11/19/2010
December 2010 – 12
Executive Director for Ashoka’s
Changemakers™
Ashoka’s Changemakers™ program
(www.changemakers.com) is seeking a dynamic,
entrepreneur to lead their global team and elevate
their successful program to the next level.
Changemakers™ is entering a stage of rapid growth
and several strategic initiatives are being added. The
successful candidate will take www.changemakers.com
beyond online competitions to a world wide platform
for innovators. This vision will involve engaging other
programs and resources of Ashoka in developing an
integrated model of action.
If this sounds like you, apply at www.ashoka.org/apply
and list ‘Executive Director’ in the ‘Openings of
Interest’ section of the online application. This position
is based in Arlington, VA – just outside Washington,
DC. Only those offered an interview will be contacted.
For more information contact Cfeinberg@ashoka.org
Fellows in the News
G20 members commit half a billion dollars to
the winners of the SME Finance Challenge
Two Ashoka Fellow organizations--William Foote's Root
Capital and Vineet Rai's Aavishkaar--were among the
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Fellow in the News
Awards & Funding
Information for Fellows
Networking & Communication Tools
Changemakers®
Volunteers, Interns, Partners
fourteen winners. In its first foray into open sourcing, the
G20 had asked Ashoka to identify innovative finance
models for SMEs (Small, Medium, Enterprises) in the
emerging world through a Rockefeller Foundation
supported Changemakers.com online platform. United
States President Barack Obama, Korean President Lee
Myung-bak, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, and
Ashoka Vice President Bill Carter were at the awards
presentation. For more information, click here.
New York Times Blog with Mary Gordon
On November 8th the online New York Times blog
included an opinion piece by David Bornstein author of
How to Change the World entitled Fighting Bullying With
Babies. David pointed to the work of Canadian Fellow
Mary Gordon and her organization “Roots of Empathy.”
To read the blog click here.
“Common Ground” Awards given to two
Fellows
On November 11, 2010 two Ashoka fellows were given
the Common Ground Award at the National Geographic
Society in Washington, DC. Kenyan Fellow Bob Munro,
creator of the Mathare Youth Sports Association, is one of
the first people in the world to successfully use sports to
effect positive social change by working across religious,
political, and tribal lines. Indian Fellow Eboo Patel Founder
& President of “Interfaith Youth Core” received his award
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for building a global interfaith youth movement. For more
information, click here.
Aajeevika Bureau wins the 2010 India Social
Entrepreneur Award
Fellow Rajiv Khandelwal’s Aajeevika Bureau is among the
first to attempt to provide support services to the millions
of unskilled laborers and migrants who move across India
seasonally in search of work. The bureau seeks to protect
the livelihoods and dignity of these migrants and reinforce
their identity as legitimate contributors to the nation’s
economy. For more information, click here.
Ghanaian Technology Enterprise comes out on
top in Prestigious Global Security Challenge
Fellow Bright Simons is the founder of mPedigree
Network, the first system developed in the world which
enables consumers and patients to verify the authenticity
of their medicines. He received an award of $200,000. For
more information, click here.
Mhammed Abbad Andaloussi-Al Jisr Wins a
Skoll Award For Social Entrepreneur of
The Year
Fellow Mhammed Abbad Andaloussi-Al Jisr won the Skoll
foundation award for his work in improving educational
outcomes in the Moroccan Society. He has succeeded in
fostering true public-private partnerships in the education
sector. For more information, click here.
Jayasuriya Weliamuna elected to Transparency
International Board
Ashoka Senior fellow Jayasuriya Weliamuna was recently
elected to the global board of Transparency International.
He had previously served as the Executive Director for
Transparency International in Sri Lanka for the past 8
years. For more information, click here.
Awards/Funding
Schwab Social Entrepreneur of the Year Award
Deadline: Varies by country
Schwab partners with local media and institutions to
recognize social entrepreneurs working to transform
traditional practices of social change and sponsors the
awardees’ attendance at the World Economic Forum.
Since each country has its own deadline for this award, we
do not centrally organize nominations from the global
office. We are happy to help edit application materials as
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needed and serve as a reference. Please consult the
Schwab website for specific information on your region. To
be taken to the Schwab homepage, click here. You can
also contact Cat Jaffee directly at cjaffee@ashoka.org for
more information.
NYU Reynolds Program in Social
Entrepreneurship Deadline: November to January
(depending on school)
The NYU Reynolds Graduate Fellowship is open to new
students applying to any full-time, two-year master’s
degree program at NYU beginning September 2011.
Fellows will receive up to $25,000 for each of two
years of study and an intensive two-year curricular and co-
curricular program designed to help prepare them to be
the next generation of social entrepreneurial leaders.
Application deadlines vary by school, beginning in
November and running through January. For more
information and an application, click here.
Vodafone Wireless Innovation Project
Deadline: December 15, 2010
Vodafone is seeking to identify and fund the best
innovations using wireless-related technology to address
critical social issues around the globe. US-based non-profit
