Jennifer Nataka Mental illness rarely gets a burst of serious national attention in Uganda. The norm dictates that suspected patients must seek first-line treatment in form of psychological help or see mental-health clinicians. But in Uganda that is a rarity. Some, especially in rural and slum areas, run to witchdoctors, who try to exorcise “evil spirits” […]
Lesson 1 Give yourself permission to be human. When we accept emotions—such as fear, sadness, or anxiety—as natural, we are more likely to overcome them. Rejecting our emotions, positive or negative, leads to frustration and unhappiness. We are a culture obsessed with pleasure and believe that the mark of a worthy life is the absence
Why I have coffee with people who send me hate mail Meet Ozlem Sara Cekic, Denmark’s female Muslim MP who meets neo-Nazis for tea and cake Since leaving parliament, the former member for the Socialist People’s Party (SF) has made it her life’s work to open dialogue between the far right and mainstream Danish society.
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Picked from: empowering people. Network By Carola Schwank – Head of Empowering People Network (EPN) How do you know that your business is ready to expand? Presenting a business concept for expansion might appear as the most daunting task for a social entrepreneur. Especially if you are a woman coming from one of the remotest pockets
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The 5Ps of Impact Adopted Article: By Tasha Seitz and Priya Parrish The 5Ps of Impact: A Framework for Impact Investment Strategies For impact investors and businesses to generate measurable social returns, it’s critical to identify an investment strategy that specifies how the intended social outcome will be achieved. I find it helpful to use a framework that describes the
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In this post, Brian Kyed, CXO & Co-founder of Airtame delves into organizational structure and talks about how Airtame went from an engagement-growth-hacker-success-bullshit organzation to a classic marketing, sales & support orgnization that just works. When preparing for the new year, my partners and I look back on what has worked in our company Airtame, and
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A TED Talk by Jacqueline Novogratz who is the founder of Acumen, she uses her storytelling skills in her book, The Blue Sweater, and in many of her talks about changing the way the world tackles global poverty.
Global Warming of 1.5 °C The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), meeting in Incheon, South Korea, presented a report that says that it is still possible to limit the rise in temperature to 1.5 degrees Celsius. However, unprecedented transformations are needed to make this happen. An IPCC special report on the impacts of global
Driving the clean energy transition in Zambia The combination of Nshima and relish seems to be the only thing that most Zambians call a real meal. This is what we call Posho (Uganda), Sakoro (Ghana) and Ugali (Kenya) along with beans and/or vegetables. Deforestation is a huge problem in Zambia (and Africa). Zambia faces huge challenges
Why Energy Matters Our CEO Mr. Nolbert Muhumuza was invited to facilitate on the last day of the EnDev Summer Academy 2018. He was invited to discussions under the theme; Why Energy Matters. He shared his experience from his over 10 years’ contribution to the development of the Biomass energy that included full-time dedication to developing
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