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  • Microsoft: No Single Organization Can Close Skills Gap

    Devin Thorpe

    August 24, 2016 |

    Forbes |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States

    Microsoft and Boys and Girls Clubs of America are partnering to expand access to computer science education. A pilot program in 25 clubs across the country exposed 1,000 kids and teens to the first two levels of a four-part coding series. Despite its promise, the program faces impact limitations and scaling challenges including a lack of experienced instructors.

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  • Inside The Impact At Playworks

    Devin Thorpe

    June 01, 2016 |

    Forbes |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States

    The founder of the education nonprofit Playworks discusses her organizations mission to "solve big problems in public schools by helping kids have more fun".

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  • doTERRA Reinvents Supply Chain For Impact On Poverty

    Devin Thorpe

    May 26, 2016 |

    Forbes |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Pleasant Grove, Utah

    Privately-held dōTERRA is a rapidly growing direct seller of essential oil-infused products with $1.2 billion in annual revenue.Three years ago, the company launched an effort to use its supply chain to reduce global poverty by creating economic opportunities for rural communities in developing countries like Nepal, Somaliland and Madagascar.

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  • This Solution To Poverty In Slums Needs To Be Rapidly Replicated

    Devin Thorpe

    October 21, 2015 |

    Forbes |

    Multi-Media |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: South Africa, Port Elizabeth

    In South Africa, the extreme gap between rich and poor is the root cause of cyclical poverty, and those living in slums face particularly high barriers to education, healthcare, and quality of life. The Ubuntu Education Fund is using a comprehensive approach that includes sustainable investment in community leadership and infrastructure, a cradle-to-career household stability service, and a dexterous, community oriented approach to helping break the cycle of poverty.

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  • The Secret To Polio Eradication In India

    Devin Thorpe

    March 15, 2014 |

    Forbes |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: India, New Delhi

    Population scale and density, insanitary conditions, and malnourishment meant that eradicating polio in India was a tall order. The government, alongside WHO, managed to do it in 2014 using a comprehensive approach.

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  • Does Impact Investing Work? Vital Capital Case Study Shows It Does

    Devin Thorpe

    June 26, 2013 |

    Forbes |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: Angola, Luanda

    Everyone wants to eradicate poverty - but how can it actually be done? Vital Capital, an impact investment firm, aims to make change and lift people out of poverty in Angola.

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