The Asian Development Bank has granted $630,000 to conduct initial feasibility assessments for three proposed wind farms on the Philippines island of Luzon.READ»
On Saturday, April 17th, 104 Delphian School students participated in a school-sponsored Community Service day to help the local community. Students help Deer Meadow Assisted Living Center in their gardens, they assisted Head ...READ»
It sounds like a simple question. What exactly is child poverty? Is it not having the latest computer games? Is it having to buy clothes at thrift stores? How about not having enough food to survive? Because all countries suffer from ...READ»
Bhagwan Chowdhry, a Professor of Finance at UCLA's Anderson School, outlines his organization's mission to give every newborn in the world access to financial legitimacy.READ»
Cisco signed a deal on Wednesday with Holyoke, Massachusetts to transform the onetime mill town into a "Smart+Connected Community" over the next six-to-twelve months. Cisco has moved aggressively into the smarter city business in ...READ»
A global league of economists called J-PAL is deploying its experimental methods and one all-powerful asset -- data -- to explain human behavior, change how we help the poor, and try to save the world.READ»
Expectant moms unable to afford health insurance coverage may qualify for the Access for Infants and Mothers Program (AIM) or else the Medi-Cal Income Disregard Program, both administered by the State of California.READ»
Richard Buery, 37, will soon depart from his position as Founder and CEO of Groundwork in East Brooklyn, N.Y., to head up one of New York City's oldest and most venerated institutions, The Children's Aid Society. Buery himself grew up ...READ»
Got an old problem? Put a young mind to it. Microsoft's Imagine Cup has announced its 2009 winners, with Oregon's MultiPoint Web edging out the other 14 U.S. finalists in a competition with the lofty aim of tackling United Nations ...READ»
When rich is not wealthy:
With so many people feeling financial pain, expect much to be written again about income inequality. Yet, the distribution of wealth is far more unequal. Income is the flow of money to you; wealth is ...READ»
Forty percent of the Forbes list of the world's ten richest people for 2008 is occupied by Indians. That's a significant percentage -- particularly for a country in which an estimated 26 percent falls below the poverty line, a ...READ»
Deborah Alvarez-Rodriguez, president and CEO
San Francisco, CA
sfgoodwill.org
Goodwill Industries of San Francisco, San Mateo and Marin Counties (Goodwill) is an autonomous not-for-profit social enterprise dedicated to creating ...READ»
Grameen's famous Village Phone Program lifted thousands out of poverty-- and helped Muhammad Yunus win the Nobel Peace Prize. The problem: It's not working anymore.READ»
President: Elliott Brown
www.springboardforward.org
Grade: A-
Winner's Statement
Alvaro Conde's heart used to sink every morning when he began his commute to work. The job he had landed after emigrating from Guatemala wasn't ...READ»
Feed the world, but not by throwing money at the problem. On that, Share Our Strength's Billy Shore and William Easterly of New York University agree.READ»
Business is at a crossroads. Scandal and recession have cast a pall on the way CEOs go about leading their companies. Three distinguished professors send this memo -- Five Half-truths of Business -- as a wake-up call.READ»
Funny thing about Pop!Tech. It draws such a Fast Company crowd that it was like a reunion with people I've written about over the years. A couple of colorful examples:
I interviewed Bill Shannon, aka the CrutchMaster, several years ...READ»
In the tiny town of Marks, Mississippi, they filled the potholes on Cotton Street just before presidential candidate John Edwards showed up this week to talk about poverty in one of the poorest communities in America. That detail was ...READ»
Can a country where a third of the population is illiterate be an Information Technology superpower? Can a country where 78 million rural homes have never seen electricity be an economic superpower? Can anyone feel safe living in ...READ»
