Amina Evangelista Swanepoel has been empowering girls through health education
In Memory of Basil Kransdorff
The global community of Ashoka deeply mourns the loss of Basil Kransdorff founder of Econocom Foods, Johannesburg, South Africa. Basil's Innovative approach influenced Ashoka’s Nourishing Schools Program Basil Kransdorff’s creation of e’Pap Technologies resulted from a project his wife Rose was...
Ashoka Fellow Saif Rashid Weaves Together Benefits for Bangladesh Garment Workers
Saif Rashid believes that, given the right market opportunities, millions of Bangladeshis can lift themselves up financially. With an innovative new model called APON, he is empowering the workers of Bangladesh’s ready-made garment manufacturing industry to increase their disposable income and build...
Sri Lanka’s Garment Workers ‘Stand Up’ for Rights
By M-R Abraham Shirone Kaushalya works in a factory producing leather jackets. But she rarely sees the finished product. The 30-year-old woman uses a hammer to pound on the ridges and bumps of raw leather until it is smooth enough for stitching. Then she hands the flattened material to the next...
Dutch Ashoka Fellow is one of UNESCO-UNEVOC most promising practices!
We are proud to share that Young Africa, Dutch Fellow’s Dorien Beurskens organization, is been awarded as Promising Practices award from UNESCO-UNEVOC. The Promising Practices database showcases initiatives that are successful in confronting fundamental subjects i.e. Gender equality, Youth...
Weaving the #FabricofChange: the moral crisis of fast fashion
Each year, 80 billion pieces of clothing are purchased across the globe, which is 400% more than 10 years ago. Unsurprisingly these sales constitute a major financial market. The fashion brand Christian Dior is one of the biggest companies in the world — last year their sales totalled $41.6 billion...
Transformation: from social entrepreneur to ethical business
Peace, chemistry, literature. Leadership?
Yesterday the Sunday Washington Post had a thought-provoking piece that posted the question: “If there were a Nobel Prize for leadership, what would the criteria be and whom would you nominate?” We were naturally thrilled by the contribution from Howard Gardner, Hobbs Professor of Cognition and...