Youth Employment Initiative Launched in South Africa

CSR Wire   
May 4th, 2012

To address the challenges young people face in South Africa when entering the labor force or starting their own business, the International Youth Foundation (IYF) and the Caterpillar Foundation have launched EquipYouth, a program that will provide 720 local youth with a package of services that includes technical job and life skills training as well as post-training support.

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Mahatma Gandhi Lookalikes Set New World Record

Metro   
January 31st, 2012

Assembled pupils took part in a 0.5km ‘Rise Up’ march in honour of Gandhi, who was assassinated 64 years ago to the day, to promote his ideology of non-violence.

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Indian villagers’ lives transformed by new energy delivery system

Our World 2.0   
January 30th, 2012

It is here in Uttar Pradesh, one of India’s largest and poorest states, far away from the country’s straining power grid, that US-born entrepreneurs Nikhil Jaisinghani and Brian Shaad have started to pioneer a wholly different energy system, designed to meet some of the most basic needs of the poorest.

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Brief Singular Life Inspires Creative Activists

Voice of America   
December 27th, 2011

Artist, activist and photojournalist Dan Eldon lived a short, yet full, life expressing himself through photos, drawings and journals.

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SELCO: A Business, Ongoing Case Study in Solar-Powered Social Impact

Next Billion   
November 29th, 2011

SELCO, a social enterprise traditionally focused on providing solar energy to the rural underserved, has launched a new urban model in India.

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