Ashoka is the largest network of social entrepreneurs
worldwide, with more than 3000 Ashoka Fellows in about 90 countries
Founded by Bill Drayton in 1980, Ashoka has provided start-up
financing, professional support services, and connections to a
global network across the business and social sectors, and a platform
for people dedicated to changing the world.
Founder Sanjay Kumud Moreshwar Bapat is an Ashoka
Fellow in 2003-06 period and he plans to promote Ashoka Fellows
across the world.
On his part, the entire amount that the corporate,
funding agency or philanthropist gives for its banner on all the
90 odd country pages will be used for online training modules
for NGOs across the world whether it is HR policies, Insurance
of NGO professionals and social workers, succession planning,
branding of NGOs, fund raising .....
Again each of this module will be question and
answer session categorywise which means there will be section
on Branding where Ad / PR professionals will share how NGOs need
to brand themself so that they become more popular with not just
donors and volunteers but with potential employees (NGOs anyway
will be popular with the communities they serve if the NGO is
good, else whatever money is used for branding will be temporary)
Again, each section will have a sponsor and that
amount will be used for supporting our global examples and education.
Our research, contacting Ashoka Fellows, Ashoka
Offices .. inviting them to share their websites free and global
promotion will incur time and money. And all the time & money
will be borne by founder.
Ashoka launched the field of social entrepreneurship
and has activated multi-sector partners across the world who increasingly
look to entrepreneurial talent and new ideas to solve social problems.
Ashoka Fellows remain the core of our community, and their insights
show us how the world is moving and what is needed next. Ashoka's
mission has evolved beyond catalyzing individual entrepreneurs
to enabling an "everyone a changemaker" world. This
means equipping more people – including young people - with the
skillset and a connection to purpose so that they can contribute
ideas and effectively solve problems at whatever scale is needed
in their family, community, city, workplace, field, industry,
country. This evolution comes from the urgent realization that
the pace of change is accelerating in an increasingly complex
and interconnected world. Our strategic initiatives focus on setting
in motion the people, resources and ecosystems that will bring
about a social revolution where everyone contributes to change
for the good of all. Working in partnership with private, philanthropic
and citizen sector players we are achieving large-scale social
innovation that is grounded in decades of entrepreneurial experience.
Vision
To advance an Everyone a Changemaker world, where anyone can apply
the skills of changemaking to solve complex social problems.
Mission
To support social entrepreneurs who are leading and collaborating
with changemakers, in a team of teams model that addresses the
fluidity of a rapidly evolving society. Ashoka believes that anyone
can learn and apply the critical skills of empathy, team work,
leadership and changemaking to be successful in the modern world.
Ashoka has operations in 91 odd
countries
These are from Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Brief information about Sanjay
Kumud Moreshwar Bapat,
founder of CSRidentity.com
Sanjay Kumud Moreshwar Bapat is an Ashoka Fellow and is taking
the top banner of the ASHOKA forum.
He has decided to help brand ASHOKA and wants to brand Ashoka
Fellows across the world and the NGOs / NPOs formed by Ashoka
Fellows will be one of the first to be shared in say 10000 NGOs
across the world issuewise. Plus of course, NGOs will be shared
issuewise in related forum. (For India, we have issuewise forum
and for countries other than India, we plan to share only issue
because we want to form the identity of any nation based on how
its citizen's social, health & climate issues are taken care
of.
If an NGO founded by an ASHOKA fellow works in more than 1 social
issue, we will share them in those issues.
We will of course not share if any of the fellows is an activist
or works against the government.
We can not put for profit organisations. e.g. founder Sanjay Kumud
Moreshwar Bapat was selected as ASHOKA Fellow for his for profit
social enterprise. After an almost fatal accident on 28.08.2013,
his focus has increased. From just India, his company which manages
CSRidentity.com now cover the entire world.
But roots are toots. So he devotes substantial time to Developed
Network Network Trust, the NGO he formed in 2009. He is a Chief
Trustee and he believes that every organisation must ensure their
own sustainability, which means not for profits must have sufficient
corpus so that they can wait to get funds for at least one year
if there is no funding because they are committed to communities.
Global example : Thane
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