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Programa Vivenda: Housing, bonds and community
Programa Vivenda is taking a different approach to the market, and has managed to spot unexplored demand and positively impact many families in the process. The startup delivers better quality of life to the population through home renovations, kits and technical assistance aimed at improving comfort and covering the expenses of owning a house.
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Gawad Kalinga : Building a social enterprise network in the Philippines
Gawad Kalinga, now a multi-million dollar Filipino NGO, was founded by Antonio Meloto (“Tito Tony” as he’s also known) to reduce poverty through a genuine network effect connecting businesses, communities, government and educators. Gawad Kalinga’s goal is ending poverty for 5 million families by 2024.
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On the Ground at SOCAP – Day 2: Big partnerships, lean startups and government hijinks
Scott Anderson and Marzena Zukowska are your roving bloggers from this week’s Social Capital Markets Conference in San Francisco.
Here are just a few of the many snippets of wisdom they picked up during Day 2 (Wednesday) at the sprawling social investing gathering - taken from four of the day’s many sessions.- Categories
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The Future of the BoP Domain: Where is our missing community?
I believe that it is time to start talking more about how we, as a sector, can collectively share – and debate – the lessons learned so far in order to better create the future path ahead of us. But in order to do that, we need to be more of a community.
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Working at the ‘Coalface’ of Clean Energy: BCtA forum gathers renewal power players
The webinar was a collaborative effort between BCtA, the Business Innovation Facility (BIF) and the Innovations Against Poverty, and resulted in a rich and thought-provoking discussion, covering perennial issues ranging from marketing to the BoP to distribution challenges.
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Titans of Industry Turning to Social Biz : Nine former Indian head honchos who are changing the world of social entrepreneurship
At SocialStory we have scoured the universe of Indian corporate bigwigs who have scaled the heights of their chosen worlds and have now decided to make the switch to the world of philanthropy. We have left out the likes of Azim Premji and Sunil Bharti Mittal because our primary criterion is that they should have switched to the philanthropic role full-time. Read on to find out more about these ex-corporate heroes who have now assumed avatars of social investors and social entrepreneurs.
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Avon, Amway … Africa?: Can the direct sales agent model work for health goods at the BoP? Part 2
Direct sales agent models are generating a lot of buzz in BoP health care. By recruiting local sales teams to sell health products directly to their communities, social enterprises hope to improve health, provide an income for the salespeople – and make a profit. But can they overcome the challenges of working at the BoP? The SHOPS project studied several approaches in Africa, and lead researcher Michael Kubzansky discusses what works – and what doesn’t – in part 2 of our Q&A.
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Avon, Amway … Africa?: Can the direct sales agent model work for health goods at the BoP? Part 1
It’s not easy marketing health products to the BoP. Challenges range from remote distribution to customers’ limited awareness of the products’ benefits or correct usage. That’s why some companies are recruiting local sales teams to sell health products directly to their communities. But how can the Avon/Amway model work for low-margin goods at the BoP? The SHOPS Project analyzed five business models in Africa over 16 months. In Part 1 of this Q&A, lead researcher Michael Kubzansky describes its findings.
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