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The time when only a tiny elite could cause change is coming to an end. One day, all individuals will beChangemakers like you. Lead them.Do you see this far? We did. Impelling thisrevolution is in your hands.Ashoka understands that social change emerges from within communities, and that each individual within those communities has the potential to become a Changemaker. As an Ashoka Fellow you are a role model for society, demonstrating to others how they too can create change. Ashoka invests in you not only because you are transforming your field and improving your communities but because you are providing pathways to civic engagement for others. And such engagement creates the conditions for progress on all the ills that plague human societies. Ashoka challenges you to go beyond your individual success as a Social Entrepreneur and become one of the architects of this vision.

Ashoka Fellow Bart Weetjens (Tanzania) and his colleagues at Apopo train ‘Hero Rats’ to detect land mines and tuberculosis. Light weight and intelligent, rats are even more effective than dogs.

“There is nothing more powerful than a new idea in the hands of a Social Entrepreneur.”

Bill Drayton, C.E.O and Founder of Ashoka

Photo credit: Xavier Rossi

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Ready to engage with other Fellows?Become a Changemaker within your Fellowship.

You were elected as an Ashoka Fellow for your capacity to solve the world’s most pressing problems, and your ability to generate change and inspire new Changemakers. Now you belong to the Ashoka Fellowship: an international community of 2,000 individuals like you. Each of you is moving your communities in unprecedented ways, and together we form an incredible network of citizen sector organizations, powerful allies, and a vast array of other supporters.

“The over-arching benefit of Ashoka is membership in a family of social entrepreneurs with access to the richness of their thinking, experience, and support. Ashoka is a homecoming for social entrepreneurs who have been homeless, in that there exists no community that understands and celebrates their commitment to cause, or the loneliness of leadership.” Ashoka Fellow Mary Gordon (Canada), Member Ashoka Board of Directors

Meet other FellowsThe first opportunity you have to shape your Fellowship is coming soon -- the regional Orientation and Induction creates a platform for you to meet and network with other Fellows in your continent. You will get a series of other opportunities to meet Fellows including the All Fellow Meetings and your Graduation, which celebrates the end of your stipend period.

New Fellows from around Africa and Ashoka staff meet at the Pan- Africa Meeting Orientation and Induction. South Africa 2007.

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2 Share strategiesOther Ashoka Fellows have gone through the same trials as you have, whether it be challenges with fundraising or marketing strategies. You will find that you have complementary skills that you can share and learn from one another, and develop joint solutions to cross-cutting social and organizational issues. Attend and lead programs with other Fellows through Ashoka's:

· Problem Solving Dinners: where one Fellow calls upon the strength of the Fellowship to solve organizational issues.· Learning Circles: one-to-one strategy exchange sessions among peers.· Sustainability Workshops: access experts in the field to take your organization to sustainability.· Communication Training Sessions: receive training on how to communicate and market your vision to investors and the public. · Diversity Workshops: create a guide with your peers on creating diversity within your organization and public policy. Ashoka Fellows Mohammadi Siddiqui (Nepal), Suwimon Piriyathanalai (Thailand),

Shad Begum (Pakistan), Sakeena Yacoobi (Afghanistan) discussing issues of women and Islam at the Pan Asia Orientation and Induction. Bangalore 2007.

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Did you know that Bill Drayton, Ashoka’s founder, pioneered the field of Social Entrepreneurship in the 1980s?

Increase your connectivity to other FellowsAshoka provides support for you to gain access to the internet through the Internet Incentive Fund, and to communicate with other Fellows around the world through the Language Incentive Fund.

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Spread Social EntrepreneurshipThrough Access Dinners you can influence leaders such as the Colombian First Lady, the Ex-President of Chile, HRH The Prince of Wales to advocate for Social Entrepreneurship, and participate in their networks by connecting with them.

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Shape your Fellowship! The strength of the Fellowship depends on you! By engaging with other Fellows and through Ashoka's programs, and guiding Ashoka's global strategy you will strengthen your Fellowship.

Through the Global Fellowship Advisory Board Ashoka Fellows shape the direction of the Fellowship. Members have included: Anil Chitrakar (Nepal), Wellington Nogueira (Brazil), Juan Infante (Peru), SLN Swamy (India), Karen Worcman (Brazil), Beulah Thumbadoo (South Africa), Magda Iskander (Egypt) and Hector Castillo (Mexico).

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Ashoka Fellows in Mexico in Access Dinner with musician Bono of U2.

For more information about connecting to other Fellows and being an active force in your Fellowship, contact your country office.

