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Ashoka Italia is now operating in both Rome and Milan. Two social entrepreneurs selected by Ashoka as Fellows presented their work and vision of change at the Italian Embassy in the U.S. last week. Riccarda Zezza described what being an Ashoka Fellow means to her: "Ten years ago, I used to work for...

The world feels more fractious with every passing day. People who are different from each other, or who hold different points of view, struggle to bridge differences. Since January 2017, The People’s Supper project has been tackling this disconnect head on by inviting people, who often have never...

Ashoka Fellows treten an, um die Gesellschaft zum Besseren zu verändern und drängende soziale Probleme möglichst an der Wurzel zu lösen. Die große Mehrzahl der gesellschaftlichen Herausforderungen unserer Zeit sind globaler Natur und betreffen eine Vielzahl von Ländern. Das globale Netzwerk an...

Etwa 750.000 Menschen leben in Deutschland in Pflegeheimen - Tendenz steigend. Während ihre medizinische Versorgung durch Qualitätsstandards in der Regel gewährleistet ist, leidet in vielen Fällen die emotionale Versorgung durch zu wenig Personal und fehlende persönliche Bindungen. An dieser Stelle...

Découvrez ce reportage d'Annabelle Baudin sur Singa, fondé par le Fellow Ashoka Nathanaël Molle. Ils n’ont pas trente ans et ont créé Singa. Cette association permet aux personnes ayant obtenu le statut de réfugiés de développer des projets professionnels, en favorisant l’enrichissement culturel...

Over the last few weeks, there’s been a flood of commentary, outrage, and too-little-too-late actions over the sexual abuse scandals at Penn State, and the charges issued against former Assistant Coach Jerry Sandusky. What each successive firing has proved is that the physical acts themselves are...

As the CEO of Genetic Alliance, Ashoka Fellow Sharon Terry is determined to accelerate research, drug development, treatment, advocacy, and support for genetic disease. She’s found a way to dissolve the boundaries between disease-specific family foundations and advocacy organizations, universities...

Imagine having to ask your mother-in-law before being allowed to visit a doctor for a check-up. That’s often the case in rural India, where women don’t have the autonomy to make decisions about their own health, according to Dr. Minal Singh. “Women don’t have power in the home to make decisions...

Raucous magazine vendors, horn-happy taxi drivers, multi-lingual chatter, the smell of hot dogs, and the kind of warm breeze generated by human hubbub — it’s like any day walking through Times Square, but for one important detail: I can’t see anything. Immersed in total darkness, crossing the street...