Campaign by Students Organization to Turn Chandigahian vegetarian

"Chandigarh (Mera Chandigarh): A student’s organization wants to turn Chandigarh into a city of vegetarians. They’ve made a good beginning by persuading the owner of a non-vegetarian eating joint to switch over to vegetarian food.Members of YES!+ club (Youth empowerment...

Vodacom's YeboYethu Offer a Huge Hit

YeboYethu, a specially-created sub-company of mobile telecom provider Vodacom, has sold out of all available shares, with demand at three times the volume of supply. The shares must be held for five years, as is detailed below.("Yebo" means "yes" in Zulu; "Yethu" means "ours"...

Social Entrepreneurship: Tobias Sturmer, Artistic Director for Empowerment Works

"As part of our commitment to highlight social entrepreneurship in Africa, the Cheetah Index brings you this interview with Tobias Sturmer-Artistic Director of Empowerment Works Music.Before going into the interview here is an excerpt from Empowerment Works that describes...

eBay Responds to Privacy Busting Payment Legislation

"The global online auction giant eBay has responded to a frightening piece of legislation that will force retailers to report every transaction to the federal government, warning that it will "negatively impact individual Internet users, the growth...

Another one bites the dust - Airline Closes

South Africa: Nationwide Grounded As BEE Deal Fails to Fly"CASH flow problems, rising fuel costs and the failure of a proposed black empowerment deal yesterday grounded budget airline Nationwide, which said it was halting all flights with immediate effect.The collapse of the...

Indonesian masseuses told to padlock pants:

"A bid by a local government in Indonesia's East Java province to curb prostitution by asking masseuses to wear a padlock on their pants was an insult, a newspaper quoted the minister for women's empowerment as saying. The recently implemented policy in the tourist area of...

Local SF Shelter Resident Puts New Books In Shelters- Without Funding !

Friday, April 4, 2008Shelter Resident Creates Libraries Inside San Francisco Shelters Without Funding !San Francisco has an abundance of talent, ideas, creativity and 'outof the box' thinking -- right inside of our own tax funded HomelessShelters. We have some great shelter...

Govt launches "Stop Child Abuse" campaign

"The campaign, launched on the occasion of World Prevention of Child Abuse Day, was aimed at making parents more aware of children`s rights, State Minister of Women`s Empowerment Meutia Hatta Swasono said. "The campaign is also designed to change the mindset on the part of...

Dries Buytaert on the History of and Milestones for Drupal

"NoNeck" Noel Hidalgo recently interviewed Dries Buytaert in the most recent stop on his "Lock o Seven" tour of the world. Noel aims to hit 7 continents in 7 months,  in "an open-source journey around the world documenting free culture, social innovators &...

Craig Chirinda on Him Helping to Inject 4 Billion USD into African Economies

"On Craig Chirinda: What Would You do with 4 Billion USD… Posted by beninmwangi on May 5th, 2007 eafrica.jpgWhat would you do if you had 4 billion USD in your Rolodex (if through your personal and professional contacts you had access to it)? That’s a really tough...