charity organizations and universities are eligible to apply.
For more information, click here.
Nieman Journalism Fellowships at Harvard
University
Deadline: December 15 to January 31st (December 15th is the
first deadline)
The Nieman Fellowships in Global Health Reporting will be
awarded to two journalists who are committed to global
health reporting and whose news organizations share that
commitment. One fellowship will go to a journalist who is
a U.S. citizen and one will go to a non-U.S. citizen. Fellows
begin their academic year at Harvard University in mid-
August. For more information, click here.
World Children's Prize
Deadline: January 5, 2011
The World’s Children’s Prize, which aims to contribute
towards a more humane world, is the world’s largest
annual educational program for young people on the rights
of the child, democracy, the environment and global
friendship. For more information, click here.
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African Women Public Service Fellowship
Deadline: January 7, 2011
This New York University fellowship program expands the
opportunity for African women to prepare for public
service in their home countries. As fellows at NYU
Wagner, African women study in one of two graduate
programs: the two-year Master of Public Administration or
the one-year Executive MPA: Concentration on
International Public Service Organizations. Applicants
commit to return to their respective home countries at
the conclusion of the program with the goal of assuming a
leadership position on the continent where they can
meaningfully contribute to the challenges currently
confronting Africa. For more information, click here.
The Yale World Fellows Program
Deadline: January 14, 2011
This is a concentrated 13-week program designed
specifically for those leading and refining critical institutions
in societies around the globe. The program seeks
applications from early mid-career leaders who have
distinguished themselves within their own countries. For
more information, click here.
The Asia & Pacific Islander Scholarship Fund
(APIASF)
Deadline: January 14, 2011
The Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund
(APIASF) is the nation's largest 501c(3) non-profit
organization that provides scholarships to Asian and Pacific
Islander Americans (APIAs) with financial need. The Vision
of APIASF is to see that all APIAs have access to higher
education and resources that cultivate their academic,
personal and professional success regardless of their
ethnicity, national origin or financial means. For more
information, click here.
The Charles Bronfman Prize
Deadline: January 14, 2011
The Charles Bronfman Prize is a $100,000 humanitarian
award that celebrates the vision and endeavor of an
individual or team under 50 years of age, whose
humanitarian work has contributed significantly to the
betterment of the world. Its goal is to bring public
recognition to young, dynamic individuals whose Jewish
values infuse their humanitarian accomplishments, and
provide inspiration to the next generations. For more
information, click here.
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Gold Quill Awards
Deadline: January 28, 2011
The Gold Quill Awards are open to members and non-
members of the International Association of Business
Communicators (IABC). Join strategists; managers;
practitioners; corporate, government, and nonprofit
communicators; agency executives; photographers; graphic
artists; creative conceptualists; tacticians and students as
the IABC finds the best examples of thought leadership,
strategic management, creativity, resourcefulness and
successful solutions across the globe. For more
information, click here.
Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship
Deadline: Rolling
Every year five full scholarships are awarded to individuals
who wish to enter the one year full-time Oxford MBA
program. The Skoll Scholarship is a competitive scholarship
for incoming MBA students who pursue entrepreneurial
solutions for urgent social and environmental challenges.
The Scholarship provides funding and exclusive
opportunities to meet with world-renowned
entrepreneurs, thought-leaders and investors. Once
selected, these students are known as Skoll Skollars. For
more information, click here.
World Health Care Congress (WHCC)
The WHCC Affordable Health Innovations Program allows
global organizations to showcase initiatives that provide
affordable, sustainable and scalable solutions to improving
health care. This site, developed in collaboration with the
World Health Care Congress, is designed as a year-round
community where organizations can present their
programs and research .Four times a year the World
Health Care Congress convenes meetings where
organizations working to develop affordable health care
solutions can showcase their innovations. The website is
maintained throughout the year and serves as a space
where abstracts and posters can be displayed. Awards are
also given. For more information, click here.
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Conferences
The 3rd ISPIM Innovation Symposium: Managing the Art of Innovation: Turning Concepts into
Reality
Montreal, Canada // Date: December 12, 2010- December 15, 2010
Organized by ISPIM in collaboration with local partner INO, a leading non-profit R&D center in Optics/Photonics in
Canada, this symposium will bring together academics, business leaders, consultants and other professionals involved in
innovation management. The symposium format will include facilitated themed sessions for academic and practitioner
presentations together with interactive workshops and discussion panels. Additionally, the symposium will provide excellent
networking opportunities together with a taste of local French Canadian culture. For more information, click here.

