HUES Inc. (Hand Up Empowerment Solutions)

05/04/2018

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03/31/2016

by Jonathan C. Lewis Economic and social justice work is the most selfish thing I do. Fighting the good fight is utterly satisfying, undeniably gratifying, unbounded fun. I’m a happier person becau…

01/21/2016

Digital financial tools can greatly improve lives in poor countries, but it is especially crucial to put them into the hands of women, whose role in economic growth is often ignored.

10/15/2015

How Social Entrepreneurs make change happen...

"In Africa (or, for that matter, anywhere else), if reliable transportation is not part of the health-care delivery system, people die. To Andrea and Barry Coleman, the reality that they encountered — a health-care delivery system hobbled by inadequate transportation management infrastructure — was utterly unacceptable." How they helped fix the problem:

https://hbr.org/2015/10/how-social-entrepreneurs-make-change-happen

09/06/2015

08/24/2015

There's a new kind of entrepreneur permeating the American landscape. Social entrepreneurs are becoming a larger and larger force, which is parallel to the growth of working Millennials. As a member of the Baby Boomer generation (with our share of social entrepreneurs), it's time we stand behind thi…

08/10/2015

The movement has found an effective way to spark action by mobilizing people online, ditching the usual charity approach of boards, celebrities, and strategic planning

07/27/2015

Picture this: A farmer in Nigeria needs to plow her field, but does not have the labor to do it. Using her mobile phone, she sends an SMS message, and within days, a tractor arrives. She can now plow her field 40 times faster than manual labor, and at one third of the cost. And, the tractor owner ea…

07/11/2015

We followed the path we were told to follow. So how did we end up more poor than our parents?

07/11/2015

Experts say middle-class Black female population is shrinking

07/10/2015

The UNC Law Foundation is offering a new venture for people interested in researching causes and solutions for economic hardship in North Carolina. Rick

06/30/2015

Building on their legacy of leading-edge ideas, Grameen Foundation has evolved from funding microfinance to designing disruptive solutions to the kind of poverty that's most challenging to reach, in remote rural areas, and to the poorest of the poor.