Give Back Economy

Sketch

Paulina Kieffe

Paulina O'Keefe is the Executive Director of www.sketch.ca in Toronto helping young artists and has a 9,000 square foot facility, with a variety of programs.

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Mama's Creation Foods

Rebecca Bakare

Rebecca Bakare is the founder of https://www.mamascreationfoods.com/ , a for-profit social enterprise. She was educated in the United States and has operations in South Africa with a fulfillment centre in the U.S.

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Inspiring Communities

Louise Adongo

Louise and her 3 year old daughter participated in this interview. The organization, www.inspiringcommunities.ca helps as a facilitator bring groups together. She is an award winning executive director.

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Disability Desk

Jeremy Opperman

Jeremy Opperman is blind and operates Jeremy Opperman and Associates in South Africa helping individuals and organizations with disability programs and strategies and has done this for several years with great success. Check out www.disabilitydesk.co.za

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Sharing Sacred Spaces

Vanessa Avery

Dr. Vanessa Avery of https://www.sharingsacredspaces.org/ is a professor, writer and igniter of religious initiatives.

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Mayam Mohinddin Ahmed

Social Innovator

Maryam Mohinddin Ahmed is a social innovator with high academic credentials as well as having entrepreneurial skills. She is currently working on her Phd at University of Waterloo, after obtaining a master in law degree from Berkeley, California. She is originally from Pakistan where she gained her law degree. She is a consultant and writer, and a mother. A very busy lady.

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Not Just Tourists

Avi D'Souza

Avi D'Souza set up the Toronto chapter of https://njt.net/ which helps provide medical supplies and equipment in a very unique way. There are several chapters with the initial start in St. Catharines Ontario, Canada.

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Volta

Martha Casey

Martha Casey runs Volta, an East Coast Innovation Hub Accelerator in Halifax, Nova Scotia, www.voltaeffect.com. They have significant space for entrepreneurs and a very active and supportive alumni.

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Lucky Iron Fish

Dr. Gavin Armstrong

Dr. Gavin Armstrong is the Founder and CEO of https://luckyironfish.com/ which partially addresses iron deficiency, which is the world's largest nutritional challenge negatively impacting over 2 billion people.

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Life School House

Jennifer De Coste

Jennifer iDe Coste s the founder of www.lifeschoolhouse.com which runs workshops, courses and events at houses in different communities. It was originally based on the folkschool concept from Denmark and she set up in her house in Nova Scotia , Canada..

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