Nonprofit

Ashoka Africa

Arlington, VA
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www.ashoka.org

  • About Us

    Ashoka is the world's largest network of changemakers and social innovators with more than 3,000 social entrepreneurs in 70 countries. Ashoka aims to bring about large-scale social change by supporting innovators get started, grow their ideas, collaborate, reshape whole systems and influence societal transformation. Founded in 1980 with the belief that the most powerful force in the world is a big idea in the hands of an entrepreneur, Ashoka applies insights from the world's leading social entrepreneurs to set in motion profound societal change. Current insights indicate that our rapidly changing world calls for an "Everyone a Changemaker" world, one where every person practices the critical skills of empathy, teamwork, leadership and changemaking to command change across silos and be a successful contributor. Ashoka leads the way to an Everyone a Changemaker World.

    Ashoka is the world's largest network of changemakers and social innovators with more than 3,000 social entrepreneurs in 70 countries. Ashoka aims to bring about large-scale social change by supporting innovators get started, grow their ideas, collaborate, reshape whole systems and influence societal transformation. Founded in 1980 with the belief that the most powerful force in the world is a big idea in the hands of an entrepreneur, Ashoka applies insights from the world's leading social entrepreneurs to set in motion profound societal change. Current insights indicate that our rapidly changing world calls for an "Everyone a Changemaker" world, one where every person practices the critical skills of empathy, teamwork, leadership and changemaking to command change across silos and be a successful contributor. Ashoka leads the way to an Everyone a Changemaker World.

    Cause Areas Include

    • Children & Youth
    • Civic Engagement
    • Economic Development
    • Education
    • Health & Medicine

    Location

    • 1700 N Moore St, Suite 2000, Arlington, VA 22209, United States
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