We welcome your nominations of who's who of sustainability investment. Your Guides include: C.M.Macrae.72@cantab.net (CM1) and N.A.Macrae.42@cantab.net (NM1) ... aSIN: association Sustainability Investment Networks http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/actionnetwork/A4205819

THE VALUTRUE100
vote for 100 people you wish all teachers would help children to practice alumni networking and co-mentoring with

Who networks around the greatest peace economist (and so sustainbility investment adviser) of our age? we discuss this at http://grameen.tv

mapping where sustainability entrepreneurs connect: 1 2 3 4 5 6 ...

BEFORE WE FOCUS ON PROFILING WHO'S WHO OF SUSTAINABILITY INVESTMENT (SI) ... we want to open up enough pathways between social entrepreneur movements and inquiries into the future exponentials of sustainability investment (how valuation maths is done will eith compound destruction of humanity or ensure the 21st C develops as humanity's best of times) Blood & Gore video on SI at 2006 Skoll World Championships for Social Entrepreneurs in Oxford Be in the first network of 2000 people to free BBC governors and then all public broadcast media from the fear of letting their deepest jourmalists question how many inconvenient truth only civic society can reconcile now we know that public servants cannot do this on their top-down own Skoll & Ashoka Global Academy 1 1A 2 - Maps to founders' nets where the more who stake, the more gold we collaboratively make These 6 leading founders of Global Social Entrepreneurship have spent lifetimes on networking movements that are one neighbourhood away from sustainabity investment - eg ending corruption, moving social responsibility beyong the corporation to global industry sectors, founding the World Social Forum so Economists forums never fail to value humanity... Why Was I Never Told About That? WWINTAT David Bornstein has done 2006's globe of over 6 billion beings a huge favour in his book: How to Change the World with a chapter title whose acronym is WWINTAT . Click map to see nominations of world's top 6 and the networks they invite civic societies to join. Click the WWINTAT blog to profile the World Academy of Social Entrepreneurs network invitations to you Generation IM Section selections from Al Gore travel-log 2006 Late summer Nashville - training 1000 people to present the inconveneinet Truth slides : is on a mission to cause a tipping point of global warming awareness with the public. DEATH OF CHILDREN tick tock, the debate is over: we have 10 years or less to start turning global warming round otherwise the irreversible consequence is no children anywhere on earth in 2100 with 90% mathematical likelihood. Track Greenland's meltdown and tidal waves: http://www.frappr.com/itruth June hits every seroius talk show in US after May's outing of the movie Inconvenient Truth - see typical interviews and debate here March hits Oxford (social entrepreneurship world championship and London (Tomorrows Global Company) -resources and discussion here Founded by Al Gore & David Blood AL GORE -Al Gore Movie on Nature's Last Call -an Inconvenient Truth Democracy Itself is in Grave Danger by Al Gore American Constitution Society Georgetown University Law CenterJune 24, 2004 Gore & The Internet CNN March 1999:I've traveled to every part of this country during the last six years. During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet. I took the initiative in moving forward a whole range of initiatives that have proven to be important to our country's economic growth and environmental protection, improvements in our educational system. During a quarter century of public service, including most of it long before I came into my current job, I have worked to try to improve the quality of life in our country and in our world. And what I've seen during that experience is an emerging future that's very exciting, about which I'm very optimistic, and toward which I want to lead. The Internet Society hosts a monograph called called "A Brief History of the Internet." (See this ) The authors include some of the designers of the essential components of how the Internet works today: Barry M. Leiner, Vinton G. Cerf, David D. Clark, Robert E. Kahn, Leonard Kleinrock, Daniel C. Lynch, Jon Postel, Larry G. Roberts, and Stephen Wolff. The paper notes these key milestones in Internet history: 1961: Leonard Kleinrock writes the first paper on packet switched networks. 1962: J.C.R. Licklider of MIT writes a paper describing a globally connected "Galactic Network" of computers. 1966: Larry Roberts proposes the ARPANET to the Defense Department's Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA). 1968: ARPA issues Request for Quotations for the Interface Message Processors (IMPs), which became the first routers. 1969: First IMP is installed at UCLA. Early 1970s: Universities and defense agencies and contractors begin to connect to ARPANET. 1973: Bob Kahn and Vint Cerf begin research into what eventually becomes IP - the Internet Protocol and its companion, TCP - the Transmission Control Protocol. 1973: Bob Metcalfe develops Ethernet, which had been the subject of his PhD thesis, while working at Xerox. Early 1980s: The Personal Computer revolution begins. Mid 1980s: Local Area Networks (LANs) begin to flourish in business and university environments. Campus area networks soon follow. January 1, 1983: All "old-style" traffic on the ARPANET ceases, as TCP/IP becomes the only protocol used. [Arguably, this is the date of the birth of the Internet as a functioning, practical, production network.] 1985: Dennis Jennings chooses TCP/IP as the protocol for the planned National Science Foundation Network (NSFnet). 1988: NSF sponsors a series of workshops at Harvard on the commercialization and privatization of the Internet. 1988: Kahn et al. write a paper "Towards a National Research Network." According to the Brief History, "This report was influential on then Senator Al Gore, and ushered in high speed networks that laid the networking foundation for the future information superhighway." [Emphasis added.] Note that these authors of (and participants in) Internet history state clearly that as early as 1988, then-Senator Gore became involved in the goal of building a national research network. We'll examine his role in more detail later. "The Brief History" by Cerf et al. details the key milestones in the development of the Internet infrastructure that were essential for the Internet to evolve into what we know and use today. They cite the conscious decision to transition the Internet from a primarily defense, research, and education network into a national network of networks incorporating private as well as commercial traffic. More recent developments brought about the global Internet as we know it today. Before this infrastructure could be widely adopted, the world demanded applications programs that large numbers of end users could in fact use. By the early 1990s, most users of desktop computers were moving from line-mode interfaces (e.g. MS-DOS) to graphical user interfaces (MacOS, Windows, X-Window, etc.) At this time new applications programs transformed the Internet into a tool the masses could use: 1991: Mark McCahill et al. (University of Minnesota) release the Internet Gopher, the first widely-adopted menu-based system for browsing and retrieving Internet-based documents. 1991: Tim Berners-Lee et al. at the European Center for High-Energy Physics (CERN) describe the World Wide Web. The first browser is a line-mode tool. March 1993: Mark Andreessen et al. at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois release Mosaic, the first widely-adopted graphical browser for the Web September 1993: NCSA releases Macintosh and Windows versions of Mosaic. Recent Internet history is well understood, with the commercialization of long-haul networks, of Internet access companies, the creation of the portal sites, and the rise of the dot-coms and of e-commerce. David Blood Nov 2004, socilafunds.com: Al Gore and David Blood Graft Sustainability Research into Traditional Investing Analysis by William Baue The former US vice president and the former Goldman Sachs CEO launch a new investment firm whose research team fully integrates sustainability with fundamentals. -- Sustainable and responsible investing (SRI), also known as socially responsible investing, has increasingly been gaining a toehold in the mainstream since the Institutional Investor Summit on Climate Risk at the United Nations co-chaired by former US Vice President Al Gore last year. Yesterday, Mr. Gore helped move sustainability investing a significant step forward, placing its feet firmly in the mainstream by launching Generation Investment Management, a firm that will fully integrate sustainability research into its fundamental equity analysis. "Transparency, innovation, eco-efficiency, investing in the community, nurturing and motivating employees, managing long-term risks, and embracing long-term opportunities are integral parts of a company's enduring capability to create value," said Mr. Gore, who chairs Generation. "Business leaders who align their business strategy and technical development with sustainability and social accountability will deliver superior long-term results to shareholders." While Generation bridges the Atlantic with offices in London and Washington, DC, its founders also bridge the worlds of sustainability and traditional investment. Mr. Gore championed environmental and social sustainability throughout the 1990s in the Clinton Administration; managing director David Blood brings to the table significant experience in traditional investing as former CEO of Goldman Sachs Asset Management. "Combining fundamental equity analysis and sustainability research at the beginning, middle and end of the investment process is just a more sensible way to invest and deliver superior returns to our clients," said Mr. Blood. "Sustainability combines the principles of economic growth, environmental stewardship, and social accountability." Generation's founders have contributed a total of "double-digit" millions of dollars to the startup according to the Financial Times. In addition to Messrs. Gore and Blood, the founders include former Goldman Sachs executives Mark Ferguson and Peter Harris as well as Colin le Duc, former director of research for Sustainable Asset Management (SAM), a Zurich-based sustainability investment firm. "One of the fundamental premises of our approach is that there is no difference between fundamental equity research and sustainability research," said Mr. le Duc, who serves as Generation's head of research. "The lessons I learned at SAM and the lessons my colleagues learned at Goldman Sachs taught us that the next evolution in long-term, sustainable investing was to fully integrate the team." Mr. le Duc explains how his 13-person research team, which also includes sustainability researchers Duncan Austin from the World Resources Institute (WRI) and Niki Rosinski from SAM, is advancing the next-generation evolution of sustainability investing. "The first generation of SRI was negative screening, the second was best-in-class; in each of those cases, you had an SRI research group that would produce a list of companies that would then be handed to the investment management team," Mr. le Duc told SocialFunds.com. Negative screening excludes "sin" sectors such as tobacco, while best-in-class screening rewards corporate social responsibility (CSR) best performers in "dirty" sectors such as the extractive industries. "What differentiates us is that we are doing equity research that includes sustainability research--all considerations are integrated together," Mr. le Duc added. "Furthermore, we're doing primary research exclusively--that means we will not buy in any research at all." Most SRI firms purchase CSR data from research firms such as Innovest Strategic Value Advisors, KLD Research & Analytics, or Ethical Investment Research Services (EIRiS). Mr. le Duc illustrates how Generation's research differs from both traditional and SRI approaches by describing examples. "When we assess management quality at every company, we will ask very traditional questions about the company's strategy and the quality of the management, but the sustainability aspects are embedded within that definition of quality," he said. "For instance, we would rate Toyota's [ticker: TM] strategy as being absolutely of high quality with regards to traditional aspects as well as sustainability aspects, but we're not making a distinction between them." Generation aims to begin its investment management business in early 2005, catering to institutional investors such as pension funds, foundations, and endowments as well as high net worth individuals. It will invest in global equities, an underdeveloped asset class in SRI. Board of Directors Acumen Fund Margo Alexander - Chair 1 Angela Glover Blackwell 1 2 C. Hunter Boll David Blood Andrea Soros Colombel Stuart Davidson Catherine S. Muther Jacqueline Novogratz Trustees of New Philanthropy Capital David Robins, Chairman David retired from a 25 year career in investment banking, principally at Phillips & Drew, UBS (latterly as Regional Head of Europe) and ING Barings, where he was Chairman and CEO. drobins@philanthropycapital.org Jon Aisbitt Jon is a former partner of Goldman Sachs with 20 years experience of international corporate finance. He is a non-executive director of Man Group plc, Ocean Rig ASA and Redburn Partners Holding Ltd. Jon was formerly a member of the Board of Trustees and Honorary Treasurer of the NSPCC. David Blood David retired as CEO of Goldman Sachs Asset Management in 2003. Prior to this four year appointment, David served in various other positions within Goldman Sachs from 1985. Kathleen Duncan Kathleen has been Director General of the Lloyds TSB Foundation for England since 1990. Kathleen is currently also a Trustee of the National Family and Parenting Institute. She has extensive experience in the private and public sectors, including as Marketing Director of Boosey & Hawkes and directing St John Ambulance Brigade’s centenary appeal. Gavyn Davies Gavyn served as Chairman of the BBC from October 2001 to January 2004. Prior to that, Gavyn was Chief International Economist at Goldman Sachs International.Harvey McGrath Harvey McGrath is the Chairman of Man Group plc. In the non-profit area Harvey chairs the East London Business Alliance and is a governor of a further education college in Tower Hamlets. Peter Mallinson Peter retired in May 2002 from Goldman Sachs International, where he was a Partner and Managing Director and Global Head of Pan-European Equities. He is on the Executive Committee for The Lord Mayor's Appeal and is Chairman of The Tennis & Rackets Association. pmallinson@philanthropycapital.org Nigel Morris Nigel was President and COO of Capital One, the company he co-founded in 1994. He is on the board of The Economist Group, London Business School and Quanta Holdings. Danielle Walker Palmour Danielle is Director of the Friends Provident Foundation and was previously the head of policy at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and the Community Fund (now part of the Big Lottery Fund). Danielle is a Trustee of Rowntree Society and a governor at the Mount School York. Peter Wheeler is the Chairman of IPValue. Previously he was a Goldman Sachs Partner and Managing Director. Peter is Chair of futurebuilders, a founder and trustee of Charity Technology Trust and also a trustee of Kids Company. pwheeler@philanthropycapital.org

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seee our website grameen.tv on how Microfinance became the first step on the ladder of sustainable investment and the social business enetreprises it creatad under the direction of economist and Nobel Peace Laurate Muhammad Yunus as second steps

tv clippings to review

surround global warming and inspire actions to prevent it.
Al Gore Interview - "How Can We Help?"
Al Gore Interview - "Green Celebrities"
Al Gore Interview - "The Rise Of Documentaries"
Al Gore Interview - "Why make a film?"
An Inconvenient Truth - Clip 2
An Inconvenient Truth - Clip 1
"An Inconvenient Truth" trailer

Back in 1984 we (DoD nets since 1984, ER) predicted that many communications/valuation crises were going to hit the world at the same time as a consequence of the www. The most critical decade for sustainability of our species was billed as 2005-2015. The mother of all professional crises started with changing economics from governance by:
scarcity's transactional analysis to integrating wherever possible abundance system (sustainability exponential) mapmaking

Achieving this requires connecting together 200 years of understandings that have emerged from entrepreneurial practices (elevating higher order social/communal exchanges by taking back assets that had ended up being manipulated only for one side's gain)

Understanding the implications of this is not complex but its simplicity is extremely contextual

you can for example ask teachers of 9 year olds up to discover who was each local culture’s most future deep transforming leader as well as good neighbour to any other community that locality ultimately traded with http://er100.blogspot.com - nominations, co-editors welcome

you have to jettison quarterly accounting and spreadsheeting in favour of deeper leadership governance; compounding a contextual (deeply humanly gravitated) mission is necessary (though not sufficient) requirement to lead everyone that networks around you to change from scarcity economics to sustaining abundance economics; a mission can thrive around big hairy gaols; unless the measure most relevant to a BHAG or the compound purpose of a network overtrumps all other standardised metrics (and most especially backward quarterising one) then your purpose will be cut audit quarter by quarter

All 200 years of Entrepreneurial Revolution research converging on transparency mapping of what's the exponential are we systemically spinning around here; AND MORE how does this map in terms of net working’s molecular interactions:
MICRO at deeper micro detail,
INTER zoom across network interfaces,
MACRO up to macro-globalisation crises : such as climate change (discover photosynthesis abundant clean energy) , make poverty/terror history, turn round national investments in arms, new action learning curricula connecting children of all ages and across all of a peer group's races...

20th c national governments and global corporations have precisely the wrong governance systems for changing the world from scarcity to abundance; from valuing only money to every longer run investment people's lifetime exponentials make starting with good health and open learning flows around deeply meaningful contexts; moving across borders without fear and in the spirit of wanting to exchange goodwill; ... so it is at this time period 2005-2015 that the great civil-society organisation, meta-networks like Make Poverty History across the world's poorest continent, and the world's greatest philanthropists will be tested; will those who lead at the epicentres of such networking systems compound the highest trust between all the peoples they wave through; and to do that will they systemise wholly new form of governance A B C interfacing 10-win molecules would be sufficient according to the first 200 years of entrepreneurial testimonies and exemplars from Gandhi down

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Ashoka Section

Bill Drayton
Bornstein Book
Fast Comapny Jan 05
--society's citizen sector
--Everyone a change maker-fight against national divisivness; where's the Jean Monnet
-social entrepreneur associates
20 mn from omidyar

Branches of Ashoka and their 1500 members connected over 28 years of personal certification by Bill Drayton in about 50 countries with aprticular original grassroots emphases in Asia,, and S. Americal:
Have met Sushmita Ghosh while she was still ashoka president if DC office; she has returned after several years to Calcutta; she ios coordinating chnagemakers which is emerging as an ever larger ashoka project

Have talked on phone to Marketing Director Beverly Schwartz

Have 3 letters from Bill as well as several of his favourite papers and teh Bornstein book he kindly sent me; have forst 11 of the 16 dvds of the Ashoka World Academy

Branch 0 -1500 ashoka.org members see web
Branch 1 Drayton - Ghosh - changemakers.net- omidyar.net: mosaics for various themed web-jams eg health for all ; mosaics also talked about in other areas eg by Eigen in Transparency
Branch 1a etc needs to be dome by changemaker theme (also a chnace to understand priority community-up arenas of social entrepreneurs)

Branch 2 (co-sponsor skoll) the global academy 6 (dvds where you can comment on each one; google sample previews) and various world project (CSR, Transparency. Microfinance, a poor country's schooling system) they connect with

2.0 Investment: Micro*SE*Macro (ie asin) Skoll has a connection with gore and sustainability investment - see Oxford SE World Championships - not yet clear that Gore connects with world academy

2.1 Drayton - Grajew Eigen2 (extract footnoted ) (Robinson) Beyond CSR, ethical global market sector benchmarking, the new baldrige? for corporates
-Susan Davis ( what is SE paper: intl selection committe) says she will pass on my review to Grajew (with Eigen she is also in Robinson committe group - see ref Eigen2 which explaisn initiatives beyond transparency.org that Peter Eigen is developing); as Ashoka selects corprate partners wil it do a Grajwew in insisting that the minimum they commit to is the 2015 10 milennium principles (including transparency as 10th)

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Extract Eigen2:
Konstanza Frischen, participated in the meetings and addressed the group, as did
our European launch director, Fernande Raine. This synergistic piggybacking of
Ashoka program objectives onto the Academy is a critical part of how we aim to
achieve maximum impact and value added.
The Hauser Center, CIVICUS, TI, Bertlesmann and Ashoka brought together twenty-
five CEOs from International Advocacy NGOs, including Oxfam International, World
Vision, Save the Children International, Survival International, Terre Des Hommes,
World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, WEDO, International Alliance of
Indigenous Tribal Peoples of the Tropical Forests, Tebtebba Foundation, International
Indian Treaty Council, Development Alternatives with Women, Association of
Women’s Rights and Development, Derechos Human Rights, Plan International,
International River Network, Earthrights International, Action Aid Alliance, Global
Witness, World Conference on Religion and Peace, and Transnational Institute.
The primary objective was to catalyze a process of peer-reflection and assessment in
addressing critical issues around transparency and accountability. Peter felt that TI
was uniquely qualified to convene this first discussion given the organization’s
mission.
Former president of Ireland and UN Human Rights Commissioner Mary Robinson
delivered the keynote address to a public gathering at the event in Berlin. Many
leading personalities attended,
including leading civil society activists; former
political leaders, including a former president and
speaker of the Parliament; media; students; and
private sector representatives. Mary talked about
her new venture, the Ethical Globalization Initiative,
for which both Peter Eigen and Susan Davis serve on
the Human Rights Advisory Council, as well as the
pioneering role of TI and the intersection of human
rights and corruption. The German Minister for
Development Cooperation also addressed the group.
In the subsequent days, Peter convened a roundtable
with Mary
and the International Advocacy NGO CEOs and leaders who were invited to
participate in the discussion on transparency and accountability in civil society.
Outcomes and Next Steps: Peter’s initiative successfully launched an independent
process for the International Advocacy NGOs CEO/leaders. At the end, the group
concluded that there was a need for continued discussion and exchange and that
future meetings could be self-financed. Amnesty International offered to host the
next meeting.
Peter wants to create a new center or institute as part of, or affiliated with, at least
two of the leading universities in Germany, Humboldt and Frankfurt. The university
president of Frankfurt participated in the meeting and is committed to the project
but has no funding. Humboldt plans to create a new Governance Center that will
focus on multinational relations, particularly with Eastern European countries, and
they would like Peter to join this initiative.

Breaking Views from ClubofLondon current #1 in collaboration knowledge city bookmarks (votes over 40 million)

This week saw world water day come and go with less than a ripple. Did Londoners know how they could have contributed more news on this around the world? no matter

Next week is arguably the biggest in the calendar for gifts to the world Londoners as number 1 collaboration knowledge city can start up, and make the next 6 years marathon of make poverty history connect all around the world

With Al Gore visiting the twin cities of London and Oxford, we cannot imagine a better time to Launch the Social Entrepreneur Olympics. The game is to have got 30 gravity pursuits of social entrepreneur world champions into the public consciousness by 2012 as much as the top 30 sports.

All we need is love and courage to cheerlead cross-cultural creativity's waves:

The Livingstone has got us off to a great start; he has declared there will be no sporting Olympics in London in 2012 unless they are carbon free - turn up the heat on every politician since only photosynthesis innovations can produce clean energy of that sustainability magnitude. Make sure all those who host Al Gore events debrief him as the clock to 2012 counts down

The lessons to be learnt from Make Poverty History from pop stars down can be an epiphany if University of Stars and the BBC turn their minds to the greater transparencies (eg end all country corruptions) needed if Make Poverty History is to be a reality network not just an image-making one

So that's 28 more gravity pursuits we need to celebrate around social entrepreneurs with as much gusto as the 20th Century hailed sporting stars

We are reminded of one Harrison Owen story I should tell because open spacing education is a social entrepreneur pursuit every family can stand up for whereas we cannot all help on the ground with projects in Africa or in the roofs that algae use to convert the sunshine into cleansing energy banks.

He was studying to be a priest around the Washington Dc area. It was a time when Martin Luther King was having a dream. Harrison can't recall quite how it happened but he was standing in a civil rights field in a crowd of African Americans - one tall lanky white man. The police were beginning to charge on the crowd and Harrison was feeling quite scared. That is until a 7 year old black girl came up to him - and said Mister will you hold my hand

Since that day, Harrison gave up the priesthood to the chagrin of most of his family. And is one of the handfuls of people who most interconnects conflict resolution facilitators around the world. Their networks criss-cross all religions that believe in golden rules of reciprocity such as so unto another what you want done unto you. They also connect mathematically - if Einstein is correct here at http://clubofdc.blogspot.com - to Gandhi as the greatest inventor of peaceful social entrepreneurial revolution that 144 years of The Economist's coverage of this most productive of all professions.

