Works with donors and the private sector to subsidize health products and services in developing countries. Employs mass-media and community-sponsored marketing--such as paying clinic nurses for each mosquito net they sell--to create demand for its products and encourage healthier behaviors.
In 2005, PSI prevented an estimated 212,000 HIV infections, 6.5 million unintended pregnancies, 117,000 child deaths from malaria and diarrhea, and 21 million malaria episodes.
Encourages reading among children in poor families. Early-childhood-development specialists work with kids in classrooms and at home visits, providing bright red bags filled with four books a week. Once children leave the program, they are given their own library cards and introduced to the public library system.
Head Start children assisted by Raising a Reader tested twice as high as the national Head Start norm--and parents report spending 471% more time reading with their kids.
In more than 40 countries, Rare protects wildlands from destruction through social-action projects and ecotourism programs that both revitalize protected areas and foster local business. Its "spread the word" radio-soap-opera campaigns promote continued conservation of threatened ecosystems.
Rare has developed more than 60 campaigns, raising environmental awareness among half a million people annually. It has helped revitalize 150 state parks and recreation areas.
Builds schools and libraries in seven countries. Raises funds globally but requires villages to pay a portion of the costs, and hires residents as librarians and mentors--encouraging locals to take ownership. Offers the poorest girls full scholarships for their primary-school years.
More than 1 million children now use Room to Read facilities. It has published 150 storybooks in 23 languages and has trained more than 1,000 librarians.
Offers housing, job training, and substance-abuse counseling to thousands of poor, homeless, and/or addicted San Francisco Bay Area residents. Funds more than half its budget with profits from its own enterprises--including a gourmet bakery that sells nationally through Costco and Williams-Sonoma.
Rubicon has served more than 40,000 families since 1973. Its workers are convicted of fewer crimes, get stable housing, and are more likely to stay employed.
Provides eye exams and reading glasses to people in developing nations. Its mobile clinics eliminate the need for long trips to expensive city doctors--and identify patients who need more intensive care. It also trains local entrepreneurs, many of them women, to sell glasses and accessories in rural kiosks.
In four years, Scojo has sold more than 100,000 pairs of reading glasses in seven countries.
I tend to see things going this way as well. I'm certain this won't stop at drug use and party behavior (which is actually a ridiculous qualifier as some of the best employees I've seen partied hard on the weekends). What happens when you're denied a job because of some political or religious views you espouse on blog that the HR person doesn't agree with? You know, the kind of information they aren't allowed to ask you in an interview setting. If it can't be asked in an interview they shouldn't be allowed to go looking for that info online. But, I guess you can always make your profiles private so only people you want to see them can.
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August 20, 2009 at 6:30am by Jesica Semon
I tend to see things going this way as well. I'm certain this won't stop at drug use and party behavior (which is actually a ridiculous qualifier as some of the best employees I've seen partied hard on the weekends). What happens when you're denied a job because of some political or religious views you espouse on blog that the HR person doesn't agree with? You know, the kind of information they aren't allowed to ask you in an interview setting. If it can't be asked in an interview they shouldn't be allowed to go looking for that info online. But, I guess you can always make your profiles private so only people you want to see them can.