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The 10 Greatest Social Entrepreneurs Of All Time

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After a moment of clarity in Liberia, club promoter Scott Harrison decided to make it his mission to change that, heading up the non-profit organization charity: water. Harrison says he regards charity: water as a for-profit startup that has no profits, saying, “We give away 100% of our profits.

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[Interview] Nellie Mayshak, Founder Of Canaf Consulting Associates

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It has led her to long-term assignments in locations as far flung as Liberia and Lithuania, and work that has been complex, multi-faceted and often encompassing many years. In Liberia, for example, she was challenged to help reconstruct a civil service that had collapsed after over a decade of civil wars. Can it be nurtured, and how?

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