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Global Social Venture Competition: Weighing the Health of Children in Mali
Around one in five children in Mali dies before his or her fifth birthday. Imagine preventing half of these 117,000 annual deaths with a few cell phones and scales. I interviewed the founders of Pesinet - a new organization and 2009 GSVC finalist - and I’m excited about the ability of their new micro-insurance program to accomplish just that.
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Philanthropy, Development and Enterprise
Last week I had the opportunity to attend the Global Philanthropy Forum for the first time, and although it’s been a few days already, I would like to share some thoughts on what I saw and heard. The nexus between development and enterprise was discussed broadly throughout the conference...
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The Social Enterprise Space is Alive in India: Sankalp 09
The social enterprise space is alive and well in India. This is my overarching conclusion having spent all day Tuesday at the inaugural Sankalp Forum, hosted by Intellecap in Mumbai.Sankalp - which means "pledge" or "determination" in English - focused on the role of business in driving social change.
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