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Reach new heights and increase your impact by collaborating with other Fellows using funds supported by Ashoka.

Ready to collaborate with other Fellows?

Access the Ashoka Collaboration Funds.

Funding LevelsFellow-Led Collaboration Funds Fellow-led collaborations -- receive up to $10,000 when collaborating with other Fellows on a theme of your choice. Contact our collaborations team to get more information on deadlines and how to apply.

Seeded Collaboration InvestmentsInvestor-led collaborations guided by Ashoka based on observed trends and critical global challenges. Themes, number of Fellows and amounts vary.

Chetna Gala Sinha (India) is replicating her Ashoka Changemakers award-winning model of self-help groups for women and her new business school for rural women.

Anselm Rosario (India) is setting out -- after many years of successful work on urban development and sanitation -- to expand his work to rural areas and combine sanitation, development and livelihood.

Shivaram Pailoor (India) is integrating the work of his CAAM -- Center for Alternative Agricultural Media -- into the work of the other Fellows and will develop its portfolio, services and clientele.

Ayyappa Masagi (India) is spreading his water literacy project to the cities and villages in the sandbox, including rainwater harvesting, water-friendly landscaping and a water awareness campaign.

“I am impressed with the deep conviction of the Ashoka Fellow which is a key to

overcoming the enormous hurdles that come in the way of

achieving their dreams. Their entrepreneurial skills rival the

skills of any entrepreneur that I have seen

in Boston or the Silicon Valley.”Gururaj “Desh” Deshpande,

Founder of Deshpande Foundation

Together Ashoka and Deshpande Foundation are creating a ‘sandbox’ in North Karnataka: an arena where Ashoka Fellows (and later other local social entrepreneurs) are able to replicate their ideas, collaborate with each other (plus local government bodies, academia and business) and benefit from support by Ashoka and Deshpande.

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Incorporate another Fellow's innovation into your own approachAshoka Fellow Vicky Colbert empowers students who have been displaced by Colombia’s armed conflict. Vicky realized that incorporating Ashoka Fel-low Rodrigo Baggio's model (bridging the digital and social divide through computer centers) into her own would increase her impact. Vicky obtained collabora-tions funds to train with Rodrigo and replicate his model in Colombia.

To date:· Vicky secured $50,000 in external funding.· She opened 4 computer centers in Colombia. · 430 people have benefitted in the last 6 months.

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Ashoka Fellows Nicolás Hernandez (Colombia), Mercedez de Freitas (Venezuela) and Gustavo Candia (Argentina) with Andrés Hernandez (Transparency International) and Victoria Emanuelli (Ashoka) after a long day of work on the Integrity Systems Collaboration.

Jointly overcoming cross-cutting obstaclesFive Ashoka Fellows from across Latin America recognized that in fighting corruption, they had to target its most insidious form: quotidian corruption such as bribes and biases that disproportionately affect marginalized citizens. To tackle this challenge they partnered with Indian business entrepreneur Narayana Murthy and Transparency International and produced a toolkit that documents their strategies for “Fighting Corruption at the Local Level." This document will be published and distributed globally by Ashoka and Transparency International as a guide for local governments and citizen sector organizations. Ashoka Fellows in Indonesia, Thailand, and India will add their innovations via a series of workshops on integrity systems hosted throughout 2008.

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Combine your innovation with another Fellow's to create new solutionsAshoka Fellow Amy Jeffe Barzach builds inclusive playgrounds for children with disabilities in the USA; while in Peru, Fellow Juan Carlos Aguilar builds toys that stimulate creativity. When they met, they saw an opportunity to impact their organizations and the sector in a powerful way – they used collaboration funds to design toys that stimulate the creativity of children with disabilities.

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“The Ashoka network was crucial for the success of our work.” Ashoka Fellow Tahir Khilji (Pakistan)

After Pakistan’s earthquake in 2005, Ashoka Fellow Tahir Khilji received US$10,000 from the Fund for Global Human Rights to travel to Abbottabod, North Pakistan and halt child trafficking. Tahir partnered

with Fellow Mohamad Ali, an expert in child education, and later with Fellow Shaukat Sharar, who would be the architect of the schools and shelters. They received an additional $10,000 from the AJWS facilitated

by Ashoka. Through their collaboration they impacted over 500 children and helped rebuild the town with earthquake-safe techniques.

Did you know that Ashoka has established programs in over 60 countries around the world?

Want to collaborate? Contact collaborate@ashoka.org and country office

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Law for All Workshops give you the opportunity to influence law and public policy in your country. Law for All draws on Ashoka Fellows’ innovations and insights on how to build a global society in which everyone may enjoy equity, justice, and social inclusion as full citizens.

