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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.
Interview with Lena Slachmuijlder (Search for Common Ground)
Search for Common Ground is a peacebuilding organization with the majority of its staff working in their home countries to end violent conflict. Lena Slachmuijlder
Interview with Leslie Singer (Creative Capital Foundation)
Creative Capital Foundation supports underserved artists through an open call grant. The organization also provides professional development, educational programs, and workshops to artists nationwide. Leslie
Interview with Lior Ipp (Roddenberry Foundation)
The Roddenberry Foundation uses grant-making to invest in big and bold ideas that can change the world. Lior Ipp of Roddenberry Foundation spoke with Jessica
Interview with Liz Chamberlain (Humanitarian OpenStreetMap)
Humanitarian OpenStreetMap develops open source apps and tools for collaborative mapping and geospatial data collection. The organization uses map data for disaster management and to
Interview with Liz Jarman (Living Goods)
Living Goods aims to empower community health workers and expand access to critical healthcare to under-resourced areas. They work with governments and partners to professionalize
Interview with Lori Rose Benson (Hip Hop Public Health)
Hip Hop Public Health (HHPH) uses hip hop tracks and videos to approach health communication and behavior change among young people. HHPH created over 200
Interview with Luis Oquiñena (Gawad Kalinga)
Gawad Kalinga works with volunteers and partners on nation-building and alleviating poverty in the Philippines. Luis Oquiñena of Gawad Kalinga spoke with Divya Manocha on
Interview with Lydia Wilbard (CAMFED)
CAMFED supports the educational advancement of girls and young women in Tanzania, Ghana, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe through financial and social support. Lydia Wilbard of
Interview with Lyle Matthew Kan (Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy)
Asian Americans / Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy is a justice-minded national philanthropy serving organization that provides unique community spaces for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, Pacific
Interview with Madeleine Ballard and Godfrey Ouma Haduba (Community Health Impact Coalition)
Community Health Impact Coalition is a field catalyst, bringing together aligned health organizations and thousands of community health workers (CHWs). The organization works to professionalize
Interview with Madiha Qureshi (Rights and Resources Initiative)
Rights and Resources Initiative is a coalition of Indigenous communities and Afro-descendant people’s rights organizations and their allies advocating for the land and resource rights
Interview with Mallika Dutt (Gender Equity & Governance Program Director at Hewlett Foundation, Co-Founder of Breakthrough)
Breakthrough works to make violence and discrimination against women and girls unacceptable. They shift cultural narratives within communities and the education system as well as
Interview with Mara Lee Durrell (OneVoice Movement)
The OneVoice Movement supports grassroots activists in Palestine and Israel who are working to build the human capacity to create the necessary conditions for a
Interview with Mari Vasan (MindGift.org)
MindGift.org offers free mental health resources online, including hypnosis audios and tools curated for specific needs such as managing grief, improving sleep, and processing trauma.