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it is an IDEA that might change the world

pls look what the project will look like after 3 years…

The early-bird deadline for our Annual Conference one-day trainings closes tomorrow. Don't miss out--register by Friday and save $100. 

About two or three years ago, Pastor Mensa Otabil, a renowned Ghanaian Christian Statesman, delivered his annual 31^st December night Message, what he normally calls the “Crossover” and called each and every Ghanaian and every human being to be a generational thinker. What he meant was that we should think about the future well-being of our children, our grandchildren, our great-grandchildren. That we should think about the future of our environment, about the future…

GOAL 6:  COMBAT HIV/AIDS, MALARIA AND OTHER DISEASES

http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/aids.shtml

TARGETS

1. Halt and begin to reverse, by 2015, the spread of…

GOAL 3 Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women

http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/gender.shtml

 TARGET

1. Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education, preferably by 2005, and in all levels of education,…

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)  are set to encourage development by improving social and economic conditions in the world's poorest countries. They are  originated from the Millennium Declaration set by the united nation in the Millennium Summit in 2000 where   united nation member states leaders ,  at least 23 international organizations, and representatives of 1,000  civil society organizations from more than 100 countries  adopted the declaration and agreed to achieve…

The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) was established by the United Nation dealing with information and communication for community development. The aim of the information society is to gain competitive advantage internationally through using IT in a creative and productive way. An information society is a society…

A new blog from CGAP focusing on results of qualitative research of their Ultra Poor programs.

http://graduation.cgap.org/2011/08/30/voices-from-the-poverty-trap-launching-the-qualitative-research-series/

We hope you'll join us at this year's SEEP Annual Conference for an exciting slate of workshops, based around the themes of Savings and Enterprise & Market Development. Read on to learn more about this year's five workshops, and thank you to everyone who submitted a workshop proposal.

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The Value Chain Finance training at the SEEP Annual Conference will examine the importance, scope and design of value chain finance interventions in the context of value chain development. Join us on Thursday, November 3, to discuss questions like the following:…

British government-funded study says there is no credible evidence that microcredit has helped cut poverty and empower women. The 'systematic review' dismissed well-known studies done so far claiming positive impacts on women.



The report says "unreliable impact estimates" based on "weak methodologies" and…

The 2011 SEEP Annual Conference now has three confirmed plenary discussions, described below. We hope you will join the conversation! 

Is there a killer app for savings?

We know the poor save. We know that mobile technology holds great promise for reducing costs and extending outreach to remote areas. However, we have yet to determine whether recent…

Social Enterprise Associates' client Alex Stainburn of New Caledon recently traveled to Mali to consult on the country's fishing industry. He discovered a vibrant local and even international market for fish in the region, but entrepreneurs often struggle to find capital to fund startup businesses.

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http://euroafrica-ict.org/events/cooperation-forums/2011-cooperation-forum/

The "4th Euro-Africa Cooperation Forum on ICT Research" (an event designed to anyone with an interest in…

http://drishtee.com/

  Mr. Stanley S. Litow the Vice President, Corporate Citizenship and Corporate Affairs & President, IBM International Foundation informed Drishtee foundation that they are…

Happy summer time! Check out Social Enterprise Associates' Summer newsletter to see what social entrepreneurs and communities have leveraged the power of the marketplace for betterment in May and June. Get inspired & get to work!

http://community.telecentre.org/photo/albums/sudan-information…

 pls vote for GDCO and the Telecentre…

My vision is poverty alleviation from the world.

For the implementation of the vision, our mission is development of women and children in rural areas through the agriculture based industrialization for the development of rural areas. Our projects are:

• Poultry village - A project in the sector of backyard poultry
• Dairy village - A project in the sector of dairy farming
• Farmers' village - A project in the sector of agriculture and farming
• Coir…