If some of this post makes sense to you, why not re-edit the parts you like and send it to the board of Governors of the BBC, and should you wish Tony Blair or another politician well with their legacy why not copy them in to. We the British people, not any of our political representatives own the BBC. We have invested way over 50 billion pounds in this corporation. On a personal note to all scots- may I ask whether you feel the inventor of television would feel proud of a television where every big debate is framed one dimensionally around short-term left and right rivals or whomever is looking fore a job with big business if the party does not turn out Trumps for their apprenticeship to network power.

It is high noon for the BBC with its 10 year licence determined by and for the people in the year of 2o06. Please could our world service be one of British Character we can feel both pride and humility in searching for. Please free your journalists for humanity to take a fearless lead in realising this open source script from 1984 , so that trust across peoples everywhere begins to flow through every documentary inquiry that has anything to do with world peace or nightly newscast on poverty's challenges through 2012 - and through these communications help the British to get to know 30 gravity pursuits of Social Entrepreneurs with as much joy and attention as the 30 sports it spend most public licence fees on. Hey when Brits helped to invent most of these sports we surely never intended they would take over from greater British realities of world service, through believing in CommonWealth principles and our Queen's higher order right to ask us as she did in her end of 2005 broadcast to unite in preventing globalisation from turning humanity on itself.

For the same of deeper democracy blossoming and connecting every coordinate on earth, you can also play a jigsaw mapping game aimed at sustaining 2 million global villages. Here's part of my family's tree which may open up some useful connections- what connections could your family tree or that of your peer networks open source. If you can make a "peer or family tree" picture why don't we play the mixed networking games of swap and snap. If we are going to turn around globalisation’s exponentials sustainably in time, we are all going to have to work with whatever grassroots community contexts up we can help each other navigate. No lead is too small as long as it is one you intend to gravitate transparently around as part of you lifelong learning mission. We need to help change children's education now so that the core human rights of freedom and happiness have a chance to breathe nature's clean waters, airs and energies everyone human beings sing her praises. Let's all turn up the courage through every family in the land and into wherever co-mentoring networks in internet space may take A B C D E F you

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Canada Pension Plan Investment Board
Canada
Catholic Superannuation Fund
Australia
Christian Super
Australia
CIA (Caisse de Prévoyance du Canton de Genève)
Switzerland
Comité syndical national de retraite Bâtirente
Canada
Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds (CRPTF)
USA
Dexia Insurance Services
Belgium
Environment Agency Active Pension Fund
UK
Etablissement du Régime Additionnel de la Fonction Publique
France
Folksam
Sweden
Fonds de réserve pour les retraites (FRR)
France
General Board of Pension and Health Benefits of the United Methodist Church
USA
Government Employees Pension Fund
South Africa
Government Pension Fund
Thailand
Hesta
Australia
KfW Bankengruppe
Germany
Kikkoman Corporation Pension Scheme
Japan
Lifeyrissjodur Verzlunarmanna (Pension Fund of Commerce)
Iceland
Mennonite Mutual Aid (MMA)
USA
Munich Reinsurance Company
Germany
Nathan Cummings Foundation
USA
National Pensions Reserve Fund of Ireland
Ireland
New York City Employees Retirement System (NYCERS)
USA
New York State and Local Retirement System
USA
New Zealand Superannuation Fund
New Zealand
Norwegian Government Pension Fund
Norway
PGGM
Netherlands
PREVI
Brazil
Standard Life
UK
Storebrand
Norway
Teachers’ Retirement System of the City of New York
USA
United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund (UNJSPF)
International
Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS)
UK
VicSuper
Australia
Investment manager signatories
Total assets managed: Greater than USD 3 trillion
Institution

Country
ABN AMRO Asset Management

Netherlands
Advantage Asset Managers (Pty) Limited

South Africa
Alcyone Finance

France
Amalgamated Bank

USA
Astra Investimentos

Brazil
Australian Ethical Investment Ltd.

Australia
Banco

Sweden
Bank Sarasin & Co. Ltd

Switzerland
BC Investment Management Corporation

Canada
BNP Paribas Asset Management

France
Calvert Group

USA
Carlson Investment Management

Sweden/Luxembourg
Crédit Agricole Asset Management Group

France
Daiwa Asset Management Co. Ltd

Japan
Dexia Asset Management

Belgium
DnB NOR Asset Management AB

Norway/Sweden
Domini

USA
Dr. Höller Vermögensverwaltung und Anlageberatung AG

Switzerland
F&C Asset Management

UK
First Affirmative Financial Network, LLC

USA
Frater Asset Management

South Africa
Generation Investment Management LLP

UK
Groupama Asset Management
PRI services
France
Henderson Global Investors
PRI services
UK
Hermes Pensions Management

UK
HSBC Group Investment Businesses

UK
Indian Ocean Rim Asset Management Pty Ltd

Australia
Inhance Investment Management

Canada
Insight Investment

UK
Krull & Company

USA
Living Planet Fund Company

Belgium
Macif Gestion

France
Marc J Lane Investment Management Inc.

USA
Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation

Japan
Mitsui Asset Trust and Banking Co. Ltd. (MATB)

Japan
Mizuho Trust and Banking Co. Ltd

Japan
Morley Fund Management

UK
Nissay Asset Management

Japan
Portfolio Partners Limited

Australia
Progressive Asset Management

USA
Reynders McVeigh Capital Management

USA
Sompo Japan

Japan
SNS Asset Management

Netherlands
Sumitomo Trust

Japan
The Ethical Funds Company

Canada
Threadneedle Asset Management Ltd

United Kingdom
Triloka Global Advisors

USA
Professional service partners* To add your 'PRI services' link, please send the web adress of the page on your website outlining the specific PRI-related services you have on offer.NB. Linking to PRI services of signatories in no way indicates endorsement of these services by the UN or any other signatories.
Institution

Country
ASSET4
PRI services
Switzerland
Australian Council of Super Investors (ACSI)
PRI services
Australia
Bolsa de Valores de Guayaquil (Guayaquil Stock Exchange)

Ecuador
Care Group AG

Switzerland
Creative Investment Research, Inc.

USA
e-fundresearch.com Data GmbH

Austria
Ethical Investment Research Services (EIRIS) Ltd

UK
Empowerdex (Pty) Ltd

South Africa
Ethix

Sweden
Fifth Capital Group
PRI services
UK
Frontier Investment Consulting

Australia
FTSE

UK
GES Investment Services
PRI services
Sweden
GovernanceMetrics International

USA
Innovest Strategic Value Advisors

Global
INVERA Investment Ethics Research & Advisory AG

Switzerland
IW Financial
PRI services
USA
KLD Research & Analytics, Inc.

USA
Mercer Investment Consulting

Global
Monash Sustainability Enterprises

Australia
oekom research AG

Germany
onValues Ltd.
PRI services
Switzerland
OWW Consulting
PRI services
Malaysia
RepuTex Group
PRI services
Australia
SiRi Company, Sustainable Investment Research International Ltd

Switzerland
Shareholder Association for Research and Education(SHARE)
PRI services
Canada
Trucost

UK
Vigeo

France

city networks
we invite cities to tell us who conevenes sustainability nets

example London http://tomorrowscompany.com
http://leadersquest.org

example at http://www.clear-profit.com/event.htm

Speakers and panelists

Lord Holme of Cheltenham CBE is a Liberal Democrat Peer and vice-chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Corporate Responsibility.
Baroness Gibson of Market Rasen is a Labour Peer and vice-chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Corporate Responsibility.
Alex van der Velden is executive director of FairPensions, the campaign forResponsible Investment. Previously, he worked in private equity and venturecapital at JPMorgan, Hambrecht & Quist and Coller Capital.
Dr Rory Sullivan is head of investor responsibility at Insight Investment after 15 years' experience in environmental management and public policy, working for the private sector and government agencies in Australia, South-East Asia, Africa and Europe.
Franziska Jahn is a senior research analyst in the governance team at investment research provider EIRIS with a specialism in bribery and corruption. She is also part of the academic supervisory board of CRIC, an association for ethically motivated investors in Germany.
Philippe Legrain is contributing editor to Prospect magazine, freelance writer and commentator for BBC TV and radio on globalisation. He was previously trade and economics correspondent at The Economist and special adviser to World Trade Organisation director-general Mike Moore.
Professor Jeremy Moon is director of the International Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility at Nottingham university. He has a special interest in the conceptual and theoretical aspects of corporate responsibility and in particular how it relates to government and globalisation.

Tomorrows Global Company Report on Gore's annual membership talk "the climate crisis and consequences for humanity" - order here ; ask chris.macrae@yahoo.co.uk for 3 page synopsis of notes

here is mail I sent to the individual membership of tomorrows company

It’s a great report and also dovetails nicely with latest news in USA emerging on Global Compact. The only system-change parallel that comes to mind was Baldrige benchmarking in the 1980s when companies realised their systems were full of holes in terms for physical quality; this time we have a last 10 years to annually raise the bar on preventing global warming, and any other crises of globalisation that will be irreversible in 10 years time

Two questions:
1) Gore on several tv interviews
eg http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3412657607654281729
Gore has promised to train 1000 people in Nashville to present his Inconvenient Truth slides - will anyone in TGC or member of TGC be going? I am trying to develop a network map of trainees1000 . Please keep in touch if you are interested

2) After 30 years of networking together entrepreneurial system changers Bill Drayton (who lives a few miles from me) and is co-sponsored by Skoll (ex president of ebay) has brought out 16 dvds. Probably the last time economics of organisation systems was challenged by one cluster of resources was the Entrepreneurial Revolution trilogy in The Economist 1976-1984

samples and downloads here http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3321985461393888643
Those involving Peter Eigen of Transparency International explain how Koffe Annan has adopted a 10th principle of transparency to anchor the original 9 of the global compact. The day before Gore was speaking at TGC he was speaking in Oxford at Skoll's Entrepreneur world championships. Does TGC have enough connections with Drayton and other entrepreneurial transformation networks because in the USA they connect through just about every leader and student of sustainability investment?.

cheers
chris macrae chris.macrae@yahoo.co.uk
washington DC Region
301 881 1655
http://asinworld.blogspot.com

Quiz on Foremost Task of Education Q1 Who said: "The most important human endeavour is the striving for morality in our actions. Our inner balance and very existence depend on it. Morality in our actions gives beauty and dignity to life. To make this a living force and bring it to clear consciousness is the foremost task of education" Answer 1= Albert Einstein

Q2 Who proposed : The most valuable way to measure productivity of a networked world economy is to track what % of each human's lifetime is empowered to be spent at the experiential edge of each human's deepest service competence
A2

Peter Eigen (news) is founder of Transparency International - 3 videos : bio of Peter, bio of TI, and priority lessons for changing world in next 2 years
2 3 6a 6b 7 8 9 10 10 video 12 13 14 16 17 18 18a 19 23 23a 23b track Africa Progress Panel

Who do you see as being one of 8 most different network connectors with Bill or Melinda at Billanthropy, and what google or other knowledge confirms your view?

Nelson Mandela, gatesways to loving Africa :
1 1a 2 3 13a 16 16a 21
Cecil Rhodes 1 2 3

I was talking to a wonderful business lady. In her Board time she is the CEO of a leading car dealership in the UK which she inherited as family trustee; in her lifetime, she organsises leadership quests such as these to China 1,2 3 Africa, India - both a way of spotting social projects worth funding and a way that senior leaders can feel free to have a guided tour to experiences of the WHY WAS I NEVER TOLD ABOUT THAT (WWINTAT) kind

The question arises -just as a wild dream if you will - if you were to organsise one leaders quest for Bill and Melinda Gates, Warren Buffett, Tony Blair, Peter Eigen, Geldov, Koffi Annan, The President of Nigeria- where in the world would you go visit?

The reason this question arises now is two fold. Bill Gates has just been appointed as the leader of the world's largest philanthropy foundation and as an active chair of Blair's Panel for Africa

BEFORE WE FOCUS ON PROFILING WHO'S WHO OF SUSTAINABILITY INVESTMENT (SI) ... we want to open up enough pathways between social entrepreneur movements and inquiries into the future exponentials of sustainability investment (how valuation maths is done will eith compound destruction of humanity or ensure the 21st C develops as humanity's best of times)

Blood & Gore video on SI at 2006 Skoll World Championships for Social Entrepreneurs in Oxford

Be in the first network of 2000 people to free BBC governors and then all public broadcast media from the fear of letting their deepest jourmalists question how many inconvenient truth only civic society can reconcile now we know that public servants cannot do this on their top-down own

Skoll & Ashoka Global Academy 1 1A 2 - Maps to founders' nets where the more who stake, the more gold we collaboratively make
These 6 leading founders of Global Social Entrepreneurship have spent lifetimes on networking movements that are one neighbourhood away from sustainabity investment - eg ending corruption, moving social responsibility beyong the corporation to global industry sectors, founding the World Social Forum so Economists forums never fail to value humanity... Why Was I Never Told About That? WWINTAT
David Bornstein has done 2006's globe of over 6 billion beings a huge favour in his book: How to Change the World with a chapter title whose acronym is WWINTAT . Click map to see nominations of world's top 6 and the networks they invite civic societies to join. Click the WWINTAT blog to profile the World Academy of Social Entrepreneurs network invitations to you

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Bill Drayton, gatesways to sustaining every society simultaneously
3a 3b 5 7 8 9 10 12 13 video 14 15 17 18 18a 19 21a 21b 22 23 sustainability transparency

Here is the International Advisory Network of business-humanrights.org as at June 2006
Chair
Mary Robinson, Director of the Ethical Globalization Initiative; former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights; former President of Ireland [online bio]
Africa
Gambia: Alpha Fall, Director of Programmes, Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa
Kenya: Lynne Muthoni Wanyeki, Executive Director, African Women's Development and Communication Network
Kenya: Steve Ouma, Programmes Coordinator - Deputy Executive Director, Kenya Human Rights Commission
Nigeria: Felix Morka, Director, Social and Economic Rights Action Center (SERAC)
Senegal: Sidiki Kaba, President, Fédération Internationale des ligues des Droits de l'Homme (FIDH) (International Federation for Human Rights Leagues)
Senegal/UK: Ibrahim Kane, Legal Officer for Africa, Interights
South Africa: Mokhethi Moshoeshoe, Director, Civa Innovation Management; Founder, African Institute of Corporate Citizenship (AICC)
Middle East & North Africa
Bahrain: Abdulhadi A. Alkhawaja, Founding Board Member, Bahrain Centre for Human Rights
Israel: Talia Aharoni, Director, MAALA (Business for Social Responsibility in Israel)
Jordan: Asma H.S. Khader, Director of Mizan - Law Group for Human Rights (Jordanian branch of the International Commission of Jurists); coordinator of SIGI (Sisterhood is Global Institute) Jordan; on leave from the Advisory Network during her service in the Jordanian Government
Palestinian Authority area (West Bank): Hasan Barghouthi, General Director, Democracy & Workers' Rights Center
East Asia
China/Australia: Dr. Anita Chan, Research Fellow, Contemporary China Centre, Research School of Pacific & Asian Studies, The Australian National University; Co-editor of The China Journal [online bio]
China/Hong Kong: Monina Wong Ching-man, Researcher, Hong Kong Christian Industrial Committee
Japan: Professor Koshi Yamazaki, specialist in international human rights law, Niigata University; member of Board of Councilors of Asia-Pacific Human Rights Information Center (HURIGHTS OSAKA); member of Network for Human Dignity (international law research website)
Southeast Asia
Malaysia: Sarojeni V. Rengam, Executive Director, Pesticide Action Network Asia Pacific (PAN AP); Coordinator, "Women in Agriculture" programme
Philippines: Dr. Nymia Pimentel Simbulan, Executive Director, Philippine Human Rights Information Center (PhilRights)
South Asia
India: Viraf Mehta, Chief Executive, Partners in Change (business partnership organisation associated with ActionAid India); former Director of Tata Steel's rural development programmes
Australia
Australia: Geoff Evans, environmental scientist, board member of Mineral Policy Institute
Latin America
Argentina: Jorge Daniel Taillant, Executive Director & Head of Responsible Business Program, Centro de Derechos Humanos y Medio Ambiente (CEDHA) (Center for Human Rights and Environment) [online bio]
Brazil: Oded Grajew, President, Instituto Ethos (Ethos Institute), former Special Advisor to Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
El Salvador: Carolina Quinteros, Director, Grupo de Monitoreo Independiente de El Salvador (Monitoring Group of El Salvador)
Mexico: Jorge Villalobos Grzybowicz, Executive President, Centro Mexicano para la Filantropía (Mexican Center for Philanthropy)
Uruguay: Cristina Echavarria, Director, Iniciativa de Investigación sobre Políticas Mineras - IIPM (Mining Policy Research Initiative - MPRI) [online bio]
Canada/USA
Canada: Mark Erik Hecht, Executive Director, Human Rights Internet
USA: Susan Aaronson, Senior Fellow & Director of Globalization Studies, Kenan Institute, Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina [online bio]
USA: Michelle Leighton, Co-founder & Director of People and Global Resources Program, Natural Heritage Institute; Senior Partner, California Global Corporate Accountability Project
USA: Trevor Neilson, Executive Director, Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS [online bio]
USA: Joe W. (Chip) Pitts III, entrepreneur and international lawyer; Chair of Board of Directors of Amnesty International USA; former Chief Legal Officer of Nokia
USA: Michael Posner, Executive Director, Human Rights First (formerly known as Lawyers Committee for Human Rights) [online bio]
USA: John Ruggie, Director, Center for Business and Government, Harvard University; Special Advisor to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the UN Global Compact; former UN Assistant Secretary-General [online bio]
USA: David Schilling, Director of Global Corporate Accountability Programs, Interfaith Center of Corporate Responsibility
USA: Elliot Schrage (on leave from Advisory Network while serving as Vice President, Global Communications and Public Affairs, of Google) - Adjunct Senior Fellow in Business and Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations; Professor of courses covering business and human rights at Columbia University Business School & Law School; former Senior Vice President of Global Affairs for Gap Inc. [online bio]
Eastern Europe
Bulgaria: Professor Krassimir Kanev, Chair, Bulgarian Helsinki Committee
Czech Republic: Tomasz Terlecki, Executive Director, CEE Bankwatch Network
Russia: Vera Mischenko, President, Ecojuris Institute of Environmental Law [online bio]
Western Europe
Belgium: Catherine Rubbens, Manager of Human Rights & Reporting, CSR Europe [online bio]
Denmark: Dr. Margaret Jungk, Head of Project, Human Rights & Business Project, Danish Institute for Human Rights
Denmark: Sune Skadegaard Thorsen, Senior Partner, Lawhouse.dk (law firm specialising in corporate social responsibility with focus on international human rights); former Senior Advisor for Ethics & Social Affairs, Novo Group [online bio]
Ireland: Professor Dennis Driscoll, Faculty of Law, National University of Ireland, Galway (courses include Law & Corporate Social Responsibility); President of International Law Association (Irish Branch); European Rapporteur of the Asia-Europe Foundation's series of meetings on business & human rights [online bio]
Netherlands: Dr. Judy Henderson, Chair, Global Reporting Initiative [online bio]
Netherlands: Peter Pennartz, International Restructuring and Education Network Europe (IRENE)
Switzerland: Professor Andrew Clapham, Professor of Public International Law, Graduate Institute of International Studies [online bio]
Switzerland: Caroline Dommen, Director of 3D (Trade - Human Rights - Equitable Economy); Coordinator of Trade & Investment Network of the International Network for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR-Net) [online bio]
Switzerland: Margaret Flaherty, Director, World Business Council for Sustainable Development
Switzerland: David Petrasek, Policy Director, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue; former Senior Director of Policy and Evaluation, Amnesty International, International Secretariat [online bio]
UK: Martin Brookes, Co-Head of Research, New Philanthropy Capital; former Senior Global Economist at Goldman Sachs International; former Economics Researcher at Amnesty International, International Secretariat [online bio]
UK: Sir Geoffrey Chandler, Founding Chair of Amnesty International UK Business Group; former senior manager at Royal Dutch/Shell; former Director General of the UK National Economic Development Office [online bio]
UK: Tricia Feeney, Director of Rights and Accountability in Development; member of steering committee for OECD Watch; Coordinator of Corporate Accountability Network of the International Network for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR-Net)
UK: Frances House, Member of Amnesty International UK Business Group; former Director, Corporate Practices, Prince of Wales International Business Leaders Forum
UK: Martin Kalungu-Banda, Senior Policy Adviser, Private Sector Team, Oxfam GB; former Regional Social Performance Manager of BP Africa
Individuals at organisations with offices in multiple countries
Daria Caliguire, Director, International Network for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR-Net)
Aron Cramer, President & CEO, Business for Social Responsibility [online bio]
Arvind Ganesan, Director, Business and Human Rights Program, Human Rights Watch
Elin Wrzoncki, Responsable du bureau Mondialisation et droits humains, Fédération Internationale des ligues des Droits de l'Homme (FIDH) (Head of Globalisation & Human Rights Programme, International Federation for Human Rights Leagues)
Nicholas Howen, Secretary General, International Commission of Jurists; former Regional Adviser for Asia-Pacific, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights [online bio]
Scott Jerbi, Coordinator, Ethical Globalization Initiative
Malini Mehra, Founder and Director, Centre for Social Markets
John Morrison, Human Rights Director, RespectEurope; former Head of Campaigns and Community Affairs for The Body Shop International
Jane Nelson, Director, Business Leadership & Strategy, Prince of Wales International Business Leaders Forum; Senior Fellow & Director of the Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Wilder Tayler, Legal and Policy Director, Human Rights Watch
Salil Tripathi, Senior Policy Adviser, International Alert
Svetlana Tsalik, Director of Revenue Watch, an initiative of the Open Society Institute [online bio]
Anuradha Vittachi, Director, OneWorld International Foundation [online bio]
Ineke Zeldenrust, Clean Clothes Campaign

Dear Tav

My geography of your "Southern Half of India" Tour July 1-8 is not hot!. In case they can help with suggestions, I am quick circuiting this to 5 people, and bcc Paul Komesaroff (coordinator of Global Reconcilation Network, and connector of medical and youth volunteer networks):

Sushmita Ghosh - the lady who served as president of www.Ashoka.org for several years in Washington DC and so knows the whole network of 1500 social entrepreneurs, but who is now located back in Calcutta and coordinator of the huge experiment (project for all competitions) revolving round www.changemakers.net and co-sponsored by www.omidyar.net founders of ebay and philantropists who support much of the practical progress in microfinace projects and models. Her mentor Bill Drayton's library of 16 dvds connecting the lifetime experiences and macro-system change needs of 1500 social entrepreneurs is the most vital video resource I have ever met for changing globalisation http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3321985461393888643

Ganesh Devi who is one of India's deepest supporters of the rights of Nomads and Indigenous people having hosted the first nation wide network event for them in Delhi; he's always off wherever crises are (eg 2 week after I met him at www.globalreconciliationnetwork.org annual congress in Delhi 2004; he was trying to help tsunami peoples; he also knows most among people I am acquianted with about the Gandhi centenary being organised in October 2007 out of the Ashram (rural hub) in Ahmedabad

KK Chakravarty
who is a Delhi co-host of many deeply human network meetings linking through the Indira Gandhi National cultures centre

I have also copied Rick at solaroof.org as my main link to clean energy inventors who can turn round Inconvenient Truth (Global Warming's deadline for sustainability everywhere) if architectural debates leverage their open knowhow; and Nick of Be The Change UK

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Hi Everyone- among under 25s (?) in London Tav is probanly the most connected as a cultural co-creative; he has about 30 collaborationprojects on the go connecting IT, green tv, searched hi-trust networks need to real community open spaces and an evolving group of Londoners who support each other's missions for humanity

I assume you can pick up the introductions as far as is mutually relevant

thanks, sincerely
chris macrae
PS Tav: You might also want to look at http://barcamp.org/BarCampHyderabad I understand from West Coast developers of the internet's future that India has a lively circuit of open space events too; this Friedman video is informative on how his million copy future history of World is Flat stories began with 9/11 reconciliation as did GRN's http://mitworld.mit.edu/play/264

http://thecooperation.blogspot.com - inaugural meeting London Oct 2005 - for people who passionately believe their open source mission is on a 5-year deadline for sustainability of humanity

dream meeting spaces - can we link enough delegates to build http://project30000.blogspot.com from space to space:

Nashville 2006 - training by Gore of 1000 people on how to use Incoveneint Truth Slides

Kenya 2007 World Social Forum

Ahmedabad 2007 Gandhi Centenary

http://www.frappr.com/itruth

Entrepreneurial Revolution Family Tree- Listing of Emerging Sub-Branches

1 Future of Citizens and Cross-Cultural Cities- mapping social projects we already treasure collaboratively and wish list of those our children will need most -presumably a sub-branch of Socila Entrprenur but often the simplest game to test out whether a civil-socioety network has colaborative sustainability

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Correspondence sampler 1 with The Hub of London and Tav's Cultural Creative Espians Net and The Cooperation (people on a change the world mission with a 5 year deadline for sustainability of the people they serve)

FROM THE HUB
The Hub is delighted to invite you to the first of a series of productions rethinking the future of cities:


Dongtan is the world's first eco-city. Located on an Island in China, Dongtan is close to the size of Manhattan, and will be home to half a million people.

