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Putting Health at the Center of Climate Change

Stanford Social Innovation Review

These communities lack access to health care , struggle with food insecurity and water scarcity , and generally have difficulty meeting basic needs. The program is now starting to provide access to financing, as well as health services in countries such as Indonesia and Mexico, including guidance on self-care, nutrition, and family planning.

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Not Invented, But Scaled Here

Stanford Social Innovation Review

On one hand, social enterprises and other small innovative organizations can be an engine for conceptualizing, designing, testing, and validating new solutions to old problems. Community Health Entrepreneurs earned a better living. It seemed a perfect match. Key scaling challenges were solved.

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How an Irish Bakery Became a Healing Workplace

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: DarioGaona on istock.com Caroline Johnston, founder of GreenIsland Bakery in Washington, DC, says that she “always wanted to create a social enterprise” to help women recover from trauma. GreenIsland’s is not a unique business model but is emblematic of what are sometimes called employment social enterprises (ESEs).

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When It Comes to Promoting Prosperity, Production Beats Consumption

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Between 2016 and 2019 , nearly half of global giving by US foundations went to health, while environment and human rights accounted for roughly 11 percent each, followed by agriculture and education. Or they may have particular interest or attachment to certain social causes. This is not insignificant.

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Instead of Disruption, Leverage What Already Exists

Stanford Social Innovation Review

For as long as most of us can remember, social enterprises and social movements have sought to disrupt systems from the outside or to make fundamental policy changes from the top down. And in Health. By Jim Bildner & Stephanie Khurana. In work like this, there is no disruption taking place.

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SEO and SEM for Your Nonprofit Organization: Understanding the Basics

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

Author Bio: Patrick Bailey is a professional writer mainly in the fields of mental health, addiction, and living in recovery. He attempts to stay on top of the latest news in the addiction and the mental health world and enjoy writing about these topics to break the stigma associated with them. Other related articles. We want to help.

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Preserving Cambodia Town: How A Refugee Community Has Organized Itself

NonProfit Quarterly

Developing Effective Responses to Trauma Healing takes place over time and in many forms, and there are many ways to approach trauma—from direct community health and counseling support to job training. Health and safety are also important concerns. How do you help a population to heal? Of course, housing is not the only need.