Archive for Philippines

Asia’s Young Changemakers: Melissa Yeung

Changing the world doesn’t always require bulging muscles, quick wit, or an affluent background. All that’s needed is an able body and a gargantuan heart. And with her big heart it was a natural development for Mel to set up the Got Heart Foundation. Got Heart Foundation helps uplift the lives of marginalized communities by [...]

Power of MNEs to encourage entrepreneurship

Many large and medium size companies have the power to promote and facilitate entrepreneurship through their supply chain and distribution channels. One of the companies trying out to reach to new customers by working with local microentrepreneurs has been Nestle in the Philippines, which introduced programs to help in the branding of products of small-scale [...]

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

Asia’s Young Changemakers: Reese Fernandez (Philippines)

Great interview with Reeze Fernandenz, Co- Founder of Rags2Riches in the Philippines: Reese Fernandez Reese Fernandez might not be famous but to the people she touched, she is considered a celebrity. For a young age, she has definitely achieved and she did this is by giving back to the community. Reeze finished her BS Management [...]

Social entrepreneurship in the Philippines

By Harvey S. Keh in  Philippine Daily Inquirer Social entrepreneurship is defined as developing innovative, scalable and sustainable means of solving social problems using the skills that are also used by an entrepreneur. One example of a successful social enterprise in the Philippines is Rags2Riches (R2R), which helps provide rag-makers in the Payatas area of [...]

Back to School 3: Ashoka’s Youth Venture

Ashoka launched Youth Venture in 1996 in the U.S. with the vision that everyone in society could take initiative and address social needs, rather than looking to the elite few who lead today. Youth Venture is now operating in India, Indonesia and the Philippines. Ashoka Youth Venture India first launched in Mumbai in 2007 with [...]