PART II: The Stipend Supports Fellows in Pursuing Their Idea Full-Time
The personal stipend that Ashoka gives to most Fellows emerged from the WYVZI]W ERH MRXIVZMI[W EW SRI SJ XLI QSWX MQTSVXERX FIRI½XW SJ IRXV] MRXS XLI Fellowship.The stipend is meant to help the social entrepreneur focus full-time on their social mission without the need to work elsewhere to maintain themselves or their families. Ashoka’s selection process is designed to elect Fellows at an MR¾IGXMSR TSMRX MR XLIMV MHIE WS XLEX XLI MQTEGX SJ XLI *IPPS[WLMT RIX[SVO ERH stipend can be maximized.
92%
of Fellows report the stipend helped them focus full-time on their idea
±8LI %WLSOE *IPPS[WLMT VIEPP] WEZIH my life because until it came along, I [EW XLI WSPI MRGSQI IEVRIV ERH QEMR QEREKIV SJ Q] LSYWILSPH Q] ½ZI TIVWSR SV WM\ TIVWSR JEQMP] %RH - [EW KIXXMRK YT EX JSYV SV ½ZI MR XLI QSVRMRK XS QEOI QSRI] ERH - [SYPH [SVO YRXMP TQ SV QMHRMKLX 8LI %WLSOE WXMTIRH gave me three years to work full time on all the possibilities that we were uncovering in our work. I also went on ERH HMH E QEWXIV´W HIKVII ERH XLIR E JI[ ]IEVW PEXIV - HMH E HSGXSVEXI [LMGL MW WSQIXLMRK - RIZIV [SYPH LEZI MQEKMRIH 7S %WLSOE QEHI MX TSWWMFPI XS HS EPP XLEX ERH XS QSZI ELIEH MR E [E] XLEX HMHR´X GVIEXI E GSR¾MGX FIX[IIR Q] RIIH JSV MRGSQI ERH Q] SVKERM^EXMSR´W RIIH XS FYMPH MXWIPJ YT MRHITIRHIRXP] ² -Chilean Fellow
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50%
of Fellows report the stipend was XLI ½VWX WMKRM½GERX source of funding for their idea
“I was at the bottom point of my life [LIR - KSX E GEPP JVSQ %WLSOE %RH MR E VIEP [E] MX IQTS[IVIH QI MX KEZI QI PIKW XS WXERH SR -X TVSZIH XS QI EX XLI XMQI [LIR - [EW HSYFXMRK IZIV]XLMRK - LEH FIIR HSMRK YT XS XLEX TSMRX XLEX MRHIIH [LEX - [EW WE]MRK [EW VIEPP] VIEP ERH ZEPMH 7S - HSR´X XLMRO ]SY GER KIX QSVI IQTS[IVIH XLER XLEX 4PYW MX KEZI QI QSRI] XS PMZI SR HYVMRK XLI transition.” -US Fellow ±8LI JEGX XLEX %WLSOE MRZIWXW MR MRHMZMHYEPW MW WSQIXLMRK XLEX LIPTIH QI FIGEYWI RS[ -´Q EFPI XS MQTPIQIRX Q] MHIE [MXLSYX LEZMRK XS GSRWMHIV SXLIV WMHI NSFW &IMRK EFPI XS NYWX GSRGIRXVEXI SR XLI QMWWMSR MW [LEX LEW QEHI Q] organization survive up to now. If you LEZI ]SYV MRHMZMHYEP RIIHW GSZIVIH XLIR ]SY GER WTIRH ]SYV XMQI XLMROMRK XLVSYKL [LEX RIIHW XS FI HSRI ERH how it is going to create impact.” Fredrick Ouku, Kenya