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on May 26, 2010
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A total of US$205,000 has been committed by the foundation to five NGOs in India over the next two years. This program would be opening up educational opportunities for children and teenagers along with life skills training for disadvantaged youth.
As per Vivek Mohan, Managing Director, Alcatel-Lucent India:
The launch of this program underscores one of our key values as a company -- a commitment to social responsibility. We believe corporate social responsibility (CSR) is critical to building a stronger business and vital to a company's long-term success. Alcatel-Lucent has been part of the Indian business community for more than a quarter of a century and our commitment to this market and the people of India remains strong and focused. Through our CSR efforts we want to help make this community - our community -- better for all of us.
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on May 23, 2010
In Focus: PowerSource Audeamus - How dare we...
(Photo from Syscor) One of my readers sent along a link to this company, PowerSource. Because of a start-up project the foundation I work for is involved with using biomass energy in rural Sri Lanka, it was great to get this e-mail and actually see something along the same lines that has worked. It seems they've developed a rural community electrification program in the Philippines over the last several years in [...] Read More
In Focus: Naandi Audeamus - How dare we...
In March while I was in Hyderabad, India working on documenting a project the foundation I work for is involved with, we made a number of excursions to see social entrepreneurial and social enterprise work throughout the city as well as in rural areas close by. I've already briefly profiled THRIVE, and will be profiling others when I can fit them in. Today we'll look at Naandi, a not-for-profit development [...] Read More
In Focus: Thrive Audeamus - How dare we...
Over the next few weeks I'll share some profiles of social entrepreneurs I visited during my trip to India in March. For the first one, I had the opportunity to visit the campus at the THRIVE rural entrepreneur training program about 80 kilometers outside Hyderabad at the village of Chintapalli, of the Nalgonda District, Andhra Pradesh. I'd use some of my pictures, but the ones they have at their website [...] Read More
Finding Your Focus Business Computer Blog (UK)
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Sometimes we need to take a break from the everyday bustle and refocus. Why did we get into business in the first place? What inspired us to strike out into the unknown?
Recently I'd been going through the motions but I saw a commercial that made me stop and remember why I got into technology in the first place. You're welcome to watch the clip and read about why I [...] Read More
Intel's Rural Connectivity Platform: 60-Mile Wi-Fi The Wireless Weblog
Intel has announced the Rural Connectivity Platform (RCP), a solution designed to send data as far as 60 miles to provide Wi-Fi connectivity in rural areas. That maximum distance, according to the company, is limited only by the curvature of the earth... "Already, Intel has installed and tested the hardware in India, Panama, Vietnam, and South Africa," writes MIT Technology Review's Kate Greene. "Later this year, the company will sell the [...] Read More
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Microfinance
on May 20, 2010
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Franca Francesca
As compared to other regions in the world, the second highest median was recorded in Arab microfinance in terms of outreach, just next to Asia. Arab region came second globally in terms of GLP growth. In 2008, Egypt and Morocco continue to govern the microfinance sector.
Though at regulation level, the Arab microfinance sector still continues to face several challenges. For strengthening their activities, MFI will need strong governance, internal credit policies and controls and suitable MIS.
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Global Philanthropy
on May 14, 2010
2010 Global Philanthropy Forum in San Francisco concluded a few weeks ago. This forum was of three days which emphasized a number of key international challenges and opportunities facing grant makers and investors, multi-sector partnerships and NGOs and civil society. The most important things in this session that were emphasized were: connecting mobile and internet technology for change, responsibility and social impact.
For example, Catalista has done the work in developing mobile platform to involve individuals who are interested in timely volunteer work for local non-profits in need. Till now, micro-volunteers have undertaken the completion of over 300,000 tasks for more than two hundred associations. The example of mobile and social innovation in act is the working of FrontlineSMS which is designed specifically to address the problem of widespread communications faced by grassroots NGOs who are working in developing countries. FrontlineSMS facilitates immediate two-way communication on a great scale. Such technology is utilized in disaster relief coordination, monitoring human rights violations, emergency alerts, mobile education, health care information requests, election monitoring and many more.
Latest online platforms are continuously emerging, as the Foundation Center launched Glasspockets.org, which is designed to motivate greater openness among private foundations. One of the academies namely the Khan Academy has done its best to spread education for everyone and everywhere.
From these examples we need to understand that technology, philanthropy and social change that have interlaced at inconceivable speeds across platforms, continents and devices. If philanthropic dollars are spent in the right manner for the social cause, it will definitely yield results.
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, Social Enterprise
on May 7, 2010
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erin m
Always establish a global viewpoint and work towards creating a global presence. At the end of the day you must have a solid business and marketing plan and a solid PR campaign. Advertising is traditionally one of the most expensive components of doing business, but it's possible to reduce those costs. You could use business flyer printing services offered by flyers printing companies to promote your social enterprise. And use the internet and get involved with social networking sites like Facebook or Twitter to promote your business. Be creative - there are a lot of ways to reduce the advertising costs for your business!
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