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Wokai

Wokai is an online platform that utilises the principle of microfinance to connect people who would like to make loans which will have a direct impact on the lives of people living in rural China, their families, and their communities. Borrowers are people who want to start small businesses, but...

North East Social Enterprise

The North East Social Enterprise Partnership is a company limited by guarantee that represents and promotes social enterprise in the North East region of the UK. The company aims to assist social enterprises in the region to deliver positive economic, social and environmental change. Run by social...

Cheeky Chops

Cheeky Chops Ltd is an initiative set up by Jamie Oliver. The organisation aims to provide opportunities for disadvantaged young people to learn about the hospitality and catering industry through training and practical experience. College learning is supplemented by real-world experience in...

The Big Issue

The Big Issue is one of the UK's leading social businesses and exists to offer homeless people the opportunity to earn a legitimate income, thereby helping them to reintegrate into mainstream society. It is also the world's most widely circulated street newspaper. The organisation is made up of...

San Arts and Crafts

San Arts and Crafts exists as a sustainable channel for primarily San producers to access external markets, and for wholesaling their art and crafts. It is currently the only IFAT (International Fair Trade Association) registered organisation in Botswana and the only Propriety Ltd Company within...

Presbyterian Handicraft Centre (PRESCRAFT)

The Presbyterian Handicraft Centre, known as Prescraft, was organized by the Presbyterian Church in Cameroon as a non-profit organization to benefit disadvantaged craftspeople. Men and women produce traditional West African handicrafts including baskets, pottery, woodcarvings, brass castings...

Jirmit Papyrus Group

Jermit Papyrus Group is a company that makes hand-painted cards, bookmarks and other art on authentic Egyptian papyrus. The company aims to generate work for unemployed young people in the Upper Egyptian town of Mallawi, located approximately 300 km south of Cairo. Jermit Papyrys employs 42...

Greyston Bakery

Greyston Bakery is a for-profit company offering high quality gourmet products. Based on a social enterprise model, Greyston Bakery aims to be a force for personal transformation and community economic renewal, offering onsite training, fair wages, health benefits and opportunities for direct...

LINGOs

LINGOs is a consortium of over 45 international humanitarian relief, development, conservation and health organisations that share learning resources and experiences. By providing the latest learning technologies and courses from partners, LINGOs helps NGOs to increase the skill levels of their...

The Social Enterprise Conference

The Social Enterprise Conference is annual event jointly produced by the Harvard Business School (HBS) and the Harvard Kennedy School of Government (HKS). Since its inception, the conference has been entirely student run. The student team responsible for producing the event has grown with the...

Ruma

Ruma is a social enterprise that aims to empower the poor in Indonesia by providing pre-packaged business opportunities complete with an equipment package, a strong brand, marketing materials, initial training, ongoing mentoring and access to a supply chain. Its flagship microfranchise business,...

The Social Enterprise Alliance

The Social Enterprise Alliance (SEA) is a membership organisation in North America for social enterprises, service providers, nonprofit organisations, corporations, and venture capitalists. The SEA actively builds the field of social enterprise through networking opportunities, educational forums,...

Social Enterprise Coalition

The Social Enterprise Coalition is the UK's national body for social enterprise, representing a wide range of social enterprises, regional and national support networks and other related organisations. The organisation works with its members to promote the benefits of social enterprise through...

Kazuri 2000 Limited

The mission of Kazuri is to provide and sustain employment opportunities to the disadvantaged members of the Kenyan society. Kazuri began in 1975 as a tiny workshop experimenting with making handmade beads. It started with two Kenyan women and soon discovered that there were many other women in...

Kitengela Hot Glass

Kitengela Hot Glass started September 2000 with a desire to make flat and blown glass in Eastern Africa. It employs over thirty people, and has trained many more in the various disciplines that they are proficient in. Kitengela Glass is located opposite the Nairobi National Park, at the end of a...

Counterpart International

Founded in 1965, Counterpart International is a nonprofit organization dedicated to building a just world through service and partnership. Counterpart gives people a voice in their own future through partnerships, offering options and access to tools for sustained social, economic and environmental...

SPDA (Special Persons Development Association)

SPDA (Special Person Development Association)is a registered NGO working for the welfare of people with disabilities in Peshawar. The Association's activities include promoting social justice, raising public awareness of disability issues, health and education and advocacy on behalf of people...

Millennium Promise Alliance, Inc. Verified non-profit organisation

Millennium Promise is the leading international non-profit organization redefining the approach to ending extreme poverty and achieving the Millennium Development Goals in rural Africa, moving communities from hunger to self-sufficiency by 2015. We oversee the Millennium Villages Project, which...

Change thru Empowerment (CE)

Change thru Empowerment (CE) is a registered Pakistan based NGO embarking upon enabling the people to struggle for their rights and promote a society where individuals' identity is just "Humanity" and they live together with respect for diversity and dignity. Currently, we are working in...

Association for Care of People with Epilepsy in Lebanon Verified non-profit organisation

The Association for the Care of People with Epilepsy in Lebanon (ECAL) is an NGO that targets people with epilepsy in order to address their needs. The Association supports patients medically and socially, helping them become active and, if possible, financially independent. The Association has...