Social Entrepreneurs
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The Skoll Foundation drives large-scale change by investing in, connecting, and celebrating social entrepreneurs and the innovators who help them solve the world’s most pressing problems.
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We identify people and organizations with innovations creating scalable positive impact. We invest at their inflection point towards scale, our bet that these social entrepreneurs have charted a path to fundamentally transform unjust systems.
Connect
Social Entrepreneurship is a team sport. We believe that change agents thrive in a well cultivated community of their peers. Scalable solutions to the world’s most pressing problems require innovative partnerships.
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We believe a story well told can change the world. Through our Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship, we have supported 122 social entrepreneurs and 100 organizations on five continents. Their stories show the world what is possible.
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Babban Gona's Kola Masha believes that the same thing that lifted his grandfather out of poverty works for Nigerians living in poverty: economies of scale. #EndPoverty

Babban Gona Turns Potential Fighters into Productive Farmers - Skoll.org
Babban Gona starts by cultivating that core element of grassroots leadership, the foundation of trust upon which any thriving co-operative depends.
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Conflict is inevitable—violence is not. That's the basis behind the work of @sfcg, a 2018 @Nobel Peace Prize nominee. CEO Shamil Idriss explains the organization's approach to conflict resolution.

How Search for Common Ground Made the Case for Peacebuilding - Skoll.org
Conflict is inevitable, violence is not. That’s the basic premise of Search for Common Ground
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125 million of the world's farmers don't have banks. Without a safe place to store their income, they can't grow enough savings to afford high-quality seeds and fertilizer. @BillGates on @myAgroFarms' clever solution to transform the lives of farmers:

How mobile phones are helping farmers grow bigger harvests
One company is helping poor farmers save money for the first time using their phones.
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"If we continue creating global-development policies based on the story that women are more likely than men to invest in their families, we will not transform the inequitable gender relations that make these statistics true." @gendereffect @NewYorker

The Ghost Statistic That Haunts Women’s Empowerment
The oft-cited statistic that women spend ninety per cent of their income on their children, while men spend drastically less, appears to have come fro...
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How do we create a culture of compassion that emphasizes relationalism over individualism? Inspiring essay by @nytdavidbrooks about a movement that's addressing today's social fragmentation.

Opinion | A Nation of Weavers
The social renaissance is happening from the ground up.
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Thanks @NorCalGrant @PackardFdn @RockPhilanth for a fascinating event on #ScalingSolutions today. It brings to mind this article from @SSIReview, one of the most widely shared ever. "To break the nonprofit starvation cycle, funders must take the lead."
By 2030, 1 out of every 5 people on Earth will be African. @PatrickAwuahJr warns, however, that the benefits from a rapidly growing population will not be automatic. "It will depend on productive citizens and enlightened, effective leadership." #WeTheFuture #UNGA @Ashesi
"Sexual assault doesn't just happen. It is committed by somebody. We need to not just talk about victims to address this issue. We need to talk about the perpetrators too." — @callisto founder @JessicaHLadd

Callisto Supports Survivors And Keeps Communities Safe
How can we combat sexual assault? Change the culture of reporting, says Callisto founder Jess Ladd.
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"The problem is systemic. To break down those barriers, we in the funding community must engage in uncomfortable conversations. We need to take a critical look at ourselves"
Opinion: We need to fix implicit bias in philanthropy. Here's how.
In an effort to make philanthropy more inclusive, the Skoll Foundation is looking inward to identify its own implicit biases â and lessons on how...
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Currently reading @AnandWrites's "Winners Take All." Next up, @robreich's "Just Giving: Why Philanthropy Is Failing Democracy and How It Can Do Better." Ahead of @SkollFoundation Skoll World Forum, I'd love to hear from anyone who has read both & has thoughts on the way forward
We're thrilled for @dongips on his new role as CEO of the @SkollFoundation. Great choice to lead them in their important work solving pressing global problems.

The Skoll Foundation Announces New CEO Donald H. Gips - Skoll.org
The Skoll Foundation Board of Directors today announced the appointment of a new CEO: former Ambassador to South Africa Donald H. Gips. With a dive...
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📱@Medic puts a powerful tool in the hands of rural community health workers in Kenya through its life-saving app, which makes data more accessible and treatment more efficient.💊 @BBCWorld

The data that can save lives in rural Kenya
An app is helping healthcare workers in rural Kenya to collect data and improve their service to patients.
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We know there's a lot of people who are unable to attend the Skoll World Forum in person. That's why this year—for the first time ever—we're opening up access to all the content from #SkollWF 2019 through our Digital Pass!
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What does it look like to harness radical collaboration for #communityhealth?
Click to learn how funders, implementers, & large technical bodies are setting ego aside to better support national governments in achieving #healthforall
New coalition harnesses 'radical collaboration' for community health
As countries work to make community health workers frontline in their health systems, a new effort is underway to standardize best practices â an...
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On this President's Day, looking ahead to a generation of women Presidents throughout the world, the U.S. included!

Girls Not Brides on Twitter
“When girls go to 📚 school 🏫, they don't just become better educated. They are healthier 👩🏽, earn more money 💰, marry later 💒,...
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