Information for Fellows

The Peace and Collaborative Development Network
This is a free professional networking site (with over 17,500 members from around the world) to foster dialogue and
sharing of resources in international development, conflict resolution, gender mainstreaming, human rights, social
entrepreneurship and related fields. For more information, click here or visit:
http://www.internationalpeaceandconflict.org/main

Hybrid Value Chain Article

Did you get a chance to read the article on Hybrid Value Chains written by Bill Drayton and Valeria Budinich? It appeared
in the September 2010 issue of the Harvard Business Review. To read the article, click here or visit:
http://bit.ly/HVCarticlefullPDF

Networking & Communication Tools Fellows Only

Ashoka Live Feed

We have recently had live interviews with Ashoka Fellows while they were passing through the Global Office. See who was
in town, and check out the conversations at http://www.ashoka.org/live.

Changemakers®

G-20 Commits More Than One-Half Billion Dollars to Changemakers Challenge Winners
The G-20 agreed to commit a total of US $528 million to scale up the winning proposals and to increase financing for small
and medium enterprises (SMEs). The Group of 20 and Ashoka’s Changemakers, with support from the Rockefeller
Foundation, selected the 14 best worldwide models for stimulating financing for small and medium enterprises through an
online competition. For more information, click here.

Seeking entries: Sustainable Urban Housing - Collaborating for Livable and Inclusive Cities
Deadline: February 2, 2011
Changemakers, with the support of the Rockefeller Foundation, is now accepting entries in the Sustainable Urban Housing:
Collaborating for Livable and Inclusive Cities competition through February 2, 2010. The top solutions, policies, and ideas
for urban housing will be awarded US $10,000. For more information, click here.

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Patients | Choices | Empowerment Competition Winners Announced

The winners of the Changemakers and the Amgen Foundation's Patients | Choices | Empowerment competition will be
announced on Dec. 8. Each will earn a prize of USD $10,000. This campaign sought the top solutions to elevate patients’
voices and improve health outcomes globally. For more information, click here.

Get ready to vote: Property Rights: Identity, Dignity & Opportunity for All
Vote from December 8, 2010-January 19, 2011
Nominations for Ashoka’s Changemakers and Omidyar Network's Property Rights: Identity, Dignity & Opportunity for All
competition were accepted through November. Now the public is invited to vote through January 12, 2010 for the best
innovators among the more than 200 entries. This competition seeks to find innovative worldwide solutions that will
strengthen property rights and ignite economic opportunity. The three winners of this competition will each receive a cash
prize of $50,000. To vote or get more information, click here.

Upcoming Vote: Geotourism Challenge 2010: Places on the Edge

Voting begins January 19, 2011
The Geotourism Challenge 2010: Places on the Edge - Saving Coastal and Freshwater Destinations competition accepted
entries through December 1, 2010. Entrants from across the globe submitted their for innovative tourism solutions for
coastal, waterway, and island destinations that protect the environment and strengthen the heritage and livelihoods of local
residents. The competition is hosted by Ashoka’s Changemakers, National Geographic and the Inter-American
Development Bank (IADB). The top three entries will win US $5,000 each. Voting begins January 19, 2011. To find out
more click here.

Volunteers, Interns, Partners Fellows Only

Volunteers
Need help with Strategic Planning? Fundraising?
Translation? Volunteers can help! In-person assistance?
Virtual help? Volunteer teams? Let us know what you
need, and we‘ll help you find what you‘re looking for!
Please give specific details regarding your plans for using a
volunteer and information about what type of work they‘ll
be doing, special skills required, time-frame,
accommodations available, etc. Email Beth Inabinett at
volunteers@ashoka.org
Interns
Would you like to advertise for an intern on the Ashoka
Volunteer website? Many capable undergraduate and
graduate students are visiting the website looking for a way
to get involved and gain experience in their field of study,
especially over the summer. Contact Beth Inabinett for an
Intern Request Form at binabinett@ashoka.org

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