<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Social Entrepreneurship | Online NewsHour | PBS</title><link>http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/indepth_coverage/social_issues/social_ent/</link><description>In this occassional series of reports, the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer explores the work of social activists and volunteers working in often small ways to tackle some of the largest challenges facing both the developing and the developed world.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2009 MacNeil/Lehrer Productions. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:32:00 EST</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:32:00 EST</lastBuildDate><image><title>Online NewsHour</title><width>144</width><height>144</height><link>http://www.pbs.org/newshour/</link><url>http://www.pbs.org/newshour/images/rss/promo_rss.jpg</url></image><item><title>Sister Cyril Brings Education to India's Poor</title><link>http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/indepth_coverage/asia/india/slideshow_cyril/</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 12:30:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Sister Cyril Mooney, principal of the Loreto Day School in Kolkata, India, and founder of the Rainbow Program, helps give children in India's slums an education and better way of life.]]></description></item><item><title>For Those With Low Incomes, Help Creating a Credit History</title><link>http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/business/jan-june09/credit_05-01.html</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 18:33:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Spencer Michels reports on a program that helps low-income people with no credit gain access to loans and financial counseling. ]]></description></item><item><title>St. Louis Program Helps Make College More Affordable for Low-Income Students</title><link>http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/education/jan-june09/kruger_04-30.html</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The College Summit program in St. Louis Missouri helps low income students turn their dreams of college into reality. In this interview, teacher Brian Kruger describes how the program transformed the school, his students and his own life.  ]]></description></item><item><title>BeadforLife Program Helps Lift Ugandans Out of Poverty</title><link>http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/africa/jan-june09/beads_04-16.html</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 18:34:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A program that helps Ugandans sell beads in America has brought hundreds of families out of extreme poverty through a woman-to-woman network focused on sales at house parties and a Web store. Spencer Michels reports on the program and the people it helps. ]]></description></item><item><title>Seattle Coffee Company Uses Profits to Aid Bean Growers</title><link>http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/social_issues/jan-june09/coffee_03-26.html</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:32:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Seattle-based coffee company Pura Vida's core mission is to help its bean growers in Central America improve their lives. NewsHour special correspondent Lee Hochberg reports. ]]></description></item><item><title>Detroit Program Aims to Provide Job Training, Hope in Tough Times</title><link>http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/social_issues/jan-june09/focushope_02-11.html</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 18:46:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Eleanor Josaitis co-founded the Detroit program Focus: Hope more than three decades ago to provide job training and other opportunities to the city's residents. With the U.S. mired in a recession and the auto industry future uncertain, her group is reinventing itself.]]></description></item><item><title>Program Helps At-Risk Youth Find Corporate Jobs</title><link>http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/social_issues/july-dec08/yearup_12-23.html</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:25:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[To alleviate the 30 percent unemployment rate among urban youth, the Year Up program gives at-risk youth lessons in corporate culture and work ethic. Paul Solman reports on this approach to training young, would-be entrepreneurs.]]></description></item><item><title>Activist Works to Help Ease Haiti's Hunger Crisis</title><link>http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/latin_america/july-dec08/haitihunger_12-22.html</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:33:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[As global food prices continue to rise, hunger in Haiti has fueled food riots and driven much of the population, including many children, to the brink of starvation. Correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on one man's effort to alleviate the crisis. ]]></description></item><item><title>Colo. Project Teaches Job, Life Skills to Help Women Combat Poverty</title><link>http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/social_issues/july-dec08/beanproject_12-17.html</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 18:34:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Armed with $500 worth of beans, two women founded a non-profit group in Denver to empower impoverished women by teaching them workplace skills and providing jobs to the chronically homeless and unemployed. Spencer Michels reports.]]></description></item><item><title>Social Values, Shopping Merge in 'World of Good'</title><link>http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/social_issues/july-dec08/worldofgood_11-06.html</link><pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:46:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Since 2004, the company World of Good has helped merge consumerism and social consciousness by partnering with retailers to market fair-trade handcrafted items. Spencer Michels reports on the business of combining social values, opportunities for artisans and shopping.]]></description></item><item><title>High Tech High School Pushes Hispanic Students to Become Top Achievers</title><link>http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/education/july-dec08/techschool_08-22.html</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:23:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A San Diego charter high school is aiming to close the education gaps between students of immigrant families and their counterparts by motivating them to acquire business and science skills and pursue college degrees. Paul Solman offers the latest in a series of reports on this education initiative.]]></description></item><item><title>U.S. Doctors Create Pediatric AIDS Network in Malawi</title><link>http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/health/july-dec08/aidsafrica_07-17.html</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:31:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In Malawi, where some 83,000 children are infected with HIV, a new program brings U.S. doctors to the East African country and encourages African doctors to set up practices in their hometowns, instead of leaving for more prosperous countries.
]]></description></item><item><title>Three Years On, New Orleans Still Struggles With Hurricane Debris</title><link>http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/weather/jan-june08/nolatoxic_06-19.html</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:30:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Nearly three years after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, the city is still coping with the toxic debris the storm left behind. Betty Ann Bowser reports from New Orleans on the ongoing controversy over the city's landfills.]]></description></item><item><title>New Orleans School Reforms Target Young Readers</title><link>http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/education/jan-june08/nolareads_06-17.html</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:27:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The struggle to educate the nation's children in urban schools has long been an area of reform. In a continuing series of reports on urban school reform, John Merrow returns to New Orleans schools to examine how young students are learning to read.]]></description></item><item><title>Annan: World Must Help African Nations Tackle Food Crisis</title><link>http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/africa/jan-june08/annan_06-11.html</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:43:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Fuel costs and supply shortages have caused a spike in food prices across Africa -- prompting calls for an agricultural revolution on the continent. Former U.N. chief Kofi Annan discusses efforts to address the crisis.]]></description></item><item><title>Growing Hunger in Malawi Stirs Food Aid Debate</title><link>http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/africa/jan-june08/malawi_05-02.html</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 18:23:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on the debate over the benefits of providing cash or crops to recipient nations. He also looks into the growing effects of domestic farm law on world food markets.]]></description></item></channel></rss>