Database of social entrepreneurs impacting China’s education sector

The National Outline for Education Reform stipulates an increase of the federal education budget to 4% of China’s GDP by 2012. Vice Minister of Finance Ding Xuedong calls this “challenging because other sectors such as agriculture, science and technology, health care and social security need investment, too”. Most Chinese will bank on both central and [...]

Asia’s Social Changemakers: Babar Ali (India)

Great story about Babar Ali by the BBC: Around the world millions of children are not getting a proper education because their families are too poor to afford to send them to school. In India, one schoolboy is trying to change that. In the first report in the BBC’s Hunger to Learn series, Damian Grammaticas [...]

Solar powered boats bringing education and sustainable energy to remote areas in Bangladesh

The remote Chalanbeel region of Bangladesh is home to some of the poorest and most marginalised communities in Bangladesh. Road access is extremely limited with boats being the only dependable means of transport, especially in the wet season where much of the area becomes flooded from monsoon rains. Many people have no land with which [...]

Back to School 2 – HKCSS course on social entrepreneurship

The Hong Kong Council on Social Service provides an certificate course on social entrepreneurship for senior to middle level personnel in existing SE projects or those planning to start social business in both NGO and private sector. However, their website hasnt been updated for a little while so for course information please contact Ms. Jessica [...]

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 [...]

Back to school 1 – Youth Enterprise Academy (Singapore)

The Youth Enterprise Academy based in Singapore provides interactive and hands-on entrepreneurship and innovation courses for school children ranging for 8-18 years of age. The run different programs including the Experience & Earn Enterprise (E3) Program and Project FunD! In addition to the courses they also offer seminars including a  workshop ‘Secrets of Young Entrepreneurs’ [...]