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Design for Social Wellbeing

Design for Social Wellbeing: A Case Study of Normative Design Thinking This research is a comparative study of the design process accross several organizations designing for/with the poor, specifically the early concept/ideation stages of product development. I'm interested in the way designer's "frame" their problems according to their individual perspectives, and how this affects their design process. In "social design", perspectives are often as contested as the development theories t… Continue

Added by Edan Weis on October 2, 2009 at 6:30pm — No Comments

Fund Raising

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Added by Raja Ram Gautam on September 20, 2009 at 1:38am — No Comments

Malaria The silent Killer

Did you also know that malaria kills an African child under age 5 every 30 seconds? And that, 3000 children perish by it daily and over 1 million every year, not to talk about its crippling annual losses in GDP growth in endemic countries. This is absurd and not acceptable it’s a 100 percent treatable disease. find out more and how you can help at www.bloomtrust.org Continue

Added by Sebastian Adu-Gyamfi on September 14, 2009 at 5:52am — No Comments

One in six of the people in our world don’t have access to the most basic human need.

Did u know that every 15 seconds a child dies from lack of clean water and the same cause kills an estimated 4, 500 daily and 42, 000 people die weekly from disease related to unsafe drinking of water? Well 80 percent of all sickness on the planet is caused by unsafe water and lack of sanitation. It kills 2.2 million people every year. That’s more than all forms of violence, including war and at any one time half the hospital beds in developing countries are filled with people suffering from dia… Continue

Added by Sebastian Adu-Gyamfi on September 14, 2009 at 5:38am — No Comments

The Generation And The Believe

I believe we are the generation that can chalk a great achievement in history by being the change we want to see and act now to end extreme poverty. Fight poverty, the oppressor by raising great awareness about Bloom Trust projects and make a live-saving difference today to help bridge the gap. Find out how and more at www.bloomtrust.org Continue

Added by Sebastian Adu-Gyamfi on September 14, 2009 at 5:29am — No Comments

Using Virtual Worlds and Web 2.0 for ICT4ED and Eco-Tourism

A recent article in 3DTLC --3D Training, Learning and Collaboration reported: “Lauren Papworth, a social networking strategist, told the Australian Tourism Futures conference that travelers will increasingly use virtual worlds to help plan their next vacation according to the Brisbane Times. The talk was targeted at the Australian tourism community, but has relevance to the… Continue

Added by Jan Herder on August 29, 2009 at 11:10pm — No Comments

Turning the gloom into Bloom www.bloomtrust.org

Bloom Trust International is a charitable social enterprise organisation working with the poor and under privileged to gain access to safe drinking water and sanitation, Beating Back Malaria advocating for Lone Parents families, the youth and on CSR. Please find out more at our website www.bloomtrust.org Continue

Added by Sebastian Adu-Gyamfi on August 19, 2009 at 9:00am — No Comments

Volunteer In Nepal School

Hello! I am Founder Chairman of Pragya Foundation ,based in Kathmandu Nepal .I would like you to visit our website www.pragyafoundation.org.np to learn more about me and my organization . R.B.Patel www.pragyafoundation.org.np Continue

Added by R.B.Patel on August 15, 2009 at 10:30pm — No Comments

Imagining a Teaching Learning Economy for Nepal

How many students can a teacher effectively facilitate learning with? If there are millions of students who need to learn, there are millions of teachers needed to facilitate that learning. Broadband internet brings the ability to teach on line to many, and these techniques will grow as the internet becomes immersive. That is, the teaching will deepen, quicken. It must to keep pace with the change. This presents many opportunities to earn an income from teaching others who wish to be learned, or… Continue

Added by Jan Herder on August 15, 2009 at 8:42am — 2 Comments

sankhu is oldest city.

