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  • The Rise of the Social Entrepreneur

    November 13, 2012 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    In a world divided into factions, social entrepreneurs are connecting people in new configurations and helping them work together more effectively because social entrepreneurs tend to pursue an end in a communal way.

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  • Turning Rural Indians Into Water Entrepreneurs

    November 01, 2012 |

    FastCompany |

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    Response Location: India

    In rural communities throughout India, having access to clean water does not always come easy. Sarvajal, originally a non-profit experiment, believes that water insecurity is a solvable issue, however. By helping those living in the rural communities take ownership through entrepreneurship, common sense, and the patience to reinvent old systems with more efficient technology, the group has achieved the ability to distribute small reverse-osmosis filtration plants and Water ATMs throughout the northwestern Indian states.

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  • When Tragedy Strikes, Come Together

    October 30, 2012 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    American families tend to handle grief individually and feel alone after the tragedy of losing a child. In Israel, communities communicate to the bereaving family their support by creating permanent and public memorials.

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  • The Family Doctor, Minus the M.D.

    October 24, 2012 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Delphi, Indiana

    Thousands of clinics in America have no doctors. The primary care providers are nurse-practitioners – and their results are as good or better than that of the doctors.

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  • Social Change's Age of Enlightenment

    October 17, 2012 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States

    We’re getting smarter about the way we’re addressing social problems. Patterns in the most effective solutions are emerging, such as making evidence-based decisions, accepting that humans act irrationally, and bringing people back together to build comprehensive solutions.

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  • The ‘Avon Ladies' of Africa

    October 10, 2012 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Uganda

    A successful program in Uganda trains village women to sell medicines, fortified foods and other important goods using the Avon model, aiming to create a self-sustaining system for delivering essential health products.

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  • Innovative funding model allows urban poor to determine their own future

    October 08, 2012 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: South Africa, Cape Town

    Though well-meaning, many poverty alleviation and development efforts treat the receivers of aid as subjects rather than capable people. Urban Poor Fund International, the first global fund to give poor people direct control over urban development spending, is having more than just a local impact.

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  • Bridging the Clothing Divide

    October 03, 2012 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: India, New Delhi, Delhi

    In the poorest places, the lack of proper clothing costs lives. Now a simple and efficient program in India is attacking the problem with the urgency it deserves.

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  • There IS a Bicycle Economy, Two Cities Find

    October 02, 2012 |

    TreeHugger |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Conventional merchants are afraid to lose parking spaces to bike parking or bike lanes. New York and Portland are finding cyclists increase local economies, and spend more money too.

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  • Hydrogen Fuels Autorickshaws and Dreams of Cleaner Air

    October 01, 2012 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: India, New Delhi

    Autorickshaws are a main source of transport within India, but not all autorickshaws are being created equally anymore. In an attempt to reduce their carbon footprint and reliance on fossil fuels, India is experimenting with implementing hydrogen-powered autorickshaws that look and act the same, but emit emissions of only water vapor and heat.

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