In his column in today’s New York Times, Nicholas Kristof offers up some gift ideas for Father’s Day far from the traditional tie or tool set noting, “This Father’s Day, a rat is truly the best gift you never knew about.” Of course, Nick is referring to APOPO, headed by Skoll social entrepreneur Bart Weetjens, and the opportunity [...]

The fourth episode of the BBC World News series on social entrepreneurs features the heroic rats of Apopo, founded by 2009 Skoll social entrepreneur Bart Weetjens.  These HeroRats are trained to detect landmines and tuberculosis using their sense of smell.  The 8-part series, called Alvin’s Guide to Good Business, is looking at social entrepreneurs doing [...]

BBC World News will be launching this weekend an 8-part series on social entrepreneurs around the globe.  Alvin’s Guide to Good Business will follow financial expert Alvin Hall as he visits a different social entrepreneur each week.  He’ll look at business models, impact, and the challenges of scaling.  Featured organizations include Riders for Health, [...]

Nick Kristof of the New York Times wrote a column this week about a child he’s sponsored in the Dominican Republic under a a program called Plan USA.  He points out that, whenever he writes on poverty, he gets lots of questions from people about how they can help.  In this column, he mentions (and [...]

We announced today the new 2009 winners of Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship.  The recipients are BioRegional Development Group, EcoPeace – Friends of the Earth Middle East, Fundacion Gaia Amazonas, INJAZ Al-Arab, International Center for Transitional Justice, VisionSpring, and WaterPartners International.   They’ll receive their awards at the Skoll World Forum in Oxford on March [...]