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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.
Treating the ‘throw-away’ members of society
The ‘throw-away’ members of society often lack access to adequate healthcare. ECHO works to help those suffering from illnesses underplayed by local hospitals. Read the
Treating the Cause, Not the Illness
The United States now has a variety of federally-supported nutrition programs, but the health care system remains disconnected from the social determinants of health. Many
Turning Data into Solutions
A Social Progress Index is measuring the quality of life for vulnerable populations through the use of an Equity Map. The detailed analysis looks beyond
UNESCO laureate Room to Read Cambodia helps girls stay in school
Room to Read works to remove the obstacles that prevent girls from staying in school and to build their ability to make decisions and solve
Upward Mobility for the World’s Destitute
Though poverty rates are dropping worldwide, the ‘ultrapoor’ tend to stay where they are. BRAC works to break the poverty cycle and continue upward mobility
Vera Cordeiro: Addressing diseases of poverty
The Dara Institute works to create a community-level strategy that addresses the intersecting challenges of poverty and health. The organization provides an array of services
WATCH: Wendy Kopp discusses Teach For All’s approach to building a pipeline of future education leaders around the world
Teach For All is a global network of independent partner organizations in over 50 countries that are working to address the opportunity gap children face.
Water for People: Pioneering access to clean water and sustainable sanitation
Water for People partners with local leaders and communities to construct and/or rehabilitate the most contextually appropriate water systems that can be sustained by the
What a Little Land Can Do
In many parts of the world, not owning one’s own land is more directly correlated to poverty than other factors such as illiteracy, but land
Where’s Pittsburgh Equitable Development Plan Months After Debut?
Civic leaders and other actors met with Pittsburgh residents and housing developers in order to create a policy brief – Equitable Development: The Path to
Why are 63 million girls missing out on education?
In Zimbabwe, a diverse group of leaders (including CAMFED) are tackling the persistent barriers to quality education for girls. By providing menstrual products, distributing bikes
Women Who Invest: VC Include CEO
VC Include aims to broaden the scope of the 70 trillion dollars of assets under management so that more is controlled by diverse female asset
Workers of the World, Employed
Companies who outsource often fuel the race to the bottom for global workers’ standards. Two companies, Digital Divide Data and Samasource, offer a model for
Working to build better community health systems in Africa
Community health workers, trained by Amref Health Africa, bring much-needed primary and preventive care to their communities. Read the interview with Desta Lakew and Dr.