Are you prepared to influence public policy?

Check out Ashoka’s Law for All Workshops.

The Case of the Right to Information ActIn the midst of Nepal’s political crossroads, Ashoka saw an opportunity: invite Arvind Kejriwal, Ashoka Fellow (India) and champion of India’s Right to Information Act, to Nepal. Hosted by Nepali Ashoka Fellows and staff in April 2007, Arvind met with a cross-section of civil society leaders including Ashoka Fellows, advocates and lawyers of the Bar Association, and journalists. Thanks to this visit, the issue was highlighted by local influential media, and later, Ashoka Fellow in Nepal Rajendra Dahal followed it up with others in the citizen sector to sensitize the parliamentarians and organized a separate working session with them. The result: on July 13, 2007, Nepal’s interim parliament unanimously passed the Nepalese Right to Information Bill, which includes key clauses from India’s RTI Act.

Workshops1. Identify successful strategies for influencing public policy and 2. Link social entrepreneurs with leading policy makers, business entrepreneurs, the media, and other civil society leaders; in order to 3. Strengthen rights and opportunities for marginalized communities.

Arvind Kejriwal (India) speaking to Ashoka Fellows, and their networks, in Nepal about how he championed the Right to Information Act in India.

Other LFA workshops:· Widows’ Rights – Nepal· Rights of Mentally Ill – India· Fellows participating in budget-related legislation – Brazil· Additionally, Ashoka Fellows from Brazil and Paraguay have published a book on different strategies on how you can successfully influence public policy.

For more information on Law for All workshops, contact us at lawforall@ashoka.org

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At the Asia Orientation new Fellows interact with previously elected Fellows and Ashoka staff. Bangalore, January 2007.

Are you being threatened?Access security support through Ashoka.

It can be dangerous to be an agent of social change. Ashoka’s Fellow Security program helps you stay safe by preparing you for security emergencies and connecting you to a support network when emergencies do happen.

Emergency Support: when danger strikesAshoka can connect you with regional and inter-national human rights networks who can send out urgent action alerts on your behalf, offer emergency funding, and provide you with free legal counsel.

Example: When a Fellow in Asia was wrongly branded an anti-nationalist, Ashoka worked closely with the Asian Human Rights Commission and the network of Ashoka Fellows in the region to put pressure on the chief minister of the region to address the case. Three months later the Fellow was released of charges, and the district commissioner responsible was removed from his post.

Prevention: don’t leave home without it!Know where to go, who to look out for, and how to respond. Ashoka’s Security Toolkit and trainings help you anticipate and assess threats before they escalate.

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· Amnesty International (Global)· Asian Human Rights Commission (Asia)· Conectas (Latin America)· Urgent Action Fund for Women (Global)…among others

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Did you know that 71% of Fellows affect national-level public policy in the first 10 years of their Ashoka Fellowship?

“When I got the Ashoka Fellowship I thought it was all about the stipend until now when I realize the world of Ashoka brings every opportunity.”

Ashoka Fellow Betty Makoni (Zimbabwe)

For more information, contact fellowsafety@ashoka.org and your Ashoka country office

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Ashoka’s Advocates for Social Entrepreneurs (ASE) connects social entrepreneurs with high quality free legal support. Partnering lawyers, law firms, and networks offer legal advice and assistance regarding intellectual property, organizational structure, policy change, human rights, and more. Our partners include Latham & Watikins, the International Senior Lawyer’s Project (ISLP) and Lex Mundi, among others. Together we are strengthening the pro-bono legal culture around the world.

Seeking free legal assistance?Connect to Ashoka’s Advocates for Social Entrepreneurs.

Know the law before you change itAshoka Fellow Edith Grynspancholc was eager to grow her children’s health advocacy programbeyond Argentina to Latin America and the Caribbean, but she didn’t know where to begin. The Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice – via an introduction from Ashoka – connected Edith with a free legal research team, which is now helping her position her organization’s spread strategy.

Structure your organization strategicallyThrough introductions from Ashoka, Jose-Pablo Fernandez, and other Ashoka Fellows from the United States, Mexico, South Africa, and beyond have worked with U.S. law firms to register their organizations as US 501(c)(3) not-for-profit entities, in order to receive tax-deductible donations from the U.S.

Protect your intellectual propertyEcuadorian Ashoka Fellow Maria Elena Ordoñez was alerted that her children’s television series was being broadcast illegally in the United States. Through an introduction facilitated by Ashoka and the Lex Mundi Pro Bono Foundation, attorneys with Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP investigated the situation and intervened with the television company directly on Arcandina’s behalf, initiating legal action and limiting broadcast of the show.

