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Youth Social Entrepreneurship

by Social Edge — last modified 2008-04-22 16:30

Find all the resources, blogs, and discussions about social ventures led by and benefiting youth around the world.

Opportunities for Youth

World Malaria Day, Send a virtual net (play a new online game), host a nets challenge, or become a campus representative for Nothing but Nets. 2008-04-18

ideablob:

Monthly prize of USD 10,000 awarded to entrepreneur idea voted best. 2008-04-15

International Youth Summit 2008: Go 4 Biodiv, 16 – 31 May 2008, Bavarian Forest National Park and Bonn, Germany. 2008-04-13

Junior 8 (J8) Summit, 2-9 July 2008, Chitose City, Japan for youth 13 to 17 years of age. 2008-04-02

YouthActionNet® Global Fellowship Program, Open to all young people aged 18 – 29. Application Deadline: May 15, 2008. 2008-03-29

The Edge Upstarts Awards For residents of the UK. All nominations must be received by 18 May 2008. Make a nomination for Young Social Entrepreneur of the Year. 2008-03-25

Be A Mentor to Young Social Entrepreneurs! Conscious Lifestyle seeks successful business people to liaison with venture leaders. 2008-03-15

The World of Children Awards Nominations Open. Deadline for 2008 Nominations is Wednesday, April 30, 2008. Two 2008 Founder's Award for Youth - two maximum grants of $25,000 each. The Founders Award recognizes youth, under the age of 21, that are making extraordinary contributions to the lives of other children. 2008-02-25

Do Something Plum Youth Grants: Weekly prizes of $500 for young U.S. social entrepreneurs. These grants are given to people under 25 who have recently created a sustainable community action project, program or organization and need $500 to further the growth and success of their program. 2008-01-20

[more youth opportunities]

Global X Video Interviews

Serving youth:

Sebastien Marot - founder of Friends-International is a social enterprise that works with marginalized urban children and youth, their families, their communities and societies to build better futures for them, 2007-08-22

Ann Cotton - founder of CAMFED, an international organization dedicated to eradicating poverty in Africa through the education of girls and the empowerment of young women, 2007-10-22

Young social entrepreneurs:

Matt & Jessica Flannery - the young couple that launched Kiva, the online micro-lending venture, 2007-09-04

Kjerstin Erickson - founder of FORGE, she is 24 years old. She is a student at Stanford. And in her spare time, she works in three refugee camps in Zambia, helping 60,000 refugees build better lives.

[more youth interviews with Acumen Fund Fellows such as Keely Stevenson and Jocelyn Wyatt]

New Entrepreneurs Podcast Series

Lucas Welch – Lucas Welch received an Echoing Green Fellowship in 2004 to launch Soliya, a global network of young adults and empowering them to bridge the divide between the "West" and the "Arab & Muslim World."

Michele Kotler – Michele Kotler received an Echoing Green Fellowship in 1998 to launch the Community Word Project and send artists into classrooms and train teachers to help students get their voices heard through art.

Kyra Bobinet – Kyra Bobinet received an Echoing Green Fellowship in 1998 to launch Vision Youthz, an organization that seeks to transform the lives of incarcerated children.

Kara Bobroff - Kara Bobroff received an Echoing Green Fellowship in 2005 to establish the Native American Community Academy, an urban academy helping Native American youth.

Farajii R. Muhammad: Farajii R. Muhammad received an Echoing Green Fellowship in 2006. He co-founded the New Light Leadership Coalition at age 19.

Sissy Trinh: Sissy Trinh received an Echoing Green Fellowship in 2002 to launch the Southeast Asian Community Alliance (SECA) in Los Angeles, where she helps the younger generation deal with poverty, gangs, and a mediocre school system.

Coming soon - New Entrepreneurs with MBAs without Borders.

[more youth podcasts with Returned Peace Corps Volunteers]

Discussions

The Gap Year: Passion for Social Change, 2008-04-09 Hosted by Seth Green

Bringing The World Home: From Study Abroad to Social Action, 2007-07-24 Hosted by Seth Green

Global Youth Volunteerism: Pitfalls and Potentials, 2007-06-12 Hosted by Jonathan Marino and Nathaniel Whittemore

How do I make a difference?, 2007-04-17 Hosted by Seth Green

Young Social Entrepreneurs and Global Change, 2007-02-27 Hosted by Seth Green

Engaging Youth to Be Social Entrepreneurs, 2006-05-24 Hosted by Paul Lamb

Blogs

Forging Ahead: Kjerstin Erickson was 20 when she launched FORGE. She didn't have a business plan. She didn't have a revenue model. She didn't have connections. And she didn't have a penny. But she now works in three refugee camps in Zambia, helping 60,000 refugees build better lives. This is her story.

Global Engagement Summit: Northwestern students blog live from the 2008 Global Engagement Summit.

Sagar Gubbi: Sagar Gubbi is techie by profession, an entrepreneur by spirit, a writer by interest, a traveler by ambition, but a fun-loving guy at heart. Based in Bangalore, he is writing about sustainable enterprise initiatives that have the power to bring economic development to the base of the pyramid.

Berkeley Bottom Line 2008: UC Berkeley Haas Business School graduate students Mike Lee, Roxanne Miller, & Omar Garriott blog from the 2008 Skoll World Forum

Alyson in Africa: Princeton in Africa Fellow Alyson Zureick blogs on her year in Sierra Leone and the numerous grassroots initiatives for social change.

Interesting Blog Mentions:

From Tribeca to Tanzania, 2008-02-16, Post Office Offers Girl Child Insurance
Sagar Gubbi, 2007-11-19, Maya Organic
Forging Ahead, 2008-3-24, The Moral of the Story is...

Jobs

Room to Read, Chief Financial Officer, San Francisco, CA, 2008-04-06

American Youth Understanding Diabetes Abroad, Inc., Executive Director, Arlington, VA, 2008-04-05

Camfed, International HR Manager, Cambridge, UK, 2008-04-01

Friends-International, Hospitality Business Coordinator, Phom Penh, Cambodia, 2008-03-30

Free the Children, International Youth Coordinator, 2008, Toronto, Canada, 2008-03-29

Citizen Schools, Director Curriculum Instruction and Training, Boston, MA, 2008-03-25

[more jobs working with youth, at risk youth, and children]

Wiki Resources & Information

Training Young Social Entrepreneurs

Youth Issues

Education

Young Women Social Entrepreneurs

2008 GSBI Applicant proposing a new youth related venture:

Developing the Entrepreneurial Skills of Todays' youth- This programme is designed to build the entrpreneurial skills of the youth who have become "endangered" segment of species in todays modern world.