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Cultivating Markets: Increasing household access to propane in Mozambique Part 1
My name is Peter Nakamura and I am one of the newest members of the VillageReach team. I am currently based in Nampula, Mozambique to help coordinate a project funded by USAID to help individual households gain access to propane. The project is coordinated through VillageReach and its social business, VidaGas – the largest distributor [...]
The Life You Can Save
Peter Singer’s new book, The Life You Can Save, has sparked a growing debate amongst VillageReach staff. In his chapter, Why Don’t We Give More, he writes about the power of an identifiable victim — as opposed to group or mass need. He describes Paul Slovic’s research that identifies two distinct ways that we process [...]
Global Health Supply Chain Summit
This week VillageReach President, Allen Wilcox, will be speaking at the 2nd Annual Global Health Supply Chain Summit. The theme of this years conference is “Bringing Government, NGOs, and Academia Together: What can be learned from the for-profit world?” We are excited to be included in this conference again this year- the theme alone could [...]
VillageReach Announces Landmark Investment!
As the Social Capital Market Conference (SoCap) begins today in San Francisco, VillageReach is very excited to announce that Oasis Fund, a European investment fund, has committed a $1.375 million investment in VidaGas, the propane energy company owned by VillageReach and the Mozambique Foundation for Community Development (FDC). SoCap is full of social entrepreneurs, investors [...]
VillageReach’s Craig Nakagawa Featured Speaker at SoCap2009
On Wednesday, September 2nd, our CFO and Social Business Director, Craig Nakagawa, will present VidaGas: Anatomy of a Social Investment, a presentation featuring VillageReach’s social business VidaGas. At their first annual conference last year, SoCap sold out before the conference even began. This conference is a continuing testament to the excitement surrounding everything social entrepreneur-related. [...]
VillageReach rated as top charity by GiveWell!
We are excited to annouce that VillageReach has been rated as a top charity by GiveWell. GiveWell is an independent, nonprofit charity evaluator- founded by two ex-hedge-fund analysts, GiveWell brings a metrics-based business mentality to the table with their rigorous and thorough analysis of charities.
It is incredibly refreshing to be asked about more than just our overhead [...]
Measuring Impact of Social Investing
As a recent MBA graduate, I joined VillageReach for the summer tasked with evaluating our models and frameworks to further reach scalability and create sustainable business opportunities.Throughout business school, I was taught the importance of proving that financial profitability and measurable metrics are essential for making business decisions. Shouldn’t this common standard be used to measure [...]
Why is a Social Enterprise required in the VillageReach Model?
We all know that operation of any health center requires a variety of external inputs- energy, transport/logistics (delivery services), and communications systems to name a few. In wealthy countries, these services would normally be provided by the commercial sector. In focusing efforts on the “last mile,” however, any and all of these commercial services are [...]
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