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How (RED) is Fighting AIDS and Saving Lives

Saleforce Nonprofit

Governments were slowly waking up to the emergency, creating organizations like the Global Fund, one of the largest global health partnerships on the planet, but companies were still fast asleep. At that time, (RED) spoke at length about investments in global health systems, the importance of antiretroviral drugs, and so on.

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Empowering Refugees: Interview with Kjerstin Erickson of FORGE

Have Fun - Do Good

After meeting her at the Global Engagement Summer last spring, I knew I wanted to grab her for an interview before she became too famous. The model that FORGE takes is really a long-term impact framework. His idea is that he wants to recreate, in reverse, the walk that he made from Sudan all the way through Congo and into Zambia.