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This water on wheels technology proves an idea doesn’t have to be complicated to be useful. Designed in Africa for Africa, Hippo...
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See moreThe spirit of Mahatma Gandhi lives on in western India, brightening the futures of underprivileged children thanks to NGO Manav Sadhna....
See morePopularly known as the ‘Clothing Man’ in India, Anshu Gupta‘s treatment of clothing and urban surplus material as a sustainable...
See moreIn the deprived slum locations in West India, Prabhat Education Foundation is replacing despair with hope. The community-based organisation helps children with special...
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See moreDespite artisan know-how stretching back to ancient times, independent clothes makers around the Mediterranean now struggle against powerful global brands...
See moreReady, set… STOP. This team of planners and pickers are putting an end to plastic pollution in South East Asia....
See moreShoes might not grow on trees – but this one grows itself. The Shoe That Grows has a clever design that...
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See moreWhen Morocco went into lock-down during the Covid19 crisis, the first thing that Amal Center did was set up a...
See moreA simple action such as riding a bike can help rural families with limited resources in Mozambique to irrigate their...
See moreThe April morning sun beats down on Kontagora, a lively market town in central Nigeria. Generators hum as milling machines...
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See more“Muhra in Arabic means 'foal', but also new beginnings. It represents what we do here." In a discreet five-story building...
See moreLike it or not – and the international pharmaceutical industry doesn’t – an Indian drug company is boldly reverse-engineering and...
See moreA drone company that is successfully saving lives in Ghana and Rwanda has become a lesson in using autonomous drones as a tool for...
See moreJust ten days before this was written, the lives of four twenty-something friends – Simone Policano, Healy Chait, Mimi Aboubaker...
See moreA powerful mini-computer ‘teaching assistant’ is revolutionising Latin American education and can help bridge the pedagogical divide between the world’s...
See moreGet ready to enter a surreal Noah's Ark of seeds, because deep inside a mountain on a remote island in...
See moreAs climate change shrinks Andean glaciers and brings water shortages, two Quechua sisters are building traditional ‘sacred’ reservoirs to harvest...
See moreDino Impagliazzo dices onions like a master chef and makes a mean vegetable soup – but most of his loyal...
See moreMeet Basma and Jad, the Muppets addressing the devastating impacts of crisis and displacement on children. American educational children’s television...
See moreColombia’s diverse geography – from towering Andean mountain ranges, to vast flooding wetlands and thick Amazonian jungle – has made...
See more"Food is a central part of the Filipino life. For the people of an agricultural country such as the Philippines...
See moreEvery night across the world’s former murder capital, young boys and girls study the four elements of hip-hop to transform...
See moreSomething important is happening in Cleveland: one of America’s poorest cities has a radical plan to remake itself. Anyone who...
See moreIn Democratic Republic of the Congo, poor educational access and poor quality education is linked with the historic instability the...
See moreIn a sea of pharmacies, stationery sellers and coffee shops, one social enterprise in a swarming Lewisham shopping centre, London,...
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See moreIn Uganda, Lake Victoria and Lake Kyoga are the major sources of quality protein, in the form of various species...
See more“With a collective effort and more awareness we can work against gangsterism. The way I see it, culture is a...
See more“Gastronomical culture and food heritage is very important. We have a responsibility to acknowledge Bolivian products and work with them...
See moreCreating opportunities for women is exactly what Raven + Lily is all about. A flagbearer for gender equality and female...
See more"Do you have any family or friends that you’d like to record a message for?" A walk along Market Street in San...
See moreIn Argentina, the term villa miseria is used to describe the impoverished shanty towns that exist within large urban settlements. And in Buenos...
See moreBrazil’s culture-friendly tax law, a bus trip in India where he met his future wife and a desire to dive...
See moreOne person’s toxic e-waste dump is another’s treasure workshop. That's why a Ghana-based architect duo have launched AMP (Agbogbloshie Makerspace...
See moreEvery year in Senegal thousands of tonnes of fruit are thrown away due to the lack of initiatives for processing...
See moreThe charismatic Ismaël Essome Ebone is the young entrepreneur behind Madiba & Nature, the Cameroonian nonprofit which uses plastic waste to build...
See moreIndia has the highest number of undernourished people in the world, but at the same time sees 40% of all...
See moreVienna-based Helioz aims to solve the problem of the lack of access to safe drinking water in the Global South, through...
See moreSubmitted by you: Sending money home to families throughout Indonesia is fraught with issues – finding a physical location, fees, transaction...
See moreThe Last Stand is a funny project. But at its heart is a great idea... healing London's divisions. The street...
See moreThis isn't clickbait: an electrical engineer based in South Africa has designed an automated locker system that allows people with chronic conditions to...
See moreFood has always had a special place in human history. From the multi-religious traditions of “breaking bread” with friends and...
See moreIn response to the huge tractor shortage in Africa, and the consequences to food security for local populations as well...
See moreMobile Internet is rapidly becoming a primary source of knowledge for rural populations in developing countries. But not every one...
See moreWhat does the future of business look like? How will developments from big data, artificial intelligence and the internet of things to driverless vehicles, 3D printing and synthetic biology...
See moreWhen a young South African woman and her childhood friends created social startup Rethaka with the aim of making a small impact on the world,...
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See moreEvery day, sites like Netflix, Spotify and Flipboard tap into the power of data to provide recommendations that make life ‘easier’,...
See morePoor nutrition causes nearly half of death in children under five and 3.1 million people die each year. The 3 Million...
See moreIn 2015 roughly 36 million people in the world were living with HIV or AIDS, with about 70% of them...
See moreThe world is on an unsustainable path, but powerful ideas and innovations that could help solve social, economic and environmental...
See moreThe Dominican Light Project is a new solar tech crowdfunding campaign that aims to illuminate the entire country by bringing simple solar lamps to the 10 million residents...
See moreToday mankind does incredible things. Thirty years of digital revolution have brought previously unimaginable advances in the way we live...
See moreInstallation artist Olafur Eliasson is combining sustainable energy with art to bring clean, reliable, affordable light to the 1.3 billion...
See moreHamburg is home to one of the world’s largest container ports. Also known as Germany's ‘Gateway to the World’, the...
See moreBuilt on floating barrels in the lagoon heart of Nigeria’s largest city, Lagos, the eco-friendly Makoko Floating School addresses the...
See moreThe number of homeless people in New York City’s shelters peaked at 60,670 in January 2015 – and this figure only...
See moreApproximately three-quarters of Americans are in debt, in most cases due to the high cost of healthcare and education. Nearly...
See moreAs part of a family that owned a moving company in New Jersey for more than ninety years, Adam Lowy...
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