Peter Head, Director of Arup, is leading the development and is giving a lecture at The Hub on Wednesday 19th July, 2006 @ 6.30pm for a 7pm start.

Please rsvp blake.ludwig@the-hub.net. £5 to include wine & refreshments.

If you would like to be notified of future Hub events, please email maria.glauser@the-hub.net.

TO THE HUB, FROM CHRIS MACRAE

Emerging entrepreneur foci:
sustaining the future of citizens and cities

sorry I'm in DC

A social revolution letter from America
- this all sounds like a great event and the topic is huge; perhaps one of the
top 5 all of humanity can co-create with and so change the world

The idea of city and global village based entrepreneurs started 22 years ago in
my mind when I co-authored a future history book on death-of-distance's 1984-
2024 globalising generation, and whether the decisions we revolved would
compound/sustain a better century or the last one

Although the idea of the civil-society networks as saviours of the human race
was planted in my mind back in Orwell's Bog Brother year, its only the last 3
years or so that I have spending a lot of time researching it. The key
references (to which I can give longer lists to those who ask) seem to be
clicked by "social entrepreneur" and "change the world"

Intuitively what the social entrepreneur treasure hunts for is very simple
indeed to collaborate around and transparently network. Any citizen group
could now be searching through its greatest societal franchise projects (the
entrepreneurs whose life mission these represent) not its thing-product (big
capital eating) inventors, and certainly not its biggest old financial powers.
Web-log or web jam what your hubs find with global villagers everywhere you
can. For example: how many great school experiments may be going on around the
world and how do we share the learnings from all of them? Do we know how the
world's largest Montessori (in India) is changing the world through all the
world conferences that hub through it? Do you know of Tiger Woods' schooling
Experiment? Do we understand what Deep Democracy's Myrna Lewis does with that large part of her time she spends trying to put schools back in Africa in child communities that have no adults due to HIV? In a week that it is announced that Bill and Melinda gates will get about 33 billion from Buffett - more to the point, have we pioneers got a map of the deepest 25 schools experiments going on in the world to make sure this is debated by people they interact with? Where does the 21st C city interface formal schooling with eg Turn up The Courage hubs as led by Sofia's team in London or cross-cultural carnivals for immigrants that Australian youth have developed.

Citizens in my view can help the world over by both identifying their deepest
social projects that are willing to be replicated wherever people/communities
desperately need then, as well as in places like London where we do not get
shot at announcing what social franchises we are looking for because top-down
government isnt the only future in sustaining a network world's deepest social
franchises

cheers
chris macrae chris.macrae@yahoo.co.uk
www.frappr.com/africamph
http://project30000.blogspot.com
http://social-entrepreneur.blogspot.com

phil's connectors of good

any comments?
The Area's 101 Connectors

Dean Adler
Lubert-Adler Real Estate Funds

Peggy Amsterdam
Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance

Bruce Aronow
Managers Investment Group LLC

Sheila Ballen
Pennsylvania Department of Education

Wendy Beetlestone
Hangley Aronchick Segal & Pudlin

Richard Bendis
True Product ID, Inc.

Chuck Bragatikos
Vibrant Development Group LLC

Karen Buchholz
Comcast

Duane Bumb
City of Philadelphia Department of Commerce

Della Clark
The Enterprise Center

John Claypool
AIA Philadelphia

Louis Coffey
Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen LLP

David L. Cohen
Comcast

Richard J Cohen, Ph.D
Philadelphia Health Management Corporation

Patricia Coulter
Urban League of Philadelphia

Helen Cunningham
Samuel L. Fels Fund

Nick DeBenedictis
Aqua America

Elizabeth Dow
LEADERSHIP Philadelphia

Kevin Dow
Wachovia

Nancy Dunleavy
Dunleavy and Associates, Inc.

Joseph Dworetsky
Hangley Aronchick Segal & Pudlin

Dwight Evans
PA House of Representatives

David Fair
United Way of Southeastern PA

Varsovia Fernandez
Greater Philadelphia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

Graham Finney
Self

Stephanie Gambone
Philadelphia Youth Network

Daniel Garofalo
University of Pennsylvania

Valerie V. Gay
Temple University

Terry Gillen
30th Ward Leader

Eva Gladstein
City of Philadelphia

Nancy Goldenberg
Center City District

Jane Golden
Mural Arts Program

Phil Goldsmith
Goldsmith Kahn Associates

Steve Goodman
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Rosemarie Greco
Gov. Office of Health Care Reform Forum

Derek Green
Office of Councilwoman Marian Tasco

Alan Greenberger
MGA Partners

Melissa Grimm
Philadelphia 2016 Working Group

Alison Grove
Alison Grove Consulting

Gloria Guard
People's Emergency Center

Craig Hamilton
The Philadelphia Orchestra

Bill Hankowsky
Liberty Property Trust

Irene Hannan
Citizens Bank

Jon Herrmann
Campus Philly

Lissa Hilsee
Greater Philadelphia Cares

Kenny Holdsman
Academy for Educational Development

Steve Honeyman
Eastern Philadelphia Organizing Project

Feather Houstoun
William Penn Foundation

Mark Alan Hughes
Robert A. Fox Leadership Program at the University of Pennsylvania

Farah Jimenez
Mt. Airy USA

Ernest Jones
Philadelphia Workforce Development Corp


Loree Jones
City of Philadelphia

Sam Katz
Leverage Partners LLC

Josh Kopelman
First Round Capital

Meryl Levitz
Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation

Paul Levy
Center City District

Charisse Lillie
Comcast

Hugh C Long
Wachovia Bank

Brett Mandel
Philadelphia Forward

William J. Marrazzo
WHYY, Inc.

Alba Martinez
United Way of Southeastern PA

Sharmain Matlock-Turner
Greater Philadelphia Urban Affairs Coalition

Stephen Mullin
Econsult Corp

Stephanie Naidoff
City of Philadelphia Dept. of Commerce

James E Nevels
The Swarthmore Group

Jeremy Nowak
The Reinvestment Fund

Michael Nutter
Nutter for Mayor

Marlene Olshan
Big Brothers Big Sisters

Cherelle Parker
Pennsylvania House of Representatives

Marsha Perelman
Woodforde Energy, Inc.

Charles Pizzi
Tasty Baking Company

Pedro A Ramos
City of Philadelphia

Edward G Rendell
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Estelle Richman
Department of Public Welfare Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Rebecca Rimel
The Pew Charitable Trusts

Howard D. Ross
LLR Partners, Inc.

Ronald Rubin
Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust

Chris Satullo
Philadelphia Inquirer

Dr. Edward Schwartz
Institute for the Study of Civic Values

Sr. Mary Scullion
Project H.O.M.E

Josh Sevin
City of Philadelphia, Department of Commerce

Laura Shubilla
Philadelphia Youth Network, Inc.

Zack Stalberg
Committee of Seventy

Patrick Starr
Pennsylvania Environmental Council

Harris Steinberg
Penn Praxis

Marc Stier
Neighborhood Networks; Neighborhood Defense.org

Rob Stuart
Evolve Strategies

E. Mitchell Swann
MDC Systems LLC

David Thornburgh
Alliance for Regional Stewardship

Ellen Toplin
Toplin & Associates, Inc.

Nick Torres
Congreso De Latinos Unidos

Joe Torsella
National Constitution Center

Andrew Toy
Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC)

Paul Vallas
School District of Philadelphia

'Dolf Ward Goldenburg
William Way LGBT Community Center

Rob Weber
Antiphony Partners, LLC

Melissa Weiler-Gerber
WomensWay

Ken Weinstein
Trolley Car Diner

Judy Wicks
White Dog Café

Diane-Louise "D-L" Wormley
Philadelphia Neighborhood Development Collaborative

Lynn H. Yeakel
Drexel University College of Medicine --Institute for Women's Health

sourceThe 101 who really make Philadelphia workSurprises in list of 'civic super-glue'
By DAVE DAVIES
daviesd@phillynews.com 215-854-2595
EVER WONDER who's really got this town wired?

Wonder no more. Leadership Philadelphia has spent more than a year gathering detailed information from 4,800 people and given you a list of the region's Top 101 Connectors - the people who link ideas with actors, businesses with government and non-profits, those who understand with those who implement.

"They're our civic super-glue," said Leadership Philadelphia President Liz Dow. "They're the people holding the community together, the hidden connections that keep information pulsing."

Who's on the list?

Mayor Street isn't, but Gov. Rendell is.

The president of City Council isn't, but former Councilman Michael Nutter is.

It includes a Democratic ward leader, Terry Gillen, but not mega-powerbroker Vince Fumo.

Chamber of Commerce President Mark Schweiker didn't make the cut. West Philadelphia restaurateur Judy Wicks did.

The list has no university presidents, but it includes Dr. Ed Schwartz of the Institute for the Study of Civic Values.

There is only one journalist, Inquirer editorial page editor Chris Satullo (though former Daily News editor Zack Stalberg made the list), and not a single religious or labor leader.

And the man who seems to connect everything, the omnipresent Comcast Vice President David L. Cohen, is in.

Also on the list are Varsovia Fernandez, executive director of the Philadelphia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce; Marlene L. Olshan, CEO, Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Southeastern Pennsylvania; Comcast executive Charisse R. Lillie; and Nicholas DeBenedictis, president and chairman of Aqua America.

Two-thirds of the connectors are over 40. Two-thirds have graduate degrees. Four-fifths are white, and connectors live mostly in Center City, Mount Airy and West Philadelphia.

What's the point of it all?

The notion behind the project is that good connectors make stronger, more innovative communities, and figuring out how to develop and strengthen them can only be good.

John Claypool, former director of Greater Philadelphia First and a member of the Connector Project Team, says the idea was not to identify leaders in the traditional sense - that is, people with money, power and influence.

"Some leaders can be good connectors, but sometimes the most rarefied power brokers are the worst at connecting," Claypool said. "They may not be good at talking to people, and too focused on themselves."

Research shows communities with good connectors are more likely to create jobs and opportunity, Claypool said.

Dow said the Connector Project has identified ten characteristics of good connectors. Among them: "Constantly curious. Has an appetite for continuous learning and seeks variety in situations, people and information rather than sameness."

Dow said the hope is that an understanding of what makes good connectors will offer inspiration and guidance to future leaders.

"It's in part about stimulating people to serve," Dow said. "I'm hoping people will read this list and think about it and say 'I can do that.' "

Asked for an example of how connectors improve communities, Dow cited the experience of Mural Arts Program director Jane Golden, who in 1995 was a frustrated muralist in the city's anti-graffiti program.

"I was ready to quit and go to law school," Golden said. "But my brother urged me not to, because he knew I loved the work." Stuck in a bureaucratic bog, Golden spoke to Mayor Rendell, who got her and the program into the city recreation department, where commissioner Mike DiBerardinis was revitalizing programs by getting private businesses to help.

Golden used her contacts among non-profits to form a new advisory board, got some private money, used that to leverage more public and foundation help, and the whole thing took off.

Today the Mural Arts Program employs 350 people and serves 3,500 kids a year, in and out of classrooms, in schools, prisons, and homeless shelters. Only a quarter of her funding is public.

Dow said one of the next steps in the Connectors Project is to use the information gathered about the traits of connectors to build a leadership curriculum for kids.

Laura Shubilla of the Philadelphia Youth Network said she foresees using the ideas in workforce readiness programs, and perhaps eventually in part of the school district's curriculum.

To see the full list of Leadership Philadelphia's Top 101 Connectors, go to

http://go.philly.com/connected.

sourceARE YOU A CONNECTOR?

1. I follow through on commitments to others and can be counted on to deliver again and again.

2. I treat the people I meet with respect, not simply as a means to get something done.

3. I demonstrate a high level of energy that is contagious to those around me.

4. I expect the best in others and inspire them to achieve more than they thought possible.

5. I grow my network by sharing information and access.

6. I am trusting and trustworthy.

7. I have an appetite for continuous learning and am curious about many subjects and people.

8. I am comfortable across a wide range of social and organizational settings, and value variety over sameness.

9. I understand how things get done in Philadelphia.

10. I factor the common good into my decisions.

changemakers

competition judges- peace


Competition Judges for the Changemakers Innovation Award: "Entrepreneuring Peace"
Anousheh Ansari, Entrepreneur
Anousheh Ansari brings more than two decades as a successful serial entrepreneur to Prodea Systems, where she serves as chairman. She captured headlines around the world as the first female private space explorer when she blasted off for an eight-day expedition aboard the International Space Station on Sept. 18. Anousheh earned a place in history as the fourth private explorer to visit space, and the first astronaut of Iranian descent. While in space, she is conducting tests of Prodea Systems digital home technology.
An active proponent of world-changing technologies, Anousheh has dreamed of space exploration since childhood. Her family provided the title sponsorship for the Ansari X Prize, a $10 million cash award for the first non-governmental organization to launch a reusable manned spacecraft into space twice within two weeks. This feat was accomplished in 2004 by legendary aerospace designer Burt Rutan in 2004.
Prior to founding Prodea Systems, Anousheh served as co-founder, chief executive officer and chairman of the board for Telecom Technologies, Inc. After earning three key U.S. patents and growing the company to 250 employees with 100 percent sequential growth year over year since inception, the company successfully merged with Sonus Networks, Inc., a provider of IP-based voice infrastructure products. While under her leadership, Telecom Technologies earned recognition as one of Inc. magazine's 500 fastest-growing companies and Deloitte & Touche's Fast 500 technology companies.
In addition to her business achievements, Anousheh actively pursues ways to enable social entrepreneurs to bring about radical change globally. She has served on the boards of directors for Make-a-Wish Foundation of North Texas and Collin County Children's Advocacy Center. She works with a number of other non-profit organizations, including the Ashoka in its support of social entrepreneurs.
Carolyn Hayman OBE, Chief Executive, Peace Direct
Throughout a varied career in government, business and the not for profit sector, Carolyn Hayman's focus has been on start-ups and innovation. Her driving passion has been for showcasing talent at the grassroots to those with power and resources—whether it's introducing a talented young software engineer to a venture capitalist, a formerly homeless young person, now studying for university entrance, to a government Minister, or a Sudanese peace builder to a senior UN official.
A member of the UK Cabinet Office Think Tank at 26, she worked on many cross cutting topics, including the social impact of microelectronics. She took her know how in the emerging field of office automation into consultancy, and then as Joint Managing Director of the Korda Seed Capital Fund, into technology start-ups. The Fund eventually returned over 5 times its capital to investors. In 1996 she moved to the Foyer Federation, a newly established network of projects providing accommodation and education for homeless young people, and grew its income 8 fold in 7 years.
In 2002 she met Scilla Elworthy and worked with her to get Peace Direct off the ground. Peace Direct funds and promotes grass roots peace building in conflict areas, providing resources and profile to outstanding local peace initiatives.
Randy Newcomb, President, Humanities United
For 14 years prior to joining Omidyar Network, Randy served as the CEO and executive director of Golden Gate Community, Inc. (GGCI), a community-based, nonprofit organization. Under his leadership, GGCI grew to serve thousands of youth and families in four neighborhoods across San Francisco. The organization's services included transitional housing for homeless mothers and their young children, a volunteer respite care program for families infected and affected by HIV/AIDS, a summer camp program for children with AIDS, and a youth services support program. As an original portfolio member of the Roberts Enterprise Development Fund (REDF), Randy started and ran several social enterprises with his colleagues that provided employment for youth. From a bicycle shop to a screen print shop, a cafe to a retail business, in any given day, Randy had a bicycle wrench in one hand and a spatula in another. These businesses provided multi-million dollar revenues for the GGCI and have been recognized as model social ventures.
Randy holds a doctoral degree from the University of San Francisco and two master's degrees in cross cultural studies and development economics from the University of Bath in England. His doctoral research examined ways in which nongovernmental organizations engage in self-organized assessment and evaluation. He lives in the Haight Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco with his wife and elementary-aged children. Randy brings his love for all things entrepreneurial to the soul of Omidyar Network.
Paul van Tongeren, Executive Director of the European Centre for Conflict Prevention
Paul van Tongeren organized the European Conference on Conflict Prevention that brought together over 1,300 persons from around the world in 1997. This conference resulted in the establishment of the European Platform and the European Centre for Conflict Prevention (ECCP), of which he is now the Executive Director. He was the initiator of the Searching for Peace programme and the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC). GPPAC is responding to recommendation 27 in Kofi Annan's report "The Prevention of Armed Conflict" in which Annan urges that NGOs with an interest in conflict prevention organise "an international conference of local, national and international NGOs on their role in conflict prevention and future interaction with United Nations in this field." This three-year integrated programme of research, consultation and discussion included a dozen regional conferences leading up to an international conference at the UN Headquarters in July 2005.
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prior competitions
• How to Provide Affordable Housing •Judges Peter Kimm, Chairman of the Board, International Housing Coalition
Kimm is the Chairman of the Board of the International Housing Coalition, a non-profit organization sponsored by Habitat for Humanity, the U.S. National Association of Realtors and the Canadian Real Estate Association with the goal of advocating for Housing for All as an essential element to ending poverty worldwide. He is widely recognized expert and a consultant on housing, urban programs and the environment in developing countries.
He is a senior advisor to the consulting firm PADCO and to the USAID Development Credit Program. George McCarthy, Senior Program Officer in Development Finance and Economic Security, Ford Foundation
Dr. George McCarthy is a Senior Program Officer in Development Finance and Economic Security at the Ford Foundation. Dr. McCarthy administers a program that focuses on using homeownership to build assets for low-income families and their communities. This work centers on improving housing and housing finance markets to increase the chances that existing low-income homeowners succeed in building wealth.
Erika Poethig, Program Officer in the Program on Human & Community Development, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Poethig is a Program Officer in the Program on Human & Community Development. Her primary focus is on regional policy and practice, housing policy and research, and on the special initiative for the preservation of affordable rental housing. Steven M. Weir, Habitat for Humanity International Vice President, Asia and the Pacific

How to Improve Health for All • Meeting Disaster - How to Prepare and Respond • How to Create Market-Based Strategies that Benefit Low-Income Communities • How to Build a More Ethical Society • How to End Human Trafficking • How to Build a Citizen Base that Supports an Organization

Transparency Family Tree

There is no point in sustainability investment without transparency. In general long-term investments can be destroyed by lost transparency at any stage. There are also different nuances to trasnparency:-
In places we may think of this first and foremost about zero corruption, but its also about whether governance is auditing conflicts through time which is the only way to keep on sustainability's upward exponential. Transparency in relation to a global market sector is about whether the whole sector is sustaining humanity or externalising risks onto it. In networks, transaptrency is also focused around boundary issues across systems within te network - do critical information flows work across the network as truly as they may withing each organsiation's system. A special case of this is nature's envirionmental sustainability- this can only be achieved where systems look out for opportunity to make one's waste output another's input.

