Interview with Sohini Bhattacharya (Breakthrough)
Breakthrough works to end violence against women and girls and discrimination unacceptable. They shift cultural narratives within communities and the education system as well as develop leadership capacity among adolescents, youth, and their communities. Sohini Bhattacharya of Breakthrough spoke with Ashley Hopkinson on November 21, 2023. Click here to read the full conversation with insights […]
Interview with John Valverde (YouthBuild USA)
YouthBuild USA reengages young people who dropped out of school and supports them with education and career training opportunities. Programs center around technical assistance, leadership development, innovative program enhancements, and advocacy. John Valverde of YouthBuild USA spoke with Ashley Hopkinson on November 21, 2023. Click here to read the full conversation with insights highlighted. Ashley […]
Interview with Martin Fisher (KickStart International)
KickStart International provides tools that enable millions of people in sub-Saharan Africa, smallholder farmers in particular, to increase their incomes and to climb out of poverty. Specifically, it develops, mass produces, and then works with government and nonprofit partners to put high-quality irrigation tools in the hands of smallholder farmers so that they can harvest […]
Innovative Pittsburgh job center trains disadvantaged youth
Manchester Bidwell Corporation helps its students become productive members of society through programming that combines adult career training and youth arts education. Read more articles about social change organizations supporting students.
One Man, One Computer, 10 Million Students: How Khan Academy Is Reinventing Education
Khan Academy provides a free education for anyone, anywhere in the world. The company supports teachers and students – from preschool through early college education – using intelligent software, deep data analytics, and intuitive user interfaces. Read more articles about social innovations in education.
Straight talk from… Victoria Hale
The Institute for One World Health was founded in 2000 and became the first nonprofit pharmaceutical company in the United States. In 2011, OneWorld Health became a drug development program of PATH, an international non-profit organization that works to develop and ensure availability and accessibility to safe and effective medicines for diseases that disproportionately affect […]
Fair Trade USA CEO Paul Rice on conscious capitalism, the plight of U.S. farmers
Fair Trade USA certifies fair trade products in the United States through regular visits to fair trade farmer cooperatives where they verify that the farmers who produced fair trade certified products were paid a fair price. The organization links farmers and workers in low-income countries to U.S. companies, bringing economic benefits to the farmers and […]
Could road to Middle East peace run through Mediterranean Sea?
EcoPeace Middle East is an environmental peace-building organization that brings Palestinians, Israelis and Jordanians together for the cooperative efforts to protect a shared environmental heritage. Read more articles about peacebuilding in the Middle East.
How Co-Impact Collaborates for Change
Co-Impact is a donor collaborative, backed by several individuals and foundations that are pooling resources to fund nonprofits. Co-Impact’s specific aim is to fund organizations that are addressing health, education, and economic opportunity in low-to-middle income countries, with an emphasis on groups that can accomplish systems-level change. Read more articles about social innovations in funding.
Citizen Schools: An After-Hours Adventure
Citizen Schools engage underserved students in hands-on learning, in school and after school. They encourage schools, districts, and communities to work together to create and sustain experience-based learning opportunities. Read more articles about social innovations in education.