ILF, in partnership with the Adventure Project, scaled the project to Haiti after the earthquake hit.

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As Becky Straw, co-founder of the Adventure Project, and former Program Director at charity: water would attest, charity does not always work.

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The Adventure Project works with on-the-ground partners who then manufacture and distribute a poverty-alleviating product or service tailored to customers at the bottom of the consumer pyramid.

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One nonprofit, the Adventure Project, aims to combat the health issues associated with traditional cook stoves through an innovative business model that seeks to finance social enterprises.

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While entrepreneurial-minded concerns like the Adventure Project and ILF in many ways represent the future of social impact work, corporate, foundation and civic giving practices remain largely charitable in nature.

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Every project has the air of an adventure, and this new one is the riskiest to date.

NEWYORKER: Yes

"I wanted to be a part of this project so badly when I was told about the adventure, " said Pirro.

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After an adventure on the company rooftop, he discovers Project Alpha, a secret undertaking that shows the true purpose of Zephyr Holdings.

ECONOMIST: New fiction

The project aims "to bring education, science and the arts together through adventure and environmental awareness".

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