Transparency International's Integrity Award winners:

Integrity Awards winners 2005
Mr Abdou Latif Coulibaly (Senegal), Journalist
The Movement for Quality Government (MQG)(Israel), Government Watchdog Organisation
Mr Khairiansyah Salman (Indonesia), Auditor at the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK)
Integrity Awards winners 2004
Dr Milica Bisic (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Former Head of the Tax Administration in Republika Srpska
Constable Naftali Lagat (Kenya), Police Officer
David Munyakei (Kenya), Bank Clerk
Hasan Balikçi (Turkey) Electrical Engineer, Posthumous
Satyendra Kumar Dubey (India), Former Deputy General Manager of the National Highway Authority in India
Manik Chandra Saha (Bangladesh), Journalist, Posthumous
Integrity Awards winners 2003
Dr Dora Akunyili (Nigeria), Director General of Nigeria's National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC)
Sua Rimoni Ah Chong (Samoa), former Controller and Chief Auditor of Samoa
Ana Hazare (India), Social Activist
Abdelhaï Beliardouh (Algeria), Journalist, Posthumous
António Siba-Siba Macuácua (Mozambique), Banker, Posthumous
Integrity Awards winners 2002
Jana Dubovcová (Slovak Republic) Judge
Dr Peter Schönhöfer (Germany) Pharmacologist
Luis Roberto Mesquita (Brazil) Businessman
Integrity Awards winners 2001
The Public Prosecutor's Office and the People of the City of Londrina (Brazil)
Eva Joly (France) Investigating Magistrate
Carlos Alberto Cardoso (Mozambique) Posthumous
Luis Carlos Galán Sarmiento (Colombia) Politician, Posthumous
Georgy Gongadze (Ukraine) Journalist, Posthumous
Norbert Zongo (Burkina Faso) Journalist, Posthumous
Integrity Awards winners 2000
Mustapha Adib (Morocco) Air Force Captain
Concerned Citizens of Abra for Good Government (CCAGG)
Lasantha Wickremetune (Sri Lanka) Journalist
Dr Alfredo María Pochat (Argentina) Lawyer, Posthumous

tracking news of Peter Eigen & Africa Progress Panel (Blair's announcement text, June 06)africa Progress Panel; news .. Eigen news
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July 19
Eigen blogs at International Herald Tribune readers questions on africa and global transparency

extract:And in Nigeria, we saw the publication earlier this year of an audit of state oil revenues from 1994 to 2004, commissioned under the Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative. It found, for example, the startling U.S. $250 million in payments made by oil companies in 2002 that never appeared in public budgets. Institutionalizing this sort of transparency, with regular public reporting of mineral resource income from governments, and payments made by companies for access, will make the wholesale theft of funds in the oil and gas sector a thing of the past. And Nigeria is not alone in its commitment, 14 other African countries have come on board.
June 27, 2006

Posted to the web June 27, 2006


Statement by Peter Eigen, Founder and Chair of the Advisory Council, Transparency International

At Gleneagles in 2005, the leaders of the Group of Eight made ambitious promises to help the world's poorest, particularly in Africa, out of the poverty trap. Prime Minister Blair has officially announced the formation of the Africa Progress Panel, which will monitor the world's wealthiest nations to follow through on those promises.

The Prime Minister has asked me to serve on this panel alongside such distinguished members as Kofi Annan, Olusegun Obasanjo and Bob Geldof. The panel is being convened at a crucial moment, as the leaders of the G8 prepare to meet once again in St. Petersburg. Though much progress has been made, it is not nearly enough. I look to the leaders of the G8 to make sure that good governance and the fight against poverty, particularly in Africa, remain high on their agenda as the talks begin.

And I look further to 2007 when my home country, Germany, will host the G8 summit and take on the presidency of the European Union. Now is the time to ensure that development goals, in particular on primary education, health care, aids treatment and improved infrastructure take centre stage at next year's summit as well.

I consider good governance an essential pre-condition to any sustainable action against poverty, both for the domestic development of poor countries and for investment and development assistance from wealthier ones. And civil society is essential in promoting good governance at every step of the development chain, from assessing the need for aid to monitoring its distribution and evaluating its effectiveness. As a member of the Africa Progress Panel, I will endeavour to be an independent voice for global civil society, based on my experience in the field of development and as founder and, for many years, Chairman of Transparency International, the global non-governmental organisation leading the fight against corruption.

I am honoured to accept the Prime Minister's offer.

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Ashoka Bangladesh has grown into a strong program. Fellows meet regularly and participate in Environmental Innovations Initiative and Innovative Learning Initiative Global Workshops. Serving as a model for other countries, the Citizen Base Initiative in Bangladesh has been very active through its Awards Program and a successful Resource Mobilization Workshop that helped key people in the citizen sector to strengthen their organizations.
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Postal address:4/1/A, Block ELalmatia, Dhaka 1207BANGLADESH

Below, Ashoka Fellows in Bangladesh are listed alphabetically by last name. You may also view Fellows by first name, the year in which they were elected, field in which they work, or their target population.
Matin Ahmed – Education Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2003) Job Training Organization: SSIT Location: Brahmanbaria
Salma Ali – Human Rights: Civic Participation Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 1992) Primary Target Population: Women Organization: Bangladesh National Women Lawyers Association (BNWLA) Location: Dhaka
Laila Arzumand Banu – Health: Health Care Delivery Systems Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 2002) Primary Target Population: Children Organization: LUSTRE Location: Natore
Mohammad Bari – Health: Health Care Delivery Systems Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1992) Primary Target Population: Children Organization: Arifabad Housing Society Location: Dhaka
Samanta Barua – Education: Adult Education Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1993) Primary Target Population: Communities / Residents Organization: SWANIRVAR Bangladesh Location: Dhaka
Hosne Ara Begum – Human Rights: Gender Equity Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 1991) Primary Target Population: Women Organization: Thengamara Mohila Sabuj Sangha (TMSS) Location: Bogra
Safura Begum – Health Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 2003) Industrial Worker Health Organization: CDMS Location: Narsingdi
Karuna Moy Chakma – Human Rights: Equality / Rights Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 1998) Location: Dhaka
Monsur Chowdhuri – Human Rights: Health He was elected an Ashoka Fellow in 2004
Afsan Chowdhury – Education: Education Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1998) Primary Target Population: Communities / Residents Location: Dhaka
Omar Azad Chowdhury – Learning/Youth Development: Education Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2004) Primary Target Population: Youth/Adolescents Location: Gaibanda
Parwez Salman Chowdhury – Health: AIDS / HIV / STDs Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1994) Primary Target Population: STD / HIV Carriers Organization: PARICHARJA Location: Dhaka
Shahidul Chowdhury – Education Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2001) Location: Dhaka
Saidul Haque Chunnu – Education: Disabilities Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1993) Primary Target Population: Physically Disabled People Organization: Blind Education and Rehabilitation Development Organization Location: Dhaka
Aminul Karim Dulal – Environment: Education Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1992) Primary Target Population: Communities / Residents Organization: KARUPALLI Location: Bogra
Iftekhar Enayetullah – Environment: Solid Waste / Garbage Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2001) Primary Target Population: Children Organization: Waste Concern Location: Dhaka
Philip Gain – Environment: Equality / Rights Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1989) Primary Target Population: NGOs and Other Non-Profits Organization: SEHD Location: Dhaka
Rezaul Haq – Environment: Income Generation Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1995) Primary Target Population: Communities / Residents Organization: Wetland Resource Development Society Location: Khulna
Shahidul Haque – Human Rights: Disabilities Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1992) Primary Target Population: Physically Disabled People Organization: Social Assistance and Rehabilitation for the Physically Vuln Location: Dhaka
Suraiya Haque – Civic Participation: Public Policy Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 1999) Primary Target Population: Women Organization: PHULKI Location: Dhaka
Fazlul Huq – Human Rights: Conflict Resolution Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1989) Primary Target Population: Communities / Residents Organization: BLAST Location: Dhaka
Humaira Islam – Economic Development: Economics Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1990) Primary Target Population: Communities / Residents Organization: SHAKTI Foundation Location: Dhaka
Abu Naser Khan – Environment Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2001) Organization: Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon (BAPA Location: Dhaka
Abul Haseeb Khan – Civic Participation: Micro Enterprise Primary Target Population: Elderly He was elected an Ashoka Fellow in 2001 Location: Dhaka
Anisuzzaman Khan – Environment: Natural Resource Conservation / Protection Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1990) Primary Target Population: Communities / Residents Organization: RUSTIC Location: Dhaka
Hosne Ara Khan – Human Rights: Gender Equity Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 1989) Primary Target Population: NGOs and Other Non-Profits Organization: Unity for Social and Human Action (USHA) Location: Dhaka
Runa Doja Khan – Education: Curriculum Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 1994) Primary Target Population: Government / Government Employees Organization: RUSTIC Location: Dhaka
Fatima Khanam – Civic Participation: Civic Participation Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 1998) Organization: Life Based Education and Action Research Network (LEARN) Location: Dhaka
Mahbuba Leena – Education: Early Childhood Development Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 1995) Primary Target Population: Children Organization: UTSHA Bangladesh Location: Dhaka
Hanif Mahmoud – Human Rights: Land Reform Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1998) Organization: Human Rights Development Centre (HRDC) Location: Dhaka
Zahed Masud – Health Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2001) Location: Dhaka
Monirul Kader Mirza – Environment: Water Management Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1991) Primary Target Population: Communities / Residents Organization: RUSTIC Location: Dhaka
Shaikh Mizan – Economic Development: Technology Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2004) Primary Target Population: Business/Entrepreneurs Location: Dhaka
Shamsun Nahar – Economic Development: Micro Enterprise Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 2001) Primary Target Population: Children Organization: SAPTADINGA Location: Dhaka
Shamsul Palash – Environment Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2002) Location: Dhaka
Mizanur Rahman – Health: Health Care Delivery Systems Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1996) Primary Target Population: Health Care Professionals Organization: AISEDUP Location: Dhaka
Ananya Raihan – Economic Development: Information/Technology Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2004) Primary Target Population: Farmers Organization: D.Net Location: Dhaka
Quazi Iqbal Sabery – Education Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2002) Location: Chittagong
Mohammad Abu Saeed – Economic Development: Income Generation Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1991) Primary Target Population: Communities / Residents Organization: Agrocare Location: Dhaka
Saleem Samad – Civic Participation: Communications / Media Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1990) Primary Target Population: Journalists Organization: none Location: Dhaka
Salima Sarwar – Economic Development: Income Generation Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 1992) Primary Target Population: Women Organization: Association for Community Development (ACD Location: Rajshahi
Shykh Seraj – Education: Communications / Media Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2003) Primary Target Population: Communities / Residents Organization: Impress Telefilm Ltd. Location: Dhaka
Salma Awwal Shafi – Economic Development: Housing Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 1995) Primary Target Population: Communities / Residents Organization: Shetech Consutants (Pvt) Ltd. Location: Dhaka
Hossain Shahriar – Environment: Solid Waste / Garbage Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1994) Primary Target Population: Communities / Residents Organization: Environment and Social Development Organization (ESDO) Location: Dhaka
Mahabub Zamal Shamim – Education: Experiential Learning Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1998) Primary Target Population: Children Organization: Charupith Location: Jessore
Mashuda Khatun Shefali – Economic Development: Equality / Rights Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 1991) Primary Target Population: Women Organization: Nari Uddug Kendra (NUK) Location: Dhaka
Mostafa Shiblee – Education: Experiential Learning Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1996) Primary Target Population: Students Location: Dhaka
Rezaul Karim Siddique – Economic Development: Agriculture Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1993) Primary Target Population: Communities / Residents Organization: Agrocare Location: Dhaka
A. H. Md. Maqsood Sinha – Environment: Solid Waste / Garbage Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2001) Primary Target Population: Communities / Residents Organization: Waste Concern Location: Dhaka
Ibrahim Sobhan – Education: Curriculum Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1988) Primary Target Population: Children Location: Dhaka
Saha Sukanta – Health: Nutrition Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1993) Primary Target Population: Communities / Residents Organization: RUSTIC Location: Queensland
Abu Taleb Talukder – Economic Development: Income Generation Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1994) Primary Target Population: Communities / Residents Organization: MOMUF Location: Gaibanda
Mohammad Zakaria – Civic Participation: Civic Participation Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1988) Primary Target Population: Communities / Residents Organization: GOUF Location: Dhaka

Ashoka "was born" when its first Fellows were elected there in 1982. Since then, the country has served as a testing ground for most of our international Fellowship building programs. Ashoka Fellows are making significant contributions to a wide range of fields in India, from appropriate technology to gender equity, from health care delivery systems to income generation.
Contact
Ruchika Bahl Director, Law for All Initiative EMail: ruchikabahl@vsnl.net Tel: 91-22-2605-6773 Fax:91-22-2604-7635
Postal address: Flat 6, Bina Apartment 216 A, 6th Road Guru Gangeswar Marg Khar West, Mumbai 400052 INDIA
Shohini Bhattacharya Director of Venture, India EMail: ashokamail@vsnl.net Tel: 91-22-2605-6773 Fax:91-22-2604-7635
Postal address: Flat 6, Bina Apartment 216 A, 6th Road Guru Gangeswar Marg Khar West, Mumbai 400052 INDIA
Nomito Kamdar Regional Representative, Bangalore E-Mail: ashokabangalore@vsnl.net Tel: 91-80-340-9712
Postal address: No. 142, 69th Cross 5th Block, Rajajinagar Bangalore 560010 INDIA
Kalpana Kaul Managing Editor Changemakers E-Mail: changemakers@vsnl.com Tel/Fax: 91-33-417-2587
Postal address: 188/3/1A Prince Anwar Shah Road Kolkata 700045 INDIA
Anuradha Mukherjee Regional Representative, Kolkata Email: anuradha@cal.vsnl.net.in Tel: 91-33-476-8544 Fax: 91-33-466-7632
Postal address: 137, Sarat Bose Road Kolkata 700 026 INDIA
Devashri Mukherjee Regional Representative, North India Email: devashrim@yahoo.com Tel: 91-11-619-0969 Fax: 91-11-619-8002
Postal address: T-13 Green Park Extension New Delhi 110016 INDIA

