His organization has helped solve the problems of water shortages and low crop productivity.
FAITH LAPIDUS: In Egypt, Raghda El Ebrashi wanted to find a way to get educated citizens in her country to help poor and unemployed young people. But she wanted them to help in a more active way than just donating money to the poor. She organized college students to volunteer to help teach skills to young people from poor communities so they could find jobs. She studied companies so she could train young people to fit their hiring needs.
People who cannot hold jobs because of health or family problems are trained to make objects to sell. The organization has been so successful that it has expanded to several cities in Egypt.
CHRISTOPHER CRUISE: Dorothy Aken’ova became an Ashoka fellow in two thousand eight. Her organization aims to improve sexual health education in Nigeria. She believes that the emotional side of sexuality is ignored in discussions about reproductive health. So sexual subjects are treated with silence and intolerance.
The aim of her organization is to support sex education to include information about safety, rights and acceptance.
FAITH LAPIDUS: Not all Ashoka fellows work in developing countries. Many are from developed areas including the United States, Canada, and Europe.
One of these is Dr. Frank Hoffman of Germany. ehHe He developed an effective and low-cost breast examination method. His method involves training blind people to use their extreme sense of touch to do breast exams. His program aims to improve early detection of cancer and help employ skilled blind people.
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