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»
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»
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»
This morning I had the somewhat special opportunity to go to the U.N. to hear the Secretary General Kofi Annan present "The Millennium Goals Report" to the media. Little did I realize that I'd end up far more in awe of the physical ...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»
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»
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»
Per Scholas is an organization that refurbishes old PCs for use by low-income families. Hershey's repurposes cocoa bean hulls to offer cocoa shell mulch for use by gardeners -- hardly Hershey's core business, but an impressive way to ...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»
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»
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»
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»
One of the best blog posts on innovation I've ever read is powerblogger Dave Pollard's A Prescription for Business Innovation: Creating Technologies that Solve Basic Human Needs. If fast companies are forward-thinking, Dave's talking ...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»
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»