Below, Ashoka Fellows in India who have a listed field in which they work are shown with fields in reverse alphabetical order (those without a field listing follow). You may also view Fellows alphabetically by first name or last name, or by their target population or year in which they were elected.
Jeroo Billimoria Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 1998) Organization: Childline India Foundation Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra
Naginbhai Shah He was elected an Ashoka Fellow in 1994 Organization: Dardionu Rahat Fund Location: Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Ravindra Chauhan He was elected an Ashoka Fellow in 1986
Sikha Roy – Civic Engagement: Agriculture Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2004) Primary Target Population: Women
Mihir Bhatt – Civic Engagement: Citizen/Community Participation Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2004) Primary Target Population: Communities/Citizens Organization: Disaster Mitigation Institute Location: Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Anshu Gupta – Civic Engagement: Community Participation Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2004) Primary Target Population: Marginalized Organization: GOONJ - A Voice, An Effort Location: New Delhi
Sushobha Barve – Civic Engagement: Conflict Resolution Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 2005) Primary Target Population: Communities/Citizens Organization: Centre for Dialogue and Reconciliation Location: Gurgaon, Haryana
Aman Singh – Civic Engagement: Conservation/Preservation Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2004) Primary Target Population: Communities/Citizens Location: Alwar, Rajasthan
Arvind Kejriwal – Civic Engagement: Corruption Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2004) Primary Target Population: Communitites/Citizens Organization: Parivartan Location: Nandnagari Extn., Delhi
Pradeep Ghosh – Civic Engagement: Financial Services Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2004) Primary Target Population: Communities/Citizens Location: Bangalore, Karmataka
Sanjay Bapat – Civic Engagement: Information Technology Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2004) Primary Target Population: Citizen Sector Organizations Organization: IndianNGOs Location: Thane
Anil Shaligram – Civic Engagement: Information Technology Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2004) Primary Target Population: Communities/Citizens Organization: One Village, One Computer Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra
Satyan Mishra – Civic Engagement: Information Technology Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2004) Primary Target Population: Communities/Citizens Organization: Drishtee Location: Noida, UP
Prema Gopalan – Civic Participation Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 2003) Democratizing Public Policy Organization: Swayam Shikshan Prayog Location: Mumbai
K.A. Thomas – Civic Participation Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2002) Community-building Location: Assam
Karan Grover – Civic Participation Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2003) Traditional Solutions for Conservation Primary Target Population: Youth / Adolescents Location: Baroda
Debashish Nayak – Civic Participation: Civic Participation Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1990) Primary Target Population: Communities / Residents Organization: Heritage Initiative - Nehru Foundation for Development Location: Shahibuag, AHMADABAD
Ilango Rangaswamy – Civic Participation: Civic Participation Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2002) Village Self-Governance Organization: Trust for Village Self Government (TVSG) Location: Thiruvallur District, Tamil Nadu
Dadasaheb More – Civic Participation: Civic Participation Primary Target Population: Indigenous Individuals He was elected an Ashoka Fellow in 1985 Organization: Y.C.M. Open University Regional Centre Location: Kolhapur, Maharashtra
Avijit Pathaik – Civic Participation: Civic Participation Primary Target Population: Youth / Adolescents He was elected an Ashoka Fellow in 1986
Shivaram Pailoor – Civic Participation: Communications / Media Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2001) Farm Journalism Organization: Correspondent and in charge Regional News Unit Location: Dharwad, Karnataka
Shree Padre – Civic Participation: Communications / Media Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2000) Primary Target Population: Youth / Adolescents Organization: Adike Pathrike Location: Putter, Karnataka
Chingmak Kejong – Civic Participation: Community development Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2002) Citizen's Forums Organization: Eleutheros Christian Society, Mission Compound Location: Tuensang, Nagaland
Suchitra Sheth – Civic Participation: Community Involvement Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 2000) Primary Target Population: Communities / Residents Organization: SETU- Centre for Social Knowledge and Action Location: Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Gita Ramaswamy – Civic Participation: Conflict Resolution Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 1991) Primary Target Population: Communities / Residents Organization: Ibrahimpatnam Vyavasaya Coolie Sangham Location: Hyderabad
Shakil Ahmed – Civic Participation: Conflict Resolution Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2002) Encouraging community sel Primary Target Population: Street Children Organization: Nirbhay Bano Andolan ( NBA) Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra
Andreas D'Souza – Civic Participation: Conflict Resolution Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1990) Primary Target Population: Communities / Residents Organization: Henry Martyn Institute Location: Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
Sunil Khairnar – Civic Participation: Information Technology Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2002) Agriclinics Organization: Indian Society of Agribusiness Professional Location: New Delhi, Delhi
Prabhat Kumar – Civic Participation: Law & Legal Reform Primary Target Population: Communities / Residents He was elected an Ashoka Fellow in 1985 Organization: Kissan Vikash Trust Location: Dhanbad
Ramesh Nandwana – Civic Participation: Law & Legal Reform Primary Target Population: Ethnic Minorities He was elected an Ashoka Fellow in 1982 Location: Udaipur Rajesthan
Anand Kothadia – Civic Participation: Law & Legal Reform Primary Target Population: Farmers / Sharecroppers He was elected an Ashoka Fellow in 1982 Organization: Lok Vikas Sanstha Location: Solapur, Maharashtra
Vineet Rai – Economic Development Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2003) Organization: Aavishkaar India Micro Venture Capitol Fund Location: Mumbai
Pranjal Baruah – Economic Development Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2003) Developing New Markets Location: Guwahai
Judy Frater – Economic Development Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 2003) Sustaining Traditional Craft Organization: KALA RAKSHA Location: Bhuj-Kutch
Vibha Gupta – Economic Development Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 2002) Building scientific skill Organization: Center for Science for Villages Location: Wardha, Maharashtra
Ganesh Pangare – Economic Development Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2002) Natural Resource Manageme Location: Pune
Rajeev Khedkar – Economic Development: Agriculture Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1994) Primary Target Population: Farmers / Sharecroppers Organization: Academy of Development Science Location: Raigadh District, Maharashtra
Ravindra Shetye – Economic Development: Agriculture Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2001) Primary Target Population: Indigenous Individuals Organization: SEED Foundation Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra
Vasant Gangavane – Economic Development: Agriculture Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1985) Primary Target Population: Communities / Residents He was elected an Ashoka Fellow in 1985 Organization: Gokul Prakalp Pratishthan Location: Ratnagiri District, Maharashtra
Jagdish Pradhan – Economic Development: Agriculture Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1993) Primary Target Population: Farmers / Sharecroppers Organization: SVA (Sahabhagi Vikash Abhiyan) Location: Bhubaneshwar, Orissa
Tarak Kate – Economic Development: Agriculture Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1993) Primary Target Population: Farmers / Sharecroppers Organization: Dharamitra Location: Wardha, Maharashtra
Paul Basil – Economic Development: Appropriate Technology Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2002) Creative Technologies Organization: Rural Innovations Network Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Ashru Mandal – Economic Development: Appropriate Technology Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2003) Primary Target Population: Communities / Residents Location: Midnapur, West Bengal
S. Rajagopalan – Economic Development: Appropriate Technology Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1993) Primary Target Population: Self Employed Organization: Technology Informatics Design Endeavour Location: Bangalore, Karnataka
Kiran Kulkarni – Economic Development: Consumer Protection Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1999) Primary Target Population: Families Organization: Institute for Rural Credit and Enterprise Development Location: Sangli, Maharashtra
Anant Sharma – Economic Development: Consumer Protection Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1990) Primary Target Population: Consumers Organization: Consumers Action & Network Society Location: Jaipur, Rajasthan
Martand Mapu Singh – Economic Development: Cultural Preservation Primary Target Population: Indigenous Individuals He was elected an Ashoka Fellow in 1985 Organization: The Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INT Location: New Delhi
Mohan Hirabai Hiralal – Economic Development: Employment Primary Target Population: Communities / Residents He was elected an Ashoka Fellow in 1984 Organization: Vrikshamitra Location: Chandrapur, Maharashtra
Vineet Khanna – Economic Development: Employment Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2003) Primary Target Population: Unemployed and Self-Employed Organization: Youth Technical Training Society Location: Solan, Himachal Pradesh
Anu Wakhlu – Economic Development: Employment Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 1993) Primary Target Population: Women Organization: Pragati Learning System ( P ) Ltd. Location: Pune, Maharashtra
Sunita Bagal – Economic Development: Equality / Rights Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 2003) Improving the Lives of Street Vendors Primary Target Population: Women Organization: Location: Marathwada, Maharashtra
Aromar Revi – Economic Development: Housing Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1990) Primary Target Population: Communities / Residents Organization: TARU-The Leading Edge Pvt. Ltd. Location: New Delhi, Delhi
Chetna Gala Sinha – Economic Development: Income Generation Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 1997) Primary Target Population: Women Organization: Mann Vikas Samajik Sanstha Location: Satara District, Maharashtra
Anil Singh – Economic Development: Income Generation Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1998) Primary Target Population: Women Organization: NEED-Network of Entrepreneurial & Economic Devel Location: Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Roland Martins – Economic Development: Income Generation Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2000) Primary Target Population: Teachers / Academics Organization: GOADESC Location: Mapusa, Goa
Neichute Doulo – Economic Development: Income Generation Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2002) Encouraging young busines Primary Target Population: Children Organization: Entrepreneurs Associates Location: Kohima, Nagaland
T. J. David – Economic Development: Income Generation Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1990) Primary Target Population: Indigenous Individuals Location: -
Alphonse Jemonie – Economic Development: Income Generation Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1986) Primary Target Population: Unemployed and Self-Employed Organization: Goodwill International Association Location: Bangalore, Karnataka
Rashida Begum – Economic Development: Income Generation Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 1982) Primary Target Population: Women Location: Howrah District, West Bengal
Kalyan Paul – Economic Development: Income Generation Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1992) Primary Target Population: Communities / Residents Organization: Pan Himalayan Grassroots Development Foundation Location: Ranikhet, Uttar Pradesh
Vasant Savangikar – Economic Development: Income Generation Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1984) Primary Target Population: Farmers / Sharecroppers Organization: M/S. Hana Tissue Culture Ltd. Works Location: Dt. Nasik
Ashok Salvi – Economic Development: Income Generation He was elected an Ashoka Fellow in 1985 Organization: Oasis Housing Aid and Link Organization Location: Pune, Maharashtra
Aditya Patnaik – Economic Development: Income Generation Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1982) Primary Target Population: Communities / Residents Location: Mayurbhanj District, Orissa
Arvind Pitre – Economic Development: Income Generation Primary Target Population: Physically Disabled People He was elected an Ashoka Fellow in 1985 Organization: Arun-Mangal Seva-Vikas-Yojna Location: Margaon, Goa
Rita Panicker – Economic Development: Income Generation Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 1993) Primary Target Population: Children Organization: Butterflies Location: New Delhi
Raja Menon – Economic Development: Income Generation Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1993) Primary Target Population: Women Organization: Jeevika Development Society Location: Parganas, West Bengal
Amol Goje – Economic Development: Information Technology Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2003) Closing The Digital Divide Location: Pune
Kapilananda Mondal – Economic Development: Micro Enterprise Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2002) Microbanking Organization: Vivekananda Seva Kendra O Shishu Uddayan (VSSU) Location: West Bengal
Pradip Sarmah – Economic Development: Micro Enterprise Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2001) Primary Target Population: Mentally Disabled People Organization: Centre for Rural Development Location: Guwahati, Assam
Mohammad Nooruddin Amin – Economic Development: Micro Enterprise Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1994) Primary Target Population: Women Organization: Adhikar Location: Orissa
Rakhee Choudhury – Economic Development: Micro Enterprise Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 2002) Educating Artisans in Ent Organization: Mulberry Location: Guwhati, Assam
Ayyappa Masagi – Economic Development: Water/Resource Management Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2004) Primary Target Population: Farmers Location: Bangalore, Karnataka
Rama Rao – Education Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 2002) Addressing the multigrade Location: Andhra Pradesh
Lisa Heydlauff – Education Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 2003) Celebrating Education Location: New Delhi
Susheela Bhan – Education Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 2003) Culturally-Based Conflict Resolution Organization: Institute of Peace Research and Action Location: Delhi
Teesta Setalvad – Education Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 2003) Developing Curriculum for a Pluralistic Society Organization: Nirant, Juhu Location: Mumbai
Madhav Chavan – Education Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2002) Universalizing Primary Ed Organization: Pratham Location: Mumbai
Abhijit Bardhan – Education Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2003) Making Learning Relevant Location: Kolkatta
Maxine Bernstein – Education Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 1989) Organization: Pragat Shikshan Sansthan Location: Maharashtra
Matthew Spacie – Education: Access to Learning Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2002) Organization: Magic Bus Location: Mumbai
Parul Sheth – Education: Access to Learning Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 2002) Investing in Youth Organization: Shaishav Location: Bhavnagar, Gujarat
Beena Sheth Lashkari – Education: Access to Learning Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 2001) Primary Target Population: Children Organization: Doorstep School Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra
Shaheen Mistri – Education: Access to Learning Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 2001) Primary Target Population: Communities / Residents Organization: Akanksha Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra
Falgun Sheth – Education: Access to Learning Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2002) Location: Bhavnagar, Gujarat
Priscilla Nirmalakumari Daniel – Education: Adult Education Primary Target Population: Women She was elected an Ashoka Fellow in 1989 Organization: SUEB ( Society for the Upliftment of the Economically Backwa Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Y.J. Rajendra – Education: Communications / Media Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1998) Primary Target Population: Communities / Residents Organization: JanaSahyog-An Urban Resource Centre Location: Bangalore
Sunil Abraham – Education: Communications / Media Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2002) Primary Target Population: NGOs and Other Non-Profits Organization: MAHITI Location: Bangalore, Karnataka
Palagummi Sainath – Education: Communications / Media Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2003) Primary Target Population: Journalists Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra
Sonam Wangchuk – Education: Community Involvement Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2002) Integrating Cultural Pres Organization: Students Educational and Cultural Movement of Ladakh Location: Jammu and Kashmir
Sarat Babu Vasireddy – Education: Community Involvement Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1996) Primary Target Population: Children Organization: Pratyamanya Location: Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
Gloria De Souza – Education: Curriculum Primary Target Population: Children She was elected an Ashoka Fellow in 1982 Location: Mumbai
Yogendra Singh – Education: Curriculum Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1998) Primary Target Population: Children Organization: Bodh Shiksha Samiti Location: Jaipur, Rajasthan
Avinash Shirke – Education: Curriculum Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1998) Organization: Savitri Jotirao Samajkarya Mahavidalaya ( SJSM) College Location: Yavatmal, Maharashtra
Chhanda Bose – Education: Development of Teaching Aids Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 1989) Primary Target Population: Students Location: Kolkata
Sonali Ojha – Education: Development of Teaching Aids Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 2001) Primary Target Population: Physically Disabled People Organization: Dream Catchers Foundation Location: Mumbai
S.N. Gananath – Education: Development of Teaching Aids Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1993) Primary Target Population: Children Organization: Suvidya Location: Bangalore, Karnataka
Anjana Batra – Education: Development of Teaching Aids Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 1990) Primary Target Population: Physically Disabled People Organization: Ujjwal Location: New Delhi, Delhi
Rajeev Vartak – Education: Development of Teaching Aids Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1992) Primary Target Population: Children Organization: Institute for School Science Education Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra
Chitra Sachin – Education: Disabilities Primary Target Population: Physically Disabled People She was elected an Ashoka Fellow in 1989 Organization: Anugraha Trust Vivekananda Institute Location: Trichy, Tamil Nadu
Ashraf Patel – Education: Education Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 1994) Primary Target Population: Students Organization: Pravah Location: New Delhi
J. M. Sampath – Education: Education Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2003) Primary Target Population: Families Organization: Arpitha- Associates Pvt.Ltd. Location: Bangalore, Karnataka
Mandira Kumar – Education: Education Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 2000) Primary Target Population: Communities / Residents Organization: Sutradhar Educational Resource Centre Location: Banglaore
Cyril Mooney – Education: Education Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 1990) Primary Target Population: Children Organization: Loreto Day School, Sealdah Location: Calcutta, West Bengal
Jude Henriques – Education: Education Primary Target Population: Students She was elected an Ashoka Fellow in 1985 Location: Bombay
Geeta Ramanujam – Education: Education Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 2000) Primary Target Population: Police Organization: Kathalaya Location: Bangalore, Karnataka
A.R. Palaniswamy – Education: Education Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1990) Primary Target Population: Children Organization: Society for Educational And Economic Development (SEED) Location: Bangalore - Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Pritham Chakravarty – Education: Education Primary Target Population: Children She was elected an Ashoka Fellow in 1994 Location: Chennai
Janaki Rajan – Education: Education Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 1992) Primary Target Population: Students Organization: SCERT Location: New Delhi
Padmanabha Rao – Education: Formal Education Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2002) Organization: Rishi Valley Institute for Educational Resources (RIVER) Location: Andhra Pradesh
Inderjeet Khurana – Education: Non-formal Education Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 2003) Primary Target Population: Children Organization: Ruchika Social Service Organization Location: Bhubaneswar, Orissa
Raju Purohit – Education: Non-formal Education Primary Target Population: Children He was elected an Ashoka Fellow in 1987 Organization: Prayog Location: Gandhinagar, Gujarat
Deepti Shah – Education: Non-formal Education Primary Target Population: Children She was elected an Ashoka Fellow in 1987 Location: Gandhinagar, Gujarat
Moral Noor Mohammad – Environment He was elected an Ashoka Fellow in 2001
Raveendran Kannan – Environment Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2004) Forest Conservation
Sagari Ramdas – Environment: Agriculture Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 2003) Primary Target Population: Farmers / Sharecroppers Location: Secunderbad, Andhra Pradesh
Vijay Uttarwar – Environment: Agriculture Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1996) Primary Target Population: Farmers / Sharecroppers Organization: Nisarga Sadhana Location: Yavatmal, Maharashtra
Nandeesh – Environment: Agriculture Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2003) Primary Target Population: Children Organization: Amateur Naturalists Team ( ANT) Location: Tumkur, Karnataka
Heera Lal Sharma – Environment: Agriculture Primary Target Population: Communities / Residents He was elected an Ashoka Fellow in 1986 Organization: SAHYOG Location: Udaipur, Rajasthan
Pandurang Hegde – Environment: Agriculture Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1989) Primary Target Population: Indigenous Individuals Organization: Appiko Movement Location: Uttarakannada, Karnataka
Prasad Rasal – Environment: Agriculture Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1994) Primary Target Population: Communities / Residents Website: www.members.tripod.com/~mah_watershed/tech.html Location: Pune, Maharashtra
Soumyadeep Datta – Environment: Bio-diversity Protection Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1998) Organization: Nature's Beckon Location: Dhubri, Assam
G.L. Janardhan – Environment: Bio-diversity Protection Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1998) Primary Target Population: Communities / Residents Organization: SOSAD Location: Shimoga District, Karnataka
P. Muthu – Environment: Education Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1990) Primary Target Population: Workers Laborers Organization: Trust for Health , Environment and Literacy for the People Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Yambem Laba – Environment: Education Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1987) Primary Target Population: Youth / Adolescents Organization: Manipur Mountaineering and Trekking Association Location: Imphal
P. Venkat Rao – Environment: Education Rama and Padmanabha Rao are providing a viable and attractive solution to multi-grade and multi-level learning common in rural areas of India. By bringing together parents, teachers and children, they have developed as system of creating an effective learning environment supplemented with versatile educational materials. He was elected an Ashoka Fellow in 1986. Primary Target Population: Journalists Location: Secunderabad
S. N. Patro – Environment: Environment Read a Profile of this Fellow (elected in 2003) Primary Target Population: Communities / Residents Organization: Orissa Environmental Society Location: Bhubaneshwar, Orissa
Anil Agarwal – Environment: Environment Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1982) Primary Target Population: Communities / Residents Organization: Centre for Science and Environment Location: New Delhi, Delhi
Sudhirendar Sharma – Environment: Environment Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1986) Primary Target Population: Women Organization: Energy Environment Group Location: New Delhi
S. Santhi – Environment: Environment She was elected an Ashoka Fellow in 1983 Organization: INTACH, Southern Regional Office Location: Kerala
Nalini Nayak – Environment: Fisheries Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 1990) Primary Target Population: Communities / Residents Organization: National Fishworkers Forum; SEWA, Thiruvananthapuram Location: Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
Harry Andrews – Environment: Income Generation Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1998) Primary Target Population: Indigenous Individuals Organization: Draco Films Location: Port Blair, Andhra Pradesh
Ashok Kadam – Environment: Land Management Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1999) Primary Target Population: Communities / Residents Organization: Parivartan Location: Ratnagiri District, Maharashtra
Kishor Rithe – Environment: Natural Resource Conservation / Protection Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2001) Organization: Satpura Foundation Location: Amravati, Maharashtra
C. K. Ganguly – Environment: Natural Resource Conservation / Protection Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1993) Primary Target Population: Farmers / Sharecroppers Organization: The Timbaktu Collective Location: Bangalore, Karnataka
S.L.N. Swamy – Environment: Natural Resource Conservation / Protection Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1995) Primary Target Population: Tourists Organization: The Adventurers Location: Bangalore, Karnataka
Anil Prakash Joshi – Environment: Natural Resource Conservation / Protection Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1993) Primary Target Population: Communities / Residents Organization: Himalayan Environmental Studies and Conservation Organizatio Location: Dehradun, Uttar Pradesh
Jaya Prakash Rao – Environment: Natural Resource Conservation / Protection Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2003) Primary Target Population: Communities / Residents Location: Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
Jyoti Mhapsekar – Environment: Solid Waste / Garbage Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 2001) Organization: Stree Mukti Sanghatana Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra
Ravi Agarwal – Environment: Solid Waste / Garbage Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1998) Primary Target Population: Communities / Residents Organization: Srishto Toxics Link Location: New Delhi, Delhi
Anselm Rosario – Environment: Solid Waste / Garbage Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1989) Primary Target Population: Street Children Organization: Mythri Sarva Seva Samithi Location: Bangalore, Karnataka
Shantharam Umanath Shenai – Environment: Solid Waste / Garbage Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1997) Primary Target Population: Communities / Residents Organization: Green Cross Society Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra
M. B. Nirmal – Environment: Solid Waste / Garbage Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1990) Primary Target Population: Communities / Residents Organization: Exnora International Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Sachidanand Bharati – Environment: Water Management Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1998) Primary Target Population: Communities / Residents Organization: Doodhatolli Lok Vikash Sansthan Location: Uttar Pradesh
Laxman Singh – Environment: Water Management Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1998) Primary Target Population: Youth / Adolescents Organization: GVNML (Gram Vikash Navyuvak Mandal, Laporiya) Location: Jaipur, Rajasthan
Rakesh Jaiswal – Environment: Water Management Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2002) River Pollution Organization: Eco Friends Location: Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
Santosh Ragunath Gondhalekar – Environment: Water Management Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1991) Primary Target Population: Communities / Residents Organization: Gangotree Location: Pune, Maharashtra
Dinesh Kumar Mishra – Environment: Water Management Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1999) Primary Target Population: Business Organization: Barh Mukti Abhiyan Location: Jamshedpur, Jharkhand
A.K. Susheela – Health Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 2003) Flouride Poisoning Location: New Delhi
Minal Doshi – Health Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 2003) Advancing Disability Screening and Care Location: Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Renu Appachu – Health Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 2003) HIV/AIDS Care and Education Organization: Jagruiti Location: Bangalore
H. Sudarshan – Health Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1982) Organization: Vivekananda Tribal Welfare Group Location: Mysore District, Karnataka
Vibha Marfatia – Health Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 2002) Men's Sexual Health Organization: SAHAS Location: Surat, Gujarat
Ashok Kumar Rau – Health: AIDS / HIV / STDs Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2002) New Approaches to AIDS Organization: Freedom Foundation Location: Bangalore
Madhavi Suneel Tambay – Health: Disabilities Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 1989) Primary Target Population: Mentally Disabled People
Merry Barua – Health: Disabilities Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 1998) Primary Target Population: Mentally Disabled People Organization: Action for Autism Location: New Delhi
George Abraham – Health: Disabilities Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2000) Primary Target Population: Children Organization: SCORE Foundation Location: New Delhi
Javed Abidi – Health: Disabilities Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1998) Organization: Natl Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People Location: New Delhi
Nandini Mundkur – Health: Disabilities Primary Target Population: Children She was elected an Ashoka Fellow in 1986 Organization: Bangalore Childrens Hospital Location: Bangalore, Karnataka
Purobie Bose – Health: Disabilities Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 1994) Primary Target Population: Physically Disabled People Organization: REACH Location: Calcutta, West Bengal
Armida Fernandez – Health: Health Care Delivery Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 2004) Primary Target Population: Communities/Citizens Organization: SNEHA Location: Dharavi
Subroto Das – Health: Health Care Delivery Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2004) Primary Target Population: Health Care Professionals Location: Baroda, Gujarat
Anil Pilgadkar – Health: Health Care Delivery Systems Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1992) Primary Target Population: Consumers Location: Bombay, Maharashtra
Abhay Shukla – Health: Health Care Delivery Systems Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1995) Primary Target Population: Communities / Residents Location: Pune, Maharashtra
Dhirananda Mandal – Health: Health Care Delivery Systems Primary Target Population: Communities / Residents He was elected an Ashoka Fellow in 1982 Location: District Burdwan, West Bengal
Suman Sahai – Health: Health Care Delivery Systems Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 1990) Primary Target Population: Communities / Residents
Rani Bang – Health: Health Care Delivery Systems Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1985) Primary Target Population: Communities / Residents Organization: SEARCH Location: Maharashtra
Indrani Chakravarty – Health: Health Care Delivery Systems Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 1991) Primary Target Population: Elderly Organization: Calcutta Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology Location: Calcutta, West Bengal
Abhay Bang – Health: Health Care Delivery Systems Read a Profile of this Fellow (elected in 1985) Primary Target Population: Communities / Residents Location: Maharashtra
Arun Gadre – Health: Health Care Delivery Systems He was elected an Ashoka Fellow in 1985
Glory Alexander – Health: HIV/AIDS Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 2004) Primary Target Population: Medical professionals Organization: ASHA Foundation Location: Bangalore, Karnataka
Nirmala Srinivasan – Health: Mental Health Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 2003) Advancing Care for the Mentally Ill Location: Bangalore
Thara Srinivasan – Health: Mental Health Primary Target Population: Mentally Disabled People She was elected an Ashoka Fellow in 1986 Organization: Schizophrenia Research Foundation (SCARF) Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Ratnaboli Ray – Health: Mental Health Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 1999) Primary Target Population: Physically Disabled People Organization: Anjali Location: Calcutta, West Bengal
S. Srinivasan – Health: Physical Health Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2002) Primary Target Population: Consumers Organization: LOCOST Shishu Milap Sahaj Location: Baroda, Gujarat
Sridevi Rao – Health: Physical Health Primary Target Population: Communities / Residents She was elected an Ashoka Fellow in 1989 Organization: Sanctuary Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu
K.A.V.R Krishnamachari – Health: Physical Health Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2000) Primary Target Population: Women Organization: SIDUR ( Society for Integrated Development in Urban & Rural Location: Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
Vandana Gupta – Health: Physical Health Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 1998) Primary Target Population: Communities / Residents Organization: V-Care Foundation Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra
B.G. Gokulan – Health: Physical Health Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1994) Primary Target Population: Health Care Professionals Organization: Unite VVK Memorial Netra Foundation Location: Thiruvalla, Kerala
Haushala Prasad Mishra – Health: Physical Health Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1994) Primary Target Population: Workers Laborers Organization: Kamdar Swasthya Suraksha Mandal Location: Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Hanif Lakdawala – Health: Physical Health Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1985) Primary Target Population: Children Organization: Inst. for Initiatives in Education & Sanchetana Centre Location: Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Raghunath Manwar – Health: Pollution Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1998) Primary Target Population: NGOs and Other Non-Profits Organization: Occupational Health and Safety Association ( OHSA) Location: Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Mira Sadgopal – Health: Reproductive Health Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 1992) Primary Target Population: Women Organization: Tathapi Trust Location: Pune, Maharashtra
Harini Kakkeri – Health: Reproductive Health Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 1998) Primary Target Population: Women Organization: Suraksha Location: Bangalore, Karnataka
Kedar Ranjan Banerjee – Health: Substance Abuse Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1990) Primary Target Population: Substance Abusers Organization: The National Institute of Behavioral Sciences (NIBS) Location: Moulali, Calcutta
Sohini Chakraborty – Human Rights Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 2003) Opening Up New Lives for Child Prostitutes Location: Kolkata
Isidore Phillips – Human Rights Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 2003) Location: Secunderabad
Rajat Mitra – Human Rights Read a Profile of this Fellow (elected in 2003) Post-Traumatic Care Location: New Delhi
John Abraham – Human Rights Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2003) Land for the Landless Poor Organization: Bhumi Huk Ka Aandolan Puntamba Location: Shrirampur, Maharashtra
S. Pandian – Human Rights Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2003) Eradicating Police Brutality Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Nirupama Sekhri – Human Rights Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 2003) Systematizing the Trucking Industry Location: New Delhi
Kaustubh Pandharipande – Human Rights Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2004) Organization: Samvedana Location: Maharashtra
M.L. Parshuram – Human Rights Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2002) Fighting Child Traffickin Organization: Odanadi Seva Samsthe Location: Mysore, Karnataka
Krishna Roy – Human Rights Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 2002) Support networks Location: Calcutta, West Bengal
Dilip Banerjee – Human Rights Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2002) Disaster Management Location: Kolkata, West Bengal
Sunitha Krishnan – Human Rights: Child Protection Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 2002) Rehabilitative services f Organization: Prajwala Location: Hyderabad
Roma Debabrata – Human Rights: Child Protection Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 2002) Combating Trafficking Organization: STOP Location: New Delhi, Delhi
Enakshi Ganguly – Human Rights: Child Protection Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 2002) Children's Rights Organization: HAQ Centre for Child Rights Location: New Delhi, Delhi
Maharukh Adenwalla – Human Rights: Child Protection Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 2002) Child Protection Organization: Child Protection program Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra
M.G. Papamma – Human Rights: Civic Participation Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 2002) Organization: Grameen Mahila Okkuta Location: Kolar District, Karnataka
Vasudha Vasanti Dhagamwar – Human Rights: Civic Participation Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 1982) Primary Target Population: Displaced People Organization: MARG (Multiple Action Research Group) Location: New Delhi, Delhi
Babloo Loitongbam – Human Rights: Conflict Resolution Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2000) Primary Target Population: Workers Laborers Organization: Human Rights Alert Location: Imphal, Manipur
Rahul Banerjee – Human Rights: Conservation/Preservation (of marginalized languages) Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2004) Primary Target Population: Indigenous People Organization: Aarohi Trust Location: Indore, Madhya Pradesh
Leena Joshi – Human Rights: Consumer Protection Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 1999) Organization: Rationing Kruti Samiti Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra
Rahul Banerjee – Human Rights: Cultural Preservation Primary Target Population: Indigenous Individuals He was elected an Ashoka Fellow in 2004 Organization: Aarohi Trust Location: Indore, Madhya Pradesh
Suresh Kushtagi – Human Rights: Disabilities Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2002) Disabled Citizens' Moveme Organization: Nav Chetana Organisation for People with Disabilities(NOPD) Location: Ralchur, Karnataka
Ravichandra Raju – Human Rights: Disabilities Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2002) Appropriate Technology For The Disabled Organization: Mana Centre Location: Hyderabad
Tulika Das – Human Rights: Disabilities Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2004) Primary Target Population: Disabled Organization: SANCHAR Location: Kolkata, West Bengal
Kailash Satyarthi – Human Rights: Equality / Rights Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1993) Primary Target Population: Children Organization: South Asian Coalition on Child Servitude (SACCS) Location: New Delhi
Damodar Acharya – Human Rights: Equality / Rights Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1998) Primary Target Population: Children Organization: The Concerned for Working Children, Location: Bangalore
Anuja Gupta – Human Rights: Equality / Rights Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 2002) Preventing the Sexual Abu Organization: RAHI Foundation Location: New Delhi, Delhi
M.V. Mathew – Human Rights: Equality / Rights Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2000) Empowering local communit Primary Target Population: Women Organization: National Organisation for Consumer Education & Research Location: Edoor, Kerala
Priti Patkar – Human Rights: Equality / Rights Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 1989) Primary Target Population: Sex Workers Organization: Prerana Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra
Pralhad Malvadkar – Human Rights: Equality / Rights Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2001) Primary Target Population: Students Organization: Occupational Health and Safety Centre, Mumbai Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra
Milind Ranade – Human Rights: Equality / Rights Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2000) Primary Target Population: Communities / Residents Organization: Kachara Vahatuk Shramik Sangh Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra
Stanny Jebamalai – Human Rights: Equality / Rights Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2001) Primary Target Population: Indigenous Individuals Organization: Legal Aid and Human Rights Centre Location: Surat, Gujarat
Lenin Raghuvanshi – Human Rights: Equality / Rights Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2001) Primary Target Population: Communities / Residents Organization: PVCHR ( People's Vigilance Committee for Human rights) Location: Daulatpur,Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
Paromita Goswami – Human Rights: Equality / Rights Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 2001) Primary Target Population: Youth / Adolescents Location: Dist Chadrapur, Maharashtra
Sunita Satyarthia – Human Rights: Equality / Rights Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 1991) Primary Target Population: Women
Madhavi Kuckreja – Human Rights: Gender Equit/ Violence and Abuse Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 2004) Primary Target Population: Women Organization: Vanangana Location: Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh
Flavia Agnes – Human Rights: Gender Equity Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 1986) Primary Target Population: Women Organization: Majlis Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra
Soma Sengupta – Human Rights: Gender Equity Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 1998) Primary Target Population: Women Organization: SANHITA Location: Calcutta, West Bengal
Hasina Khan – Human Rights: Gender Equity Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 2000) Primary Target Population: Communities / Residents Organization: Awaaz-e-Niswaan Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra
Mina Das – Human Rights: Gender Equity Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 1995) Primary Target Population: Women Organization: Nishtha Location: Parganas, West Bengal
Nimisha Desai – Human Rights: Gender Equity Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 1993) Primary Target Population: Women Organization: OLAKH Location: Vadodara
Vivek Pandit – Human Rights: Law & Legal Reform He was elected an Ashoka Fellow in 1985 Organization: Samarthan Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra
Ashok Row Kavi – Human Rights: Law & Legal Reform Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1993) Primary Target Population: Homosexuals / Bisexuals Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra
Balkrishna Renake – Human Rights: Law & Legal Reform Primary Target Population: Indigenous Individuals He was elected an Ashoka Fellow in 1986
Rohit Baluja – Human Rights: Safety Regulations Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2000) Primary Target Population: Communities / Residents Organization: Institute of Road Traffic Education Location: New Delhi, Delhi
Rajeev George – Human Rights: Shelter Housing Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2004) Primary Target Population: Communities/Citizens Organization: Greves Group Location: New Delhi
Anuradha Kapoor – Human Rights: Violence & Abuse Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 1995) Primary Target Population: Women Organization: Swayam Location: Calcutta, West Bengal
Sheliu Srinivasan – Human Rights: Violence & Abuse Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 2003) Life Enrichment For Seniors Primary Target Population: Elderly Organization: Dignity Foundation Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra
Ramchandra Gunari – Learning Youth Development Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2004) Organization: ANKURA Location: Shimoga, Karnataka
Brij Kothari – Learning/Youth Development: Nonformal Education Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2004) Primary Target Population: Communities/Citizens

