Internationally Acclaimed Hungarian Independent Midwife and Ashoka Fellow Dr. Agnes Gereb Imprisoned, Pending Trial
The story of Ashoka Fellow Agnes Gereb is the story of homebirthing in modern Hungary. A story that shows how Hungary, since its return to full independence in 1990, continues to restrict free choice of its citizens in the hugely important area of childbirth. From the all- powerful Board of...
A Family Joined, with English There is Easy Communication with Community
“Nancy, can you believe it? I can say everything I want in English. There is no need anymore to try hard finding a word to convey my intent.” I am very happy and proud of this achievement and thankful to Joyce fertility support centre group for their effort. The ability helps me speak out more...
Fostering New Emergency Care Capacity in Mexico
It’s been a month since I get to San Miguel de Allende in Mexico. San Miguel de Allende is a very beautiful colonial town surrounded by mountains and where the arid weather turns the landscape into a painting. Here the people are very friendly and nice and everybody has a reason to be happy and to...
No Santa in India
All around the globe, the Christmas trees, lights and decorations are going up as December hits. Children are hinting for presents, shopping malls are decorated, Christmas carols are sung and in South Africa many children are getting new clothes: ‘Christmas clothes’. But unfortunately for many this...
Bringing Medicine to the Masses of Africa (when they are swimming in it?)
In many parts of the developed world, the practice of medicine by relying on such tools as herbs, meditation, trance, acupuncture, ionised water etc. is tolerated under the rubric of “complementary medicine”. In the United Kingdom, for instance, many public hospitals, such as the famed St. Mary’s in...
Catalyzing Change in the Slums of Bombay
This blog post was contributed by Onikepe Oluwadamilola Owolabi, one of the fifteen Young Champions of Maternal Health chosen by Ashoka and the Maternal Health Task Force at EngenderHealth . I can finally confirm that the Ad-line is true—India is incredible, and Mumbai, fondly called Bombay by its...
The Network Effect
The citizen sector is learning how to collaborate beyond individual practices and fields of work. In powerful and strategic partnership, social innovators across sectors spread ideas broadly to ultimately change whole systems. This is collaborative entrepreneurship . Ashoka Founder & CEO Bill...
The Night Clinic
At 4pm, the market building begins to close. By 5, all the stalls have cleared out and the shops windows are shut, and so is the clinic. At the same time, new stalls are beginning to take over the open spaces outside the building, encroaching on anywhere that can take a stall, the street, the...
Balancing the Bicycle
Einstein said, “Life is like riding a bicycle – to keep your balance you must keep moving.” I have never been a poster boy for managing a good Work/Life balance . With a full-time commitment to my project with Ashoka Fellow Andrés Martínez Fernández's organization EHAS and a startup non-profit of my...
Developing a Positive Body Image
Young Champion of Maternal Health Ifeyinwa Egwaoje presents at the first TED event organized by Tulane University in New Orleans: This blog post was contributed by Ifeyinwa Egwaoje , one of the fifteen Young Champions of Maternal Health chosen by Ashoka and the Maternal Health Task Force at...