Impactful individuals
The British High Commission supports local social enterprises by highlighting four projects under the Successor Generation Initiative (SGI).
Social startups
By CHRISTINE CHEAH alltherage@thestar.com.my We all know that social initiatives – community projects, social enterprises, non-profit organisations, charities, etc. – are all the rage among young Malaysians right now. From the Genovasi Challenge to DiGi’s Challenge for Change, competitions offering grants to these social initiatives seem to be popping up all over the place. Just […]
Saving the world 101
WHAT does it take to start a project or an organisation that could benefit a social cause – be it via a social enterprise, a social project or even an NGO? Here are some tips and advice from Tandem Fund Chief Operating officer Kal Joffres and Yayasan Chow Kit founder Dr Hartini Zainudin, two social […]
Learning from mistakes
ENGINEERS Without Borders (EWB) is a world-wide NGO in various countries that adopts engineering solutions to meet the needs of developmental work. EWB Canada, upon realising the importance of acknowledging failures, publishes an annual Failure Report citing their biggest failure projects to let others learn from their mistakes. In a TEDx talk in 2011, one […]