Globally, the births of more than 50 million children – representing 40 per cent of the total births worldwide – go unregistered each year. Without formal registration, children are unable to access vital services. They are also more vulnerable to exploitation, violence and abuse. The importance of legal identity has also been recognized in the
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With over 600 patents to his name, Jerome Lemelson – known to his friends and family as “Jerry” – was one of the most prolific and productive inventors in American history. Jerry and his remarkably creative intellect touch almost every facet of our everyday lives. Jerry received an average of one patent a month for
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Care Corner Singapore Ltd was founded in 1981, in a climate of changes in the early 1980s, as economic competition in the region intensified and the rift between the wealthy and the lower-income — in particular the Chinese blue-collar workers, widened. Rev Tan Tien Ser and a group of passionate individuals believed that these marginalised
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Comedian turned activist opens social enterprise that will employ recovering drug addicts on east London housing estate that fought off evictions. East London is not short of coffee shops. But one unassuming cafe, next door to a printing shop and a barber, and opposite Hackney’s New Era housing estate, has no intention of becoming the next hot
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The theme dominating the National Housing Federation’s (NHF) Communications and Marketing Conference was how housing associations can better tell their stories to encourage public support. CEO of the NHF David Orr set out the agenda for the day: “The creation of the narrative and the telling of the story is as important as being confident about having
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Wedu is a Women Empowerment organization based in India. Through FISAs, Wedu leverages income-based contributions to finance the education of even more Rising Stars, contributing to a sustainable force for the advancement of high potential women across Asia. Through these funds, Wedu supports a leadership development organization for young women in Asia. Wedu achieves this mission
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While some may feel uncomfortable making money from the poor, social enterprise and emergency ambulance operator Ziqitza, estimates it has saved thousands of lives Set up in 2005, Ziqitza, an emergency ambulance operator, brings affordable healthcare to some of India’s poorest people. The social enterprise operates around 1,250 ambulances across 17 Indian states. By its own
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Empowering youths in the communities with more career and self-help opportunities is rucial to achieving a better future for all. This holds true for 23-year-old Miss Chinenye Ogoko, president, Future Blueprints, a social enterprise based in Owerri, the Imo State capital. She is empowering youths by building their skills as problem solvers and to succeed
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Was founded in 1977 by Dr. Ibrahim Abouleish in order to bring about cultural renewal in Egypt on a sustainable basis. SEKEM’s goals are to “restore and maintain the vitality of the soil and food as well as the biodiversity of nature” through sustainable, organic agriculture and to support social and cultural development in Egypt.
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