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Terri Valle Aquino

Ashoka Fellow since Oct 1989

Brazil

Terri Valle de Aquino grew up in Acre, the very poor and thinly populated state on the southwestern edge of Brazil's Amazon basin. He returned to work with the indigenous peoples there and is now setting out to help them and their traditional enemies, the rubber tappers, learn to collaborate and...

Roberto Chaves

Ashoka Fellow since Jan 2011

Brazil

Papo de Responsa

Roberto “Beto” Chaves, a member of Rio de Janeiro’s police force, is rebuilding trust between Rio’s police and its favela communities. Through loosely structured “chats” in the community between police, ex-convicts and youth, Beto is breaking down the stereotypes and misconceptions that each group...

Zdjęcie przedstawia Roberta Chavesa oraz dużą grupę młodzieży. Jest to zdjęcie typu selfie.

Czas na pogaduchy

Nawet najlepsze pomysły potrafią nie udać się z powodu szczegółu. To, że rozmowa jest ważna, wiemy wszyscy, ale jak zrobić, że naprawdę się odbyła? Jak stworzyć warunku, w których ludzie uwierzą, że możliwe jest porozumienie. Ashoka Fellow Roberto Beto Chaves potrafił doprowadzić do prawdziwego...

Albo się pozabijamy, albo zrobimy coś dobrego...

Jeden chciał Nigerii chrześcijańskiej, drugi - całkowitej jej islamizacji. Czas pomiędzy walką wypełniali snuciem wzajemnych spisków na swoje życie. Kiedyś śmiertelni wrogowie, dziś ramię w ramię odbudowują spalone kościoły i meczety. Historia imama Mohammeda Ashafy i pastora Jamesa Wuye pokazuje...

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We need changemakers more than ever

In human history, inequality has created borders between marginalized people and basic human rights, opportunities, and agency over their own lives. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has amplified these existing inequalities while putting up new barriers. Community quarantines and lockdowns, though...

Welcoming the new Ashoka Fellows

In Part 1 of this article, we introduced the Ashoka Fellowship and the 9 previously inducted Fellows in the Philippines who are transforming systems in society to solve complex problems. But what does it take to be an Ashoka Fellow? Social entrepreneur candidates are invited to undergo a selection...

Creating Shared Value prize Nestlé woman Yellow Garbage

We are looking for the next changemakers to create a waste-free future

Ashoka in partnership with Nestlé are launching the Nestlé Creating Shared Value (CSV) Prize 2020, which aims to reward innovations that can address the following challenge “How do we create a waste-free future?”. We trust that this challenge is a great opportunity to accelerate related initiatives...

Fast Company: Investing in Post-Conflict Startups to Save the World

Last week, Fast Company published an article on the importance of investing in post-conflict zones to kick-start the local economy, foster entrepreneurship, and reduce the chances of a relapse. As the article states: "The global cost of conflicts is $100 billion; dishing charity cash and sleeping...

Lessons from a Decade of Online Social Networking, and How to Build a High Impact site

Earlier this month I sat down with Dr. Craig Zelizer, Associate Director of the Conflict Resolution MA Program at Georgetown University and TechChange Advisor, to talk about the online professional network that he created in 2008 called the Peace and Collaborative Development Network (PCDN). PCDN...