Passing this message along: New York Women Social Entrepreneurs (NYWSE) is a group of women that is forming to share experiences, insights, support and ideas related to social change and entrepreneurship. We are the New York chapter of Young Women Social Entrepreneurs (www.ywse.org). For this gathering, we invite you to join us to discuss the… Continue reading Invitation to New York Women Social Entrepreneurs’ January Event
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A Step Back For OLPC- Intel Pulls Out
According to the Wall Street Journal, Intel has pulled out of the One Laptop Per Child partnership, citing disagreements with founder Negroponte. “We’ve reached a philosophical impasse with OLPC,” Mr. Mulloy said. He added that Mr. Negroponte had demanded that Intel stop selling its own-designed laptop, known as the Classmate, in developing countries and stop… Continue reading A Step Back For OLPC- Intel Pulls Out
Revisiting The Mosquito Net Distribution Issue
Here’s Businessweek‘s summary of the distribution issue in Africa: The slow pace of progress has unleashed an ideologically charged battle over the best way to disseminate the life-saving nets. On one side are people who say that bed nets should be given away for free by governments and nonprofits to reach the maximum number of… Continue reading Revisiting The Mosquito Net Distribution Issue
Christmas Links
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
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
Business Week: Can Greed Save Africa?
Don’t have time to read and analyze this right now so I’ll just link: Demand for African stocks is so robust, in fact, that it has created a bottleneck. Because these markets are tiny and illiquid—Zambia’s total market value is just $2 billion—foreigners can’t pile in all at once. Those who don’t want to wait… Continue reading Business Week: Can Greed Save Africa?
Food banks around the country are reporting critical shortages
From the New York Times: Food banks around the country are reporting critical shortages that have forced them to ration supplies, distribute staples usually reserved for disaster relief and in some instances close. Experts attributed the shortages to an unusual combination of factors, including rising demand, a sharp drop in federal supplies of excess farm… Continue reading Food banks around the country are reporting critical shortages