.@pahlkadot and @codeforamerica are playing the long game: "We don’t have one silver bullet that’s going to fix government...I’m okay developing capabilities and strengthening institutions over time.” via @brightthemag: https://t.co/fZ8vNuIyEl
Five of the six 2018 Skoll Awardees for Social Entrepreneurship are women, which brings up the question: Do women bring special skills or sensibilities to the world of social entrepreneurship? The awardees weighed in on NPR: #SkollWF
Advice From 5 Women And A Guy Who Won $1.25 Million To Do Good
The winners of the 2018 Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship share surprising lessons on life, leadership and gender in the workplace.
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Emerging #tech can benefit the world's poorest when you start with the problem and not the solution.
Tackling how new technologies can help the world's poorest
As emerging technologies from AI to blockchain to automation enter the world economy, experts at Skoll heard how development sector organizations can ...
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Consolata Agunga, a 55-year-old mother of three (and grandmother of three), is a community health worker in Kenya. She goes door-to-door in her village, keeping tabs on 673 people. Read her inspiring story on @NPRGoatsandSoda :
Community Health Worker: 'It Is God Who Gives Me The Strength'
She goes door-to-door in her village in Kenya. She is paid next to nothing. It's a tough job. And she loves it.
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How to end #HIV by 2030? The secret of @m2mtweets "mentor mothers" program is its peer-based model https://t.co/LFz63cA3mo
From building better government digital services to making solar energy affordable for even the most remote families, this year’s Skoll Awardees provide bold solutions to global problems.💥
Meet the 2018 Skoll Awardees for Social Entrepreneurship - Skoll.org
Each of the six 2018 Awardees leads an organization that shows great promise of outsized impact.
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In his #TEDtalk, @BabbanGona founder Kola Masha details his plan to bring leadership and investment to small farmers in Africa—and employ a rising generation.
How farming could employ Africa's young workforce -- and help build peace
Africa's youth is coming of age rapidly, but job growth on the continent isn't keeping up. The result: financial insecurity and, in some cases, a turn...
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Financial health is critical to understanding an NGO’s overall health, but assessing it can be a complicated process. See @SarahTiffaha's streamlined guide to decoding the numbers. #philanthropy
How We Assess an Organization’s Financial Health: A Step-by-Step Guide to Decoding the Numbers - Skoll.org
Skoll has systematized our approach to this type of assessment into a financial analysis guide, which we're excited to share broadly.
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Grassroots justice defenders are bringing down barriers that prevent people from accessing justice. Govts need to do their part to protect & fund them! Sign & share the petition to help #TiptheScales towards #JusticeForAll: https://t.co/LY9oZo0Amd. #CivilSociety
The @worldbank's data on global financial inclusion reveal that while fewer adults remain unbanked, simply opening a bank account isn't enough.
Almost half of the world’s population still doesn’t use a bank account
Global financial inclusion is slowing down, according to new data.
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How a small loan to a poor family thought to be "unbankable" brought the household @water and changed their lives forever:
The Power of Water Micro-Lending as Income Enhancer - Skoll.org
Water.org’s mission is to leverage social and commercial capital in the form of micro-loans for water and sanitation, to reduce the financing ga...
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“I would like to burst the bubble that addressing climate change is someone else’s problem," said @CFigueres , in a conversation about the critical need for inclusivity in #ClimateAction—a cause around which we all must unify. #SkollWF https://t.co/lqxfbSqfto
The poor suffer the impacts of #climatechange first. Take a deep dive into the powerful ways social entrepreneurs are addressing this crisis.
Solutions for a Changing Climate - Skoll.org
A detailed look at how the Skoll Foundation approaches climate change both in the immediate and the long term.
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Funding grassroots justice defenders is not just morally right, it is economically smart. Join us in signing the petition to call on world leaders to fund & protect justice defenders - https://t.co/LY9oZo0Amd. Let’s #TiptheScales towards #JusticeForAll! #ImpInv
For off-the-grid entrepreneurs in India like roti maker Sumangala Patil, solar lighting is game-changing. @SELCOFoundation makes #cleanenergy accessible to the underserved, helping millions lift themselves out of poverty.
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Winner of the 2018 Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship, Harish Hande on finding knowledge partners in rural India.
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