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Indian Philanthropy Forum 2013 Focuses on Adolescent Girls, USAID
The 4th annual Indian Philanthropy Forum by Dasra, as usual, brought together philanthropists and investors to discuss trending social issues in India today and brainstorm effective ways of engagement with the social and social enterprise sectors. This year a salient theme emerged through every session: the empowerment of adolescent girls.
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- Social Enterprise
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Innovation Forward and Backward: BRAC adapts its microcredit model to water, sanitation and hygiene
Innovators often focus on things that are radically new, when it’s sometimes preferable to adapt proven concepts to new spaces. BRAC has long been helping people in BoP communities form village organizations to obtain microcredit. Now it has applied this model to the problems of water, sanitation and hygiene through the WASH program. Babar Kabir, senior director of the program, explains its approach.
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- Health Care
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- public health
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NexThought Monday – Nutrients for All: Thriving ecosystems for productive, resilient food systems
Natural ecosystems ensure that vital nutrients flow from soils to food to people. Thriving ecosystems are the bedrock of healthy nutrient chains, the basis of all life on the planet. But human activity like unsustainable agricultural practices is threatening ecosystems around the world. Escalating stress on ecosystems increases the impact of climate change, and limits the availability of nutrient-enabling resources like water, topsoil and biodiversity. But though the issues are dire, there are solutions.
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- Agriculture, Environment
