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From The Field

 

On-the-ground reports from social enterprises and other projects around the world

 
Marc Henrich is founder and executive director of the nonprofit Ecodana.

Environment

From the Field: Indigenous Environmentalists Strive to Reforest Indonesia

In Indonesia, the issue of customary land rights is in debate.

By Marc Henrich | Aug. 15, 2011
 
Deirdre White is president and CEO at the nonprofit CDC Development Solutions (CDS).

Health

How Can Business and Government Work Together to Save a Life?

A cross sector-partnership between IBM and the Cross River government is saving lives of mothers and children across Nigeria.

By Deirdre White | Aug. 12, 2011
 
SSIR blogger Imran Oomer is an education sector professional currently working in India with Ashoka Fellow, Sunanda Mane, and the social enterprise she founded, Lend-A-Hand India. He is also a full-time student at ESADE Business School in Spain. where he

Education

Making Education Relevant Where You Least Expect It

The IBT education program in India better prepares students for future opportunities than traditional teaching.

By Imran Oomer | 1 | Aug. 9, 2011
 
SSIR blogger Nikki Wilson (right) is co-founder of On the Up. Along with her husband Rob (left), Nikki is on a mission to uncover Africa’s most inspirational social entrepreneurs. The team is currently travelling from Cape Town to Cairo, and blogging as

Nonprofit Management

Innovative Ideas for Sale—No Strings Attached

As controversial as he is kind-hearted, serial entrepreneur Charles Maisel's viewpoint shakes up conventional charity thinking.

By Nikki Wilson | 4 | Aug. 5, 2011
 
SSIR blogger Randall Kempner is executive director of the Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE), a global network of organizations that propel social entrepreneurship in emerging markets.

Economic Development

Social Entrepreneurship Takes Off in Brazil

Brazilian entrepreneurs are leveraging their deep intellectual, social, and natural resources to drive greater prosperity and create wealth.

By Randall Kempner | 2 | Jul. 28, 2011
 
SSIR blogger Stephanie Wolcott is social responsibility director for the Alcoa Foundation in New York City and serves as content contributor to KIN Global at the Kellogg School of Management.

Health

San+Co: Waste is Terrible Thing to Waste

A new social enterprise aims to provide a unique sanitation service to shantytowns.

By Stephanie Wolcott | 1 | Jun. 28, 2011
 
SSIR blogger Jill Vialet is the president and founder of Playworks and an Ashoka Fellow.

Nonprofits

How Do You Create a New Normal? A Three-Part Path to Scale

At Social Impact Exchange, a forum dedicated to scaling high-impact social program, investors wanted to know “How will your idea achieve scale?”

By Jill Vialet | 3 | Jun. 20, 2011
 
SSIR blogger Jonathan Kalan, founder of The (BoP) Project. corporate social responsibility

Philanthropy

From the Field: Impact First

Social enterprises in East Africa seem to have two quite distinct commonalities: a comprehensive, impact-driven business model, and a plan to “scale big.”

By Jonathan Kalan | 3 | Jun. 17, 2011
 

Global Issues

Improving Sales Offers for Improved Stoves

A unique sales strategy puts more environmentally friendly cookstoves into the hands of more cooks.

By David I. Levine | Jun. 15, 2011
 

Social Entrepreneurship

A New Business Model for Women in the West Bank

Fidaa El Tunky has created the first grassroots venture capital project for rural women in the whole of the Arab region.


By Iman Bibars | Jun. 13, 2011