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Putting Microbusiness on the Map: U.S. students survey local businesses to compete for social enterprise seed funding
In the U.S., 3.7 million people remain long-term unemployed. Without job opportunities, many Americans are becoming entrepreneurial out of necessity - but they often lack capital. That’s why Lend for America is working with local students in the Philadelphia area to provide microfinance for social entrepreneurship.
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- Finance, Impact Assessment, Social Enterprise
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Why Chevron is in the Business of Stopping HIV: Each year mother-to-child transmission of HIV affects 70,000 babies in Nigeria
Chevron has partnered with Pact, an international NGO, to help prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Nigeria. Deji Haastrup, a Chevron GM, explains: "While fighting AIDS is not our core business, it is core to the success of our business."
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- Health Care