- MAGNUM in Motion: Our friend and advisor, the MAGNUM photographer Susan Meiselas, just completed a powerful photo essay with Human Rights Watch on maternal mortality in India. “In Silence” makes the case for Acumen Fund’s investment in LifeSpring hospitals and 1298 ambulance service.
- Interview with LifeSpring’s CEO: You can hear Anant Kumar, the visionary head of LifeSpring, in a podcast in the Social Innovations Conversations series.
- Congrats to D.light: D.light Design was awarded the Social Venture Network 2009 Innovation Award, which recognizes and supports the leaders of emerging enterprises.
- Kashf on Oprah: Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn’s new book, Half the Sky, includes the story of a Kashf Foundation client, which they recently shared on the Oprah Winfrey show.
- Design thinking in BusinessWeek: A BusinessWeek blog post talks about Acumen Fund’s work with Ripple Effect, featuring a video clip of our own Yasmina Zaidman.