March’s arrival has brought a much-needed return to many of the essential services in northern Mozambique that the public health system and communities alike depend on. In early January we reported on the devastating loss of both electricity and transport due to...
This week, our blog, Thoughts from the Last Mile is dedicated to our staff who live and work in Malawi and Mozambique where devastating flooding this past week has greatly intensified the existing barriers to healthcare delivery brought on by a lack of...
(This blog was originally posted at Next Billion). One of the harsh realities of the current state of global health is that the quality and supply of life-saving innovations exceeds the capacity of many health systems to deliver them. Exciting new innovations are...
We recently sent out this latest update … here’s our news in case you missed it … Malawi update on our work to improve maternal and newborn health in Kwitanda the latest on our Chipatala Cha Pa Foni (health center by phone) program, part of the Innovations...
As the Social Capital Market Conference (SoCap) begins today in San Francisco, VillageReach is very excited to announce that Oasis Fund, a European investment fund, has committed a $1.375 million investment in VidaGas, the propane energy company owned by VillageReach...
On Wednesday, September 2nd, our CFO and Social Business Director, Craig Nakagawa, will present VidaGas: Anatomy of a Social Investment, a presentation featuring VillageReach’s social business VidaGas. At their first annual conference last year, SoCap sold out before...
As a recent MBA graduate, I joined VillageReach for the summer tasked with evaluating our models and frameworks to further reach scalability and create sustainable business opportunities.Throughout business school, I was taught the importance of proving that financial...