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How Do You Define Social Good?

I think "social justice" is involved, but this isn't always easy to gauge. For example, if a pandemic vaccine cannot be distributed to the poorest efficiently, so that considerably more lives might b…

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Mission, Mandate and Margin

Brian I used your question to organize my blog about my SE startup in India, which is kind of a long blog to post here too, but has something to say in response.

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Community Updates - What's News!

For those following progress of the One Bicycle per Person initiative (1BpP), I've posted a video update on my blog documenting bicycle use in Pune so that those involved can get a look at Pune and t…

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Community Updates - What's News!

I've just posted a new blog tracking the progress of my work here in India promoting One Bicycle per Person and People Power Stations

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One Bicycle per Person (1BpP) #9






August 8, 2010, Blog #9: People Power Stations vs. Romantic Love




Driving down to Florida has definitely not broken me out of my Massachusetts forest tra… Continue

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At 3:05pm on June 12, 2010, Ashley-Eve Downs said…
Well you'll be thrilled to read this then (this is what I found after reading your comment because I found out at Chicago's Greenfest that Working Bikes does this) ....

"Bicycles are a basic tool of development, improving access to farms, market, jobs, schools, and health care. Village Bicycle Project receives more than 500 bikes a year from the Working Bikes Co-op. Working Bikes is different from other ‘donors’ in that it donates most of the shipping costs, as well as the bikes. VBP teaches basic maintenance and repair, equipping about 1000 people a year with bikes and training. People say things like, “I never knew that I could repair a puncture myself”."

here is a link to the PDF I hope it works for you :

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CBIQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fworkingbikes.org%2Fsites%2Fworkingbikes.org%2Ffiles%2Fworking%2520bikes%2520brochure%2520June%25202009.doc&ei=rvQTTLXrBsaLnQfoja3zCw&usg=AFQjCNGBDlrnJ1b2kOQpk0AIi_LMN3YN9w&sig2=8ZUbXhx3yLJnczG27_7Oew

If that doesn't just type this in to google : working bikes cooperative washing machine.

The washing machine project that I heard about is actually in Guatemala. The link above is a list of the recipients of the bikes.
At 5:38am on June 12, 2010, Ashley-Eve Downs said…
thanks! I'm pretty new to the world of patient capital and social entrepreneurship I hope they didn't bore you too much in some areas! Are you familiar with Working Bikes Cooperative in Chicago? I think they have a bike giving program for people in Africa as well for the same purposes.
At 4:40am on June 1, 2010, Nancy Uy said…
Hello Kevin, I will be leaving for Chennai, India on June 2 for a social entrepreneurship related trip. I am planning to be there till the end of June. I would love to visit other social entrepreneurial organizations while in India. Any suggestion?
At 11:49am on April 29, 2010, Hetti Cheung said…
hi kevin! thanks for the friend request. i am totally exploring sustainable transportation in urban centres / bicycle usage as a method of mobility in developing countries. we should chat more !

what are you doing in india?
At 9:23am on April 28, 2010, Soji Elias said…
How's this going, Kevin?

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