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Dear Skoll Newsletter Subscriber, We've posted the following stories to the Skoll Foundation Blog over the last two weeks: YouthBuild Students Gets a Presidential Visit
Students in a YouthBuild program got some high level attention this week, with a visit from President Obama. YouthBuild was founded by 2007 Skoll social entrepreneur Dorothy Stoneman. The President visited a YouthBuild program in Savanna, Georgia, where the students were taking vocational training on air conditioning. "They're learning about solar cells; they're learning about efficient heating and cooling systems. You've got young people here who, through the YouthBuild program, are gaining job skills that will help them the rest of their lives," said Obama in a local media story. Marine Stewardship Council - 3rd Episode in BBC Series
The third episode of the BBC series on social entrepreneurs, Alvin's Guide to Good Busines, is now available online. It features Marine Stewardship Council, led by 2007 Skoll social entrepreneur Rupert Howes. Marine Stewardship Council works with fisheries, seafood companies, conservation groups and the public to promote sustainable fishing through a certification program. Here's an online companion article on the BBC website. Skoll Foundation’s Capital Model
We have put up on our site a description of our capital model. It talks about how we deploy our capital via grants, program-related investments, and our endowment to support positive social change. We look at it as a continuum of different financial tools that are working in the same direction. You can read about our approach here. You can also read in more detail about our program-related investments, which are below-market loans and equity holdings that supplement/complement our grantmaking, here. Soap Opera for Social Change
Search for Common Ground, led by co-founders and 2006 Skoll social entrepreneurs John and Susan Collins Marks, explores innovative ways to use media to bridge divides. They've hit on a winning formula leveraging the popularity of soccer in Africa. "The Team" brings together soccer players from different tribes to tackle historic animosities. Search for Common Ground produces a version of "The Team" in 12 countries. NOW on PBS recently ran a story about this initiative, which you can watch here. A great article from ESPN also talks about the initiative.
Finding Social Entrepreneurs
Social Edge, the community site of the Skoll Foundation, has just introduced the Social Entrepreneur Search Widget, an application programming interface tool to allow folks to search for social entrepreneurs within the networks of a series of leading social entrepreneurial organizations - including Civic Ventures, Draper Richards Foundation, PopTech, the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, and, of course, the Skoll Foundation. You can read more about the widget on Social Edge and can find the Skoll Foundation's here. We've made it easy to add the widget to other websites, so we encourage you to use it.
IDE India Next Up On BBC’s “Alvin’s Guide To Good Business”
The second in an 8-episode series on social entrepreneurs on BBC Worlds News is now available online. Called Alvin's Guide to Good Business, the series is led by financial expert Alvin Hall, who brings his experience of 25 years on Wall Street to bear in looking at eight social entrepreneurial organizations working around the globe. In this episode, Alvin travels to India, where farmers struggle to grow their crops during the long dry months. IDE-India tries to help by making affordable irrigation products that feed plants a drop of water at a time. But can farmers really make enough money to pay for them? Watch to find out.
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"When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world." George Washington CarverWhat is Social Entrepreneurship?Statement of Faith
BBC Series on Social Entrepreneurs Features IDE-India and Marine Stewardship Council
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