Students vs Pandemics, fikaTime and the Murambo Beekeepers Association (Good Here #2)
Making good happen here, there and everywhere
Hello!
It’s been two weeks since we pushed Good Here out into the world.
Some stats:
4,895 visits to the Good Here website (+2,100 since last week)
1,526 social impact startups listed
560 social impact funders listed
257 upvotes on Product Hunt (+1 since last week)
155 subscribers to this newsletter (+54 since last week)
6 new social impact startup projects submitted (-6 since last week)
Momentum - that’s important for me. Which is why we’re aiming to write this newsletter on a weekly basis. Let’s see how that goes.
More project updates from here, there and everywhere below.
Feel free to send your thoughts - hello@goodhere.org
- Ben
Here - New social impacts startups on Good Here
Mentalogue - Synergising Malaysia’s mental healthcare ecosystem
Learning with Parents - Narrowing the disadvantage gap by supporting home learning for all families
Murambo Beekeepers Association - Committed to producing high quality organic honey with unique and a different taste, and to find ways of using the beeswax, which is often wasted
Ndayambaje and Belyse Family foundation - Lobbying and advocacy interventions to ensure that the needs and demands of children in abject poverty are met
fikaTime - Support employee mental health and fight isolation by pairing them up for regular informal coffee breaks
Students vs Pandemics - an interdisciplinary group of graduate and undergraduate students committed to promoting education, advocacy, and service
Want to add your social impact startup? Submit it here.
There - New on the Good Here Blog
Openness for organisations using technology for social good - The open movement encompasses open data, open government, open development, open science and much more.
Sustainable business' triple bottom line: people, planet, profit - A primer on sustainable business, which look to have a positive social impact, environmental impact, and economic impact.
Funding for social impact startups- Social impact funding focuses on maximizing both an investor’s financial return and an investment’s sustainability impact.
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Everywhere - What we’ve been reading
Diversity VC - Setting a new standard for diversity and inclusion in the VC industry
Guide to Responsible Tech: How to Get Involved & Build a Better Tech Future - by All Tech Is Human
Glimmers - A real-time investigation into the relationship between civil society and technology in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic
Mozilla’s new Data Futures Lab launches with research on data governance alternatives
The New Normal? - A new 7-country report drawing from a survey of 14,000 people on the impacts of COVID-19 on trust, social cohesion, democracy and expectations for an uncertain future.
A new land contract - Our ‘housing crisis’ is really a function of our land system
What else should we read? Tweet us @goodhereorg.