Changing Minds

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Comment by Betty Londergan 1 day ago

I'll definitely try to tune in!!

Comment by Brittany Boroian 1 day ago

Hey guys- don't forget to tune in to Jacqueline's interview on CNN tomorrow! She is going to be interviewed by Christiane Amanpour, CNN’s Chief International Correspondent. You can check out the event here!

Comment by Christian Vanizette on March 14, 2010 at 10:34am

Hello the bloggers,

This might interest you.
We currently are doing a tour in Asia to meet Social entrepreneurs and ask them about the challenges they are facing etc. Each time we meet one we make a little video :) - We are currently in India !

here is the blog : http://we.makesense.org

Comment by Luke Barbara on February 1, 2010 at 9:54am

I'd like to personally invite you to an event this Friday (2/5) focused on market-based solutions to poverty. Acumen Fund will be represented by Yasmina Zaidman, Director of Communications. This a great chance to connect with others who are passionate about Acumen Fund and the use of market-based approaches to solving poverty - and to build the necessary relationships and momentum to get Acumen Fund chapters started in your area.

Alleviating Poverty Through Entrepreneurship (APTE) Summit
February 5, 2010 | http://fisher.osu.edu/alleviatingpoverty

The APTE Summit is hosted by the Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University and is open to the public and free to attend! Visit the website for a complete speaker line-up, additional details, and to RSVP.

See you on February 5th!

Comment by Yasmina Zaidman on January 28, 2010 at 11:07am

Love this blog by Ric Gonzalez

Comment by Yasmina Zaidman on December 24, 2009 at 9:50am

Nick Kristof shares a list of 8 organizations to support during the holidays, including Acumen Fund. We are excited to see BRAC, which works with VisionSpring to distribute affordable eyeglasses, and Development in Literacy, which build schools for girls and women in Pakistan, and has built a school within Saiban, one of our housing investments. Every one of these organizations is amazing, and we are proud to be among them. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/24/opinion/24kristof.html?_r=3

Comment by seth nemeroff on December 7, 2009 at 9:28am

here is a link to an interesting story I saw over the weekend about 3 Swedish entrepreneurs who were attempting to use business to engage with (the people of) North Korea.

It caught my eye as there is practically zero exchange of goods, ideas, etc.. with North Korea and by producing a line of jeans there this company instantly changes the game on a number of levels.

Unfortunately it appears the parent company has decided to be risk averse in this instance and does not want the potential controversy seen by having ties with the North Korean regime. Something has got lost in translation when producing jeans (employing impoverished and oppressed people) is deemed 'support' for the government.

Anyway at the minimum it is a good idea...
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/07/business/global/07jeans.html?_r=1&scp=4&sq=north%20korea&st=cse" target="_blank">

Comment by ruba on November 27, 2009 at 9:11am

I totally agree with you Kumbirai, people usually attribute their failure to the past , to the system,,,However paradigm shift must be for both governments and people mind so history wont repeat itself...and the past should not be forgotten, people lives should not be forgotten.People rights should not be just passed by.

Just like Palestinian people they cannot just forget all the past while someone has and STIIL oppressing them, Their land has been stolen , Palestinian people have been brutally killed, their home until this moment are being demolished.And what IRAQ is that past?

Past should be learned from. oppressor must be stopped, people must be stop grieving and move one.people must speak up for their rights.. foreign countries must stop utilizing African ,and Asian land and resourceto gain profit this is present and not past.all this together from a better system for a better nation

Comment by Kumbirai Mapiye on November 27, 2009 at 2:06am

I agree with you Ruba, "During the past years they were enormous fund to the third world country however poverty statistics says that poverty had increased, this is really tell us there is something wrong..."

We need people who are willing to work on changing the minds of people. I can give you an example of some people I have dealt with in South Africa, the black people suffered from aparthied in such a way that if you ask them today why they behave in the way they do, they say it is because of aparthied.
well true it is but then what????? It's time people choose to forgive themselves , their governments, their oppressors and move on with what is available now. It won't help us to continue talking about the past in a negative way.

There has to be a paradigm shift.

Unless people are made to understand this they will just continue being our children ( feed me clothe me etc) instead of being adults and say what do we now?

Happy thanksgiving guys over there.

Comment by DR Ghani Ur Rahman on November 27, 2009 at 12:40am

Happy Eid and thaksgiving days
Eid and Thanksgiving is a time to join family and friends, reflect on the past year and express gratitude for all the blessings in our lives. We are fueled in this ritual self-examination by traditional holiday fare:

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