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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 Zubaida Bai (Grameen Foundation)
Grameen Foundation works with local organizations to bring resources and information to people experiencing poverty, particularly women and girls. Zubaida Bai of Grameen Foundation USA
Investing in Local Business to Get an Even Break
The Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (now Common Future) encourages a “localism” approach to decrease wealth disparities. By hosting a fellowship program to share
JDC works with Turkey’s local community, global Jewry to bring relief to quake victims
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) is a Jewish relief organization that has supported Jewish populations around the world through a network of social and
Jennifer Pahlka helps improve how government works
Jennifer Pahlka founded Code for America, an organization that provides human-centered design tech solutions to government services. Now they have a growing list of requests
Jockin Arputham: from slum dweller to Nobel Peace Prize nominee
Jockin Arputham was an Indian community leader and activist, known for his campaigning work of more than 40 years on issues related to slums and
Katie Ford, Cecilia Oebanda, Gemith Gemparo, and organizations on addressing human trafficking in the Philippines
Voice of the Free mobilizes social partnerships to provide high-impact programs that build the resilience of young women and girls to end slavery and other
Keeping Forbidden Stories And Journalists Alive
Forbidden Stories is a network of journalists who continue to pursue and publish the work of other journalists who face threats, prison, or murder. Read
Launching a Legal Defense Fund for Journalists
The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project has established an initiative called Reporters Shield, that provides a legal defense fund to protect journalists and news
Letting (Some of) India’s Women Own Land
Finally, the right to own land in their own name has begun to change the way thousands of very poor women farm and feed families
Make School a Democracy
In Colombia, students in classrooms make decisions democratically. The result has been higher rates of student involvement and achievement. Fundación Escuela Nueva is leading this
Malawi’s Leader Makes Safe Childbirth Her Mission
The vast majority of births in Malawi still happen under the care of traditional birth attendants, who are often unequipped to deal with potentially lethal
Managing disasters: Lessons from Kerala and Odisha
Gram Vikas partners with rural communities to enable them to address issues of poverty and underdevelopment. They do this by building local capacity, strengthening community
Mapping methane: Satellites seek out gas-spewing waste sites
Food and other organic waste produce methane as it decomposes, contributing to climate change. Now, a new map built with satellite imagery is capturing the
Martín Von Hildebrand: An Audacious Plan for the Amazon
Gaia Amazonas supports Indigenous people living in the Amazon in the construction of environmental and cultural strategies based on their traditional knowledge. Read more articles