Social Impact

This month, Fatmata and Mariama Kabia, twin sisters who are senior international relations majors at the University of Pennsylvania, are seeing their entrepreneurial dream become a reality. The first issue of Memunatu, a magazine they have created for girls in Sierra Leone, will be distributed in middle schools and high schools in Freetown, the African country’s capital city, and Lunsar, the town where the Kabias' parents were born. The twins hope Memunatu will engage girls and encourage reading in a fun way.…

Twin Inspiration: A New Magazine Reaches Girls in Sierra Leone

Though best known as an actor, Richard Dreyfuss has lately turned some of his attention to helping young adults learn more about the founding ideals of the United States. His nonprofit, The Dreyfuss Initiative, provides interactive educational materials for teachers, parents and students. The Oscar winner recently sat down with Knowledge@Wharton High School to talk about what young people need to know about government, and the lessons that have been important to his development as a citizen.…

Actor Richard Dreyfuss Talks Greek Mythology, ‘Maligned Heroes’ and How to Become A More Engaged Citizen

PoverUp, which launched in April 2011, was named one of Inc. Magazine’s “11 Coolest College Startups,” and founder Charlie Javice, who is 19, was one of Fast Company’s “100 Most Creative People in Business 2011.” Javice, a student at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, spoke with Knowledge@Wharton High School editor Diana Drake about building an online network that lets socially minded students learn, connect and invest in microfinance. …

Generation Microfinance: Charlie Javice Believes in the Power of Students to Alleviate Poverty

Take $26, and add one East Coast undergrad on his way to war as a Marine in Iraq and one enterprising single mother living in one of the world's biggest slums in Africa, and what do you get? The makings of a groundbreaking non-profit called Carolina for Kibera (CFK). Here's what Rye Barcott -- CFK's co-founder and author of his new memoir, It Happened on the Way to War: A Marine's Path to Peace -- has to say about the small things social entrepreneurs can do to make a big impact and why it's important to start sooner rather than later.…

Rye Barcott of Carolina for Kibera: A Marine’s Take on the Power of Social Entrepreneurship

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