We need to make the changes ourselves! Social enterprise is the solution!

Today we listened to and meet Peter Shrimpton during a breakfast meeting at the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce. Peter Shrimpton is one of South Africa’s leading social entrepreneurs. He is the founder and CEO of Heart and has developed several business models based on profitability by great social enterprise.
Peter told his the story of how [...]

Habari Ya Kenya!

MKFC Local partner visit to Sololo, Northern Kenya
Anne Kagiri is working for eCap Kenya and MKFC in Kenya. This presentation is from her trip to visit schools and communities in Sololo in Kenya.
I managed to talked to some women groups (quite willing to participate) the Local leaders ( to try and influence people especially the [...]

Immigration, citizenship and education for global responsibility

MKFC EducationFinder in Finland wants to advocate LifeLong Learning and Building Bridges to Share Awareness.
Sharing Awareness needs two parts – our actions in authentic environment actions have two partners who have something to bring for input and something to develop.
Lessons we learnt since 1990 is that The Wisdom of the Crowds makes Changes [...]

Social media plays increasingly important role during emergencies

According to a recent report by the American Red Cross, people are increasingly using social media to get (and share) information in situations of emergency.
In a summary of the Red Cross study, the ReadWriteWeb blog reports that many internet users have used or would use social media to seek help for themselves or others in [...]

Meeting between President Barack Obama and young leaders from Africa

Yesterday President Obama held a hall meeting with young African leaders from 50 countries. The subject for the meeting was about the future of Africa in an interconnected world and the role of the United States as partner. They were discussing for example trade, business and leadership. The leaders also got opportunities to ask questions.