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  • Sarah Troup

    Identifying Digital Opportunities for African Youth

    For the past two and a half years, The Rockefeller Foundation has been supporting work to foster the development of Impact Sourcing – outsourcing jobs for poor or vulnerable people without the opportunity for alternative employment. With a $512 billion, and growing, global outsourcing market, this work seeks to enable more equitable growth by allowing youth in Africa to tap into potential job opportunities.

    Categories
    Education, Technology
    Tags
    employment, skill development
  • James Militzer

    Part 1: From Local to Global: Unite for Sight’s Expanding Impact

    Jennifer Staple-Clark was a sophomore at Yale when she founded Unite for Sight as a student organization in 2000. Her goal was to help underserved people in her local community overcome barriers to eye care. Twelve years later, Unite for Sight has become an acclaimed global NGO, serving 1,500,000 patients and facilitating over 63,000 sight-restoring surgeries. In Part 1 of our Q&A with Staple-Clark, she discusses Unite for Sight’s unique model and remarkable evolution.

    Categories
    Health Care
    Tags
    public health
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