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Knights Apparel's ethical business model: "The Alta Gracia Project: Changing...

Alta Gracia is a cause related, ethically responsible collegiate apparel brand whose mission is providing hope and a pathway out of poverty for people that manufacture collegiate apparel. Alta Gracia...

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Furniture for Freedom

It is an initiative of inclusive businesses for people deprived of their freedom who become qualified and work in the production of furniture in jail. The main goal for them is to become qualified...

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Promoting and Creating Opportunity for Artisans

The objective is primarily to promote artisans, technicians (skilled workers) through publicity and training. The web database on-line directory is designed to advertise and create links to all...

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FA Microloans

FA Microloans incorporates the argument of embeddedness in the development of its microcredit program. The strategic use of partners that have preexisting social relationships with our borrowers...

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Grassroots Crowdfunding

It is a social crowdfunding model where a bank stands as an intermediary and links the rural poor(mainly Self-Help Groups)in India directly with the affluent,urban Indian investors by by-passing the...

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Banking on Social Change: Seeking Financial Solutions for All

Changemakers and Citi are proud to announce the three winners for the "Banking on Social Change" competition. The three winners will each receive US $5000.Read more to learn about the winners. You may...

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Geotourism Challenge 2009: Power of Place - Sustaining the Future of...

Join our search for the most innovative examples of geotourism around the globe. Enter by the extended deadline May 25, 2009.This 2009 Geotourism Challenge, sponsored by National Geographic and Ashoka...

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GMO Risk or Rescue Group: Helping Consumers Decide

LocationmainWhen it comes to genetic food engineering, claims are often made about farmers ability and interest to adapt. And how about vitamin-rich rice? ... Are these realities or misrepresentations?...

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Women | Tools | Technology: Building Opportunities & Economic Power

Winners Announced! The three winners will each receive a prize of US$5,000 from Ashoka Changemakers, and will be invited to participate in a collaboration workshop with Ashoka’s Changemakers and...

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Gyan Lab (ADD-on-GYAN)

ADD-on-GYAN Educational Services Pvt. Ltd is a venture established in order to reduce the many problems present in the Indian Education Sector and bridge the widening gap between theoretical and...

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Providing girls living in poverty access to global opportunities

We believe Fotokids owes it's success to it's ability to provide an integrated program with emphasis on individual growth and development. In the Fotokids program we have had more than 20 young women...

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Farm Shop

Website: http://www.farmshop.co.ke Rural smallholder agricultural households across Sub-Saharan Africa continue to experience constraints in access to basic farming inputs such as seeds and...

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Antique Bank Smart Systems™

world largest cloud omnipresent enterprise application development which will reduce crime corruptions and poverty free commerce finance ,insured services www.antiquebank.mobifinancially secured...

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Antique Bank Smart Systems™

world largest cloud omnipresent enterprise application development which will reduce crime corruptions and poverty free commerce finance ,insured services www.antiquebank.mobifinancially secured...

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Promoting and Creating Opportunity for Artisans

The objective is primarily to promote artisans, technicians (skilled workers) through publicity and training. The web database on-line directory is designed to advertise and create links to all...

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Moneythink

Moneythink mobilizes undergraduate students to peer-mentor 16-18 year old urban youth to become financially literate and responsible.

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Eniware: Portable Power-Free Sterilization, Anytime, Anywhere

Cutting-edge Eniware sterilization technology enables clean and safe care in low-resource healthcare settings from disaster areas to conflict zones and from urban hospitals to rural clinics around the...

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basik 855

basik 855 grew out of a chance encounter between two entrepreneurs (one American and one Cambodian) and the friendship they forged. In three years, we have grown from a team of 6 artisans working in...

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Project U

Project U is a program that I am passionate about. We help people by giving back to the community, two-fold: We sell donated lightly used or new professional clothing at a discounted price via our...

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Self-replicating Sustainable Family Communities

Unprepared chldren are liabilities to the future of their society. Often it is due to poverty. Parent(s) without decent jobs cannot afford to provide proper guidance or education for thier children....

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