Alvin's Guide To Good Business

Latest Episode:Kiva. Learn how Kiva is helping the poor borrow their way out of poverty and how you can help.

Starting Saturday February 13, 2010, BBC World News is featuring a new weekly television series by the award-winning production house RockhopperTV that highlights the work of eight senior social entrepreneurs around the globe. Entitled Alvin’s Guide to Good Business, the series follows finance guru Alvin Hall as he visits a different social entrepreneur each week, probing their business model, examining the potential impact of their work and exploring the challenges to scaling their innovation.  Featured organizations include Riders for Health, IDE-India, Marine Stewardship Council, Apopo, Partners in Health, Friends International, Camfed and Kiva.

The series is produced by RockhopperTV in partnership with the Skoll Foundation and was commissioned by BBC World News, the 24-hour commercial news and public affairs channel of the BBC. At last count, BBC World News reaches 292 million homes, 1.7 million hotel rooms, 42 airlines and 35 mobile phone platforms in 200+ countries and territories around the world, making this the Skoll Foundation’s first foray into global commercial television. Episodes will air a minimum of four times each week (timed for primetime in each major market) and will be streamed online in full here during the week of broadcast and beyond.

For an inside look behind the scenes at the making of the series, check out the production blog here.

Episodes

Epsiode 1: Riders For Health. To learn more about Riders for Health and healthcare in Africa, click here

Episode 2: IDEI. To learn more about drip irrigation and the work of IDE India, click here

Episode 3: Marine Stewardship Council. To learn more about MSC and sustainable seafood, click here.

Episode 4: Apopo. Learn how you can adopt a HeroRAT and support the work of Apopo.

Episode 5: Partners In Health. To learn more about Partners In Health and their work around the world, click here.

Episode 6: Friends International. To learn more about Friends International and how you can get involved to help, click here.

Episode 7: CAMFED. Learn how CAMFED works to provide education in Africa and what you can do to help.

Episode 8: Kiva. Learn how Kiva is helping the poor borrow their way out of poverty and how you can help.

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Press

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• Social Entrepreneurship Gets its Own TV Show (Change.org)
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• TV business guru takes 'wonderful world of social enterprise' to 76m viewers (Social Enterprise)
• Alvin Hall on social entrepreneurs (BBC World Service)