Indonesia is the second country in Asia where Ashoka elected Fellows, beginning in 1983. Over the years Ashoka Indonesia has grown into a strong program with active Fellowship. Under the direction of Mira Kusumarini, it has embarked on a public education campaign that includes a successful Fellow book series with regular book launch events that have served as a model for the region. The program has also developed its own Web site in Indonesia for the local citizen sector and general public.
Contact
Mira KusumariniRegional Representative, Western IndonesiaEmail: ashokaindonesia@bdg.centrin.net.idTel/Fax: 62-22-7234095
Postal addressJl. Saninten No.37Bandung 40114West JavaINDONESIA

Below, Ashoka Fellows in Indonesia are listed alphabetically by last name. You may also view Fellows by first name, the year in which they were elected, field in which they work, or their target population.
Didid Adidananta – Education: Non-formal Education Read a Profile of this Fellow (elected in 1988) Primary Target Population: Street Children Organization: Humana Location: Condong Catur, Yogyakarta
Setia Adipurwanta – Economic Development: Income Generation Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1991) Primary Target Population: Physically Disabled People Organization: Dria Manunggal Location: Yogyakarta
Hamzah Harun Al'Rasyid – Health: Water/Sanitation Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2004) Primary Target Population: Government Organization: BEST Location: Tangerang, Banten
Agung Alit – Economic Development: Micro Enterprise Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2001) Primary Target Population: Government / Government Employees Organization: Mitra Bali Location: Denpasar, Bali
Siti Aminah – Environment: Forestry Read a Profile of this Fellow (elected in 1998) Primary Target Population: Communities / Residents Organization: Lembaga Amanah Gappa Samudra Location: Labuha mapin, Alas, Sumatra Utara
Adil Amrullah – Economic Development: Income Generation Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1987) Primary Target Population: Farmers / Sharecroppers He was elected an Ashoka Fellow in 1987 Organization: Tanjung Sutera Trading Location: Cibubur, Jakarta
Syafie Anshari – Economic Development: Income Generation Primary Target Population: Farmers / Sharecroppers He was elected an Ashoka Fellow in 1985 Organization: Pondok Pensantren An Nuqayah Location: Madura, Jawa Timur
Sita Aripurnami – Civic Participation: Civic Participation Read a Profile of this Fellow (elected in 1988) Primary Target Population: Women Organization: Kalyana Mitra Location: Jakarta Timur
Prigi Arisandi – Environment: Education Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2004) Primary Target Population: Communities/Citizens Organization: ECOTON Location: Gresik
Imam Aziz – Human Rights Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2003) Healing Rifts In Society Organization: SYARIKAT Location: Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta
Rina Bahri – Economic Development: Housing Primary Target Population: Communities / Residents She was elected an Ashoka Fellow in 1986 Location: Jakarta Selatan
Bahruddin Bahruddin Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2001) Primary Target Population: Farmers / Sharecroppers Organization: Serikat Paguyuban Petani Qaryah Thayyibah Location: Salatiga, Jawa Tengah
John Bala He was elected an Ashoka Fellow in 2003 Organization: YLBH NUSRA Location: Maumere, Flores NTT
Eka Budianta – Civic Participation: Communications / Media Primary Target Population: Communities / Residents He was elected an Ashoka Fellow in 1986 Location: Jakarta
Rossana Dewi – Environment Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 2002) Farmers' Field Schools Organization: Yayasan Gita Pertiwi Location: Solo, Jawa Tengah
Ronny Dimara – Economic Development Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2002) Natural Resource Manageme Location: Sorong, Irian Jaya
Arief W. Djati – Human Rights Read a Profile of this Fellow (elected in 2002) Securing Factory Workers Organization: Yayasan AREK Location: Malang, Jawa Timur
Stepanus Djuweng – Human Rights: Equality / Rights Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1993) Primary Target Population: Ethnic Minorities Organization: Institute of Dayakology Research and Development Location: Siantan Utara, Kalimantan Barat
Harlans Fachra – Civic Engagement: Corruption Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2004) Primary Target Population: Communities/Citizens Organization: West Java Corruption Watch Location: Bandung, Jawa Barat
Hyronimus A Fernandez – Health: Health Care Delivery Systems Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1991) Primary Target Population: Communities / Residents Location: Surabaya
Itja Frans – Economic Development: Agriculture Primary Target Population: Farmers / Sharecroppers He was elected an Ashoka Fellow in 1986 Organization: Yayasan Alfa Omega Location: Tarus, Kupant NTT
Joyce Djailani Gordon – Health: Substance Abuse Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 2002) Holistic Addiction Treatm Organization: Yayasan Harapan Permata Hati Kita ( KITA ) Location: Bogor, Jawa Barat
Gunardo – Economic Development: Income Generation Read a Profile of this Fellow (elected in 1997) Primary Target Population: Communities / Residents Organization: Yayasan Kesejahteraan Masyarakat Indonesia Location: Yogyakarta
Agus Gunarto – Environment: Appropriate Technology Read a Profile of this Fellow (elected in 1998) Primary Target Population: Communities / Residents Organization: Yayasan Rona Alam Location: Malang, Jawa Timur
Sukwan Handali – Health: Health Care Delivery Systems Primary Target Population: Communities / Residents He was elected an Ashoka Fellow in 1987 Organization: Jaya Wijaya Watch Project Location: Wamena, Irian Jaya
Eko SB Hariyanto – Civic Participation: Civic Participation Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1992) Primary Target Population: Communities / Residents Location: Mataram, Lombok NTB
Ali Hasan – Economic Development: Cooperatives Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2000) Primary Target Population: Farmers / Sharecroppers Organization: Yayasan Bissma Location: Bogor, Jawa Barat
Umar Husein – Economic Development: Income Generation Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1989) Primary Target Population: Communities / Residents Location: Palembang, Sumatra Selatan
Yuyun Ilham – Environment Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 2002) Waste Management Organization: Bali FOKUS Location: Cuta, Bali
Jo Indharjo – Economic Development: Income Generation Primary Target Population: Communities / Residents He was elected an Ashoka Fellow in 1984 Organization: Yayasan Dian Mitra Location: Jakarta Pusat
Made Indrawati – Environment: Natural Resource Conservation / Protection Read a Profile of this Fellow (elected in 2001) Organization: Kelompok Usaha Bersama Location: Buleleng, Baluchustian
Muslich Ismail – Civic Participation: Philanthropy Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1992) Primary Target Population: Communities / Residents Location: Bandung
Christina Joseph – Civic Participation: Civic Participation Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 2000) Organization: LBH_P2i Location: Makassar, Ujung Pandang
Hasanain Juaini – Education Hasanaen is a "tuan guru" (traditional religious teacher and leader) who has created innovation in the pesantren (religious boarding schools) through a system of education emphasizing pluralism, tolerance and democracy and promoting education for women. To help prevent potential horizontal conflicts within the community, he is also implementing these concepts in concrete practices with various groups throughout society. He was elected an Ashoka Fellow in 2003. Organization: Pondok Pesantren Nural Haramain Putri Location: Narmada, Lombok NTB
Jumadi Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2000) Organization: SORAK Location: Palu Barat, Sulawesi Tengah
Kamardi – Civic Participation Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2002) Local Autonomy Location: Lombok- NTB
Kasmiati – Economic Development: Income Generation Read a Profile of this Fellow (elected in 2001) Primary Target Population: Women Organization: Yayasan Koperasi ANNISA Location: Mataram, Lombok NTB
Gus Krobo – Civic Participation Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2002)
Muslikhin Kusma – Education: Non-formal Education Primary Target Population: Children Elected an Ashoka Fellow in 1988 Organization: PKPEK Location: Yogyakarta
Jati Kuswardono – Education: Non-formal Education Read a Profile of this Fellow (elected in 1997) Primary Target Population: Street Children Organization: Pondok Pendidikan Bedhog Location: Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta
Sri Kusyuniati – Economic Development: Income Generation Primary Target Population: Women She was elected an Ashoka Fellow in 1986 Location: Jakarta Selatan
Aniceto Guterres Lopes – Human Rights: Law & Legal Reform Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2001) Primary Target Population: Indigenous Individuals Organization: Yayasan HAK Location: Dili, Timor Lorosae
Abdullah Suad Lubis – Economic Development: Income Generation Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1987) Primary Target Population: Self Employed He was elected an Ashoka Fellow in 1987 Organization: Yayasan Kalimasada Location: Jakarta Timur
Dina Siagian Lumbantobing – Education: Education Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 1993) Primary Target Population: Ethnic Minorities Organization: Yayasan Sada Ahmo Location: Medan, Sumatra Utara
Hamzah M. Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2002) Agricultural Innovation Location: Mataram, Lombok NTB
Fachrurrazi Ch. Malley – Environment: Forestry Read a Profile of this Fellow (elected in 2002) Combating Illegal Logging Organization: Yayasan Leuser Lestari Location: Medan, Sumatra Utara
Lusi Margiyani – Education: Education Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 1998) Primary Target Population: Physically Disabled People Organization: LSPPA Location: Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta
Iwan Mucipto Moeliono – Environment: Fisheries Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1990) Primary Target Population: Communities / Residents Organization: Futura Hijau Lestari Location: Jakarta
Dani Munggoro – Environment: Forestry Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1999) Organization: LATIN Location: Bogor Barat, Jawa Barat
Suzana Murni – Health: AIDS / HIV / STDs Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 2000) Organization: Yayasan Spiritia Location: Jakarta, Jakarta
Syamsuddin Nainggolan – Economic Development: Economics Primary Target Population: Communities / Residents He was elected an Ashoka Fellow in 1984 Organization: Yayasan Panca Bhakti Location: Jakarta
Lendo Novo He was elected an Ashoka Fellow in 2003 Organization: Sekolah Alam Location: Jakarta Selatan, Jakarta
Nurochman – Human Rights: Law & Legal Reform Read a Profile of this Fellow (elected in 1988) Primary Target Population: Workers Laborers Organization: LPKB Location: Jakarta Pusat
Iwan Nursirwan – Economic Development: Agriculture Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1984) Primary Target Population: Farmers / Sharecroppers He was elected an Ashoka Fellow in 1984 Location: Minomartani, Sleman, Yogyakarta
Maria Pakpahan – Human Rights: Equality / Rights Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 1999) Organization: Yayasan Tjoet Njak Dien Yogyakarta Location: Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta
Hidayat Palaloi – Environment: Natural Resource Conservation / Protection Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2001) Organization: Yayasan Tumbuh Mandiri Indonesia Location: Makassar, Sulawesi Tengah
Amir Panzuri – Civic Participation: Civic Participation Primary Target Population: Communities / Residents Elected an Ashoka Fellow in 1989 Organization: KKBDIY Location: Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta
Eko Teguh Paripurno – Environment: Safety Regulations Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2000) Organization: KAPPALA Indonesia Location: Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta
Johanna Pattiasina – Economic Development: Agriculture Primary Target Population: Women She was elected an Ashoka Fellow in 1987 Organization: Yayasan Bina Insani Location: Medan, Sumatra Utara
Herlambang Perdana Wiratraman – Human Rights: Land Reform Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2001) Organization: LBH Surabaya Location: Surabaya, Jawa Timur
Ned Poerba – Civic Participation: Civic Participation Primary Target Population: Women He was elected an Ashoka Fellow in 1985 Organization: Yayasan Bina Insani Location: Medan, Sumatra Utara
Suryo Wardoyo Prawiroatmojo – Environment: Education Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1990) Primary Target Population: Tourists Organization: Pusat Pendidikan Lingkungan Hidup (PPLH) Location: Mojokerto, Jawa Timur
I Gusti Ketut Puriartha Read a Profile of this Fellow (elected in 2002) Promoting Democratic Deve Organization: MANIKAYA KAUCI Location: Denpasar Bali
Bagus Pursena – Civic Participation: Civic Participation Read a Profile of this Fellow (elected in 1992) Primary Target Population: Students Organization: Pearland Indonesia Location: Jakarta
Prima Wira Putra – Environment: Bio-diversity Protection Read a Profile of this Fellow (elected in 1992) Primary Target Population: Indigenous Individuals Organization: Forum Sumber Daya Rakyat Location: Mataram, Lombok NTB
Suwarni (Yayuk) Rahayu – Human Rights: Violence & Abuse Read a Profile of this Fellow (elected in 1998) Primary Target Population: Women Organization: Rifka Annisa Location: Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta
Ratna Refida – Economic Development: Housing Read a Profile of this Fellow (elected in 1998) Primary Target Population: Communities / Residents Organization: Yayasan Kerja Pemukiman Rakyat (YKPR) Location: Mataram, Lombok NTB
Den Upa Rombelayuk – Civic Engagement: Equality/Rights Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 2004) Primary Target Population: Women Organization: WALDA Location: Rantepao, South Sulawesi
Shemmy Rory – Civic Participation: Public Policy Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2003) Improving Employment Of Informal Workers Organization: Paguyupan Penata Parkir Surakarta Location: Surakarta, Jawa Tengah
Zukri Saad – Education: Education Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1986) Primary Target Population: Students Location: Padang, Sumatra Utara
Yani Sagoroa – Environment: Cultural Preservation Read a Profile of this Fellow (elected in 1998) Primary Target Population: Communities / Residents Organization: Lembaga Olah Hidup Location: Sumbawa Besar, Besar NTB
Iwan Saktiawan – Economic Development: Micro Enterprise Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2002) Culturally-based Microfin Organization: Yayasan PERAMU Location: Bogor, Jawa Barat
Ummu Salamah – Education: Early Childhood Development Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1987) Primary Target Population: Children Location: Bandung
Armin Salasa – Civic Participation Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2003) Dispute Resolution Organization: Yayasan Pendidikan Rakyat Bulukumba Location: Kab. Bulukumba, Sulawesi Selatan
P. Sarijo – Environment: Agriculture Read a Profile of this Fellow (elected in 1998) Organization: Lesman Location: Boyolali, Jawa Tengah
Florentino D Sarmento – Civic Participation: Civic Participation Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1991) Primary Target Population: Farmers / Sharecroppers Organization: CRS Location: Kupang, Flores NTT
Dan Satriana – Health: AIDS / HIV / STDs Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1998) Primary Target Population: Communities / Residents Organization: Yayasan Sidikara Location: Bandung, Jawa Barat
Mia Siscawati – Environment: Education Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 1995) Primary Target Population: Students Organization: Rimbawan Muda Indonesia (RMI) Location: Bogor
Alfonso Sitorus – Economic Development: Economics Primary Target Population: Families He was elected an Ashoka Fellow in 1988 Location: Semarang, Jawa Timur
Emmy Lucy Smith – Human Rights: Consumer Protection Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 2001) Organization: Yayasan Kakak Location: Surakarta, Jawa Tengah
Soekirman – Environment: Agriculture Primary Target Population: Farmers / Sharecroppers He was elected an Ashoka Fellow in 1985 Organization: Yayasan Bitra Indonesia Location: Medan, Sumatra Utara
Enny Soekoer – Education: Education Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1986) Primary Target Population: Communities / Residents Organization: Yayasan Bakti Karya Location: Semarang, Jawa Tengah
Made Efo Suarmiartha – Health: AIDS / HIV / STDs Read a Profile of this Fellow (elected in 1993) Primary Target Population: Sex Workers Organization: Yayasan Citra Usadha Indonesia Location: Denpasar, Bali
Sudi Subianto – Economic Development: Income Generation Primary Target Population: Communities / Residents He was elected an Ashoka Fellow in 1986 Location: Cirebon, Jawa Barat
Bapak Sudarno – Education: Conflict Resolution Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2000) Primary Target Population: Landowners Location: Perbaungan, Sumatra Utara
Ari Sunarijati – Human Rights: Law & Legal Reform Read a Profile of this Fellow (elected in 1990) Primary Target Population: Women Organization: Biro Perempuan dan Anak FSPSI Reformasi Location: Jakarta, Jakarta
Tina Suprihatin – Economic Development Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 2003) Migrant Labor Location: Biltar, Jawa Timur
Wachidus (We Es) Sururi – Education: Communications / Media Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1998) Organization: Rumah Dongeng Indonesia Location: Yogyakarta
Erma Susanti – Civic Engagement: Cities Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 2004) Primary Target Population: Communities/Citizens Organization: JERIT Location: Surabaya, East Java
Susiawan – Education: Non-formal Education Primary Target Population: Street Children Elected an Ashoka Fellow in 1988 Organization: Yayasan Anak Merdeka
Endang Susilowati – Human Rights: Equality / Rights Read a Profile of this Fellow (elected in 2001) Primary Target Population: Children Organization: Yayasan Panca Karsa Location: Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara
David Sutasurya – Environment: Bio-diversity Protection Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2001) Environmental Conservation Organization: Yayasan Pengembangan Biosains dan Bioteknologi Location: Bandung, Jawa Barat
Rudi Syaf – Human Rights: Equality/Rights Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2004) Primary Target Population: Indigenous Populations Organization: WARSI Location: Riau
Sirikit Syah – Civic Participation: Communications / Media Read a Profile of this Fellow (elected in 2001) Organization: Lembaga Konsumen Media Location: Surabaya, Jawa Timur
Sofyan Tan – Civic Participation: Conflict Resolution Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1989) Primary Target Population: Ethnic Minorities Organization: Yayasan Sultan Iskandar Muda Location: Medan, Sumatra Utara
Indra Tata – Economic Development: Agriculture Primary Target Population: Farmers / Sharecroppers He was elected an Ashoka Fellow in 1989 Location: Jakarta
Chamsiah Djamal Tristian – Economic Development: Micro Enterprise Primary Target Population: Women He was elected an Ashoka Fellow in 1988 Organization: Paluma Location: Jakarta Timur, Jakarta
Zadrak Wamebu – Civic Participation Read a Profile of this Fellow (elected in 1990) Organization: YKPHM Location: Jayapura, Irian Jaya
Wisnu Wardana – Environment: Solid Waste / Garbage Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 1999) Primary Target Population: Women Location: Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta
Sri Washyaningsih – Education: Education Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1991) Primary Target Population: Communities / Residents Location: Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta
Dodo Juliman Widianto – Economic Development: Housing Read a Profile of this Fellow (elected in 1997) Primary Target Population: Communities / Residents Organization: COMBINE Location: Bandung
Widjanarka – Environment: Agriculture Primary Target Population: Farmers / Sharecroppers He was elected an Ashoka Fellow in 1985 Location: Jakarta, Jakarta
Wimar Witoelar He was elected an Ashoka Fellow in 1983 Location: Jakarta Selatan
M. Yamin – Civic Participation Read a Profile of this Fellow (elected in 2002) Fostering Democracy Organization: Unknown Location: Mataram, Lombok NTB
Achmad Yani – Environment: Agriculture Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1999) Organization: Pusat Studi dan Pengembangan Sumber Daya Manusia Location: Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara
Lely Zailani – Human Rights: Gender Equity Read a Profile of this Fellow (elected in 2000) Primary Target Population: Children Organization: HAPSARI Location: Perbaungan, Sumatra Utara
Zubie Zubaedah – Human Rights: Reproductive Health Read a Profile of this Fellow (elected in 2001) Primary Target Population: Prisoners Organization: Yayasan Keluarga Sehat Sejahtera Indonesia Location: Mataram, Lombok NTB
Bapak Zulfikar – Human Rights: Law & Legal Reform Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1998) Primary Target Population: Farmers / Sharecroppers Organization: Yapda Location: Lhokseumawe

Pakistan

Ashoka first began operations in Pakistan in the late 1980s. From its office in Karachi, Ashoka Pakistan has implemented a three-pronged strategy to increase social impact: identifying and investing in promising social entrepreneurs, introducing social entrepreneurship to leading universities, businesses and NGOs, and cultivating collaborative opportunities among Fellows to increase synergistic impact.
Ashoka Pakistan has become integrated into Ashoka's Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia program. Because of its interconnectedness and proximity to South Asia, the Pakistan program is involved in Ashoka activities in that region as well, serving as a bridge between the Middle East, North Africa, Central Asia and South Asia.
Contact
Fazal Noor FF2 Block 17, Seaview, Defence phase 5 extension, Karachi 75600. Pakistan Phone: 92-21-5345686 Mobile: 92-300-8297602 Email: fashn@cyber.net.pk


