Articles by Adam Lewis
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Wednesday
October 9
2013Creative Device Meets Innovative Business Model: BD, partners scaling up technology designed to reduce maternal and newborn deaths
Becton, Dickinson and Co.is partnering with the World Health Organization and Saving Lives at Birth to scale up the Odon Device – a new technology designed to reduce maternal and newborn mortality.
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- Health Care
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Wednesday
August 28
2013Supporting Female Entrepreneurs : Together and A Loan
With more than 2 million youth members among its ranks, DoSomething is one of the largest organizations in the United States devoted to young people and social change, mobilizing activists to take on important social issues through innovative campaigns. Their latest effort, called 25,000 Women, harnesses Kiva’s microlending platform to support female entrepreneurs in El Salvador, Kenya, Mongolia, Pakistan and the Philippines.
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- Technology
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- microfinance
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Monday
August 12
2013NexThought Monday – Time Out: Three Reasons why too many Philadelphia Eagles fans are bad for global development
Recognizing the chance to turn first-world waste into third-world benefit, World Vision and the NFL joined forces to distribute the misprinted clothing to communities throughout the developing world.
Now you might think this is all fine and dandy – a match made in heaven perhaps. Not so fast.- Categories
- Uncategorized
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- philanthropy