Defend against wrongful chargesShin Corp, Thailand’s largest media corporation, filed a criminal libel suit against Ashoka Fellow Supinya Klangnarong after she published an interview in which she questioned the company’s close relationship with the Thai government. Attorneys with Ashoka’s partner the International Senior Lawyers Project (ISLP), alongside Supinya’s local legal counsel, channeled international pressure to defeat the law suit and defend an independent media in Thailand. She was acquitted of all charges.

For more information on Advocates for Social Entrepreneurs, contact us at ase@ashoka.org

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For more information contact Kelli Moore at kmoore@ashoka.org

Ashoka has partnered with leading global firms that bring substantial knowledge and experience to the citizen sector, and work directly with Fellows and Ashoka initiatives in areas such as business planning and strategy, legal issues, and marketing. Ashoka’s current global strategic partners are McKinsey & Company and Hill & Knowlton.

Seeking free strategic consulting?Connect to Ashoka’s consulting partners.

Ashoka Fellow Joe Williams (USA) helps ex-prisoners transition to a better life. While offering services ranging from child-care to job placement, his organization had no source of revenue. Joe decided to open a bakery specializing in sweet potato pies, which would employ ex-prisoners, and its profits would help fund the larger non-profit.

The McKinsey team worked with Joe to develop a road map for his first two years. This strategy session focused on four issues: Joe’s target market(s), distribution plan, key allies, and marketing strategy. The McKinsey team also facilitated a meeting with a successful bakery owner. This meeting served three purposes: grasp the key drivers of success in the bakery industry, understand key operational decisions for a new bakery, and gain key insights from an industry expert. For instance, Joe and the McKinsey team learned that the restaurant industry in which 9 in 10 businesses close each year is flooded with high-quality but affordable used equipment. Leveraging this market would significantly lower startup costs and increase chances of success.

“Many nonprofits I’ve interacted with hit a wall because they want to change the world by reforming massive institutions like the WTO or national governments. I was struck by Ashoka’s founding insight: lasting structural change only occurs if people themselves are changed and become active change-makers.”Shouvik Banerjee, McKinsey consultant working on Joe’s case

Ashoka Fellow Joe Williams.

Shouvik Banerjee, McKinsey consultant working on Joe’s case.

Did you know that Ashoka started in 1990 with an annual budget of $50,000, which has grown to nearly $34 million in 2007?

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The Ashoka Support Network (ASN) is a global community of successful business people who share Ashoka’s belief that entrepreneurs are the primary engine for economic and social development. Committing time and resources, ASN members engage with Ashoka to support the work of social entrepreneurs, and through engaging with them learn about the most effective ways to make a difference.

Looking for a meaningful connection to the private sector?

Engage with the Ashoka Support Network.

In Paris, Ashoka Fellows and ASN members discuss their board model. Each Fellow is matched with three ASN members to regularly discuss their challenges and issues.

Our rapidly expanding network of ASN members includes business entrepreneurs, top executives, investment bankers, venture capitalists, and consultants from Europe, North America, South America, Asia and beyond. In working with ASN members you will have the opportunity to gain a private sector perspective and in special cases construct joint-ventures and receive sponsorship.

“The Ashoka presentation in Paris revealed to me the face of amazing social entrepreneurial talent that with further support has the potential to reshape our world.”

ASN member Tarek Toubale

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Example: Ashoka Fellow Marie Noelle Besançon

Ashoka Fellow Marie Noelle Besançon (France) was matched with ASN members Gerard Boch, Claire Houry, and Stephane Monmousseau who composed her advisory board. They are advising her on how she can elaborate a charter for her organization’s new structure, what legal protection she should think about, how to structure her new partnership with Habitat&Humanise, and how to hone her marketing skills.

“ASN members are by my side encouraging me and helping me take strategic decisions. We have a professional relationship, and we are also friends. They believe in my idea and really want me to succeed. Having ASN members on my advisory board is one the best tools of Ashoka to support a Fellow.”

Ashoka Fellow Marie Noelle Besançon (France)

Beçanson with ASN members Boch,

Houry, and Monmousseau, in a problem solving

session in Paris.

Did you know that two Ashoka Fellows have been part of Ashoka’s Board of Directors?

For more information about ASN contact your country office and email infoasn@ashoka.org

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Interested in scaling by partnering with the private sector?

Learn about Ashoka’s Hybrid-Value ChainTM.

