisation d'aide aux enfants du village de sa famille. Aujourd'hui elle a créé un mouvement de lutte contre la désertification en Tunisie. Pour elle comme pour 80% des entrepreneurs sociaux du réseau Ashoka, commencer jeune a fait toute la différence !...
A peer community helped Ajay find his power as a changemaker in his teens
Ajay and his peers harness the power of technology and their own creativity to revolutionize farming in India.
"En Direct des Eleveurs, la laiterie qui se passe d'intermédiaire"
Fabrice Hégron, Fellow Ashoka
Christian Vieth enables small and medium sized farms in Germany to realize their potential as creators of innovative smallholder agriculture through promoting and supporting extra familial hand-over of farms. Christian engages young agriculture entrepreneurs, established farmers, the academic world...
Read moreFinding New Pathways to a More Inclusive and Humane Economy
After the rise of the technological revolution, social entrepreneurs are now heralding a new revolution. To address societal issues at their roots, they use the codes and tools from the economic world to advance their missions for the common good. Over two decades, they have demonstrated the...
#LeadYoung: Sarah Toumi: Leading change in rural areas of Tunisia since the age of 11
Starting your journey as a changemaker in your teens sticks with you for a lifetime.
#LeadYoung - Sarah Toumi: plantando árboles para frenar la desertificación en las zonas rurales de Túnez
Durante su infancia, Sarah Toumi (nacida en Francia, de origen tunecino) pasó temporadas en Túnez con sus parientes. Durante una de sus visitas, recuerda haber revelado a sus primas su sueño de convertirse en astronauta tras acabar los estudios. A continuación, les preguntó acerca de sus sueños. Sus...