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GSBI Leadership Team STS Center Leadership GSBI Class of 2008  GSBI Mentors Welcome BBQ 2008 Global Social Benefit Incubator Leadership Team James L. Koch GSBI Co-Founder and Program Director, Jan and Bill Terry Professor Albert V. Bruno GSBI Co-Founder and Academic Dean, William T. Cleary Professor Eric D. Carlson GSBI Associate Director, Selection and Incubation Manuel Castells Distinguished Visiting Professor of Science, Technology, and Society GSBI Research Collaboration Patrick Guerra GSBI Co-Founder and Associate Director, Social Business Innovation Network Allen Hammond Senior Research Fellow in Science, Technology, and Society GSBI Sector Strategies Sherrill Dale Program Manager Brad and Vicky Mattson Lead Mentors Center for Science, Technology, and Society Center Leadership Geoffrey C. Bowker Regis and Dianne McKenna Professor and Executive Director Pedro Hernández-Ramos Associate Director Catherine Valerga Assistant Director for Administration and Events Global Social Benefit Incubator Class of 2008 (5) Water Initiatives Deepinder Mohan Environment Planning Group Limited (EPGL), India Source: World Resource Institute Provides micro-organism free, drinking water supply for residential and commercial users (homes, hospitals, restaurants, schools) in rural and urban India through reverse osmosis purification at rates 50% less than existing market rates. Amit Jain Naandi Foundation, India www.naandi.org Source: Social Edge Incorporates reverse osmosis and ultra violet technologies to create safe drinking water for India’s poor, resulting in improved health and productivity. Tendai Mawunga Pumpaid, Zimbabwe and Malawi www.pumpaid.org Source: World Bank Development Marketplace Utilizes low-cost rope and washer hand pumps to supply clean residential water in Zimbabwe and Malawi with surplus directed to agricultural activities, improving the quality of life for the communities served. Dr. B. S. Choudri Clean Water Through Riverbank Filtration (RBF), India www.cce.uri.edu/news/releases/?id=4056 Source: World Bank Development Marketplace Uses riverbank filtration wells―a low cost geological process that’s easily replicated for transforming polluted water into clean natural drinking water for India’s poor. (3) Environment and Energy Initiatives Mathias Craig blueEnergy, Nicaragua www.blueenergygroup.org Source: Tech Awards Laureate Teaches rural Nicaraguans how to design hybrid wind and solar based energy systems which bring affordable, sustainable renewable energy to marginalized communities, and provides the knowledge and skills needed for rural Nicaraguans to build, operate, and maintain their systems. Prachet Kumar Shrestha Environment Camps for Conservation Awareness (ECCA), Nepal http://www.ecca.org.np Source: Tech Awards Laureate and World Bank Development Marketplace Provides high quality, low cost solar photo-voltaic lighting system to replace the traditional kerosene wicked lamp for Nepal’s rural poor, reducing carbon emissions and indoor air pollution. David Stein Vanuatu Renewable Energy and Power Association, Vanuatu www.vanrepa.org Source: World Bank Development Marketplace Green Power! provides renewable and environmentally friendly energy products for the rural poor in Vanuatu and other Pacific Island countries. As an alternative to conventional energy sources such as kerosene, candle and disposable batteries, these products supply households with improved energy services at a lower cost and generate income from charging services at community owned charging stations. (5) Economic Development and Equality Initiatives David Okello Coast Coconut Farms, Kenya www.coastcoconutfarms.com Source: Social Edge Turns the sale of coconut oil, produced from an abundant natural resource, the coconut, into a profitable and sustainable business for millions of East Africa’s poor. By implementing a micro- franchise model and more advanced factories, Coast gives rural families access to capital, equipment, training and international sales for their products and creates viable, sustainable livelihoods. Christopher Benz CraftNetwork LLC, Indonesia www.craftnetwork.com Source: International Finance Corporation Through high-speed satellite communications, CraftNetwork provides export facilitation and enterprise development services, linking artisans from over 300 fair trade projects throughout the developing world to consumer markets. By breaking down barriers to global markets, thousands of artisans worldwide will benefit from job creation, increased sales, strengthened ethical trade practices and standard of living improvements. Neelam Chhiber Industree Crafts Pvt. Ltd., India www.industreecrafts.com Source: Social Impact Industree Crafts provides millions of artisans and farmers in India the opportunity to work in clusters― honing skill sets, increasing productivity, and earning better and continuous incomes. Workers reinvest their savings to participate in production unit ownership. Ali Asghar Roshan Vikas Foundation, India Source: Social Impact Roshan Vikas enables India’s urban poor ―predominantly Muslim women, to set up community owned and managed financial institutions that transcend the “credit minimalist” approach of most micro finance organizations. By helping women to save money, leverage their savings, and raise capital to establish sustainable livelihoods for their families, the communities are enhanced through women empowerment, decreased family violence, an increase in the education of girls, and a reduction in inter religious and inter caste conflicts. Alfonso Gamboa Saravia Blue Crab Cooperative, Philippines Source: World Bank Development Marketplace Provides Phillippines’ blue crab fishermen with opportunity to adopt a sustainable fishing method that preserves breeding stock and uses environment friendly biodegradable materials to increase their incomes. Creates additional sources of income for those involved in the crab market value chain― bamboo farmers, pot weavers , and those handling crab meat canning and pasteurization. (4) Health and Education Initiatives Zipporah Ongwenyl Binti Africa Foundation, Kenya www.bintiafrica.org Source: World Bank Development Marketplace Provides poor women and girls in Kenya’s rural areas and informal settlements with low cost, affordable, and locally produced sanitary pads. They also offer advice on sanitation and build washrooms in girl’s schools for environmentally safer sanitary pad disposal. Thomas Stehl Meds & Foods for Kids (MFK), Haiti www.mfkhaiti.org Source: World Bank Development Marketplace MFK saves the lives of Haiti’s malnourished children and HIV positive adults by providing donor organizations, NGOs, medical missions, and healthcare providers with access to high-quality, competitively priced Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) ― an energy-dense, enriched peanut paste that is linked to recovery rates exceeding 90%, and at a cost <$60 per person. Produced by Haitians, using the country’s raw materials whenever possible, MFK’s nutritional paste maximizes impact while contributing to the social and economic development of one of the world’s poorest countries. Anais Tuepker Preciva Incorporated / Civa Health, Global www.preciva.com Source: Social Edge The Preciva portable cervical screening and diagnosis method offers an immediate, visual, cost effective, highly accurate way to monitor cervical health. Such screening is presently available to paying beneficiaries in Northwestern, United States and to those with subsidized services in South Africa. Unlike conventional screening methods, Preciva enables healthcare providers to monitor early stage tissue changes, provide faster test results to patients, and discuss treatment options in a timely manner. Rao Yerravalli Rishi Valley Institute for Educational Resources (RIVER), India www.river-rv.org Source: Social Edge RIVER has developed a multi-grade, multi-level (MGML) methodology in primary education for under privileged children in rural India. Its flexible, open source initiatives permit teachers to collaborate in designing educational programs that meet their particular needs, with emphasis on activity based learning. The model currently benefits children and teachers in over 65,000 primary schools. |
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