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George Hara: Public Interest Venture Capitalist

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Longtime Beneblog readers may remember my visit five years ago to Bangladesh, where I was able to visit and write about a cool tech social enterprise, bracNet. They were going to bring Bangladesh better wireless internet than exists in California, and they’ve done it.

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New data for strategic disaster philanthropy 

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The Rohingya crisis continued unabated, increasing the number of refugees, asylum seekers, and internally displaced people in Bangladesh and surrounding countries. Foundations and public charities funded $352 million for disasters and humanitarian crises. . Some of our key findings include: .

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Three Fabulous Conversations

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

That shortchanges Larry’s background: he was the key leader in the campaign to eliminate smallpox in India, cofounded the Seva Foundation and a couple of high tech companies, and was most recently running Google.org. They have expanded from Dhaka to at least ten cities, and are now wrestling with the right way to expand outside of Bangladesh.

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The Davos Blur

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Next, I went to the Social Entrepreneurs Corner (a space set aside for the SEs) and ended up talking in detail with Iftekhar of Waste Concern from Bangladesh about the idea they floated in the bar a couple days ago for software to help cities reduce their carbon footprint. Tags: WEF social entrepreneurs Davos Schwab Foundation.

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First day in Davos

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The Schwab Foundation arranges for the social entrepreneurs to stay in the Schatzalp mountain hotel. A few of the more experienced SEs join the Foundation staff in helping the new attendees get the maximum value out of the conference. Although this is my sixth time to Davos for the WEF, the train trip never fails to enchant me.

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Announcing Our Second Impact Labs Cohort on Zero Hunger: Supporting Small-Scale Farmers Globally

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He has been on field missions to co-create solutions with governments and implementing partners in Zambia, Mozambique, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Nigeria, and Bangladesh. Senior Program Associate, The Rockefeller Foundation. She leads the Diet Quality portfolio at the Rockefeller Foundation. Dun-Ying Vicki Yu. Molly Emmett.

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How Nonprofits Can Navigate the New Media Landscape

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Knight Foundation ; Sharon Pian Chan, Director of Journalist Initiatives, the Seattle Times ; and Joe Neel, Deputy Supervising Editor, NPR. New venture journalism has been incubated thanks to nonprofit and foundation support.” According to the 2013 Foundation Center report , U.S. and James L. million in 2009 to $687.6

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