Ashoka Fellow Mukti Bosco (India) is using Ashoka's Hybrid-Value Chain by partnering with HDFC General Insurance Company to deliver health insurance to a large base of clients comprised of low-income individuals. HDFC underwrites the risk while Mukti manages the eco system comprising hospitals, transaction processing, health education and health needs analysis. She reaches out to needy communities through a network of CSO partners.

To date:· 57,893 persons insured · HDFC generated USD $89,992 in sales· Mukti generated USD $21,369· 18 CSO partners received USD $9,029

Ashoka’s Hybrid-Value Chain model leverages business and citizen sectors’ capabilities to deliver essential goods and services to low-income populations. The results: companies expand their client base through new markets; CSOs find new revenue sources and increase their impact; and low-income populations improve their livelihoods as their needs are met and new sustainable economic opportunities arise.

Business partnersGain: · Creation of new markets· Pioneering corporate image

Core assets: · Ability to operate at large scale· Investment capacity· Infrastructure and logistic

Citizen sector OrganizationsGain: · New sources of revenue· Accelerated social impact

Core assets: · Understanding of community needs and dynamics· Mobilization / change behaviors· Social networks· Enabling / complementary services

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“After hearing the community leaders I asked myself, who are the experts here? We hadn’t recognized the real value of the contribution from the community. We had been cocky; we needed to be more humble.” Carlos Espinal, Marketing Director of Colceramica

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Ashoka: Why did you form a partnership with Colceramica?Haidy Duque: We wanted to achieve goals that we could not reach on our own. It was not easy but it was worth it!

A: What did both parties bring to the table?H: My organization brought an anthropological understanding of how low-income individuals sell, buy, etc. Colceramica brought years of business management skills and the product.

A: What are the results so far?H: 2,300 low-income families bought Colceramica products. They have better sanitation and health. The product is top quality at low prices so people are investing at their maximum capacity to achieve their dream. They are proud! Our 205 promoters went from being unemployed to receiving US$200 monthly (equivalent to the minimum wage in Colombia). Colceramica expects to break-even only two years after the initial investment as sales have increased tremendously. Additionally, this project has developed as a distinct economic development model for the sector that combines various elements such as job creation, better housing conditions and income generation for my organization. We can afford a project coordinator and increase program offerings to our beneficiaries.

A: How would you inspire Ashoka Fellows to engage in this type of initiatives? Were you concerned about helping the company make profits? H: Often, social organizations disapprove of the model as they think of it as capitalism. But when they hear of the impact, and how communities can influence business practices, they are inspired.

A: How did Ashoka help you along the way? H: Ashoka provided input on my initial proposal to Colceramica and both staff and Fellows have provided advice throughout the process. For the most part, I have adopted the Hybrid Value Chain methodol-ogy. And in replicating the program, we’re working with Ashoka Fellows Audes Jiménez and Carmenza Morales.

Ashoka Fellow Haidy Duque (Colombia) was elected for her work in stimulating lower-income communities to gain better livelihoods through productive means. She talks about the scale of her organization through her partnership with Colceramica, Colombia’s leading tile manufacturer.

Did you know that Ashoka received the highest ranking -4 stars- for citizen sector fiscal responsibility from the Charity Navigator?

To learn more about Ashoka’s Hybrid-Value Chain and Ashoka’s Full Economic Citizenship initiative contact us at fec@ashoka.org

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Seeking to diversify your funding sources?Ashoka’s Citizen Base Initiative has the answer.

Break free from chronic dependence on grants which tend to be unpredictable and unsustainable. Learn from your peers and think creatively about mobilizing a broad base of resources—money, people, goods, services, information, and partnerships—to increase your efficiency and social impact.

Argentinian Ashoka Fellow Beatriz Pellizari’s organization La Usina was selected as one of 15 finalist organizations to participate in the 2006 Learning Circles. During the learning circle process, Beatriz focused on developing a business strategy for one of La Usina’s projects, which commercially distributes products and services developed by persons with disabilities. Her business plan was selected as a winner and received a prize of US$10,000 as start-up money. La Usina received additional strategic management consulting services from Ashoka partner McKinsey. Since 2006, Beatriz has continued to participate in CBI learning circles, presenting her case and collaborating with other social entrepreneurs.

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Enter CBI Business-plan Competitions and win fund-ing and training to implement your citizen base strategy. It is also an opportunity to get connected to our global network of social entrepreneurs and

learn from CBI winners all over the world.

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Participate in regional CBI learning circles facilitated by Ashoka’s Strategic Partners: McKinsey & Co., Hill & Knowlton, or local

consultant firms to develop the skills necessary to broaden your funding sources.

