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Isaac Holeman and Josh Nesbit

FrontlineSMS:Medic

2010 Echoing Green Fellow

http://medic.frontlinesms.com

Health


angie beatty and shawn mckie

The J.U.I.C.E. Project

2009 Echoing Green Fellow

Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
Health


Barbara Bush and Jonny Dorsey

Global Health Corps

2009 Echoing Green Fellow

Palo Alto, California, United States
Health


Nicholas Kristof Blogs On Elizabeth Scharpf and SHE

In a recent blogpost, "Getting Girls in School in Africa," Nicholas Kristof writes about the problem that menstruation poses for young African girls who, lacking hygiene supplies, stay home from school and eventually drop out. He also writes about the social entrepreneur working for a solution: 2008 Echoing Green Fellow and Founder of Sustainable Health Enterprises (SHE), Elizabeth Scharpf.

Jennifer Gordon and Elizabeth Scharpf Give Us Their Opinions

We always knew that Echoing Green Fellows had strong points of view, but recently, they’ve been spreading the word. Two fellows were in the news in the past week with opinion articles in the New York Times and the Huffington Post.

Tahir Amin and Priti Radhakrishnan Featured in IndiaCurrents

2008 Echoing Green Fellows and I-MAK co-founders Tahir Amin and Priti Radhakrishnan are featured in this month’s issue of IndiaCurrents. In “Challenging Patents for Patients,” author Kalpana Mohan talks with Tahir and Priti about their efforts to help sick and dying individuals in developing countries get the medicine they need.

Josh Sommer Honored as an ABC Person of the Year

We are extremely proud of 2008 Echoing Green Fellow Josh Sommer for his work to develop effective treatments for Chordoma.  

Echoing Green Fellows Find the Real Bottom Line at Pop!Tech

With all the talk of triple bottom lines, the Pop!Tech conference offered a refreshing blast of simplicity—in addition to the warm glow that comes from being near so many Echoing Green Fellows at once.

Mulago Foundation exec Kevin Starr offered this clear message to conference participants: "Whether you are a for-profit or not-for-profit should be determined by what will give you the biggest impact…My job is to buy impact. To get the biggest bang for my philanthropic buck."

Boston Globe Highlights Nina Dudnik as Model of Emerging Public Service Movement

Hope for a sustained surge in youth volunteerism and public service is on the rise as Barack Obama mulls plans to launch a new national service initiative. However, the rise of the civic-minded Millennial Generation precedes Obama’s rise, and many think that this young generation’s energy can reinvigorate American civic life. One indicator is that Teach for America’s applications are likely to rise 50% this year from an already staggering 25,000 last year, according to a Boston Globe report.

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