ASVA Countdown: Can you make the pledge?

It’s Wednesday. Today officially marks 15 weeks until the grand opening of the Asia Social Venture Academy. Yes, that’s 105 days until all of the pioneering social entrepreneurs and energetic young delegates, the training sessions and workshops, the idea exchanges and parties all collide together for one big-bang of social entrepreneurship energy. We on the [...]

The impact of the financial crisis on Youth in Asia

A recent article and a recent interview highlighted and discussed the impact of the global financial crisis on youth in Asia: After four consecutive years of decreases, global unemployment rates increased from 2007 to 2008, with the ranks of the unemployed jumping by some 10.7 million people, from 5.7% in 2007 to 6.0% in 2008 [...]

Challenges for young social entrepreneurs in Asia

Link: http://changehack.com/?p=13 Notes on young social entrepreneurs in Asia region: 1. Challenges facing young social entrepreneurs in Asia. Capital, there is a funding gap as they can’t really go to bank (these guys are not maximizing profit!) or traditional donors (whoops these guys make money!) Local scale-up funding is even more difficult although there are [...]