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83 social entrepreneurs. 77 artists. 23 films. 32 gatherings. All part of our #StoriesofChange partnership with @sundanceorg. Our Director of Global Partnerships @sandy_herz on the 10-year collaboration:
A Decade of Stories of Change: How a Partnership With Sundance Institute Harnessed Storytelling for Social Impact - Skoll.org
Stories of Change, a decade-long initiative of the Sundance Institute and the Skoll Foundation, marries the power of storytelling with the impact of s...
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In 1978, 90% of the Chinese population struggled to survive on $2/day. Today, 1 in 100 have the same statistics. Never before have so many people risen so fast. @GrahamTAllison explores what this means for Americans #WeTheFuture
Is war between China and the US inevitable?
Taking lessons from a historical pattern called "Thucydides's Trap," political scientist Graham Allison shows why a rising China and a dominant United...
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By boosting farmer yields, eliminating child labor and empowering women, @WorldCocoa aims to create a sustainable and thriving cocoa sector.
Sustainable Solutions at the Base of the Supply Chain: The Case for Cocoa - Skoll.org
You may rarely think of 2 million smallholder cocoa farmers toiling away during long hot hours in West Africa.
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Smallholder farmers who produce most of the food consumed in the developing world are some of the poorest people on Earth. What would it for them to secure land and make a sustainable living?
Social entrepreneurs have a few answers. https://t.co/VxByrnvCa5
Residents in the small Belgian town of Geel have been taking in strangers with severe mental health problems for hundreds of years. Its model of “radical kindness” is stirring interest around the world. #WorldKindnessDay @GuardianUpside
'Care BnB'- the town where mentally ill people lodge with locals
Residents in Geel have been taking in strangers with learning disabilities for hundreds of years. Now academics are looking to the small Flemish town ...
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Liz Diebold of the @SkollFoundation shares some of her tips on partnership with government for social impact. #SocEnt
Opinion: Supporting partnerships between social entrepreneurs and government
Government partnerships hold tremendous potential for social entrepreneurs. Skoll Foundation's Liz Diebold details three concrete ways funders can sup...
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Together with governments and our partners, VillageReach works to ensure that life-saving vaccines, medicines and other essential health supplies reach the last mile for more than 20 million people throughout sub-Saharan Africa. https://t.co/SP1lO47Ypz
Always choose kindness. #WorldKindnessDay
These are the Sustainable Development Goals we've made progress on — and the ones we haven't: https://t.co/oSItBgbwOx @shepleygreen
To move from incremental to transformative systems change, funders can't do it alone. The new #ScalingSolutions report offers concrete ways to improve donor collaboration to scale solutions. https://t.co/jVmW8YJvCs
.@safeenahusain of our partner @educate_girls explains how the potential of development #impactbonds has been tapped to improve access to primary education for all children, and particularly young girls, in rural India.
Educating The Girl Child In India
BW Education - , Social Responsibility-Safeena Husain, Founder, and Executive Director Educate Girls speaks to BW Education's Deputy Editor, Dr Waqar ...
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"Achieving universal coverage for immunization and primary care represents the great challenge of our age. Leveraging the disruptive power of digital tech will provide our best chance of achieving it."
- @slaughterchuck, Founder @Living_Goods
#GotLife
By investing in rural businesses that build #farmers resilience to #climatechange, we can help make sure they can access real opportunities to earn decent incomes — whether they choose to migrate or not. @guardian
The unseen driver behind the migrant caravan: climate change
While violence and poverty have been cited as the reasons for the exodus, experts say the big picture is that changing climate is forcing farmers off ...
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Meet the first Afghan woman to climb the highest mountain in the country! "I kept telling myself that finally this was the moment an Afghan girl was going to make it to the top. I did this for every single girl.” @guardian https://t.co/2TPPUKTQ9U
Showing audiences that change is possible: Here’s a quick recap of where our films showed at festivals this year.
Festivals Around the World Screened Skoll Awardee Films in 2018 - Skoll.org
In 2018, we elevated and amplified the stories of Skoll awardees in more than 50 cities and 11 countries to show that change is possible.
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