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From Subsistence Farming to Fair Trade - Empowering Women in Burkina Faso: Ashoka Fellow Marceline Ouedraogo

By improving the quality of Shea Butter production in Burkina Faso, Ashoka Fellow Marcelline Ouedraogo has enabled a significant increase in income to more than 3,000 women across the country. As a result, these women are now able to serve as more empowered and engaged members of their communities...

In Memory of Marcelline Ouédraogo

She helped women escape the tyranny of "micro" credit or charity

#LeadYoung - Ara Kusuma, changemaking for the love of cows

What if everyone grew up following their passions to change things in their communities for the better? What if we all felt supported by their families, their schools, their neighbors?

Ashoka cumple 20 años en la Argentina y presentó a los nuevos emprendedores sociales de su red

Ashoka Argentina celebró sus 20 años con dos nuevas integrantes en su red. Las emprendedoras sociales 2017 buscan generar cambios en temas como la moda ética y la educación, desde la innovación y el despertar de las capacidades de las personas. La red de emprendedores sociales más grande del mundo...

Revolutionising the Fishing Industry

Meet Ashoka Fellow Neelkanth Mishra

Sachin Jain - Vikas Samvad Samiti

Sachin Jain is persuading journalists in India to produce investigative journalism that impacts major social problems.

Kenji Hayashi - FoundingBase

Kenji Hayashi is rejuvenating depopulated rural areas in Japan by creating pathways for emerging urban professionals to build their careers—and lives—in rural municipalities.

Premio Creando Valor Compartido

Para celebrar 10 años de Creando Valor Compartido, Nestlé formó una alianza con Ashoka para buscar, apoyar y acelerar soluciones a los grandes desafíos en temas de água, nutrición y desarrollo rural. Esta alianza promoverá una poderosa cocreación con emprendedores sociales y profundizará el impacto...

From Standing Rock to Pine Ridge Reservation Community Sustainability: Ashoka Fellow NickTilsen

One of the Dakota Access Pipeline's most devoted protestors is making his strongest stand back in his hometown. On the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, Nick Tilsen, a 34-year-old member of the Oglala Lakota Nation and founding executive director of the Thunder Valley Community...

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 -...