Below, Ashoka Fellows in Pakistan are listed alphabetically by last name. You may also view Fellows by first name, the year in which they were elected, field in which they work, or their target population.
Reaz Ahmed – Education: Education Read a Profile of this Fellow (elected in 1997) Primary Target Population: Children Organization: Faran Education Society Location: Karachi
Zia Awan – Human Rights: Law & Legal Reform Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1998) Primary Target Population: Consumers Organization: Lawyers for Human Rights and Legal Aid Location: Karachi
Quratul ul Ain Bakhteari – Education: Community Involvement Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 2000) Primary Target Population: Substance Abusers Organization: Institute for Development Studies and Practice Location: Quetta
Allah Warayo Bozdar – Human Rights: Violence & Abuse Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2000) Primary Target Population: Elderly Organization: RDOCC Location: Ghotki
Roland D'Souza – Human Rights Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2002) Building Safety Organization: Shehri-Citizens for Better Environment Location: Karachi
Nasir Gazdar – Environment: Environment He was elected an Ashoka Fellow in 1988 Organization: Environmental Management Society Location: Karachi-3
Moneeza Hashmi – Education: Education She was elected an Ashoka Fellow in 1988 Location: Lahore
Lal Jan – Economic Development: Civic Participation Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2003) Leadership Development Organization: Bilsum Location: Gwadar
Khatau Jani – Environment Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2003) Drought Relief Location: Tharparkar
Ajmal Kamal – Civic Participation Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2002) Communications forum Organization: City Press Location: Karachi
Ali Raza Khan – Learning: Citizen/Community Participation Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2005) Primary Target Population: Youth Organization: Pakistan National Youth Service
Gulbaz Khan – Economic Development Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2002) Forest Conservation Organization: Soon Valley Development Program Location: Khushab
Tahir Khilji – Health: HIV/AIDS Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2004) Primary Target Population: HIV/AIDS Affected Organization: Vision Location: Lahore
Abdul Hakeem Khoso – Environment: Land Reform Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1998) Primary Target Population: Communities / Residents Organization: Bhittai Welfare Association Location: Hyderabad, Sindh
Yasmeen Lari – Civic Participation Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 2003) Conservation Of Cultural Assets Organization: Heritage Foundation Location: Karachi
Nargis Latif – Environment: Solid Waste / Garbage Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 1997) Primary Target Population: Consumers Organization: Gul Bahao Trust Location: Karachi, Sindh
Ra'ana Mahmood – Health: Aging Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 2004) Primary Target Population: Elderly Organization: Geriatrics Care Foundation Location: Karachi
Abdul Majeed Mangrio – Education: Access to Learning Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2000) Primary Target Population: Communities / Residents Organization: Makhi Welfare Association Location: Sanghar
Abdul Baseer Naveed – Civic Participation: Equality / Rights Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2003) Citizen Action Primary Target Population: Communities / Residents Organization: Citizen Action Committee Location: Karachi
Shaukat Sharar – Civic Participation: Civic Participation Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 1998) Primary Target Population: Sex Workers Organization: Shaukat and Associates Location: Swat
Ghulam Sughra Solangi – Human Rights: Equality / Rights Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 1999) Primary Target Population: Displaced People Organization: Marvi Rural Development Organisation Location: Khairpur
Nazir Ujjan – Environment: Appropriate Technology Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2000) Primary Target Population: Students Organization: Goth Seenghar Foundation Location: Khaipur
Abdul Wadood – Economic Development Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2003) Non-Financial Services Organization: Seher Location: Quetta
Abdul Waheed – Learning Youth Development: Education Read a Profile of this Fellow (he was elected in 2004) Primary Target Population: Teachers/Educators Organization: BRIGHT Education Society Naunehal Academy Location: Karachi
Roshaneh Zafar – Economic Development: Micro Enterprise Read a Profile of this Fellow (she was elected in 1997) Primary Target Population: Women Organization: Kashf Foundation Location: Lahore

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Kailash Satyarthi
South Asian Coalition on Child Servitude (SACCS)
Works to end forced child labor in South Asia.
Moses Zulu
Development Aid from People to People in Zambia (Children's Town)
Educates and integrates AIDS orphans in Africa.
Mimi Silbert
Delancey Street Foundation
Criminal rehabilitation center in which residents run various business enterprises.
David Green and Dr. V:
Aurolab
Hospital and manufacturer of medical devices serving poor people, mainly in India.
Nick Moon and Martin Fisher
Appropriate Technology for Enterprise Creation (ApproTEC)
Manufactures and markets simple agricultural tools that aid in business development in Africa.
Fabio Rosa
Agroelectric System of Appropriate Technology (STA) and The Institute for Development of Natural Energy and Sustainability (IDEAAS)
Distributes alternative energy sources in rural Brazil.
Muhammad Yunus
Grameen Bank
Grants small loans without requiring collateral.
Maria Teresa Leal
Coopa Roca
Brazilian sewing cooperative.
Albina Ruiz
Ciudad Saludable
Alternative waste management organization in Peru.
Dina Abdel Wahab
Baby Academy
Alternative preschool chain in Middle East.
Inderjit Khurana
Ruchika School Social Service Wing, Train Platform Schools
Educational opportunity for indigent children in India.
Sompop Jantraka
Development and Education Program for Daughters Community Center (DEPDC)
Education and socialization program for girls and women in Thailand who would otherwise be forced into prostitution.
Organizations that specialize in providing direct support to social entrepreneurs
Skoll Foundation
Advances systemic change to benefit communities around the world by investing in, connecting and celebrating social entrepreneurs. The foundation extends its mission through Social Edge, an online resource for the social entrepreneur community.
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Global Giving
Enables individuals and companies to find and support social and economic development projects around the world.
Ashoka
Develops the profession of social entrepreneurship around the world by investing in people.
The Schwab Foundation
Supports social entrepreneurship as a key element to advance societies and address social problems.
Echoing Green
Sparks social change by identifying, providing startup grants, supporting, and connecting social entrepreneurs and their organizations.
Acumen Fund
Supports entrepreneurial approaches to solving global poverty by providing a blueprint for building financially sustainable and scalable organizations that deliver affordable, critical goods and services to the poor.
Draper Richards Foundation
Helps people create wide-reaching social change by providing funding and business mentoring to individuals and their non-profit organizations.
Kauffman Foundation
Improves economic welfare and academic achievement of children in low-income families by promoting entrepreneurship-friendly policies and research in technology and education.
Organizations that offer research tools for finding and supporting innovative social organizations
Charity Navigator
Evaluates financial health of America's largest charities in order to advance a more efficient and responsive philanthropic marketplace.
GivingGlobal
Connects volunteers and donors with international Nongovernmental Organizations (NGOs).
General Resources for Research on Social Change Organizations
OneWorld.net
Online media gateway designed to inform about human rights and sustainable development worldwide.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy — online newspaper
Print and online newspaper covering the world of nonprofits.
Changemakers.net
Inspires change by providing resources in an online community that competes to find the best solutions to social problems, then collaborates to refine, enrich and implement them.
Idealist.org
Helps members and supporters find practical solutions to social and environmental problems by connecting people, organizations and resources.
Research Organizations based in Universities
Skoll Center for Social Entrepreneurship at Oxford University
Promotes the advancement of social entrepreneurship worldwide.
Social Enterprise Initiative at Harvard Business School
Educates leaders by integrating social enterprise-related research, teaching and activities.
Center for Social Innovation (CSI) at Stanford Graduate School of Business
Promotes solutions through interdisciplinary research, teaching beyond the classroom and efforts to engage with those who lead social change.
Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business
Explores adapting business concepts, tools and skills to the social sector in appropriate, practical and effective ways, increasing awareness on a local, national and international level.
Columbia Business School: Social Enterprise Program
Empowers students to achieve social benefit through business practices.

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Fabio Rosa:Making the Sun Shine for All
By David Bornstein
To appreciate Fabio Rosa's Solar Home System, it's essential to pay attention to the details: when you are designing a business to deliver solar energy at low cost to an under-served mass market – as Rosa is doing in rural Brazil – there is no room for human error.
So the batteries must be protected with special boxes and numbered locks. And the plugs all have to be designed to fit one-way – because inadvertent reversal of polarity will damage the system. And finally – in an inspired touch – you may even decide to attach a miniature sculpture of a saint to the battery box – just to serve as a daily reminder to the customer that the battery – the energy store – must be treated as sacred.
Two billion people – about 30 percent of the world's population – lack access to electricity. And it is estimated that about one billion of them can afford solar energy today at commercial rates – given their current energy expenditures – provided that they are given the option to rent it or pay it off in installments over several years. Bringing solar energy to a billion people would stimulate economic activity, improve education and health, reduce carbon emissions and relieve stress on the world's overcrowded cities.
Photo by David Bornstein It's in the details: Fabio Rosa holds the specially-designed plug for a battery enclosed in a protective box
Given the scope of the need and the size of the market, one might ask: What is stopping the world's energy companies from doing it? The short answer is that energy companies have little experience with this market. Simply put, they don't know how to reach these clients cost-effectively. They don't know how to sell to them, or manage them, or service them.
But Brazilian social entrepreneur Fabio Rosa does.
Photo by David Bornstein Fabio Rosa Rosa is no stranger to delivering electricity to low-income people. Seventeen years ago, in Brazil's southernmost state, Rio Grande do Sul, he and his colleague Ricardo Mello pioneered an electrical distribution system capable of extending the electrical grid to millions of rural Brazilians. (Twenty-five million Brazilians remain without electricity.)

Adapted from essays by Fabio Rosa: Utilizing the Market for Environmental Changes

Using inexpensive materials and simplified construction methods, Rosa's "mono-phase" system – it uses one wire instead of three – reduced electrical distribution costs from $7,000 to $400 per household. Rosa spread his system to more than 27,000 people during the late 1980s and early 1990s, shortly after he was elected an Ashoka Fellow, demonstrating its widespread applicability.
Rosa's distribution system gained national recognition. And, throughout the mid-1990s, Rosa worked with state electrical companies to spread his system – which is called the "025 Norm" – to hundreds of thousands of low-income people across rural Brazil.
Renting, Not Buying Electricity
For a while, the future looked bright. But then, in the late 1990s, Brazil's electric utilities were hastily privatized. The new utility owners had no interest in pursuing low-cost rural electrification. It wasn't as profitable as serving cities.
So, in recent years, rural electrification has slowed to a trickle. And – no surprise – Brazil's ranks of urban squatters and landless have continued to swell.
In 2001, Rosa began exploring a new line of business: renting solar energy to low-income people. During the 1990s, Rosa had built up a social-purpose business – STA Agroeletro – and spent years delivering photovoltaic solar energy to rural dwellers across the country. He found he could make it cost-effective by packaging it with productive tools – irrigation systems, electric fences and high-yielding organic farming methods.
Learn more about Fabio Rosa's work projects combining sustainable economic development and ecological restoration

Photo: Lyon Press Building a solar-powered electric fence
But through a rental system, Rosa saw that he would be able to reach more customers more quickly. Additionally, customers would be spared Brazil's oppressive sales taxes (which drive up prices by more than 50 percent).
Moreover, the idea made intuitive sense. "What does it mean to buy solar panels?" asks Rosa. "It means to buy energy for the next 25 years. Who buys food for the next 25 years? You buy food for the next week or month. It should be the same with electricity."
Rosa began by conducting a market study. He received an initial investment of $60,000 in grants and a combination of soft and commercial loans from the Washington, D.C.-based Solar Development Group, with commitments for an additional $50,000 of financing. STA invested $45,000 of its own research and development funds.
Rosa's team began by spending eight months surveying 77 families in six rural municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul. The responses encouraged them. Almost 70 percent of the families interviewed spent at least $11 per month on non-renewable energy sources – kerosene, candles, batteries and liquid petroleum gas – about the same amount they would need to spend each month to rent a basic photovoltaic solar home system equipped with lights and outlets, all the necessary wiring, plus the boxes, locks and saints.
Rosa began hammering out a business model. He dubbed the venture "The Sun Shines For All." With assistance from the Ashoka-McKinsey Center for Social Entrepreneurship, he spent two years developing a business plan, analyzing the market, risks and competition, conducting a sensitivity analysis and sketching out pro forma cash flow and income projections for ten years.
In Phase I, during the first four years, the business is slated to reach 6,100 rural properties in Rio Grande do Sul. Following that, in Phase II, it will expand to another 6,100 properties in Bahia. After those initial targets, expansion will continue in Rio Grande do Sul and Bahia, where Rosa has identified more than 775,000 properties without electricity.
In each state, Rosa has been doing business for years. He has already made contact with local distributors who will install and service the home systems for fees.
God is in the Details
Rosa has incorporated an internal rate of return of 29 to 30 percent into his pricing calculations to entice foreign investors. The break-even point for Phase I will come at the end of the fourth year, after the initial 6,100 properties have been installed. From that point on, the rental income (minus variable expenses) will contribute to profit. (The solar panels last for 25 years.)
The business calls for $2 million in equity or debt investment. The first 70 households, financed with the Solar Energy Group investment, will be installed by August 2003.
Although Rosa's business remains in its early stages, it is, nevertheless, worth taking a close look at the model – because of its
Photo by David Bornstein Fabio Rosa inherent importance, because of Rosa's proven track record, and because of the degree of thought and preparation that has gone into the idea. Rosa has worked with solar energy and low-income clients for 12 years.
He has studied the problems of solar projects around the world – which is why he is so obsessive about the details. (The details are everything, he says. For example, when batteries are not well protected, they end up being misused. That leads to drops in system performance. And then the customers stop paying. Thus: the boxes, locks and saints.)
Rosa intends to avoid these and other pitfalls. His plan is to focus on the human challenges first and the technological challenges second. In such a fashion, he is optimistic that, in a few years' time, he will have demonstrated a scalable, for-profit model that will help carry the world out of today's dark ages.
A Different Way of Doing Business
Rosa is currently focusing his efforts in a poor municipality two hours south of Porto Alegre called Encruzilhada do Sul, where 25 percent of the population, or about 1,000 households (all rural) currently lack electricity. Years before, Rosa had learned that the key to working with low-income communities was to identify champions within those communities.
So he began in Encruzilhada by teaming up with Rodrigo Quadros, a well-respected and high-minded local farmer, whom Rosa assigned the job of managing the local communications and development strategy. Then he forged a relationship with the mayor, Concei??o Deromar Krusser, who offered to smooth over potential political obstacles and identify all the families in the municipality that were without electricity. "It's important to understand how the municipality and community works – who really has influence," says Rosa.
Then he pulled in Maria Inez Azevedo, a social psychologist with years of experience working in rural areas as a community motivator. And, after interviewing all the electricians in town, he formed a partnership with Dariel Ferras Soares, a small businessman who had founded his own electrical shop six years before.
Photo by David Bornstein From left: Fabio Rosa, Dariel Ferras Soares, Mayor Concei??o Deromar Krusser and Rodrigo Quadros
"It presented a good opportunity to do business," Ferras says. "And it's a great satisfaction to bring electricity to people who don't have it." Ferras earns about $R 90-100 for each installation – for about 2-3 hours work – and receives income from periodic maintenance calls. He is looking forward to as much new business as he can handle. Rosa intends to form business partnerships with dozens of local business people like Dariel Ferras – offering them new market opportunities.
Initially, when Rosa began marketing the Solar Home System to the villagers in Encruzilhada, the acceptance rate was less than 10 percent. There were many obstacles. People were skeptical. They had been falsely promised electricity many times before.
Photo by David Bornstein Dariel Ferras Soares and coworkers in front of his store Others had been told by political leaders to "wait for the grids." And many didn't believe that electricity could really come from sunlight.
So Rodrigo Quadros and Inez Azevedo spent a year in Encruzilhada talking to locals and encouraging them to try it out. "We have to think differently," Quadros told his fellow villagers. "Your lives will be easier." He reassured them: "It's not dangerous to work with solar energy. It's also very reliable. It doesn't have to be sunny every day. It does work in the winter . . ."
"I would visit people at night," Quadros recalled, "and say, 'Look at your walls. They're completely black from burning kerosene. Look, you've been breathing this smoke. Your children are breathing it'."
Building Trust and Confidence
After a year, the sales rate jumped to 30 percent. Rosa expects it to jump considerably higher after more of the pilot sites are installed.
"We needed to build trust and confidence," Inez Azevedo explained. "It takes time to establish credibility. It's all a matter of how you talk to people. You have to ask a lot of questions. It's important to understand why people change or why they don't change. If you understand that, then you can deliver things to people in the way they would like to receive them.
"Most of all, you have to observe and look for local people who can be leaders," she added. "You really have to look for them – not just work with the people who are the first ones to talk. The real doers are not always the ones with charisma or talking ability. But they can listen well and understand – and they have credibility. They really know their own needs and they make decisions quickly. It is fundamental to identify the right people to work with first: it is the key to making things work with communities."
One such leader is O?tila Maria Rosa dos Santos, an elementary school teacher who lives in a brick house at the end of a red-dirt road three
Rodrigo Quadros, O?tila Maria Rosa dos Santos and Fabio Rosa pose in front of the solar panel on dos Santos' house kilometers from the electric grid. Dos Santos would have had to pay at least $3,000 to have her house hooked up to the grid – a sum greater than her annual income.
In a Saturday morning meeting in February 2002, after Rosa presented his products and prices, dos Santos came forward and said to him: "I want it. Can you install it tomorrow?" ("In the meetings," Rosa says, "it is usually women who are the first to speak about the need for electricity.")
Rosa's Solar Home System comes in three standard sizes: Kit Number 1 rents for $10 per month. It comes complete with a 60-watt photovoltaic solar panel, high-performance battery, all the wiring, plus a number of 12-volt fluorescent lights and electrical outlets for appliances.
The system provides, on average per day, 6-7 hours of lights and a few hours of radio, TV and water pump usage. Kits 2 and 3 rent for, respectively, $16 and $24 per month and come with more lights, outlets and wattage. The installation cost for Kit Number 1 – about $150 – can be paid off over the first 12 months.
Dos Santos opted for Kit Number 2. Previously, she said, she used to spend $24 per month on gas lamps, candles and batteries.
Bringing Good Things to Light
She says her house is brighter and cleaner than before. After the electricity, she decided to repaint some of the walls. The house no longer
Dos Santos' house sports an antenna for her cell phone and a TV antenna. Without electricity, residents of Encruzilhada must go to town, where they spend R 1.50 every time they need to have their cell phone battery charged. Now Dos Santos charges her phone plugged at home. smells of kerosene. Next summer, dos Santos is looking forward to cooler nights – not having to burn lamps inside the house.
But the greatest benefit of electricity is the effect on her son. "My son had told me he didn't want to continue living in the dark," dos Santos told me on a recent visit to Brazil. "He was going to leave home." She added, with a smile: "Now he will stay." I peeked into her son, Emerson's room, and noticed a neat bookshelf with a CD player and a small music collection.
"I don't believe I lived my entire life without the grid, and now I have electricity," she added.
Dos Santos has become a self-appointed ambassador of solar energy – speaking to many locals – in her understated but persuasive manner – about the benefits of electric lights.
Photo by David Bornstein Rodrigo Quadros, O?tila Maria Rosa dos Santos and Fabio Rosa pose beneath an electric light in Dos Santos's home
As of this writing, Rosa is in the field – installing his pilot Solar Home Systems. When I visited him in April 2003, we traveled to Encruzilhada, where Rosa and Quadros were meeting with clients and partners, and testing out the speed and reliability of a new Internet-based bill payment system that had recently been installed in kiosks in three shops, one pharmacy and one bank in the municipality.
It is critical that payment remain simple and convenient for clients and collections remain inexpensive and reliable for STA. Early warning of non-payment is critical for control purposes. The Internet system seems to be an effective way to streamline collections. Rosa is continuing his tests.
Risk Factors
Cash flow – especially the reliability of future payment streams – remains the greatest risk element in Rosa's business plan. Other than non-payment, there are other risk elements that Rosa must contend with. One big one is currency risk.
When Rosa began planning "The Sun Shines for All," the Brazilian currency was trading at 1.8 Real to the U.S. dollar. (The solar panels that Rosa uses are manufactured in the United States.) At one point in the past year, the Real plummeted to 3.9 to the dollar. All this has caused huge headaches for Fernando Sehn, a former Bank of Boston analyst who is head of finance for STA. However, one bright spot is that, in the past few years, solar panels have also dropped in price, from $5.50 to $3.50 per watt.
Rosa's plan for Phase I calls for the installation of 1,500 Solar Home Systems per year, for each of the next four years, across five municipalities. Rosa has already met all the mayors and begun cultivating a network of service partners like Dariel Ferras.
"First, we have to finish the market test," he says. "Then refine the business plan and create an independent business subsidy to move from a limited partnership to independent company." Rosa is currently in discussions with potential investors. Stay tuned.
STA is also developing new products – in anticipation of the demand that will come with electricity. These include 12-volt refrigerators, power saws, power drills and a thermal solar water heater. The fridge will rent for $20 per month; the thermal water heater (good for nine months of the year) will rent for $2.50 per month.
Photo by David Bornstein A thermal solar water heater would replace the need to heat water on a stove for this shower bucket in Dos Santos' house
"At this moment," says Rosa, "we have millions of people without energy, just like we did 10 years ago, just like we did 20 years ago. Brazil has this problem. India has this problem. China has this problem. Bangladesh has this problem. Two billion people have this problem.
"At the moment we have a mature technology, but technology is only one part of the business. So what are we doing? Instead of focusing on commerce first, we are focusing on service. Commerce will come – but not in the way that people are thinking.
"First, we will demonstrate results on a small scale, then on a regional scale, then all over Brazil, and then the world – but first, Encruzilhada."
Contact:
F?bio Luiz de Oliveira Rosa STA – Agroeletro Sistema de Tecnologia Adequada Rua Cel.Lucas de Oliveira, 199 Porto Alegre RS 90440-011 Brazil Email: fabrosa@terra.com.br Phone: (55) 51 3331.8081 Cell phone: 9165-3390 Pager: Curitiba - Cel (41) 9613-2243
David Bornstein is the author of How To Change The World: Social Entrepreneurs and The Power of New Ideas, which will be published by Oxford University Press in January 2004. Please contact dbornstein@attglobal.net if you would like to be contacted when the book is available. His first book, The Price of a Dream: The Story of the Grameen Bank was selected as a finalist for the New York Public Library Book Award for Excellence in Journalism. His articles have appeared in the Atlantic Monthly and the New York Times, and he co-wrote the PBS documentary "To Our Credit." He lives in New York City.
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Beating Doubts, Droughts & Debt: Re-shaping the Economic Landscape, by Shannon Walbran • [Versión en español]
Overview – Classifying Social and Private Sector Partnerships, by Valeria Budinich
Compassionate Manufacturing: Doing Business with the Poor, by Kris Herbst • [Versión en español]
Enabling the Poor to Build Housing: Pursuing Profit and Social Development Together , by Kris Herbst • [Versión en español]
Establishing Sustainable Rural Economies: Developing from Natural Origins, photos and sound by Janet Jarman
A Lesson of Survival and Sustainability from the Brazilian Semi-Arid Lands, by Ana A. Lima
Revitalizing South Africa's "Forgotten" Grassland, Photos and Sound by Janet Jarman
Using Business and the Market to Create Incentives for Environmental Change, by Yasmina Zaidman
Utilizing the Market for Environmental Changes, by Fabio Rosa
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Climate & Energy was one of the 4 primary thematics of ClintonGlobalIntitiative 2006

The other 3 (tabled in more details in lower posts) were
Global Health
Poverty Alleviation
Mitigating Religious & Ethnic Conflict

The primary intitaive of the Climate & Enegy stream was the 3 billion dollar investment announced by Sir Richard Branson (google all news)

The Panel for this stream were:
Chair
David Sandalow
Director, Environment and Energy Project, Foreign Policy Studies
The Brookings Institution

Advisory Board

Frances Beinecke
President
Natural Resources Defense Council

The Honorable Carol Browner
Principal
The Albright Group LLC

Linda Fisher
Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer
Dupont

Dr. José Goldemberg
Secretary for the Environment
State of Sao Paulo

The Honorable Yoriko Kawaguchi
Member of the House of Councillors

Vinod Khosla
Partner
Khosla Ventures

Fred Krupp
President
Environmental Defense

Jonathon Lash
President
World Resources Institute

Dr. R.K. Pachauri
Director-General
The Energy and Resources Institute Chairman
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Larry Page
Co-Founder and President, Products
Google, Incorporated

William Reilly
President and CEO
Aqua International Partners LP

Björn Stigson
President
World Business Council for Sustainable Development

Further readings were:
Global Clean Energy Investment Overview: Trends and Issues in the Financing of Renewable and Low Carbon Technology >
Stabilizing Climate >
Climate Change: Defining Technological Opportunities and Spreading Innovation >
Solving the Climate Problem, Technologies Available to Curb CO2 Emissions >

sessions were:
Session 1:
Saving Energy
(Wednesday, September 20 at 1:30 PM)

This session will explore the quickest and easiest way to fight global warming – by stopping energy waste. Around the world, hundreds of companies large and small are prospering by finding innovative ways to save energy. Many senior executives report finding, to their astonishment, that opportunities for cutting costs by saving energy have been ignored for years due to lack of information or attention. Energy-efficient products are often the most successful in the marketplace. At the same time, countless communities are finding strategies for saving energy while improving quality of life. Traffic congestion programs, clean buses and new “green building” technologies are but a few of the tools for doing so. This session will examine leading success stories, barriers to their replication and specific actions that can promote widespread energy savings today.

