January 21, 2005

Vote for Social Development Projects

Global Giving is an international funding agency that is holding its annual 2005 Marketplace at the Conference on Borderless Philanthropy Awards where the winners take home $100,000. Each individual rating will determine  the top 15 projects who will  be invited to present at the 2005 Marketplace to be held at the 2005 Conference on Borderless Giving.
Therefore we would request you to take 2 minutes off and follow the link below to vote for projects!!
The Social Venture Fund India aims to encourage & enable Social Entrepreneurs by providing seed, project & technology capital to innovate, create social value & Advance Sustainability in the region. A 10 would be the ideal score here :)

Follow this link - http://www.globalgiving.com/cb/gpf/pr/900/proj893a.html
(If you scroll to the bottom of the page you will find an ORANGE button - "Rate It" - click on it and rate the project)

Spread the word and let more people vote for this bold new approach to social development and philanthropy!
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January 11, 2005

Launch of a Social Venture Fund

The Footprint has launched a 'one-of-its-kind' Social Venture Fund in India that will provide seed, project or technology capital to Social Entrepreneurs.

This initiative is one of the first and only Social Venture Funds in India that will invest in 'for-profit' and 'not-for-profit' social entrepreneurs.

You can invest in this fund!!

www.thefootprintonline.com/SocialVentureFund.htm




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January 01, 2005

Green Santas

Bangalore, the IT Capital of India, saw the eco-friendly drive taken one step further when ‘Green Santas’ were seen walking along the busiest shopping districts in the city.
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Slum World

"Slum Jagathu”, or Slum World is a Bangalore-based magazine published by Slum-Dwellers focusing on their life and struggles.
Click for more
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How To Change The World

The Ashoka Foundation Bangalore Chapter and The Infosys Foundation recently launched the book, ‘How To Change the World – Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas’ by David Bornstein. N R Narayan Murthy, Chairman and Chief Mentor of Infosys – who also writes the foreword, released the book.

 

The author writes about social entrepreneurs from across the globe that act as examples of the power of the social entrepreneur and his role in development.

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G3 - Global Reporting Initiative

The Global Reporting Initiative has started work on the development of the G3 - the next edition of the GRI guidelines. GRI is the premier institution in the world that has given us the Triple Bottom Line Reporting guidelines. 

Kiran Menon, Founder of The Footprint is participating in the effort as a member of the Practitioners Network. He was nterviewed for views on improving the effectiveness and comparability of the reports produced using GRI guidelines. 

The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is a multi-stakeholder process and independent institution whose mission is to develop and disseminate globally applicable Sustainability Reporting Guidelines.  www.globalreporting.org

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