by Erika Luitjens | May 15, 2025 | Education, Healthcare, People
Communities impacted by large-scale conflict bear the visible scars in the form of mass destruction, injuries, and loss of life. But often the emotional scars, while less obvious, can be equally devastating and longer-lasting. As CapCon approaches the question of...
by Erika Luitjens | Jul 26, 2020 | Children, Education, Entrepreneurship, Uncategorized
In its ongoing mission to find market-based solutions to alleviate global poverty, CapCon is drawn to organizations that adhere to the “hand up, not a handout” philosophy. Street Business School is just such an organization. CapCon has provided a 3-year grant to...
by Erika Luitjens | Jul 26, 2020 | Education, Uncategorized
As the largest & most successful university-based social enterprise accelerator in the world, Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship has learned a great deal about how to help social enterprises thrive. But even among Miller Center Global Social Benefit...
by Erika Luitjens | Jun 27, 2020 | Education, Healthcare, Uncategorized
In 2017, CapCon underwrote the creation of an organization in Kigali, Rwanda, called the Ituze Mindfulness and Yoga Center. The mission of this for-profit organization was a seemingly modest goal of providing meditation and yoga instruction to the general population...
