Making Change Happen, on a Deadline. Fixes looks at solutions to social problems and why they work. The PreFabricated Building Parts Production Enterprise in Addis Ababa is a state-owned company that makes concrete walls and other structures, mainly for the Ethiopian government’s low-cost housing program. Public-sector construction companies in the third world are not generally known for energy, flexibility, risk-taking or creative thinking. PreFabricated, in other words, does not seem like the kind of business that would or could do astonishing things in a hurry. Like many companies in AIDS-wracked Ethiopia, PreFabricated had an AIDS policy, which included extra pay for its H.I.V. positive workers so they could buy more food.
In March, 2008, the company decided to do more. RRI Home Page. Stanford Social Innovation Review: Ideas for Socially Responsible Businesses. FIXES - Opinionator. Esha ChhabraChildren left the polio booth in Aligarh with toys and trinkets. ALIGARH, INDIA — On Jan. 13, 2011, a case of polio was discovered in the Indian state of West Bengal. India has been a hotbed of polio, often exporting strains to polio-free countries such as China.