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Can Soup Change the World?: Part Two: Nepal

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Can Soup Change the World? Episode 2

21/03/2015 GMT

Part Two: Nepal

Can Soup Change the World?

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Can a community crowdfunding idea from Detroit also work in Nepal?

Can a community crowdfunding idea from Detroit also inspire new entrepreneurs in Nepal and kick-start new projects in Kathmandu?

Detroit Soup is a crowd-funding dinner which has raised more than 85,000 dollars for startups in Motor City. The project has kick-started an impressive range of socially conscious businesses and community projects - but is it an idea which can only work in Detroit, or could it work anywhere?
Detroit Soup founder Amy Kaherl to Nepal to inspire kick-start a new crowdfunding culture in the capital Kathmandu. 
Nepal is one of the world's poorest countries, and nearly ten years after its decade-long civil war came to an end, political uncertainty continues to hamper the country's progress. 
There is a listlessness among many Nepali people, that the country won't be back on its feet anytime soon - and furthermore, there's nothing they can do about it. Could Detroit Soup help turn this around?
Amy meets a new generation of Nepalese youth activists looking to make their mark, and enhance their community. They develop the Detroit Soup concept, giving it a Nepali twist and Idea Fest Nepal is born.
The programme follows the preparations of the event, as the team behind it looks to bring a new crowdfunding culture to Nepal. 




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The BBC takes an innovative business idea from Motor City and spreads it around the world.

Detroit Soup is an innovative crowd-funding dinner which is bringing people together to raise thousands of dollars for community projects in Motor City. Since it launched five years ago, it has helped launch a range of start-ups working in areas such as urban agriculture, social justice and education - projects funded by and for the people. But could this model work in other cities? For the BBC's A Richer World season, the BBC takes Detroit Soup founder Amy Kaherl to Nepal, to start a new crowd-funding culture Kathmandu-style. 

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