For my first “Feature Friday,” I’ve decided to highlight kiwanja.net for the truly innovative and exciting work they are doing. kiwanja.net helps pioneer new applications of mobile technology to push forward positive social and environmental change in the developing world. kiwanja.net helps “empower local, national, and international non-profit organisations to make better use of information…
Social entrepreneurship is a truly powerful, revolutionary idea. It’s quite literally changing the way the world works. Social entrepreneurship (aka social enterprise or social business) is essentially business with social objectives in mind. A social business doesn’t focus on profit, while a regular for-profit business wants to maximize profits in order to benefit its shareholders….
I recently ran across the University of California Berkeley Human Rights Center, which held a Mobile Challenge to invite projects and innovations utilizing cutting-edge mobile technology to aid human rights work. I immediately fell in love with this project because it’s something I strongly believe in: law and human rights working together can benefit so…