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		<title>12 wonderful wishes you can share for 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2011 05:39:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raj Melville</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we tick down another year and look back at all the milestones of the past year and plan for the next, it is time to also consider some of the wonderful organizations that are making an impact around the world. 
Here is my list of a dozen that are making a difference in no particular order. Most of them are young organizations that are just getting started and an opportunity for you to get involved and help them on their way. More details at 
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		<title>Samarthanam: a vision for the future for the visually disabled</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Oct 2010 21:25:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raj Melville</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Samrathanam was founded by Mahantesh, who is also visually disabled, to help provide opportunities for deserving, young, and talented children with disability of any form, or from marginalized economic backgrounds. Over the years they have built a school that provides education for over 600 disabled children and is designed to meet the needs of the physically challenged. Read more about this amazing organization and how they are helping make the disadvantaged self sufficient productive members of society at 
<a href="http://blog.ambientengines.com">http://blog.ambientengines.com</a> <a href="http://blog.ambientengines.com/2010/10/02/samarthanam-a-vision-for-the-future-for-the-visually-disabled/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.ambientengines.com&amp;blog=3998279&amp;post=719&amp;subd=socialecosystem&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On CK Prahalad and his impact on social entrepreneurship</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 04:12:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raj Melville</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I, like many others, was saddened to hear of the untimely passing away of Prof. C. K. Prahalad. His career spanned over three decades during which time he introduced several innovative business ideas that quickly became mainstream. Perhaps his most widely influential work was his last book on “The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid" where he outlined his take on how corporations could profitably service the very large market that consists of the bottommost economic strata. You can read more at 
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		<title>Launching the Go-To networking event for Social Entrepreneurs in Boston</title>
		<link>http://blog.ambientengines.com/2010/03/23/launching-the-go-to-networking-event-for-social-entrepreneurs-in-boston/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 05:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raj Melville</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over 30 people from diverse backgrounds, but with a common interest in supporting organizations making significant social impact, gathered at Tantric India Bistro in Boston for the first of what will be a regular meeting on the First Monday of the Month. From the interest expressed since the launch, it is quickly becoming the “Go To” networking venue for folks interested in meeting others with a similar interest in innovative social impact. Read more about the next event on April 5 at <a href="http://blog.ambientengines.com">http://blog.ambientengines.com</a> <a href="http://blog.ambientengines.com/2010/03/23/launching-the-go-to-networking-event-for-social-entrepreneurs-in-boston/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.ambientengines.com&amp;blog=3998279&amp;post=648&amp;subd=socialecosystem&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why you need to go beyond the numbers to view rural poverty</title>
		<link>http://blog.ambientengines.com/2009/07/11/why-you-need-to-go-beyond-the-numbers-to-view-rural-poverty/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:21:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raj Melville</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the past decade, much progress has been made in India and people have been justifiably proud of the improving economic situation. While most observers point to the top line numbers that show the number of people living below the “poverty line” has been consistently decreasing, by focusing on just these aseptic numbers, they fail to understand and capture the continuing anguish in the rural countryside. <a href="http://blog.ambientengines.com/2009/07/11/why-you-need-to-go-beyond-the-numbers-to-view-rural-poverty/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.ambientengines.com&amp;blog=3998279&amp;post=513&amp;subd=socialecosystem&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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