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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.
How giant African rats are helping uncover deadly land mines in Cambodia
Cambodia is littered with unexploded deadly land mines, posing a huge threat to people even decades after the conflict. In order to help locate and
How LifeBank is tackling maternal mortality by improving supply chains
LifeBank uses technology and innovation to provide access to critical medical supplies to hospitals. Read the interview with Temie Tubosun of LifeBank Technology.
How One Activist Used a Little Shaming and a Lot of Patience to Clean Up Chinese Factories
The Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs promotes a global green supply chain by moving large corporations to make procurement choices by considering the environmental
How One Man’s Simple Low-Cost Tools Are Helping Millions of Farmers Tackle Climate Change in India
International Development Enterprises – India provides long-term solutions to poverty, hunger, and malnutrition. They create a demand for affordable technologies and ensure a sustainable supply
How She The People Is Changing Politics
She the People is a national organization that builds power for women of color to be elected into political positions. They leverage media, research and
How Soil Acts as a Living Witness to Racial Violence
Soil collection ceremonies offer a meaningful way to help cope with and create institutional memory of racial violence across the United States. The Equal Justice
How the Roosevelt Institute Carries On Its Namesake’s Progressive Legacy (Podcast)
The Roosevelt Institute is a think tank, a student network, and the nonprofit partner to the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum. The institute
How You Can Be Part Of An Economic RESET Toward A More Just Form Of Capitalism
Imperative 21 works to reimagine the relationship between the private sector, government, and civil society to improve outcomes for the health of people, the planet,
In Brazil, ‘bioeconomy’ initiatives offer hope of a less destructive future
Conexsus provides financial, technical, and mentorship support to cooperatives and small producers in the Amazon rainforest with the goal of shifting investment and resources to
In Cambodia, Rats Are Being Trained To Sniff Out Land Mines And Save Lives
In Cambodia, demining rats have been trained to sniff out land mines, effectively identifying unexploded materials like landmines, bombs, and grenades. These two-foot-long Gambian pouched
In India, Hospitals Are Turning Relatives into Expert Caregivers
Noora Health’s Care Companion Program (CCP) trains nurses to deliver actionable health information to the families of hospital patients on how to care for them
In India, Revealing the Children Left Behind
Volunteers with the Annual Status of Education Report test children’s math and reading skills in villages across India. While 96 percent of Indian children are
In India, this group helps turn wasteland into greener pastures
An organization funded by the government called Foundation for Ecological Security is leading the charge to reforest wastelands in India to alleviate some of the
In Kenya, Phones Replace Bank Tellers
Building on the widespread use of mobile phones in Kenya, Angaza has developed applications to provide people with financial services. Through these applications people can