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When It Comes to Social Change, Start with What’s Working.
Explore promising responses to the world’s most pressing problems by issue area, problem-solving strategy, and more. This website includes two types of stories: reported stories on Skoll Awardees and grantees that have been found in the Solutions Journalism Network’s Solutions Story Tracker®, and structured interviews conducted with representatives from organizations that have received support from the Skoll Foundation over the past 20 years.
The interviews represent a starting point to draw out practical insights from a wide range of individuals and organizations that have been working to address a myriad of social challenges.
“How We Won Millions of Dollars from TED to End Child Pornography”
Thorn creates programs and technological products to help law enforcement identify child sexual abuse victims faster, help companies stop the spread of abuse material, and
20 Minutes With: Mark Smolinski of Ending Pandemics
Ending Pandemics works with governments to ensure that there are complex, cross-sector teams available to respond to infectious disease outbreaks and pandemics. Read other articles
3 months in, Michelle Nunn talks new role as CARE CEO
CARE is an international humanitarian agency that delivers emergency relief and develops and implements long-term international development projects, broadly focused on fighting global poverty.
7 solutions that could help stop rape on the night shift
The night shift janitor is an easy target. Working in isolation, cleaners across the country say they have been harassed, assaulted and raped by supervisors
A ‘war room’ that arms Black and Latino voters against disinformation
Win Black / Pa’lante is a network that fights against disinformation that targets Black and Brown communities in the U.S., particularly when it comes to
A Brief But Spectacular take on making the most of the multi-generational moment
CoGenerate seeks to bridge the divides between people of different ages.
A Crisis Line That Calms With Texting and Data
Anxiety, suicidal ideation, and depression are all alarmingly prevalent amongst Americans. Crisis Text Line lets you text immediately with a crisis line and counselor when
A life’s work: WISE Prize winner Sakena Yacoobi on transforming education in Afghanistan
The Afghan Institute for Learning provides access to education, training to expand economic opportunities and health services, especially to women and children. The organization also
A Mission to Stop Genital Cutting
Many people who practice Female Genital Mutilation (FMG) consider it a private, cultural issue. The procedure, which is performed on girls, requires “cutting off the
A private members club fosters positive social change
The Conduit is a membership organization for those committed to social change by harnessing the power of creativity and entrepreneurship. They bring together members who
A private sector ‘productivity tool’ to eliminate poverty is catching on around the world
Fundación Paraguaya is helping drastically redefine the way that poverty is identified, defined, and addressed in order to aid their ultimate goal: eliminate poverty. Through
A remote Congolese island offers a test case for improving the country’s health care
Amani Global Works provides free healthcare to remote communities in the Great Lakes region in Africa. The organization is creating a replicable model of direct
A Scorecard for Companies With a Conscience
For triple-bottom-line businesses, there are no guarantees that responsible practices will continue after the sale of the company. ‘B corp‘, a new form of corporation
A Simple Way to Improve a Billion Lives: Eyeglasses
The World Health Organization estimates that $200 billion worth of productivity is lost every year due to untreated poor eyesight. Several organizations, such as EYElliance