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What do General Electric, the Obama administration, and Ashoka have in common? No, the answer to this question isn’t a punch line—but it should make you smile. The private company, the federal government, and the social sector organization all oversee competitions to collect and fund the world’s...

As mobile and web technologies become increasingly accessible to those living in remote poverty around the world, the potential to expand access to health care to underserved populations becomes ever more real. It’s exciting to see the many ways that innovative people and organizations are able to...

Last Thursday, I had the privilege of sitting in on a presentation given by Dr. Willie Smits, a Senior Fellow of Ashoka, where I currently work as an intern for the Full Economic Citizenship program. Born in Norway but a nationalized and 30-year resident of Indonesia, Dr. Smits has dedicated his...

Ashoka CEO Bill Drayton in Asahi Newspaper, Japan Ashoka CEO Bill Drayton recently visited Japan as part of the development of Ashoka Japan. Initially Youth Venture will be launched in Japan, followed by other Ashoka programs as it makes sense to do so. You can read Ashoka advisor Nana Watanabe's...

New York University will recognize the historic role that Ashoka and its community have played through awarding an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters to Ashoka CEO, Bill Drayton, in its 178th commencement. The commencement exercises will be held Wednesday, May 12th, 2010 in Yankee Stadium. Founded in...

I came across this statement in a recent Op-Ed piece in The New York Times by Bob Herbert. How can this mentality be possible? Bob Herbert looked to Ashoka Fellow Gary Slutkin to learn more: “These violent behaviors are learned,” said Dr. Slutkin. “They are largely formed by modeling, the almost...

"Can you believe that, at one point, women couldn't vote in America? That Japanese American citizens were put in detention camps because of the actions of the Imperial Japanese Navy? That Jackie Robinson was spat upon on the baseball diamond because of the color of his skin? That there were quotas...

Ashoka Fellow Bart Weetjens' organization, APOPO, trains HeroRats (giant pouched rats) to detect land mines in Africa. Bart is also employing their superb noses to detect tuberculosis. Bart and APOPO were just featured in CNN, and you can read the article here: Be sure check it out and see how you...

It’s hard to see anything good in recent unemployment numbers: 17% of college-educated young adults (ages 18-29) are either unemployed or not seeking work. But these grim unemployment statistics could actually be beneficial for social entrepreneurs. A recent article focuses on the qualities of young...