Floating Hospitals for Char Dwellers
What started as one project for that nobody believed would work, has now become a possible model for the government to provide healthcare to hard-to-reach communities
Amina Evangelista Swanepoel has been empowering girls through health education
Benjamin Mousnier-Lompré, cofondateur d'Ipso Santé : aux petits soins des malades - L'Express
- Article écrit dans le cadre du partenariat entre Ashoka et L'Express à l'occasion de la soirée de présentation des Fellows Ashoka 2017 - "Cet ancien consultant a créé à Paris un nouveau genre de cabinet médical qui repense le parcours santé au bénéfice des patients et des praticiens." Découvrez le...
Ashoka Scandinavia welcomes Oskar Blakstad as a new Fellow
Oskar Blakstad from Norway, founder of Explorable AS/Assisted Self-Help, was elected as a Fellow in 2018. Ashoka Scandinavia is excited to announce that Oskar Blakstad from Norway has been elected as an Ashoka Fellow . With Explorable AS and Assisted Self-Help, Oskar is leveraging the Norwegian...
Innovating to Create Health for All
Who can best create outcomes that lead to the healthiest possible lives of individuals and communities? Leading social entrepreneurs are challenging the traditional patient-provider dynamics from an empathetic and holistic perspective.
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...
Dutch Social Health Landscape Innovation Report
Following up on the Social Impact Mapping Project where Ashoka NL, in collaboration with PwC, provided an overview of the different innovators in the fields of Health Care, Circular Economy and Refugees in the Netherlands by visualising a part of the ecosystem a map through snowball sampling...