The Social Venture Academy is the leading opportunity for visionaries to explore their passion for social change, collaborate with social entrepreneurs on globally impactful innovations, in order to make a difference in their communities now.

For the first time in Asia in 2011, the Asia Social Venture Academy recruits the 200 brightest and most daring young leaders from around Asia and globally to work alongside social entrepreneurs on their challenges and ventures during a powerful five-day social entrepreneurship program in Hong Kong. Don’t just listen to speeches – work alongside social entrepreneurs!

”FYSE offers a focused opportunity to dialogue with the most interesting “movers and shakers” working in social entrepreneurship in China and worldwide. I left the meeting inspired, refreshed, more informed, and ready to make inroads in my own career in social entrepreneurship and Fair Trade alongside new colleagues and friends!” Teresa DelLaurentis, previous event participant

The Academy challenges to…
1. Connect with fresh knowledge, tools, advice, and a network of like-minded leaders in the field of social entrepreneurship
2. Make an immediate difference by applying new skills and creativity to solve established social entrepreneurs’ biggest challenges.
3. Go beyond the one-off event. This is the catalyst for the formation of a passionate and skilled tribe of Changemakers, committed to creating a positive change in communities around the world

Speakers

Joe Mediath, Founder Gram Vikas (India)
Melissa Yeung, Founder Got Heart (Philippines)
Bunker Roy, Founder Barfoot College (India)
Anant Kumar, Founder LifeSpring Hospital (India)
Jonathan Hursh, Founder Compassion for Migrant Children (China)
Sam Goldman, Founder d.light (Hong Kong)

… and many more! >

Further information:
http://www.fyse.org/social-venture-academy

Application
If you are ambitious, innovative & socially aware, with a strong passion for social entrepreneurship, and between the ages of 20 – 35 years of age, we want to receive your application!  Delegates are accepted on a rolling based, so apply early!
Academy fee: USD350
Date: 19th– 22nd May 2011
Early Bird: 31st December 2010
Application Deadline: 15.2.2011
http://www.fyse.org/social-venture-academy/registration/
ASVA 2011 is organized by the Foundation for Youth Social Entrepreneurship (FYSE) http://www.fyse.org

Every year over four million infants in the developing world die within a month of birth. Half of these newborns would survive if given a warm and clean environment in which to grow stronger. In developing countries, not only is there limited access to modern, high-tech incubators, but a lack of infrastructure and replacement parts render such devices worthless.

Design that Matters’s goal is to develop a newborn incubator for the developing world that takes advantage of locally-available replacement parts, the familiar mechanical language of automobile design, and globe-spanning auto-industry supply chains to create a context-appropriate product that can be locally maintained.

Neonurture: Car-parts Incubator has been nominated for the “People’s Design Award” category for the 2010 National Design Awards. The Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum is asking for the public to vote on their favorite designs through their website. This is a wonderful opportunity to raise the profile of this important newborn health project. So do cast your vote for this meaningful project here!

What?

A radically different two day event/experience that mixes social innovation, design thinking, and energetic youth to create _____________ (social change, empowered youth, unforgettable memories, and who knows what else?)

Who?

Aspiring or active changemakers (roughly of university and polytechnic age)

When?

October 16-17, 2010. Register by October 10, 2010!

Where?

Singapore Polytechnic

Why?

A better question is: why not? Why aren’t more youth actively involved in social change? Why don’t they feel like they can truly make a difference? Why don’t we change that?

A sponsor is covering all costs of successful applications, so you won’t have to pay a dime!

For more information?

Please contact James Norris at james@syinc.org or call (65) 8290 0163

If you are a budding social entrepreneur who is ready to walk the talk or you are already in the midst of doing so, then the Rotary Youth Social Entrepreneurship Challenge (RYSEC) might just be for you.

Through the competition, RYSEC hopes to encourage the social entrepreneurs in youths by providing assistance in securing funding, and more importantly, in gaining support from a network of experienced business people in Singapore.

Submission Deadline: 23 August 2010

For more information, do visit the RYSEC website at http://rysec.sg/

For the next installment of Green Drinks Singapore, guest speaker Steve McCoy from Green Drinks Kuala Lumpur will examine the environmental movement in the world today and share about how we could contribute. He is the founder and principal of Counterpoint, a consultancy firm which provides sustainability-related support services for corporate, government and non-profit sectors. He was also the CEO of the Force of Nature Aid Foundation which works on recovery of communities affected by natural disasters.

Date: 29 July 2010 (Thursday)

Time: 7.30pm-9.30pm

Venue: Artery, Red Dot Traffic Building, #01-04, 28 Maxwell Road

For more information, visit http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=121829344528406&ref=nf