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PayPal’s New ‘Digital Wallet’ May Accept Bitcoin
One day after that report made the rounds, Entrepreneur magazine discovered that PayPal began to crack down on users who utilized its platform to sell bitcoin.
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Crowdfunding Platform Nyaya Raises Cash for Healthcare for Nepal’s Poor
In December, the New York-based NGO officially launched its Crowdfund Health portal to solicit donations to fund health care for the poor.
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Home Financiers Strike Deal for Bottom of the Pyramid in Kenya
“Over the years, the country has accumulated a housing deficit of over three million, which has led to demand for housing exceeding supply and proliferation of slums. Now we are telling people to stop renting houses and move to their own homes.”
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Press Release : USC Marshall Establishes Master’s Degree in Social Entrepreneurship
Traditionally, students looking to make a social impact in such areas as health, poverty alleviation, environment, education and government pursued advance degrees in public policy and social work.
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How to Assess a Social Enterprise
How do we really know when an organization is doing quality work we should rally behind and having a real, positive impact, versus just using the right buzzwords?
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- Impact Assessment
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Zambia: Govt Takes Healthcare Closer to Solwezi Communities
Owning a bicycle by households in the rural parts of Zambia is such a life-saving asset especially to the people of Kimpitubwanga village in chief Kapijimpanga area in Solwezi district who walk several hours in search of health services.
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Vaccines endure African temperatures without damage
An immunization campaign in West Africa has shown that vaccines can be delivered to remote areas without using ice boxes, and still remain viable. The finding challenges decades-old dogma that vaccines must be kept cool at every step of the chain from manufacture to use.
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Malaria vaccine development paves way for protective therapy
Scientists have made a significant contribution towards the development of a vaccine to prevent malaria. Researchers have tested a preliminary form of a vaccine against the disease, which is spread by the bite of the mosquito and kills more than 600,000 people each year.
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