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This is the fifth post in our “6-Word Story Series,” highlighting insights, how-to’s and stories from the world of social impact driven specifically by our network of over 3100 Fellows across the globe. Click here to read the fourth post in the series. (And here for the sixth.) After learning that...

A tidal wetland conservation movement in Bangladesh is creating fundamental change in government policy that challenges the country’s very powerful construction interests and associated corruption. Uttaran, a Bangladesh citizen sector organization founded by Ashoka Fellow Shahidul Islam, has engaged...

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...

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...

Anshu K. Gupta, Ashoka Fellow and Founder of Goonj observed that two Indias exist side-by-side: the increasingly wealthy, urban India and the impoverished, neglected rural India. Anshu realized that the vast stocks of everyday necessities - from clothes to medicines - lying as idle surplus in the...

Editor's Note: Tiwale, KadAfrica, Twim Academy, GiftedMom, and AEPT were named winners in The MasterCard Foundation and Ashoka’s “Future Forward: Innovations for Youth Employment in Africa” challenge. These young social entrepreneurs will take part in the Ashoka Changemakers Day on Youth Employment...

I don’t know about you but I struggle to think of a device I could purchase that would improve my work productivity or help me save money. Actually, looking at the gadgets that clutter my desk I have probably been over-equipped for a long time. By contrast, poor families at the “base of the pyramid”...

The global community of Ashoka mourns the loss of fellow Alvaro Ugalde who along with Mario Bazo is seen as the father of Costa Rica’s National Park System. Initially, Alvaro and Mario faced a challenge in convincing Costa Ricans that national parks were of great value to the country. With the...

Pour faire face aux grands enjeux sociaux et environnementaux de demain, Ashoka a rassemblé des acteurs de changement de France et d’Europe pour redessiner les frontières de l’entrepreneuriat social, inventer de nouveaux modèles et créer un écosytème favorable au développement de solutions à grande...