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Empathy (Ubuntu) is a traditional and widespread value throughout Southern Africa. Learn how Ashoka is promoting Empathy also as a skill for changemaking in early childhood development.
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Southern Africa has the largest and oldest fellowship in Africa.
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Ashoka Youth Venture

We create the conditions for youth to have the freedom, confidence and support to become changemakers.
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Rural Innovation and Farming

How can social innovators change the rural areas, from agriculture to education to environment?
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Everyone A Changemaker

How would a world where everyone is empowered as active citizens look like? We believe the change is on its way.
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Is Optimism Revolutionary? Don't Miss June 17 PBS Broadcast of Revolutionary Optimists To Find Out Why Ashoka Fellow Amlan Ganguly Thinks So
Submitted by Ashoka ChangeInSight on Mon, June 17, 2013
Submitted by: Tsega Belachew on 06/17/13 Editor's Note: This article was written by Jason Pinegar. More than 1 billion people (1 in 6 of us) live in an urban slum and this number is expected to double by the year 2030. That is enough to make anyone pessimistic. For...
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What Tech Can Do For Your Health And Your Government
Submitted by Ashoka ChangeInSight on Fri, June 14, 2013
Submitted by: Tsega Belachew on 06/14/13 Editor's Note: This article was written by Ashoka UK Communications Manager Felicity McLean, and originally appeared on Forbes. How can technology make your government more open? “At its purest, technology can sponsor...
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The Ashoka Fireside chats: Leadership on steroids
Submitted by Ashoka ChangeInSight on Fri, June 14, 2013
Submitted by: Tsega Belachew on 06/14/13 Editor's Note: This article originally appeared on Pioneers Post. Henry De Sio – Vice President for Framework Change at Ashoka and Chief Operating Officer for the Obama '08 campaign – discusses his experience of 'leadership...
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