Charlie Rose - Muhammad Yunus / Annie Leibovitz
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Segment 1: 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus, founder of Grameen Bank.
Segment 2: Photographer Annie Leibovitz talks about her life and work.
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Interesting Stuff
A new term:
Philanthropreneurs Dude, that is what I want to be when I grow up!
I started writing a paper about the "For-Good" organization, as opposed to a For-Profit or a Non-Profit. I have only written the introduction so far. If you are interested I can send the file. I would like your feedback.
- Good web site. It is about doing good and making money while you do good so that you can do more good.
It compiles knowledge, news, and ideas about sustainable business innovations and trends by firms and entrepreneurs operating in emerging markets.
- One Lap Top Per Child, the initiative launched by MIT's tech showman Nicholas Negroponte took a step nearer last week with its first test production run.
Labels: Philanthropreneur
Grameen Telecom
The name association of
Grameen Telecom is obvious, but this group of the Grameen Foundation is dedicated specifically to Village Phones, mobile phones that are shared throughout villages in Bangladesh. A woman will take out a loan for a phone, charge others in the village to use it, and then gradually pay back the loan.
The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities For Our Time
This book was recommended to me by the organization I posted about below; I'm only 40 pages in and this book is already challenging and tremendous. It keeps a good overview of 6 different countries and their current state in extreme poverty and different countries have started to ascend from it. Jeffrey Sachs' goal is to end poverty by 2025 per the Millenium Development Goals set forth by the U.N. Sachs is the Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University and an advisor to Kofi Anan.
Full Belly Project
The Full Belly Project is an initiative here in Wilmington to bring universal nut shellers to developing countries throughout the world. Surprisingly, much of the world gets their protein from nuts, and often these nuts have to be cracked by hand because the technology is lacking.
These machines will mechanize the process, increasing production several times over.
I'm starting to get involved with this group here in Wilmington, NC--seeing how the machines are built and making connections to help get financing for these. Contact me w/ any questions.
