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Village Women Run Safe Water Franchises in Arsenic-Hit India, Bangladesh
Rural housewives in countries such as India and Bangladesh, where ground water has high levels of arsenic, are being encouraged to set up businesses to sell safe water to save lives in their communities and earn some income.
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- Agriculture
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- South Asia
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Ikea Launches Range Made by Worker Co-operatives
IKEA has launched a new range of products created by women’s co-operatives in rural India.
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- Uncategorized
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- South Asia
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Press Release: TriLinc Global Impact Fund Makes Impact Investments in Africa and Latin America
TriLinc Global Impact Fund announced today that it has approved a total of $9.2 million in trade finance facilities to companies in South Africa, Kenya, and Argentina, bringing total financing commitments as of March 31, 2015 to $76.7 million for business expansion and socioeconomic development through its holdings in Africa and Latin America.
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- Uncategorized
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Group Hopes Recycled Hotel Soap Helps Save Lives Worldwide
Shawn Seipler is on a mission to save lives with soap. It began about seven years ago as a tiny operation with a few friends and family in a single-car garage in Orlando, Florida, where they used meat grinders, potato peelers and cookers to recycle used soap into fresh bars.
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- Health Care
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Pharmaceutical Company Operates With the Heart of a Nonprofit, Soul of Social Enterprise
A San Francisco-based pharmaceutical company is bringing a new contraceptive to the U.S. market. The product is Liletta, an intrauterine device (IUD), which, like any other IUD, is long-lasting and highly effective at preventing pregnancy when inserted properly.
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- Health Care
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Ikea’s Newly Designed Refugee Shelters Are a Game Changer
The units are spacious, have solar panels, and can last an average of three years.
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- Energy, Environment
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- North Africa & Near East
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- social enterprise, solar
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How to Serve Remote Customers Who Live on Less Than $2 a Day
The worlds of business and charity are increasingly merging. Social enterprises engage in activities that don’t perfectly fit in either of these worlds. Blending the two is a powerful tool: the solutions are often more effective, more innovative, and above all more sustainable.
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- Health Care
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Twitter Top 10: 4-12-15
New resources. New partnerships. Even a cool new toilet. This week’s Twitter Top 10 is full of fascinating ideas and useful info, and you can help us get a head start on next week’s list. If you see anything interesting in the Twitterverse, you’re welcome to tweet it to our editors.
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- Agriculture, Education, Energy, Health Care