Social Venture to create rural employment in Bangladesh
Hathay Bunano, literally hand-knitted, started in 2005 in Bangladesh with $500 and a handful of staff. Now more than 2,500 women are working for the company and turnover has reached around $40,000, (Tk28 lakh) a month. Golam Morshed, Samantha’s husband, and managing director of Hathay Bunano, said that though it was not a big venture [...]
EcoFaeBrick from Indonesia wins GSVC 2009!
Congratulations to EcoFaeBrick from the for winning the 10th Annual Global Social Venture Competition 2009! The Global Social Venture Competition (GSVC) is an international competition founded by Berkeley MBA students that promotes the creation of social ventures with a measurable positive impact on society or on the environment – commonly known as the triple bottom [...]
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 [...]
Garbage turns into gold in Bangladesh
By Lisa Schroeder published in CSMonitor Maqsood Sinha and Iftekhar Enayetullah like to talk trash, but that’s because they’re pioneers in Bangladesh’s organic-waste recycling. They are the founders and directors of Waste Concern. Since 1995, this NGO has reduced the amount of urban garbage produced here, created jobs and healthier living environments for poor residents, [...]
Cooking stove that saves lives in India
According to the World Health Organization’s, or WHO’s, Indoor Air Pollution: National Burden of Disease Estimates of 2002 (the latest available), at least 80% of Indians used solid fuels for cooking and the resultant pollution has killed over 400,000 people. Envirofit India Pvt. Ltd—founded by Shell Foundation, the UK, part of the Shell Group, and [...]
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