- In the News
- Smallholders Foundation wins at World Bank Development Marketplace
- Husk Power & GSBI Featured on Forbes.com
- A Small Quiet Revolution of the Human Spirit ~ Jim Koch's Reflections from W Bengal
- Photo Album from Jim Koch's Visit to Anudip Foundation
- The GSBI™ Presents at the World Bank Institute
- Husk Power Systems (09) wins Cisco, Draper, Fisher, Jurvetson Business Plan Competition
- Elizabeth Hausler from Build Change (07) featured on NPR's All Things Considered
- Whirlwind Wheelchair feature on Frontline World
- Ziquitza Healthcare featured in India's Financial Times
- GSBI® Earns Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship (SASE)
- A Hothouse for Creativity NextBillion.net
- Equal Access (04) Featured in UN Democracy Fund Newsletter
- GSBI® Associate Director Eric Carlson interviewed by NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
- IDE-India (06): Finalist for Legatum FORTUNE Technology Prize
- Meds & Food for Kids (08): Doing well by doing good?... Christian Science Monitor
- VisionSpring (06) (formerly Scojo) featured in the Wall Street Journal
- blueEnergy (08) and Tech Awards President on NBC Bay Area
- CraftNetwork (08): Making Fair-Trade Sustainable in BusinessWeek
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The Class of 2008
Turns the sale of coconut oil, produced from an abundant natural resource into a profitable and sustainable business for millions of 
Through high-speed satellite communications, Craft Network provides export facilitation and enterprise development services, linking artisans from over 300 fair trade producer groups in the developing world to consumer markets. By breaking down barriers to global markets, thousands of artisans worldwide benefit from job creation, increased sales, strengthened ethical trade practices, and standard of living improvements.  Participant: Neelam Chibber 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.
 Participant: Ali Asghar 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.
Participant: Alfonso Gamboa 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.  Environmental Planning Group Ltd Location: India Sector: Acumen Fund 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.  Naandi Foundation Location: India Sector: Social Edge Incorporates reverse osmosis and ultra violet technologies to create safe drinking water for India’s poor, resulting in improved health and productivity.  Participant: B.S. Choudri Riverbank Filtration Location: India Sector: 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.
 Participant: Tendai Mawunga 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.  Participant: Matthias Craig 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.  Environmental Camps for Conservation Awareness Location: Nepal Source: Tech Awards Laureate 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.  Vanuatu Renewable Energy and Power Association Location: Vanuatu Source: World Bank Development Marketplace 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.  Participate: Zipporah Ongwenyi Binti Africa Foundation Location: Kenya 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.  Participate: Thomas Stehl Meds & Food for Kids Location: Haiti Sector: 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.  Participate: Anais Tuepker Preciva Health Location: USA / Worldwide 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.  Participate: Padmanabha Rao Yerravalli Rishi Valley Institute for Educational Resources Location: India / Worldwide 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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