For example, in 2007 Novartis launched a social business initiative in India called Arogya Parivar that has improved access to medicine for 42 million rural patients across 33, 000 villages in 10 states in India.

FORBES: Moving Beyond CSR: The Business of Social Change

Within the initiative of Joint Programme targeted at creation of new income generation opportunities and promotion of improved agricultural practices, 24 rural farmers and dehkhans (small farmers) in target areas were selected to form a network of agriculture extension agents (rural consultants) responsible for provision of consultancy services to rural population and solutions to the problems they might face in application of new agricultural practices.

UNESCO: OFFICE IN TASHKENT

The conference is organized in support of the International Year for Sustainable Energy for All (2012) and the initiative of the UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, which sets the goals for improved energy efficiency, doubling the use of renewable energies and universal access to modern energy services by 2030.

UNESCO: Indigenous Peoples