The only scheme proven to end poverty – but too bespoke to scale?
An intensive, long-term approach to end poverty, piloted by an NGO in Bangladesh, has shown serious promise since its start
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An intensive, long-term approach to end poverty, piloted by an NGO in Bangladesh, has shown serious promise since its start
Though poverty rates are dropping worldwide, the ‘ultrapoor’ tend to stay where they are. BRAC works to break the poverty
In Zimbabwe, a diverse group of leaders (including CAMFED) are tackling the persistent barriers to quality education for girls. By
Education is far from a given for poor, rural Africans. But a group called CAMFED (campaign for female education) is
Mangroves can store up six times more carbon than an area equal to the Amazon rainforest. However, they are rapidly
APOPO, an international nonprofit, has trained Gambian pouched rats to sniff out landmines in countries across the world. These rats
In Cambodia, demining rats have been trained to sniff out land mines, effectively identifying unexploded materials like landmines, bombs, and
Cambodia is littered with unexploded deadly land mines, posing a huge threat to people even decades after the conflict. In
Building on the widespread use of mobile phones in Kenya, Angaza has developed applications to provide people with financial services.