Each year, Ashoka elects over 100 Fellows worldwide. The Nigeria programme, which was launched in 1991 and relaunched in 2000, has brought 43 social entrepreneurs to the Ashoka Fellowship.

Like their counterparts elsewhere in the world, Nigerian Ashoka Fellows are social entrepreneurs whose innovative ideas for solving problems facing their communities have achieved national and even regional impact in a wide variety of fields, including education, health, the environment, and human rights. As they confront social problems in urban and rural areas throughout Nigeria, Ashoka Fellows are also working together as a Fellowship to collaborate and share experiences.

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This Month's Focus:
Spreading the Wealth: Providing Education for Children in City Slums

Library
Changing Worlds for Citizens with Disabilities

Community
Getting Press Coverage

Creative Resourcing
The Citizen Base Initiative has just launched the Spanish language CBI site, www.moviliza.org, designed to build a supportive community of citizen sector organizations engaged in innovative strategies to develop their citizen base and mobilize local resources.

Ashoka is launching the CBI Award in Spain. See application procedures on www.moviliza.org