Archive for China

Spark:Her Community- January 2012

We are very excited to roll out our Spark:Her community in Beijing from January onwards! The Spark:Her community is an essential part of our movement building around the world with the aim to inspire and connect women around social entrepreneurship. Local chapters around the world provide a engaging opportunity for women to learn about social [...]

Register now: Winter Mastermind Session (Beijing)

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Spark:Her Social Enterprise Incubator Open for application

Application for the 2012 Beijing Social Enterprise Incubator for female social entrepreneurs are now open until the 20th December 2011. Application pack Spark:Her’s mission is to inspire, incubate and accelerate high-potential women social entrepreneurs. The 1-year incubator consists of an training program delivered over 10-weeks in Beijing to equip ambitious women with the tools, knowledge [...]

Asia’s Social Changemakers: Charlene Kotwall, founder the Mustard Seed Workshop

As a change agent, Charlene Kotwall is fighting systemic poverty by providing small grass root entities with the necessary business resources to globalize their product’s exposure. Her Mustard Seed Workshop now works with  partners in eight different countries and provides customers with the opportunity to purchase “Gifts that Bless”. How do you make a positive [...]

Join our team

Passionate about social entrepreneurship and interested to work with the most outstanding social entrepreneurs? Join us! We are currently accepting applications for positions during winter/ spring 2012. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until positions are filled. This is a once-in-a-lifetime experience to gain development experience at a young and dynamic organization with [...]

Asia’s Social Changemakers: Chen Yanqiong, founder: Lanxuanzhijia

In recent month the value and impact of entrepreneurship education in universities has been a hot topic to discuss.  Chen Yanqiong highlights that exposing students to social entrepreneurship during their studies can have a significant impact on their future career choice. Chen participated at CEIBS Social Enterprise Competition with her idea to improve elderly care [...]

Asias Young Changemakers: Holly Chang, founder: Golden Bridges

In 2006, Holly Chang sold her home and belongings in America and moved to China were she invested her life savings to start Golden Bridges, a nonprofit promoting mutual understanding between China and the West through charitable projects. She is currently working on a new initiative called Project Pengyou to support the missions of the [...]

Fill out the 2012 China Social Enterprise Survey!

Are you a social enterprise in China? Support the development of the sector and contribute your information to the 2012 China Social Enterprise Survey! About the survey Social entrepreneurship is a growing field in and has been increasingly highlighted as an avenue to provide solutions for the growing social and economic disparities in the China. [...]

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Asia’s Social Changemakers: Meixin Li, founder Gift of Hope

Meixin Li is an outstanding young social entrepreneur based in Beijing, China.   She has recently founded Gift of Hope, a social enterprises which works with disabled artisans and sells their beautiful handicrafts nationwide.  We have caught up with her to learn more about her and her venture: How do you make a positive impact? [...]