September 2008 Edition

Juergen Nagler started the Mali Initiative to provide quality education and fuel sustainable development through local networks. This is empowering the Malian communities to strive towards a better tomorrow.

Singaporean businessman Jack Sim is the world’s strongest (and funniest) advocate for clean toilets as the founder of the World Toilet Association (WTO), which tackles the prickly issue of sanitation on a global level.

Kiri Ong, one of the founders of the Camory Cookie Boutique in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, shares the story of a group of young Singaporean and Cambodian graduates who joined hands to help disadvantaged Cambodians, simply by making cookies.

The odd pair of pants, a faded t-shirt, an old sweater, or an unused blouse — these are just some of the items probably lying in your closet that could save a life. A Developed World’s Wee Shu Ting meets Anshu Gupta, an Ashoka fellow and the founder of GOONJ, who gave up his corporate career to start a massive recycling movement in India to provide for the basic needs of India’s rural poor.

Inspired by the indigenous people of South East Asia, Malaysian technopreneur Devan Singaram launches "Elevyn" — an online platform that empowers marginalized communities by giving them access to the global market.