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		<title>Jacqueline Novogratz – Legatum Lecture at MIT</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Speaking at the Legatum Center’s Lecture series at MIT, Jacqueline Novogratz described the innovative work of Acumen fund and how it helps build social solutions through its venture philanthropy. <a href="http://blog.ambientengines.com/2009/04/22/jacqueline-novogratz-%e2%80%93-legatum-lecture-at-mit/">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=440&amp;subd=socialecosystem&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ashoka’s &#8220;Tapping Youth Innovation Challenge&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 04:49:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raj Melville</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ashoka has launched a youth movement called Ashoka's Youth Venture (http://genv.net/).As part of their efforts to spur innovation, they have teamed up with a number of organizations to hold youth oriented social innovation competitions.  The latest one is "Tapping Youth Innovation, a Water Campaign" <a href="http://blog.ambientengines.com/2009/02/28/ashoka%e2%80%99s-tapping-youth-innovation-challenge/">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=372&amp;subd=socialecosystem&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Water and Sanitation &#8211; the next global challenge</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 04:22:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raj Melville</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Water and sanitation, together with food security, are some of the most pressing issues globally. The root cause to most of the basic issues - health, nutrition, and even education can be traced in some way to water and sanitary, hygienic conditions. <a href="http://blog.ambientengines.com/2008/06/28/water-and-sanitation-the-next-global-challenge/">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=19&amp;subd=socialecosystem&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>BAIF Development Research Foundation – Sustainable Development To Support Rural Families</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 03:30:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raj Melville</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this year, I had the opportunity to spend a month in India and visited several NGOs while there. One of the innovative organizations is BAIF (Bharatiya Agro Industries Foundation) -- I visited their operations outside of Hubli in Northern Karnataka state and wrote an article about their work for Lokvani.com, that I have reproduced below <a href="http://blog.ambientengines.com/2008/06/27/12/">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=12&amp;subd=socialecosystem&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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