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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.
Online learning is helping to solve Namibia’s HIV doctor shortage
Providing access to international networks of expertise can improve the quality of healthcare available to those living in rural and remote areas. Project ECHO, an
Outsourcing Is Not (Always) Evil
The United States can outsource certain kinds of “microwork,” such as accurately digitizing large swaths of information, to developing countries without taking jobs from Americans
People Who Are Making Health Care More Fair
The Dara Institute operates on a model that recognizes how one dimension of poverty, such as income, affects other dimensions, such as housing. And together,
Ploughshares Fund Uses Its Millions to Sway Arms Control Debate
Ploughshares Fund is a public grantmaking foundation that supports initiatives to prevent the spread and use of nuclear weapons, and to prevent conflicts that could
Positive or Negative: Rate Your Latest Police Encounter
A Facebook messenger app allows people to record their interactions with police and include their own age, race and gender, location and how they felt
Premal Shah: Loans that Change
Premal Shah is an entrepreneur who co-founded Kiva, a global poverty alleviation non-profit that has raised over $1 billion for low-income entrepreneurs around the world.
Project ECHO Expands Reach Of Medical Specialists In Rural New Mexico
In many rural communities, access to specialty healthcare represents the biggest health challenge. Since 2003, a groundbreaking initiative called Project Echo at the University of
Rats are the world’s best land mine hunters
In countries like Cambodia, Angola, and Mozambique, rats are saving lives by detecting untriggered land mines. An international nonprofit, Apopo, provides funding a training and
Reporters Shield: New Program Launches to Help Investigative Reporters Tackle Lawsuits
Reporters Shield is an initiative from the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project that provides a legal defense fund for journalists and media organizations. Legal
Room to Read’s Girls’ Education Program
Room to Read invests in girls’ education to bring about long-term, systemic changes throughout Cambodian society. The four main elements of the program include life
Rwanda’s Model: Progress, With More Work Ahead
Enrolling local agents allows global partners to connect underserved and remote communities to healthcare. A partnership between Rwanda’s Health Ministry and the Boston-based nonprofit, Partners
Saving Lives Via Text Message
Suicide prevention and helping people when they feel most alone are big goals but they are exactly what ‘Crisis Text Line‘ aims to do. This
Slashing the Price of Health With Common Sense
Organizations like Health Leads are mobilizing volunteers in hospitals to connect low-income families with human services which address social factors like poor housing, nutrition, etc.
Smart African Politics: Candidates Debating Under a Tree
Voters tend to know a lot about presidential and local candidates but little about those in between. In Sierra Leone, an organization hosted, filmed, and