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Hone your Citizen Base strategy by exploring the collection of success stories we have

accumulated. They detail the vision, strategy, key insights, and results of sustainable operations.

For more information attend your orientation and visit Ashoka’s CBI site: www.citizenbase.org

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Social Investment Entrepreneurs(SIE) Ashoka FellowsAshoka supports Fellows who, through their work, are changing the landscape of accessing financial capital for the citizen sector and underserved populations.

Ashoka-UBS Visionaris AwardsIn partnership with UBS, Ashoka recognizes social entrepreneurs from Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico whose organizations are on a sustainable growth path.

Legal structureAshoka is breaking down the definition of for-profit and not-for-profit to create legal and financial structures that address the citizen sector’s most urgent problems with a market-based approach.

JP Morgan ChaseFollowing conversations with Ashoka’s Social Financial Services, JP Morgan Chase set up a social investment bank with a reported US $100 Million.

Looking for new financial platforms?Ashoka’s Social Financial Service is transforming the industry.

Ashoka’s Social Financial Services works with leading financial institutions to invest in the citizen sector by developing innovative financial products and services. The challenge for citizen sector organizations? Collaboration, not fragmentation, so that the financial sector can attain a pool of clients large enough to dramatically reduce its investment risk.

A global eye fundIn partnership with Deutsche Bank, the International Association to Prevent Blindness and Ashoka US Fellow David Green, Ashoka promoted the creation of the Eye Fund. With a mission to reduce the number of blind and visually impaired people worldwide, the Eye Fund provides hospitals with low-cost loans backed by an investment product that offers lower than market-rate returns, but provides social impact as an added value. The hospitals will use the loans to create a self-sustaining financial model: subsidizing impoverished patients’ treatment with regular clients’ fees. After funding seven hospitals in India, China, Nigeria, Paraguay and South Africa, the Fund is embarking to assist 4,000 hospitals over the next five years.

“The Eye Fund is a real demonstration of a new mar-ket-based approach to address a fundamental human need. Our goal is to capitalize on our expertise in the financial markets in order to expand this approach to other large-scale projects that currently are fully dependent upon charitable contributions for funding.”Seth Waugh, CEO of Deutsche Bank Americas

Did you know that 80% of Ashoka Fellows report that Ashoka’s support made a critical or significant difference in their work?

For more information about SFS contact Rachel Small at rsmall@ashoka.org

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Are you working with youth?Include Ashoka’s Youth VentureTM as part of your portfolio of services.

Ashoka’s Youth Venture is similar to our search for Ashoka Fellows but targeted toward young people ages 12-20 by:

• Investing in young people to have the transformative experience of launching and leading their own lasting social ventures. • Connecting them to a global network of likeminded young Venturers • Demonstrating to society that young people are capable leaders of social change

Spotlight: Mexico and India

Ashoka Fellow Carlos Cruz (Mexico) is repositioning young influential gang leaders as non-violent role models. Carlos saw adopting the YV model as a strategy to further his goal: Each year, YV conducts workshops with Carlos’ youth and Carlos then helps them apply to Youth Venture’s $1,000 grant to implement their idea. Through this joint-program, Jesús (24) and Juan Carlos (24), members of Carlos's program, received funding to create RAPEM (Rap Pandillero Estilo Mexicano), a school for rap that gives urban youth a non-violent form of expression to unite gangs across territories and address stigmas that urban young people face.

Ashoka Fellows have also developed initiatives to engage their youth such as The Youth Venture Challenge, which is a series of workshops that stimulate youth to formulate and launch their own idea for social change. Fellow Matthew Spacie (India) saw The Youth Venture Challenge as another way to engage the children in his program, while Fellow Sonali Ojha (India) wanted to offer support to her beneficiaries as they embarked on their journey to social change.

From top down: Ashoka Fellow Carlos Cruz (Mexico), members

of RAPEM, Ashoka Fellow Matthew Spacie (India).

Ashoka has a target 10-year goal of launching a critical number of teams of Youth Venturers – young changemakers – all over the globe. That is how we will begin to change the culture and achieve an “everyone a changemaker” world.

For more information on Youth Venture contact tjohnston@ashoka.org

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“The critical factor for success of any human grouping - be it a company or a country – will be the proportion of changemakers it has to develop new ideas, take initiative and lead…. if you have an experience at a young age of taking initiative and leading an effort to address a social issue, then it is highly likely you’ll continue to take initia-tive again and again through-out your life. Any young per-son is capable of leading a venture to create positive so-cial change; it is only a matter of support and motivation.”

