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All around the globe, the Christmas trees, lights and decorations are going up as December hits. Children are hinting for presents, shopping malls are decorated, Christmas carols are sung and in South Africa many children are getting new clothes: ‘Christmas clothes’. But unfortunately for many this...

For the ninth consecutive year, Ashoka has earned Charity Navigator’s four-star rating for fiscal responsibility—the highest ranking achievable. Charity Navigator is the largest independent charity evaluator in America, analyzing the financial health of citizen sector organizations to help...

“No one has ever believed in me except Lua Nova,” proclaimed one young mother who has battled a lifetime of domestic violence, homelessness, and drug abuse in the favelas of São Paulo, Brazil. She and the rest of the residents of Lua Nova’s rehabilitation program have been engaged the past three...

Over the last few weeks, there’s been a flood of commentary, outrage, and too-little-too-late actions over the sexual abuse scandals at Penn State, and the charges issued against former Assistant Coach Jerry Sandusky. What each successive firing has proved is that the physical acts themselves are...

Social businesses make up just 10 percent of European ventures. The European Commission wants to see more. Through the new Social Business Initiative, the Commission plans to create an ecosystem conducive to social businesses, in part by facilitating access to funding. The belief is that more...

Never before have financial indicators dominated news like today, but perhaps the most important indicator for competitiveness of our societies remains human: How many changemakers are there? At Ashoka, we talk about making a world where Everyone is a Changemaker—empowering people to engineer social...

What better way to share your passion for changemaking than by looking sharp with your own Changemakers bling? Imagine how you – or someone special in your life – will look with a “I am a Changemaker / Yo soy un Agente de Cambio” necklace or bracelet. Tr3s: MTV, Música y Más, and the jewelry design...

“In a social business, community impact comes first,” was one of the fundamental insights in the first Community Impact Development Group (CIDG) meeting hosted by Ashoka and the Siemens Stiftung in October 2010, and one of the essential claims that members of this group wanted to voice within the...