This Job May Have Saved Her Life: Jamuna from Upaya Social Ventures

This Job May Have Saved Her Life: Jamuna from Upaya Social Ventures

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Editor’s note: Five years in, our partner Upaya Social Ventures relentlessly proves the power of a job. Our video series on the work of our partners continues. Tune in next time to meet an innovative bilingual school that brings Israeli and Palestinian children...Read more
Welcome to the Family: Announcing Skees Family Foundation’s 2015 Partners

Welcome to the Family: Announcing Skees Family Foundation’s 2015 Partners

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 By Suzanne Skees for Skees Family Foundation   We laughingly call SFF “the world’s tiniest foundation with the mightiest ambition” to end poverty worldwide, in our lifetime. How? As Steve Jobs put it, “We have gone to exceptional lengths...Read more
Helping Indian Social Entrepreneurs Hone Skills Necessary for Investment

Helping Indian Social Entrepreneurs Hone Skills Necessary for Investment

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At Skees Family Foundation we pride ourselves on partnering with rising organizations in the social sector field. We look for partners that think big and seek to move the needle on the key issues we care about: access to education and job creation.    by Anchal...Read more
Face-to-Face with Rekha, Factory Worker from Assam, India

Face-to-Face with Rekha, Factory Worker from Assam, India

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Editor’s note: Earlier this year, Director Suzanne visited the field with our Catalyst-grantee partner, Upaya Social Ventures. She gathered stories and saw firsthand the wonderful work they’re doing on the ground in India. As part of our foundation’s...Read more
Waste at Work: Indian Entrepreneurs Turn Dung into Dollars

Waste at Work: Indian Entrepreneurs Turn Dung into Dollars

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A quiet movement by young social entrepreneurs across north and east India finds ways to turn waste from plants and animals into jobs for the ultra poor.   By Suzanne Skees for Ecopreneurist  This article originally appeared on Ecopreneurist.   Across India,...Read more