Give.sg, Singapore’s Kiva

Social Entrepreneurship on September 8th, 2009 2 Comments

Stumbled upon Give.sg today, and got really excited. Founded by a group of NUS students and based in a NUS Business incubator, their work “supports charity and fundraising efforts across Singapore”. My guess is that it is a Kiva approach to charity in Singapore, where charities put up requests for donations online, and Give.sg provides [...]

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Jim Fruchterman, Benetech

Social Entrepreneurship, Stanford on March 6th, 2009 No Comments

Am listening right now to Jim Fruchterman, the founder of Benetech, Bookshare and many other social-related ventures. Fascinating account of how he went from a Stanford student to found all the amazing things he has done.One initiative he has done catches my eye. Martus, something which enables human rights organizations to report human rights abuses [...]

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