How Babban Gona Keeps Nigerian Youth Off The Streets
Babban Gona disrupts cycles of poverty and violence by creating opportunities for young people to engage in agriculture and form smallholder farmers in Nigeria. The path towards a secure income and livelihood has been an important way to address youth unemployment and strengthen communities. Learn about other social innovations in Nigeria.
Can Business Transform Primary Health Care Across Africa?
mPharma leverages technology to improve access to high-quality medicines by providing financing and inventory solutions to healthcare facilities and patients. Find other social innovations in healthcare access.
Industree Foundation Is Waging A Sustainable, Women-Led Crusade Against Poverty
Industree Foundation creates an ownership based, creative manufacturing ecosystem for women so that communities can use their traditional skills to develop and sell products that appeal to contemporary markets. Their work has led to increased income security among the women by leveraging their artisanal skills and integrating their products into other business industries. Read our […]
From Passion to Action: The Indus Hospital Youth Ambassador Programme
Indus Hospital and Health Network offers free healthcare services to people through a nationwide healthcare network of primary, secondary, and tertiary facilities across Pakistan. Read our interview with Dr. Abdul Bari Khan and Syed Mashhood Rizvi of Indus Hospital & Health Network.
ARMMAN scales its AI efforts to improve maternal and child health in India, with support from Google.org
ARMMAN works to leverage technology so that pregnant women, mothers, and children can access health information. They also train healthcare providers to improve health service delivery. Learn about other social innovators working in India.
Interview with Celina de Sola (Glasswing International)
Glasswing International trains schools, hospitals, police departments and other organizations to understand the impacts of violence-induced trauma, and therefore are able to take better care of and serve their communities. Glasswing has reached more than 2 million people in nine countries – mostly in Latin America – and is partnering with national governments to scale […]
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 just and negotiated resolution to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. Mara Lee Durrell of OneVoice Movement spoke with Ambika Samarthya-Howard on November 2, 2023. Click here to read the full conversation with […]
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 landfills around the world by their methane emissions. Leaders at Global Methane Hub hope the tool brings fresh data and visibility to the problem. Read more articles covering social innovation […]
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. Rispah Walumbe of Amref Health Africa.
ONE Campaign CEO Gayle Smith on “Face the Nation”
Although we’ve made strides, more needs to be done to reduce disease and poverty around the world. ONE Campaign lobbies governments and businesses to keep investing in this work, including by working across party lines. Find more articles on social innovation in public health.