Bill Drayton, CEO and Founder of Ashoka

Did you know that in Sanskrit Ashoka means “the active absence of sorrow”?

Top: Children of other Ashoka Fellows meet with Bill Drayton

through Young Ashoka in Brazil. Bottom: Through Young Ashoka

the children build upon their leadership and social

entrepreneurship skills.

Through Young Ashoka you can help prepare a new wave of social entrepreneurs - your children. They will be exposed to the ideas and methodologies of other Social Entrepre-neurs like yourself, and exchange experiences with children of parents who are the top movers and shakers in their fields. Through our different programs and activities they will explore and build upon valuable leadership and social entrepreneurship skills to become tomorrow's leaders of change. This will also be an opportunity for you to strengthen your relationship with your family.

Want to learn more about Young Ashoka? Contact your local country office.

Looking to involve your children inSocial Entrepreneurship?

Young Ashoka is taking care of the next generation.

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Looking to connect with more movers and shakers in your field?

Participate in Ashoka’s Changemakers online collaborative competitions.

It is easySee why nearly 300 Fellows have participated in Ashoka Changemakers competitions in the past eight months.

• Visit www.Changemakers.net• Fill out the online entry form• Instantly connect to an online global community of investor, change leaders and media.

Connect with potential fundersSee why top investors are sponsoring Changemakers competitions (including Nike and RWJF).

After sponsoring a competition, the Pioneer Portfolio of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) decided to channel more funds to entrants - it announced that they have invited 11 innovators to compete for $5 million in grant funding.

Sonal Shah, Global Economic Development Google.orgCompetition: Disruptive Innovations in Health and Health Care: Solutions People Want

Mark Parker, President & CEONike, Inc.Competition: Sport for a Better World

Randy Newcomb, President of Humanity United, VP Omyidar Network Competition: Entrepreneuring Peace

Ed Cain, Vice President, Hilton Foundation Competition: Tapping Local Innovation: Unclogging the Water and Sanitation Crisis

Anousheh Ansari, Founder Prodea System, first female private space explorer Competition: Entrepreneuring Peace

Top Judges review your entryPast Judges Include:

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“Such achievements like winning this award are in itself a challenge to keep up our good work that has been appreciated and leave no stone unturned in this fight against human trafficking.”

Ashoka Fellow Roma Debabrata (India), Winner of How to End Human Trafficking Changemakers Competition

Highlights of previous competitions“By participating in Ashoka‘s Changemakers competitions many people got to know our organization very quickly, especially young people; they were calling us, visiting us. It’s unlike any other competition or award -- everyone at our office was excited to see who was voting for us at every moment. And during the competition we got in touch with others who work on the same issues as us.”

Ashoka Fellow Chetna Gala Sinha (India), Winner of “Market-Based Strategies that Benefit

Low-Income Communities” Changemakers Competition

Ongoing competitions:“Tapping Local Innovation: Unclogging the Water and Sanitation Crisis”

“The Geotourism Challenge: Celebrating Places -- Changing Lives” Ashoka’s Changemakers and the National Geographic are launching a search for innovative, community-based ecotourism solutions from around the world.

For more information contact your country office and Changemakers team member Dana Frasz at +1.703.600.8311 dfrasz@ashoka.orgParticipate in the latest competition, visitwww.changemakers.net

Did you know that Ashoka has never accepted funding from any government entity?

Ashoka Fellow Roma Debabrata (India) said the award will help her organization sup-

port its transitional shelter for trafficked women and children.

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Wanting schools to teach what you've learned?

Take advantage of Ashoka's Global Academy

The Global Academy for Social Entrepreneurship consists of global leaders who provide conceptual and representational guidance for the field of social entrepreneurship. Global Academy members, whose solutions have had scalable, global impact, serve as architects of the dynamic, competitive citizen sector of the future. The Academy demonstrates and defines how social entrepreneurs can ad-dress global problems on a global scale, through such knowledge products as The Social Entrepreneurship Series, a 16 disc DVD Series on Academy Members and their successes as global changemakers.

Ashoka's Global Academy has partnered with other social entrepreneurship initiatives to form the University Network for Social Entrepreneurship which works with professors and researchers, practitioners, and students to develop social entrepreneurship as a vocation and carry its principles into other disciplines and sectors. It is designed to be a resource hub and an action-oriented discussion forum to expand social entrepreneurship education and participation around the world.

Ela Bhatt, Founder of the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA).

Alice Tepper Marlin, Founder of the Council on Economic Priorities.

