Conversation with Ashoka Globalizer Fellow Estela Villareal
In the Dark, Illuminating Empathy
Ashoka Business cases social & business Co-Creation
In the state of Bahia, in the northeast of Brazil, Sonia Coutinho has developed a center for arts and alternative education for adolescents with moderate learning disabilities that is remarkably effective in aiding their transition from school to productive employment and facilitating their...
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Rosangela Bieler, a 32-year-old journalist and paraplegic, is the founder and president of the Independent Living Center of Rio de Janeiro, an organization which is spearheading the movement of disabled Brazilians to win full citizenship.
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Culbutant l’idée reçue selon laquelle les personnes handicapées sont dépendantes et n’apportent rien à la société, il propose le slogan : “Ne vous demandez pas ce que vous pouvez faire pour les handicapés, mais ce que les handicapés peuvent faire pour vous !”. Il valorise les personnes...
2016 - La promotion d'entrepreneurs sociaux France Belgique Suisse
Sur le principe de la conception universelle, Simon Houriez imagine et propose des solutions pédagogiques et innovantes pour tous à partir des besoins des personnes en situation de handicap.
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Si des solutions aux handicaps...
Marta is setting up an information system for the physically, mentally and sensorially disabled. The system will collect, produce, and disseminate important information for this currently neglected sector of the population, and with this service, Marta expects to influence public policy, thus...
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