A new roadmap for solving the world-wide shortage of affordable housing
Two global trends—explosive population growth and mass urban migration—mean that millions of individuals worldwide, in virtually every country, now inhabit sprawling slums. Beginning in 2008, people living in cities outnumbered people on rural land for the first time in human history. Already about...
Collaborating on Rural Innovation and Farming at Globalizer 2012
Editor's note: This post was written by Lauren Batcheck who works with the Ashoka Rural Innovation and Farming (RIF) Venture Collaborative Entrepreneurship (VCE) Program . How do you increase the wellbeing and sustainability of rural farmers? Or improve the quality of life of the underserved poor?...
It Made my Dream Come True
Although money is not everything, the Ashoka stipend I received for 3 years made my dream to have our own radio station come true. Thanks to the Ashoka network (and especially its Indonesia staff at the time Helen and Marjie), and in partnership with HAPSARI (Himpunan Serikat Perempuan Indonesia -...
Peace Corps and Ashoka: Celebrating Anniversaries and Collaborations
Did you know that Sargent Shriver , the dynamic force behind the creation of the Peace Corps, provided thought leadership for the creation of Ashoka as a member of the Ashoka Council? In fact, there have been many powerful points of intersection throughout the history of Peace Corps and Ashoka....
HealthPoint Services Wins Prestigious India Sankalp Award, Announces Investment by Fontus Water
NEW DELHI, India – May 12, 2011: Healthpoint Services Global, Inc., a social enterprise supported by Ashoka Innovators for the Public, has won the prestigious Sankalp Award for Innovative Social Enterprises - Emerging Ventures in the Health/Water/Sanitation sector for 2011. This award acknowledges...
Courage, Creativity and Renewable Energy
Social entrepreneurs are often credited with having a one-track mind. There is no barrier strong enough or challenge tall enough to stop these positive deviants from achieving their goals. For Ashoka Fellow Tri Mumpuni , not even the harrowing experience of being held hostage by separatist rebels in...
In response to the increasing industrialization of dairy farming in France, Fabrice is developing an entrepreneurial-driven small-scale farming alternative that reinvents the role of farmers keeps them in the agricultural and economic landscape. Through new modes of production and distribution that...
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Merlong is helping small farmers in the state of Piaui overcome historically defeatist attitudes to become more productive. Through CERMO, a non-profit educational and consulting organization he co-founded, he hopes to help the region's small farmers become more productive and combine to achieve...
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Candice Lys is cultivating a new generation of young leaders through a novel form of public health education that encourages expression through the arts. In doing so, Candice supports historically marginalized and isolated communities to address deep seeded challenges through evidence-based holistic...
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Kai Gildhorn has developed a solution to the considerable amount of underutilized and free public fruit resources in Germany, and put them towards development in rural areas.
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