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Viewpoint: Poor Man’s Rich Man
It looks like fish. It smells like fish. When unsold and unmarketable, it usually rots and goes to waste. But not so in the fisherfolk community in Iligan, where excess catch of fish in season are collected for livelihood. It’s like chicken dung gathered by another community in Naawan, Misamis Oriental, and coconut husks collected from copra farms by a cooperative of former rebels who laid down their arms for life with society. Rotten fish, chicken dung, coconut husks – all biowastes that can be converted to organic fertilizers that communities can sell and make a living out of. For them, it is a way to resist poverty through their own productive work. But this is just half of the story.
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As Overseas Money Dries Up, Indonesia Develops Its Own Vaccines
Indonesia is developing its own vaccines to fight infectious diseases because funds from the EU and other development agencies to its health sector are drying up. EurActiv reports from Indonesia.
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Low-Income Filipinos Can Rely on Microinsurance When Disaster Strikes
The domestic insurance industry posted a stellar growth performance in the past year, registering an estimated 28 million Filipinos protected by microinsurance.
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Of Social Business Ventures and Islamic Principles
Interest in the area of social entrepreneurship has gained momentum in recent years. Many studies have been commissioned in this area, including comparative studies to clarify the concepts of conventional entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship, and also social entrepreneurship with not-for-profit activities such as corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives, charity and voluntary work.
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Japanese Foundation Joins the Public Health Grand Challenge Bandwagon
A Japanese foundation will try to discover innovative approaches to neglected infectious diseases with a Grand Challenge.
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New One-Stop Resource Centre for Social Enterprises to Be Launched
Instead of seeking help at multiple locations, social enterprises will be able to go to a new one-stop resource centre to be launched in the second quarter of the year. Social enterprises are businesses with a social mission.
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Asian Development Bank Commits to $1.5b in Loans for Indonesia’s Infrastructure Development
The Asian Development Bank pledged its support for Indonesia’s development plan and is committed to disburse at least $1.5 billion in loans to the country to help fund various infrastructure projects, the multilateral lender’s president said on Tuesday.
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Japanese Drugmakers Addressing Neglected Tropical Diseases, and Not Just Out of Altruism
Japanese drugmakers are developing medicines to treat infectious diseases that have been overlooked because there is little financial incentive.
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