Session 2:
Buying and Selling Renewable Energy
(Thursday, Sptember 21 at 9:30 AM)

This session will explore specific steps for expanding the use of renewable energy. Already, markets for renewable electric power and renewable transportation fuels are exploding around the world. In China, solar entrepreneurs are amassing fortunes. In northern Europe, wind power provides more than 20% of the electricity. In Brazil, ethanol from sugar cane provides more than 40% of liquid fuels. In the United States, the ethanol industry is growing at record rates. This session will explore successes to date, barriers to the more rapid expansion of renewable energy markets and steps needed to ensure that renewable energy is produced in sustainable ways. The session will offer practical advice for members interested in buying or selling renewable energy in the years ahead.

Session 3:
Financing a Clean Energy Future
(Thursday September 21 at 2:30 PM)

This session will explore two complementary topics. A first panel will consider the current clean energy investment boom. As investment capital rushes into alternative energy ventures, this panel will consider likely impacts on key technologies and the role of different kinds of financing in shaping a clean energy future. A second panel will consider energy poverty and how it can be overcome. Today more than a billion people around the world lack basic energy services. Leapfrogging over the dirty development paths of prior centuries while bringing energy services to people everywhere is one of our most vital challenges. Panelists will discuss the nature of the problem, possible solutions and concrete steps that can make a difference.

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The Right Honorable Gordon Brown
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The Honorable Laura Bush
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Mark Drewell
Mark Durkan
Sarah Ehrman
Maria Eitel
Gareth Evans
Dr. Paul Farmer
Linda Fisher
Lew Frankfort
David Freeman
Thomas L. Friedman
Valentin Fuster
Bill Gates
Melinda French Gates

Helene Gayle
The Honorable Richard A. Gephardt
Julie Louise Gerberding
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Eival Gilady
John Glenn
Peter Goldmark
Tom Golisano
Hugh Grant
Vartan Gregorian
Geeta Rao Gupta
Sanjay Gupta
Vinod Gupta
Gary Hattem
Jan Hommen
Peter Hotez
Sir Tom Hunter
Charlayne Hunter-Gault
Carol Jacobs
Chris Johns
Robin Johnson
Suzanne Nora Johnson
Farooq Kathwari
Ashok Khosla
Vinod Khosla
Klaus Kleinfeld

Marc Lasry
Debra Lee
Jeremy Leggett
Jaime Lerner
Amory Lovins
Charles J. Lyons
Charles MacCormack
Ira Magaziner
Susan Collin Marks
William A. McDonough
Judith McGrath
Judith McHale
Thomas McLarty
Satyan Mishra
The Honorable George Mitchell
Esteban Moctezuma Barragán
Nick Moon
John Paul Moscarella
Rupert Murdoch
Kumi Naidoo
Deng Nan
Reema Nanavaty
Andrew Natsios
Gavin Newsom
Nandan M. Nilekani
Michele Norris

Raymond C. Offenheiser, Jr.
The Honorable Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Maria Otero
Eboo Patel
Alan Patricof
Vivek Paul
Enrique Peñalosa
Kristin Peterson
The Honorable John Podesta
General Colin Powell
John Prendergast
Steven Rattner
Jonathan Reckford
Srinath Reddy
William K. Reilly
John Ridding
Julian H. Robertson, Jr.
Dr. Judith Rodin
Fabio Rosa
Dilma Vana Rousseff
Robert Edward Rubin
Haim Saban
Jeffrey Sachs
Ghassan Salame

Nizal Sarraf-Zadegan
Diane Sawyer
Peter Scaturro
Klaus Schwab
Bernard Schwartz
H. Lee Scott, Jr.
Terry S. Semel
John Sexton
Premal Shah
Donna Shalala
Walter Shorenstein
Dr. Ruth Simmons
Carlos Slim Helu
James Gustave Speth
Richard Stearns
George Stephanopoulos
Thomas Stewart
Patty Stonesifer
Sir Howard Stringer
Jeffrey Swartz
Tulsi Tanti
Andrew Tobias
Ted Turner
Archbishop Desmond Tutu

Ann M. Veneman
Zain Verjee
Melanne Verveer
Darren Walker
Cass Wheeler
Michael White
Elie Wiesel
Timothy E. Wirth
Francis Yeoh Sock Ping
Dr. Muhammad Yunus
Fareed Zakaria
Sam Zaramba
Dr. James J. Zogby

Poverty alleviation was a lead thematic of the 2006 ClintonGlobalInitiative- the core expert panel were:
Chair
Gayle Smith
Senior Fellow Center for American Progress
Advisory Board
Ajay Banga
Chairman and CEO, Global Consumer Group - InternationalCitigroup, Inc.
The Honorable Mary Bush
Chair, HELP CommissionPresident, Bush International
Ian Davis
World Wide Managing DirectorMcKinsey & Company
Charlayne Hunter-Gault
Journalist and Author
Dr. Donald Kaberuka
PresidentAfrican Development Bank Group
Dr. Kumi Naidoo
Secretary General and CEOCIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation
Professor Andrew Natsios
Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy and Advisor on International DevelopmentnEdmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University
Jacqueline Novogratz
Chief Executive OfficerAcumen Fund, Incorporated
Raymond Offenheiser
PresidentOxfam America
Maria Otero
President and CEOACCION International
Alan Patricof
PCo-FounderApax Partners
Dr. Judith Rodin
PresidentThe Rockefeller Foundation
Muhammad Yunus
Founder & Managing DirectorGrameen Bank

suggested readings were


Creating Social Change: 10 Innovative Technologies >
World Development Report 2006: Equity and Development >
Pro-Poor Growth Policy Statement >
Has World Poverty Really Fallen? >
International Trade:Unlocking the Potential for Human Development >
Harnessing the Developmental Potential of Emerging Market Reserves >
Private Investment for Social Goals: Building the Blended Value Capital Market >

Bangladesh - Grameen special

Ashoka was launched 23 years ago based on Bill Draytonıs belief that there was nothing more powerful than a new idea in the hands of a social entrepreneur. Over the last few years, Ashoka has come to believe that the only thing more powerful than this, is a community of social entrepreneurs, acting together to tip the world towards new ways of working.
A sample of this community is the Grameen-Ashoka Dialogue.
Ashokaıs Global Academy for Social Entrepreneurship, Founding Academy member Muhammad Yunus, and Ashokaıs Full Economic Citizenship initiative have joined forces to organize this event, the purpose of which is to create a common action and marketing agenda around business-social ventures, i.e, revenue-generating business models critical, not peripheral, to marketing the systems change that social entrepreneurs are working on.
Both the social and business sectors need entirely new thinking about how all — specially the poor — can participate as producers of value and consumers who matter in the global economy. Historically, the business and social sectors have worked in parallel with very little interaction, even when serving the same clients — e.g., the poor — and yet, for many industries, this potential market could, in fact, constitute a new frontier.
The impact of such collaborations will be maximized by Ashokaıs Global Academy for Social Entrepreneurship which seeks to tip the social sector towards operationalising for global (rather than only local, national, or regional) impact. With the maturing of the citizen sector, it has become entirely possible for social change initiatives to aspire for more than local or national impact, presenting the opportunity to consolidate the stature of social entrepreneurship as a global profession. The Academy has three major goals. First, it aims to inspire and model global collaborations for the social sector by electing social entrepreneurs who have had global impact as Academy members, and serving their needs by linking them with their peers and Ashoka fellows around the world. The Ashoka-Grameen dialogue is the first such experiment. Second, it will stimulate the emergence of more global citizen sector organizations through a competitive process — to this end, Ashokaıs first Global fellows selection panel is taking place in January. Third, it will identify and orient business entrepreneurs with a deep interest to contribute to the social change area with sound business-social investment principles. These principles will be devised from the learning that emerges at the Ashoka-Grameen dialogue.
Grameenıs pathbreaking work in the area of business-social ventures, Muhammad Yunusı desire to focus his next wave of innovation to make this as important a movement as the micro-credit movement, the congruent goals of Ashokaıs Full Economic Citizenship and Academy initiatives and the collective wisdom, social change efforts and action orientation of Ashoka Fellows are the forces that will come together at Dhaka, to address a major social change opportunity.
We encourage you to view this event as but the beginning of a group entrepreneurship process, not a single event. And we are more than delighted to have such a talented group of changemakers!
Ashoka Fellow Arturo Garcia, who has developed cash crop self-help cooperatives that are owned and operated by 12,000 peasants in Mexico, and Albina Ruiz Rios, who has developed 15 ıHealthy Citiesı waste management microenterprises in Peru, were the first Fellows to arrive. They will soon be joined by 14 more Fellows who are building business-social ventures in Africa, Central Europe, Latin America, India, the United States and Bangladesh.
ıDuring my stay here, I am sure to learn so much about microcredit and its replication — and how it is possible to have people pay for some of the services,ı said Ruiz as she get her first look at the crowded urban conditions in Dhaka. ıI hope every city in Peru wants to develop model Healthy Cities microenterprises — this is my dream. After that, I want to see this model replicated in other countries.ı
Ruiz met with Bangladesh Ashoka Fellows Maqsood Sinha and Iftekhar Enayetullah this afternoon and inspected their Dhaka-based Waste Concern project. They have demonstrated that urban wastes can be converted to a resource that creates jobs, cleaner and healthier communities, recycled resources and a commercially successful compost product that supports organic farming.
Sinha and Enayetullah have succeeded in getting the Bangladesh government to include composting and recycling in national policy for the first time, and to provide resources to replicate their model in 14 cities across Bangladesh, where it will benefit 1 million people. ıItıs a breakthrough,ı Sinha said.
Sinha and Enayetullah were eager for a chance to meet with Ruiz before departing for San Francisco where they will be honored by Silicon Valley leaders and UN delegates at a black tie awards gala on Oct. 15 as laureates of the 2003 Tech Museum of Innovation Awards. These awards recognize top innovators from around the world who are harnessing technology that profoundly improves the human condition.
Sinha and Enayetullah will later rejoin the Ashoka-Grameen Dialogue, which runs from Oct. 13-23. It brings together Yunus and Ashokaıs Full Economic Citizenship initiative to create a common action and marketing agenda around business-social ventures. These are projects for which revenue-generating business models are critical, not peripheral, to magnifying the impact of social entrepreneursı systems changing ideas.
Sinha and Enayetullah have been developing ideas for generating investments in business social ventures, including the use of Clean Development Mechanisms (CDMs). They encourage investments in developing country projects that will reduce green house gas emissions, or fix or sequester atmospheric carbon dioxide.
ıYou cannot replicate or scale-up on a large basis with grant money,ı Sinha said. ıYou have to harness other opportunities. At a certain point, you need investment for your project to scale-up. I think this is the biggest barrier that we need to address.ı
Ashoka Fellows attending the Grameen-Ashoka Dialogue:
Francisco Javier Duque (Colombia, 2002) Arturo Garcia (Mexico, 1989)Juan Infante (Peru, 1999) Winnie Lira (Chile, 2002)Adair Meira (Brazil, 1996) Kapil Mondol (India, 2002)Albina Ruiz Rios (Peru, 1995) Fabio Rosa (Brazil, 1989) Tomasz Sadowski (Poland, 1995) Rosario García y Santos (Uruguay, 1999)Pradip Sarmah (India, 2001)J.B. Schramm (U.S.A., 2000) Maqsood Sinha and Iftekhar Enayetullah (Bangladesh, 2000) Mark Swilling (South Africa, 1992)
Event contact:Kris Herbstkherbst@ashoka.orgTel: 703-527-8300 x 263
Photo © 2003 by Kris Herbst The Grameen Group on Monday morning.
First row from left: Nurjahan Begum (Grameen Bank), Barbara Sadowski (Poland), Rosario Garcia y Santos (Uruguay), Susan Davis (Ashoka), Mohammad Yunus (founder of Grameen Bank), Vivianne Naigeborin (Ashoka), Albina Ruiz Rios (Peru), Winnie Lira (Chile), Valeria Budinich (Ashoka)
Second row beginning 2nd from left: Kapil Mondol (India), Juan Infante (Peru), Francisco Javier Duque (Colombia), M. Khalid Shams (Grameen Bank), Pradip Sarmah (India), Arturo Garcia (Mexico), Tomasz Sadowski (Poland), Mark Swilling (South Africa)
Third row beginning fifth from left: J.B. Schramm (US), Adair Meira (Brazil)
Photo © 2003 by Kris Herbst Ashoka Fellow Francisco Javier Duque visits one of Grameen's new family of business-social ventures (on Sunday Oct. 19): a garment factory that is one of the 10 largest in Bangladesh. The factory earns a profit that, at current levels, will exceed $1 million annually after 2005 when commercial loans used for its construction are paid off. The factory's profits belong to the Grameen Bank's microcredit and Grameen health care programs for the rural poor. Workers in the factory receive unusually high wages for Bangladesh, and a benefits package that includes maternity leave, health insurance, and double pay for work over eight hours. Grameen is seeking approval from the Bangladesh government to turn over ownership of the factory to the recipients of its microloans — the poorest women in rural areas — by issuing them shares of its stock.

Mitigating Ethnic Conflict

Panel:
Chair
Robert Malley
Director, Middle East and North Africa Program International Crisis Group
Advisory Board
Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah
Queen of the Hashemite Kingdom of JordanThe Royal Hashemite Court
The Honorable Madeleine Albright
PrincipalThe Albright Group LLC
Dr. Don Argue
PresidentNorthwest University
Counselor Andre Azoulay
Counselor to His Majesty King Mohamed VIThe Kingdom of Morocco
Preeta Bansal
Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLPCommissioner & Past Chair, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom
Cheryl Carolus
Executive ChairPeotona Holdings Pty Ltd.
The Honorable Edward Djerejian
Founding DirectorJames A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy
Sara Ehrman
Senior AdvisorCenter for Middle East Peace & Economic Cooperation
The Honorable Martin Indyk
DirectorSaban Center for Middle East Policy
Jean Manas
Vice Chairman, Mergers & Acquisitions - AmericasDeutsche Bank Securities Incorporated
Rabbi Arthur Schneier
Senior RabbiPark East SynagogueFounder and PresidentAppeal of Conscience Foundation
Toni Verstandig
Senior Policy AdvisorCenter for Middle East Peace
Dr. James Zogby
PresidentArab American Institute

Further Readings:

The Mighty and the Almighty >
Building the Interfaith Movement > (summary)
God's Country >

Sessions

Session 1: Meeting the Challenge of Coexistence: Living in Integrated Communities Wednesday, September 20 at 1:30 PMThis session will focus on ethnic and religious tensions within state boundaries. Panelists will explore specific cases and how the actions taken might be improved upon or replicated.The first panel will focus on the challenge posed by the presence of large Muslim communities in Western countries by looking at three distinct cases: the US, the UK and Denmark. Particularly in the wake of the Danish cartoon controversy, French riots and attacks in London, there is a need for creative thinking about how best to integrate these communities and give them a genuine political voice while respecting their cultural and religious identities. The second panel will look at various cases of embattled societies and seek to extract lessons – from South Africa, Northern Ireland, the Middle East and Sri Lanka -- that could be applied elsewhere.
Session 2: Bridging the Transnational Cultural Divide Thursday, September 21 at 9:30 AMThis session will move to the broader level of intercultural communication, misunderstanding and conflict. Much though not all of the discussion will examine the perilous rift that has been growing between Muslims and the West and explore practical solutions from a variety of angles. The Danish cartoon controversy was only one, highly visible example of increased polarization. It came against the backdrop of growing tensions over a series of political issues – from Iran’s nuclear program to Hamas’s electoral victory – and of growing cultural stereotypes, with westerners seen by Muslims as patronizing and domineering, and Muslims seen by westerners as fanatical and intolerant.Participants in the first panel will concentrate on education and religious exchanges. The second panel will bring together individuals from the world of media, movies and sports. They will be asked what their respective fields can do to deepen understanding between different, often hostile cultures.
Session 3: Preventing and Resolving Deadly Conflict Thursday, September 21 at 2:30 PMThis session will tackle two of the most urgent conflicts the world faces today. The first panel will focus on the Middle East, which again has been the scene of wide-scale, tragic violence. Panelists from various parts of the region will discuss the role of non-governmental actors at a time when official diplomacy appears stuck. The second panel will take up the case of Darfur. In this instance, panelists will consider what people from various sectors of society can do to mobilize public attention on the ongoing genocide and get governments to act.

Global Health

Panel:
Chair
Chris Jennings
President Jennings Policy Strategies, Inc.
Advisory Board
Joe Cerrell
Director, Global Health AdvocacyThe Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Dr. Ernest Darkoh
Chairman and Founding PartnerBroadReach Healthcare, LLC
Dr. Paul Farmer
FounderPartners in Health
Dr. Julie Louise Gerberding
DirectorCenters for Disease Control and Prevention AdministratorAgency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Professor William Hsiao
K.T. Li Professor of EconomicsHarvard School of Public Health
Dr. Carol Jacobs
ChairmanNational HIV/AIDS Commission - Barbados Chair of the BoardThe Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Ira Magaziner
ChairmanClinton Foundation HIV/AIDS Initiative
Eileen Naughton
Former PresidentTime Inc.
Lois Quam
Chief Executive OfficerOvation
Senator Arlen Specter
United States Senator, PennsylvaniaUnited States Senate

Read More:

Investing in Young People >
Government-NGO collaboration: the case of tuberculosis control in Bangladesh >
Rapid-Impact Interventions: How a Policy of Integrated Control for Africa?s Neglected Tropical Disease Could Benefit the Poor >
Staff level hurts AIDS fight >
An information system and medical record to support HIV treatment in rural Haiti >
The Global Burden of Chronic Diseases: Overcoming Impediments to Prevention and Control >
Securing Sanitation: The compelling case to address the crisis >

Sessions:

Session 1:Condition Critical: The Health Care Infrastructure Chasm Wednesday, September 20 at 1:30 PMThis session will address how the lack of a functional infrastructure continues to be one of the biggest barriers to public health. Relatively simple solutions are available that could make great strides in helping the world’s population lead longer, healthier lives. Session 2:Neglected Health Threats: Silent Killers, Practical ResponsesThursday, September 21 at 9:30 AMThis session will explore how both neglected communicable diseases and chronic conditions are quietly killing tens of millions of people annually while hundreds of millions of survivors suffer debilitating disabilities. Neglected tropical diseases often attack the developing world as lethally as HIV/AIDS, TB, and malaria. Meanwhile, chronic conditions such as diabetes and heart disease - largely caused by rising obesity and smoking rates – are the leading cause of death in nearly every country and are expected to increase by almost 20% in the next ten years. Fortunately, these diseases and chronic conditions can be prevented, controlled, and potentially even eradicated through new technology delivered in innovative and cost-effective ways. Session 3:Healthy Workers, Healthy Businesses: Ensuring Home and Workplace WellnessThursday, September 21 at 2:30 PMThis session will focus on two interrelated areas, the home and work environment. The incidence of devastating conditions – like diarrhea and lower respiratory infection – is in most cases strongly tied to basic health factors, such as safe water, proper sanitation, and indoor air quality. This panel will focus on the innovative commitments that businesses and NGOs are making to improve the environments where people live and work. These interventions are not purely humanitarian; employers and employees alike agree that they are common-sense means to increase productivity