Archive for Cambodia

Cambodian knitters help build sustainable social enterprise

Social Earth posted this great story about a social enterprise in Cambodia: Knitting is often associated with grandmas, not social enterprise. However, Cambodian Knits founder and social entrepreneur Monika Nowaczyk makes the connection. At six years old Monika fled Communist Poland to live a better life in Canada. As a child she didn’t fully understand [...]

social entrepreneurship opportunities in Asia – Volans Year

Volans Year is a program that trains business professionals through one-year placements in high-caliber social impact organizations while enhancing their skills. The program: – Places professionals with a social impact organization in a full time position – Includes four weeks of executive education – Typically includes a monthly stipend for Participants – Supports Participants in [...]

Social enterprises in Cambodia

Today, most Cambodians are living in extreme poverty; over 77% of Cambodians live on less than US$2 a day and 35% of the population live below the national poverty line. Women and children disproportionately bear the burden of intermittent employment, food insecurity, and limited access to health and education services, drastically impacting their health and [...]

Fellowships for professionals in social Enterprises

If you are a young professional thinking about changing a career towards a job in a social enterprise or you just want to use your skills to help a mission-driven organization, check out these 3 fellowships who will place you in social enterprises in Asia Pacific (Singapore, Cambodia, India & Pakistan). 1. LGT Venture Philanthropy’s [...]

Application deadline Asia Pacific Future 100!

7 days to go! Just a quick reminder that the application deadline for the Asia Pacific Future 100 program is approaching! 31st August 2009 Apply now and join the most outstanding community of young entrepreneurs and social Changemakers in Asia ! For info and applications: future100@fyse.org www.fyse.org

Asian IT social enterprise expands into UK

Great news spread by Social Enterprise: Digital Divide Data, an online data storage social enterprise that employs disadvantaged young people in Cambodia and Laos has just launched a European office in Oxford – and has plans to triple its social impact within three years. Digital Divide Data opened in Phnom Penh in July 2001 with [...]