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Access-Afya
Kenya
Access Afya is a social enterprise creating a model for integrated community health. We run a chain of micro clinics in Nairobi's informal settlements and a Healthy Schools program that delivers check ups treatments and training to children in their schools. Our model makes a difference by getting essential health products and services to a population that is ill served by the current health system.
| Human health & social work |
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Accountability Lab
United States of America
The Accountability Lab catalyzes a new generation of active citizens and responsible leaders around the world. Accountability Lab is an incubator for accountability change-makers to develop and implement innovative ideas for integrity in their communities. They train, mentor, and resource citizens to strengthen systems of accountability to unleash positive social and economic change.
| Financial & Insurance activites |
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Aflore
Colombia
Aflore is a network of financial advisors based on trust. Treating everyone as a friend and helping them realize their financial goals.
| Financial & Insurance activites |
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African Management Initiative
Kenya
AMI is a social enterprise. Their partners include the Assocation of African Business Schools (AABS) the Global Business School Network (GBSN) the Tony Elumelu Foundation and the Lundin Foundation. Africa's rapid economic growth is rapidly draining the pool of high quality managers. AMI is committed to delivering practical and affordable management development that actually works at scale.
| Education |
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Akimbo
United States of America
Akimbo is an inclusive job matching and placement service for companies seeking high quality candidates from diverse backgrounds specifically sourcing women people of color and LGBT individuals.Understanding that diversity in the workplace increases innovation creativity and productivity Akimbo provides the resources and technology that enable businesses to target and retain qualified candidates from underrepresented groups.
| Information, communication & technology |
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Appropriate Energy Saving Technologies Limited
AEST is a social business enterprise registered by women to produce charcoal briquettes and cook stoves for urban and peri urban households and institutions in the Teso region of Uganda. AEST is a project of the Teso Women Development Initiatives (TEWDI).
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Appropriate IT Development Academy (AIDA)
India
The focus on technical skills alone or a mix of technical and job skills can at best create a cohort of young people who are primarily interested in securing higher incomes. AIDA s approach is innovative in the way it combines technical and job skills with life skills to foster active citizenship which is at the center of all development whether it is personal growth professional advancement or social change. Fostering active citizenship allows youth to take ownership of their lives and communities to solve persistent problems in society.
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Ayiti Nexus
Haiti
Ayiti Nexus is a team of consultants who hold particular interest for and share significant experience in the fields of culture and media as well as environmental sustainability issues (among others). The firm manages projects from its offices in Port au Prince and Cap Haitien but designs activities meant to spur national dialogue on a range of development topics.
| Administrative & support services |
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BeTH | Benevolent Technologies for Health
United States of America
BETH develops affordable healthcare solutions. Their socket device is designed to provide comfort through an adjustable custom fit made possible with a remold able material. They hope to reduces prosthetic care costs by reducing the labor intensive procedures which involve fitting fabrication and adjustment.
| Human health & social work |
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Billion Bricks
United States of America
Billion bricks is an organization with a vision where no one is homeless in this world and everyone has equal access to social and economic opportunities. Where no one is homeless and everyone has access to opportunities for social and economic up liftment. They aim to improve the quality of life of the homeless in developing countries by providing sustainable solutions for building and urban infrastructure. They will action our work in collaboration with partner organizations and local community by engaging in a global dialogue to provide innovative and replicable solutions for maximum impact and faster results.
| Human health & social work |
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Buen Power Peru
Peru
Buen Power Peru is driven by the needs of people in Peru and around the world. They hope to empower and inspire communities across Peru with solar energy technology. Their organization was formed by people who care about the world and the needs of others. The future depends on their to change for the good of all. They believe that solar power is the right to take at this time because it is a cheap renewable energy that is easy to use and available to everyone step. Their first office and current headquarters is located in Cusco Peru.
| Financial & Insurance activites |
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CAC Trading, SA
Nicaragua
CAC Trading\'s goal is to impact their community , while they are able to offer world class organic and kosher grains, through small farmers, who are convinced that they wish to be organic growers for the long term and who are totally committed to working with their quality standards.
| Agriculture, forestry & fishing |
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CAIA Ingenieria
Colombia
CAIA Engineering Ltd. was created in 2005 as a consulting firm dedicated to the provision of services to national and international level mainly related to environmental engineering. Their professionals have been closely linked to the process of modifying the Colombian environmental regulations especially air quality noise emissions and ambient noise maximum permissible emission standards for stationary sources (industry) and mobile sources (motor). