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The Eleos Foundation and Social Investments

May 11, 2011 by

[HTML1] The Eleos Foundation has the mission of focusing on health and education in the developing world with market-based solutions for long-term sustainable solutions and to catalyze capital to fight extreme poverty.  Two strategies dominate this mission, one to nurture a learning community and second to create investment opportunities while minimizing risk for the investors.

Eleos focuses on holistic solutions for the communities being served.  During their intensive research phase for each social enterprise, they assure that community involvement local to the venture is facilitated.

Healthpoint in India and Liberty and Justice in Liberia are two examples of life-changing investments with which Eleos has been involved. Both actively empower and involve the people of the community in sustainable progress.

Join me to hear Mr. Andy Lower, Executive Director of The Eleos Foundation discuss the strategies behind successful social entrepreneurship.  Visit and “like” their Facebook Page.  To join in on the discussion about this episode, click HERE.

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About Robin Eschler

Robin L. Eschler, the founder of Social Impact Marketing, started her career in developing foundational marketing strategies for companies of all sizes, from Fortune 500 to individual entrepreneurs and local businesses. She has developed and implemented international campaigns to launch high tech products and services and guided new business owners to successfully navigate the difficulties of growing a business.

Her life-long passion for helping others led her into nonprofit work for over a decade. Early on, she recognized the need for nonprofits to adapt to a rapidly changing world in which technology dominates and for-profit business practices are central to success. Her determination to help social causes in a sustainable way led to her creation of the Women's Radio show Socially Conscious Investing.

Impact investing in for-profits with a mission of social change such as the fight against extreme poverty is a blossoming business sector around the world. With the economic decline, it's clear that Wall Street requires change. Social impact investing addresses that need in a way that provides financial and social ROI.

As the Host of Socially Conscious Investing on WomensRadio, Robin's goal is to educate people about the growth of social impact investing and social venture. Interviews are conducted with socially conscious business experts including foundations and nonprofits, social venture investment firms, micro-loan organizations, investors, educators, authors and social entrepreneurs.

This show's mission is to help change the world through sustainable business practices that contribute to the economy, combat poverty, end hunger and provide better lives to all.

Twice, Robin has been recognized and received the highest honorary award that Rotary International gives, the Paul Harris Award, for service above self. Her community work has included developing local programs for disadvantaged populations such as foster children, troubled teens, and people with disabilities.

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