Archive for December, 2010
1st Social Enterprise Leadership Workshop in Beijing, 9th January 2011!
In cooperation with Training Design Consultants, FYSE is organizing the 1st Social Enterprise Leadership Workshop in Beijing on the 9th January 2011! The Social Enterprise Leadership Workshop is an exciting opportunity for social entrepreneurs and senior management of social enterprises to learn the skills and insights necessary to manage a social enterprise in todays changing [...]
FYSE Recruitment: Development Director (responsibility: 1 position Asia Pacific; 1 position Europe/ Americas)
The Foundation For Youth Social Entrepreneurship (FYSE) inspires, invests in, incubates, accelerates and mentors high potential young social entrepreneurs in Asia Pacific to solve our most pressing social and environmental problems and to bring prosperity to the region. FYSE currently supports 100 outstanding young social entrepreneurs in Asia Pacific including China, Pakistan, India etc. In [...]
Asia’s Social Changemakers: Monika Nowaczyk, founder Cambodia Knits
Cambodia Knits is a social enterprise working with marginalized communities near Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Their goal is to produce beautiful, high quality and unique hand knit products while providing fair and flexible employment opportunities. And they are putting their profits back into the communities because they believe that putting people ahead of profit results in [...]
5 awesome Social Entrepreneurs rocking Beijing
The Beijinger recently conducted a series of interviews with inspiring social entrepreneurs working in Beijing. 1. Small Investments, Big Dreams – Wokai Founder Casey Wilson 2. Fashionable Charity – Nathan Zhang of Brandnü 3. Baking Brighter Futures – Cheryl Wyse of Bread Life Bakery 4. Philanthropy for Dessert – Xixi Cheng of Beijing Foodies 5. [...]
Beijing Social Innovation Digest released
Beijing Social Innovation Digest for the Week of 27th Dec released. All charity & social entrepreneurship events in the city! http://bit.ly/eJ6e2z You can subscribe to the Digest at http://bit.ly/8Z8kXD
Work alongside Asia’s most exciting Social Entrepreneurs! Applications now open for the 1st Asia Social Venture Academy 2011
The Social Venture Academy is the leading opportunity for visionaries to explore their passion for social change, collaborate with social entrepreneurs on globally impactful innovations, in order to make a difference in their communities now. For the first time in Asia in 2011, the Asia Social Venture Academy recruits the 200 brightest and most daring young [...]
Online Discussion: Migrant Children in China 3-16th January 2011
At present there are nearly 20 million migrant children in China, under the age of 16. Are you interested to learn more about the situation of Migrant Children in China and learn more about their economic, social and education situation; about organizations and opportunities to get involved? Get all your questions answered and voice your [...]
ASVA Countdown: Calvin Chin, founder Qifang
Qifang is a China-based P2P lending platform that provides a vehicle for students in China to access long-term, low-interest loans. In China, where access to credit is so limited, this is a revolutionary idea with amazing potential. Xinhua news estimates that in 2007 alone, China has 25 million new college freshman. Your average college student here [...]
Weekly Twitter Roundup
We are now on Jumo! You can track us and news about social entrepreneurship! http://bit.ly/eCwLai #Socent #youth #nonprofit #China #Asia # MasterCard Foundation, UNCDF launch YouthStart, a sustainable financial services initiative http://bit.ly/fiZpEC # Schwab Foundation for searching for social entrepreneurs in #Asia to join their network and be part of #WEF http://bit.ly/fzFrgt #socent # Mercy [...]
ASVA Countdown: Anand Kumar, founder LifeSpring Hospital
India has many private hospitals, but most are financially out of reach for low-income citizens. Those hospitals that offer free services sometimes cannot provide quality health care. Enter Lifespring Hospital, which provides high-quality care at low prices, particularly to women and children. We caught up with Anand Kumar prior to him attending our Asia Social [...]
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