Hernando De Soto, Founder and President of the Institute for Liberty and Democracy (ILD).

Fazle Abed, Founder of Building Resources Across Communities (BRAC).

Peter Eigen, Founder of Transparency International (TI).

Oded Grajew, Founder of the World Social Forum and Ethos Institute.

Ron Grzywinski and Mary Houghton, Co-Founders of Shorebank.

Among the founding Members of the Global Academy are:

Academy Members Muhammad Yunus, Founder of Grameen Bank, and Bill Drayton, C.E.O. and Founder of Ashoka.

"Ashoka is a great global organization, built on a brilliant idea."Muhammad Yunus, 2006 Nobel Peace Prize Winner

For more information contact Marina Kim mkim@ashoka.org and visit www.universitynetwork.org

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Wanting to share your idea with the world?

Make the most of the Ashoka brand.

We suggest these strategies:

• Identify yourself as an Ashoka Fellow in interviews and tell the media about Ashoka and your experience as a Fellow. • Include your year of election on your biographies and resume• Add Ashoka’s logo to your business card and add a link to the Ashoka website (www.ashoka.org) on your website• Update us on your work, achievements, and prizes so we can keep our eye out for opportunities related to your current work. Email your country office and copy mediainfo@ashoka.org• Inform us when you have new methodologies, services, and products so we can feature them on the Ashoka website. Email your country office and copy mediainfo@ashoka.org

“Before receiving Ashoka’s support, we reached a total marginal population of approximately 140,000 inhabitants; this year we are approaching 4 million. For me Ashoka’s help is endless and the Social Entrepreneur badge is a symbol of innovation, creativity, ethical fiber, social impact, that the world recognizes.”

Ashoka Fellow Albina Ruiz (Peru), winner of the Skoll, Schwab and GDN Awards and special guest at the Clinton Global Initiative

1. Ashoka Senior Fellow Orri Vigfusson (Iceland), Goldman Environmental Prize 2007 winner. 2. Ashoka Fellow Vicky Colbert (Colombia) and Ashoka Acad-emy Member Fazl Abed (Bangladesh) awarded by Bill Clinton at the Clinton Global Initiative 2007. 3. Ashoka Fellow JB Schramm (USA), 5 years Fast Company Social Entrepreneur winner. 4. Vera Cordeiro (Brazil), winner of 11 national and international awards including Skoll and GDN. 5. Mahabir Pun (Nepal), winner of the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership 2007. 6. Ashoka Fellow Adrian Mukhebi (Kenya) with Kofi Anan.

“What I like about Ashoka is that it lets us

work our own way on our own priorities and

it has connected me to networks world-wide.

Without Ashoka I wouldn’t be where

I am now.” Ashoka Fellow Mahabir Pun (Nepal),

winner of the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership 2007

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Ashoka’s process for finding the world’s leading social entrepreneurs is recognized by orga-nizations world-wide. When a social entrepreneur becomes an Ashoka Fellow doors begin to open for them in unexpected ways. Wearing the Ashoka badge is the key.

In Albina Ruiz's organization, Ciudad Saludable, solid waste is managed in an innovative and sustainable manner.

“Ashoka gave me the chance to attend the Clinton Global Initia-tive. It was a wonderful opportunity to share experience with leaders world-wide, from civil society, business and government, and to have the possibility of establishing partnerships aiming to spread our work.”

Ashoka Fellow Vera Cordeiro (Brazil)

> During the Industrial Revolution economic power shifted from a tiny percentage of the population to a broad base of society. Everyone was able to start their own business and change their economic reality. Since then, the world's economy has grown exponentially.

> Yet the citizen sector was left behind – until now. Today we are on the brink of a revolution of even greater magnitude.

> All around the globe regular citizens no longer remain passive when faced with social problems. We are realizing that change can happen and that we can make it happen. The result: rather than relying on an elite few to make the decisions that affect our lives, we are able to rely on ourselves and each other to determine our own future.

> And you, our Fellows, are leading the way for this revolution to unfold. You are examples of how individual Changemakers can make a big difference, and you are showing the rest of the world that it works. Providing you with the support to lead this change is only part of what we do.

> Ashoka's programs are changing social structures so that individuals, organiza-tions, businesses and governments can fully participate in this revolution. All of these participants can play a crucial role in social change. We engage with them so that, together, all can be a part of this historical transformation.

“The most important contribution any of us can make now (...) is toincrease the proportion of humans who know that they can cause change.”

Bill Drayton, C.E.O and Founder of Ashoka

www.ashoka.org