Patricia Mayo posted a blog entry Feb 4, 2010
Microfinance is not good for teens
© Sukanto DebnathIt gives us a good feeling that microfinance is reaching out to poor women but some say that the same may not apply in case of teens. A number of those related to this field feel that microfinance to teenage girls could make them more vulnerable. Since the eighties when... more »
Patricia Mayo posted a blog entry Jan 28, 2010
Indian Premier League goes green
© B. SandmanThis game attracts billions of dollars and is watched by millions of viewers across the world. One of the biggest cricket extravaganzas in the world, Indian Premier League or IPL has decided to go green and for this purpose has entered into a tie up with United Nation Environment... more »
Patricia Mayo posted a blog entry Jan 20, 2010
Aavishkaar: India’s First Social Venture Capital Fund
Meet Vineet Rai, CEO of Aavishkaar, which can be termed as India's first social venture capital fund. With a corpus of just over Rs 1.65 billion, it is just a tiny drop in the Indian economy but that doesn't fetters Vineet. The social venture capital fund drawing cheers also challenges the... more »
Patricia Mayo posted a blog entry Jan 14, 2010
Corporate Social Responsibility: It’s changing
© HowardLakeCorporate Social Responsibility or CSR is changing and definitely is changing for the better. The concept of CSR has been around since the early seventies but it entered the mainstream business a decade or earlier and its sustainability is yet another concept to be discussed.
If you... more »
Patricia Mayo posted a blog entry Jan 6, 2010
Seen that? - In Focus: Naandi
In Focus: Naandi Audeamus - How dare we... In March while I was in Hyderabad, India working on documenting a project the foundation I work for is involved with, we made a number of excursions to see social entrepreneurial and social ... more »
Patricia Mayo posted a blog entry Dec 27, 2009
Seen that? - Microfinance, defined
Microfinance, defined at Audeamus - How dare we... (Photo from the World Bank) I've been slowly gathering links on microfinance and in that process I started to wonder how defined those words 'microfinance' and 'microcredit' and... more »