Alvin's Guide to Good Business 5 - Apopo Mine Detector Rats 1 of 2 - BBC Travel Documentary

Alvin's Guide to Good Business 5 - Apopo Mine Detector Rats 1 of 2 - BBC Travel Documentary, recorded 05.03.2010

Business guru Alvin Hall travels the world meeting eight ambitious social entrepreneurs keen to expand their Enterprises. Each Business is about to embark on a new and challenging phase.

The fourth episode of the BBC World News series on social entrepreneurs features the heroic rats of Apopo, founded by 2009 Skoll social entrepreneur Bart Weetjens. These HeroRats are trained to detect landmines and tuberculosis using their sense of smell. The 8-part series, called Alvin's Guide to Good Business, is looking at social entrepreneurs doing innovative work around the globe. BBC World News online has an companion article on HeroRats.

Check out the video below, and get involved. Adopt a rat, pass the story along via your blog and twitter feeds, friend HeroRATS on Facebook.

For more information, see http://www.socialedge.org/blogs/alvins-guide-to-good-business AND http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/worldagenda/2010/02/100209_worldagenda_alvi... .

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