Kunal Doshi, Founder of Brighter Children Social entrepreneur Kunal Doshi is the founder of Brighter Children, a non-profit organization that sponsors educational costs for students around the world who couldn’t otherwise go to school. The Brighter [...]

Nancy Hughes, Founder of StoveTeam International CNN Hero and social entrepreneur Nancy Hughes is a 73 year-old grandmother and the founder of Stove Team International. They have distributed more than 56,000 fuel-efficient cooking stoves in Mexico, [...]

Jacob Lief, Founder of Ubuntu Education Fund Photo by Vance Jacobs Social entrepreneur Jacob Lief started the non-profit organization Ubuntu Education Fund in 1999 at age 20 with the goal of transforming the lives of children [...]

CNN Hero David Schweidenback, Founder of Pedals for Progress Social entrepreneur David Schweidenback is the founder of Pedals for Progress, an NGO that collects used bicycles in the US, shipping them out to 38 developing countries. In 25 [...]

Rye Barcott, Co-Founder of Carolina for Kibera Social entrepreneur Rye Barcott is a captain from the US Marine Corps and the co-founder of Carolina for Kibera (CFK). This NGO leads a massive, community based youth program in [...]

Yash Gupta, Founder of Sight Learning CNN Hero Yash Gupta was a freshman in high school when he began collecting used eye glasses to distribute to children around the world who couldn't afford them. Since [...]