Merry Christmas! Here’s a roundup of links from the past week. OLPC a Hit in Remote Peruvian Village Doubts about whether poor, rural children really can benefit from quirky little computers evaporate as quickly as the morning dew in this hilltop Andean village, where 50 primary school children got machines from the One Laptop Per… Continue reading Christmas Links
Month: December 2007
Ashoka– Director, Strategic Development
Ashoka-US Director, Strategic Development The Director of Strategic Development will strengthen and sustain Ashoka-US’s position and visibility in the US through investor analysis and development, cultivating external relations, representing Ashoka externally, and generating 1-2 million dollars of new revenue annually. Responsibilities will include contributing to Ashoka-US’s core program by helping to identify, select and support… Continue reading Ashoka– Director, Strategic Development
Interesting stat of the day– World Bank: US No Longer Top Donor
Saw this on digg.com: Yesterday, the World Bank reported that the US has lost its status as the largest donor to the Bank’s main fund for poor countries, as Britain secured a record amount of aid with a pledge of increased funding. Britain pledged $4.2 billion for the period from July 2008 through June 2011,… Continue reading Interesting stat of the day– World Bank: US No Longer Top Donor
Building Donations Into The Price Of Consumer Products
Here’s a theme we’ve written about extensively on this blog– Increasingly, nonprofit experts are beginning to question one of the fastest-growing sectors of giving, the practice of building a donation into the purchase of items as varied as fine jewelry and Always feminine products. The same questions are asked and no one really has any… Continue reading Building Donations Into The Price Of Consumer Products
The Problem With Carbon Offset Markets
Here’s an interesting post on the carbon offeset market. The post begins with a criticism about the lack of transparency with Terrapass, and moves onto discussing this problem within the industry in general: What would be wonderful would be if there could be a genuine market in carbon credits, rather than the inefficient mix of… Continue reading The Problem With Carbon Offset Markets