Merlong Solano Nogueira
Ashoka Fellow since Nov 1990
Merlong is helping small farmers in the state of Piaui overcome historically defeatist attitudes to become more productive. Through CERMO, a non-profit educational and consulting organization he co-founded, he hopes to help the region's small farmers become more productive and combine to achieve...
Read moreRodrigo Brito created the Entrepreneurs Alliance to develop, together with small businesses, infrastructure and quality services to increase income and profit in low-income communities that are normally excluded from the market. The Alliance facilitates a support network with businessmen, students...
Read moreRodrigo Brito created the Entrepreneurs Alliance to develop, together with small businesses, infrastructure and quality services to increase income and profit in low-income communities that are normally excluded from the market. The Alliance facilitates a support network with businessmen, students...
Read moreRodrigo Brito created the Entrepreneurs Alliance to develop, together with small businesses, infrastructure and quality services to increase income and profit in low-income communities that are normally excluded from the market. The Alliance facilitates a support network with businessmen, students...
Read moreIn response to the increasing industrialization of dairy farming in France, Fabrice is developing an entrepreneurial-driven small-scale farming alternative that reinvents the role of farmers keeps them in the agricultural and economic landscape. Through new modes of production and distribution that...
Read moreIn the close-knit culture of Sweden, corporate hiring operates on networking, personal relationships, and references. To a large degree, immigrant communities do not have access to these resources. Sofia Appelgren has launched a program that matches the most dynamic and entrepreneurial persons with...
Read moreNeusa das Dores Pereira, a lesbian mother and leader of the black women's movement, is bringing a marginalized groupwomen and youth in prisonsto the attention of her community. Her methodology fosters good relationships between inmates and prison workers, reduces recidivism, helps offenders...
Read moreNeusa das Dores Pereira
Ashoka Fellow since Aug 2003
Neusa das Dores Pereira, a lesbian mother and leader of the black women's movement, is bringing a marginalized groupwomen and youth in prisonsto the attention of her community. Her methodology fosters good relationships between inmates and prison workers, reduces recidivism, helps offenders...
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