Feb 27 Donnel Baird Uses Community Power to Generate Green Energy Projects EmbedVideo(5818, 482, 304); The rugged setting of Donnel Baird's youth helped shape his social entrepreneur goals later in life. Baird grew up in a one-bedroom apartment in Brooklyn, N.Y., with his parents and sister in the 1980s. Continue reading
Feb 25 Watch India Organizes One of Largest Citizen Registration Drives Ever to Issue IDs India Organizes One of Largest Citizen Registration Drives Ever to Issue IDs… Continue watching
Feb 12 Filipino Shopkeepers Get Help Breaking Into Mobile Phone Market By Larisa Epatko Mark Ruiz, a young Filipino social entrepreneur we profiled last year in our Agents for Change series, is about to embark on the next chapter of his Hapinoy project by helping small shopkeepers in his home country adapt to the… Continue reading
Jan 31 Profile: Rebecca van Bergen Gives Wings to Struggling Artisans By Cat Wise EmbedVideo(5608, 482, 304); If you've ever traveled outside the United States and wandered through a local market bustling with activity and local artisans pitching their wares, you might have picked up a beautifully woven scarf, a colorful mask,… Continue reading
Jan 17 Watch How Social Entrepreneurs Use Rice Husks to Fuel Micro Power Grids in India How Social Entrepreneurs Use Rice Husks to Fuel Micro Power Grids in India… Continue watching
Jan 11 Ben Berkowitz’s Formula: Spot a Problem, Map It, Fix It EmbedVideo(5430, 482, 304); So much about Ben Berkowitz is unassuming. "If u need to contact me immediately, please do not hesitate to call my cell phone," he ends his e-mails. When one calls his office to set up… Continue reading
Dec 25 Watch On Mindanao, Protecting Civilians in a Conflict Zone With Eyes and Notepad On Mindanao, Protecting Civilians in a Conflict Zone With Eyes and Notepad… Continue watching
Dec 24 Watch In Haiti, a Mission of Religion and Medicine for Father Rick The Rev. Rick Frechette went to Haiti 25 years ago on a religious mission to shelter families "broken by tragedy." In his mid-40s, he decided to become a doctor and built a modern pediatric medicine facility. Fred de Sam Lazaro… Continue watching
Dec 12 In Tanzania, Powering Cell Phones and Shelling Corn with a Bicycle By David Pelcyger EmbedVideo(5187, 482, 304); Jodie Wu's path to helping people in Tanzania started when she was nine years old. At that young age, the Conyers, Ga., native started working as a cashier and hostess in her parents' Chinese restaurant. Continue reading
Dec 12 Fighting Cholera, a Dose at a Time By Cat Wise As the death toll from cholera continues to mount in Haiti nearly three years after the tragic earthquake, results from a successful vaccine pilot project earlier this year are providing some hope for Haitians and international health officials. The story… Continue reading