Sankhu is oldest city of the kathmandu vallley. it was formed at 1801 Kaligat sambat (700 years earlier than Rome Impire) according the the holy and ancient book. it is very beautiful and miracle beauty of nature for tourism. for more detail click here Continue

Added by LP Mali (lpmali.blogspot.com) on July 28, 2009 at 11:30am — No Comments

About the WBCSD-SNV Alliance (www.inclusivebusiness.org)

In March 2006, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and SNV Netherlands Development Organization created a strategic Alliance to work together to address sustainable poverty alleviation through business-led initiatives across a number of Latin American countries (Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, and Peru). Working through the local representatives of both organizations, the Alliance focuses on 3 areas of activity:… Continue

Added by Daniel Oporto on July 26, 2009 at 4:27am — No Comments

SNV establishes International Advisory Board

Wednesday, July 08, 2009 8:15 AM The Hague - SNV Netherlands Development Organisation today announced the formation of its new International Advisory Board. The Board’s members include social, political and academic leaders from around the world. Each member has professed a keen interest in engaging with SNV to promote its mission to achieve poverty reduction through local capacity building and the promotion of good governance. SNV’s International Advisory Board’s members will share their knowl… Continue

Added by Daniel Oporto on July 26, 2009 at 4:22am — No Comments

Internship Opportunity with BOP Source

Corporate Relations Intern BOP Source is looking for a corporate relations intern to help identify and reach out to potential clients. Clients are medium and large-sized companies, including MNCs, interested in designing products for the base of the pyramid. BOP Source is a consumer research company; we directly connect our clients to BOP customers through our online platform and by facilitating focus groups, interviews, surveys, video ethnography, and other forms of consumer research. BOP Sou… Continue

Added by Jenara Nerenberg on July 4, 2009 at 9:46am — No Comments

BOP Conference at Cornell's Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise

The Johnson School at Cornell University is holding a conference right now on BOP and sustainability issues. Follow along on twitter (@JohnsonSchool) as well as at NextBillion.net.

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Added by Jenara Nerenberg on June 3, 2009 at 10:13pm — No Comments

Vacancies: Case Writer Positions with UNDP's Growing Inclusive Markets Initiative

BACKGROUND The global Growing Inclusive Markets initiative (GIM), led by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), is a multi-stakeholder research and advocacy platform that facilitates the engagement of all actors for more inclusive markets so that the pursuits of profit and human progress can work to mutual advantage. During its first stage, the initiative studied 50 business solutions that successfully create mutual value between business and the poor. The insights were captured in the… Continue

Added by Virginia Fuller on May 30, 2009 at 4:04am — No Comments

Discussion on Inclusive Business Model for Coltan in Congo from Bottom-Up

I am putting forth a dialogue on how to develop inclusive business models around Congo's conflict minerals like coltan. I have written a few ideas and set up a blog post. One article focuses on a bottom-up approach. A Bottom-Up Business Model for Coltan in the Congo (article) Turning a Problem Business Model Positive: Coltan, Congo and the Continent of Africa… Continue

Added by Lauri Elliott on May 18, 2009 at 9:30am — No Comments

Yunus in Queens with Grameen America

The Saturday in Queens was not only fun and joyful, it was satisfying and deeply moving to meet and speak with some of the 635 women borrowers who are taking their lives and their futures in their own hands...building small businesses and creating a future for themselves and their families. Yunus was great with them and there was so much respect and integrity in the air. I feel lucky to be part of this. Continue

Added by Vivian Norris de Montaigu on April 28, 2009 at 2:30am — No Comments

How to Become a Local Cisco Academy?

How to Become a Local Academy? Educational institutions and organizations are eligible to become academies. Local academies deliver training to students, and Ofok’s regional academy providing training and support to local academies. To apply for status as a local, you can… Continue

Added by Moataz on April 27, 2009 at 1:09am — No Comments

The Africa Bazaar magazine - Creating a change through news media

I was speaking recently with a friend about the new changes and political events that are happening in Africa. We discussed the usual stuff reported in the news by the general news media - the political instabilities in some of the continent's regions like Zimbabwe, Congo, Sudan, social issues, poverty, HIV/AIDS, malaria - and then the discussion changed to the progress made in the past 10 years by some of the continent’s countries like Nigeria, South Africa, Namibia, Ghana, Liberia, just to nam… Continue

Added by Kemi Osukoya on April 19, 2009 at 8:00am — No Comments

Why not let students join as co-owners of virtual and actual schools?

In many poor communities, learning has been paralyzed by a combination of poor teaching, peer pressures that undercut academic success, and/or outright disruption of classrooms. Is it possible that healthier outcomes by realigning the fundamental incentives? One way to do so would by be engaging students as designers -- and stakeholders -- of for-profit learning ventures -- actual and virtual -- that would compete with under-performing schools. A new framework for success-sharing Entr… Continue

Added by Mark Frazier on April 16, 2009 at 11:18pm — No Comments