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FreedomAwards Offer: Microvouchers for student projects

Openworld will be offering 500 microvouchers in coming months to fund digital "work-study" projects by students at entrepreneurial schools for the poor, thanks to recent grants from John C. Whitehead, former coChairman of Goldman Sachs, Jack Pearce, and the Explorers Foundation.  Explore the new FreedomAwards challenge offer and the Round I microvoucher opportunity.

"Assisting Entrepreneurial Schools" portal launched

In response to shortcomings in government schools, more than 1.5 million private schools for the poor are now operating in developing countries, according to estimates from Templeton Foundation and International Finance Corporation-funded studies. Openworld has launched a new portal to provide learning entrepreneurs with practical information on sustainability strategies.

How to help
Openworld welcomes your help in spreading grassroots free market initiatives in impoverished communities.  
For those interested in emerging business ventures, Openworld offers Sponsor options that can lead to early-stage access to new talent and development opportunities.  Donors interested in making tax-deductible contributions to support Openworld’s nonprofit activities can do so through the Explorers Foundation  (tel: +1 303-744-1855).

Photos of Openworld projects > Microscholarship Initiative and Land Grants (Krygyzstan) (2) > Proposed Naryn Private Land Grant Site

Microscholarship Initiative and Land Grants (Krygyzstan) 1 2

At a leading city in central Kyrgyzstan, private telecenter operators have offered expansion areas as land grants, including this four-hectare site near a national park. The municipality has indicated a willingness to make substantial sites available for private sector development as a means of creating jobs and spreading skills in a workforce now suffering from high levels of unemployment.