Starting with a pack of art supplies, Malcolm and his team launched a nonprofit and global movement to change how kids experience hospitals through art.
The organization was named after the Indian emperor Ashoka, a good historical example of a social innovator. Since the organization’s main purpose is to develop a changemaking culture, looking for social innovators and helping them reach their full potential is one of its important functions. The...
Struck by the absurdity of dying from a blood shortage in a country of 1.2B people, Chethan, then 16, began connecting people around one of life's essential liquids.
Ajay Gopi greets you with a shy, heart-warming smile. As is usual, the now twenty-year-old is accompanied by his camera – photography is one of his greatest passions. As he happily chats away, one is hardly likely to suspect that he is quietly working to revolutionise Indian farming systems. In fact...
Il nostro sistema educativo non è al passo con i tempi. Se vogliamo costruire una vera uguaglianza, dice Bill Drayton, fondatore e CEO di Ashoka, dobbiamo dare potere ai giovani per cambiare il mondo. Se pensi alla maggior parte dei più grandi imprenditori al mondo, hanno cominciato la loro scalata...
In 2013, Bill Drayton published an SSIR article called “A Team of Teams World.” Drayton, the founder and current chair of Ashoka, painted a picture of an emerging future in which shifts in how people work will have a profound effect on how organizations operate. “We are moving rapidly into a world...
An acceleration programme for innovative projects in schools. This program highlights changemakers in the field of education while encouraging entrepreneurship in schools.