How to Build a Successful Nonprofit That Supports Your Community. Bill Gates: My New Model For Giving. How The Next Generation Of Wealth Is Revolutionizing Philanthropy As We Know It. America's 25 Most Inspiring Companies. 6 Tech Concepts Changing the World. In our social entrepreneurship series, The World at Work, Mashable interviewed the faces behind the startups and projects that are working to make a global impact.
These companies are tapping into the public's power to change the world through tech, whether it's encouraging others to take up the challenge of living below the poverty line or helping teens give back to their local communities. While the companies are diverse, they are all on a mission to change our lives for the better and improve society. Here's a final roundup of the series, including exclusive video interviews with the founders of these innovative startups. To read more and watch the videos, click through to the full story, and check out the series and the roundups below to learn about more breakthrough companies. 1.
Big Idea: Live Below the Line is an international challenge and social media campaign that asks participants to live below the poverty line, on a budget of $1.50 per day for five days. 2. 3. 4. 5. Using Facebook to Promote Human Rights? You Could Win $20,000. Have an idea about how to use Facebook to promote human rights?
Your concept might earn you $20,000. Facebook is partnering with the team behind the Access Innovation Prize to reward individuals and businesses for coming up with the best way to use digital tech to promote social good, human rights and development. Facebook has provided $10,000 toward the award, and Access will match the contribution. The social network will also participate in the judging process. "The social web is a powerful tool for helping to promote human development around the world," said Marne Levine, Facebook's vice president of global public policy, in a statement. "The Access Facebook Award will help to spur new ideas for leveraging Facebook to improve the world we live in, from creating tools that enhance the free flow of information to developing apps that expand educational access in rural areas, and we look forward to seeing the creative ideas that are submitted.
" The application process closes on Aug. 15. 5 Hot Startups Using Tech for Good. In our social entrepreneurship series, The World at Work, Mashable interviews the faces behind the startups and projects that are working to make a global impact.
By harnessing the power of the web and digital technology, these companies have built a way for companies to commit to charity, made electric cars affordable and offered a new way for people to rally around political issues. While the companies are diverse, they are all on a mission to change our lives for the better and improve society. Here's a roundup of featured projects from the last week, including exclusive video interviews with the founders of these innovative startups. Can We Fix Young America With Technology and Entrepreneurship? With youth unemployment at a 60-year high and student-loan debt nearing the $1 trillion mark, can anything be done by the technology sector to help young Americans struggling to find work?
Yes, says the #FixYoungAmerica campaign, launching Monday. #FixYoungAmerica is seeking to address a single, nagging question in the U.S.: How do we overcome the twin epidemics of youth unemployment and underemployment? To that end, #FixYoungAmerica campaign is releasing a book designed to help fix those problems. It's chock full of ideas from some of the country's top intellectuals, nonprofit leaders, philanthropists, educators, politicians and entrepreneurs. Several of the ideas put forward involve technology: teaching kids how to code, requiring technology education in public schools and sparking innovation through entrepreneurial competitions. The campaign is led by the Young Entrepreneur Council. The #FixYoungAmerica book releases in May — just in time for graduation. Wired To Care. How A Pharmaceutical Giant Is Battling Malnutrition On The Ground In Haiti.
All too often, corporate philanthropy involves dropping a wad of money on organizations that are doing work on an issue that the corporation "cares" about, and then saying goodbye.
Bu sometimes, corporations actually bring their know-how and human capital to bear on a problem, in addition to just giving money. The global pharmaceutical company Abbott is taking the second path, focusing on long-lasting initiatives that can grow local economies in struggling areas. Case in point: Abbott's work to combat severe malnutrition in Haiti. Abbott has long held an interest in the country, where it has offered up $48 million in grants and product donations over the years to deal with Haiti's health needs.
About two years ago, the company sent a team of people to Haiti to check out Partners in Health's production facility for Nourimanba, a high-protein, high-calorie fortified peanut-based paste that is similar to Plumpy'nut (the latter product's patent isn't registered in Haiti).