I just watch an online video clip of a speech given by Paul Collier, an economist and the author of “The Bottom Billion”. Paul advocates four steps that we can take to help the one billion people who are trapped in poor or failing countries. He calls this group the “bottom billion” and […]
Posted on June 1st, 2008 by admin
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The Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption took effect in the U.S. on April 1, 2008. As such, the United States now partners with 75+ countries around the world in this convention to facilitate international adoption.
The U.S. implementation of this Convention has been the catalyst for […]
Posted on May 2nd, 2008 by admin
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Melinda Gates (the wife of Microsoft founder Bill Gates) recently gave a talk about the future of social enterprise at an event organized by the Harvard Business School Social Enterprise Initiative. Here are some of the highlights from the article:
According to a recent study, people who spend money on others are happier than people who […]
Posted on April 30th, 2008 by admin
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Kiva is one of the greatest uses of the Internet to do good. Kiva is an online microlending service that allows people anywhere to lend money directly to entrepreneurs in developing countries around the world. Kiva’s mission is to connect people through lending for the sake of alleviating poverty.
Kiva works to qualify […]
Posted on April 16th, 2008 by admin
Filed under: Charity, Entrepreneurship, Financing, Giving Back, Microlending, Poverty, Social Enterprise, e-Business | 2 Comments »
If you work with a 501c3 non-profit organization that provides a community service to help the world in areas such as science and technology, education, global public health, the environment, youth advocacy, and the arts, […]
Posted on April 16th, 2008 by admin
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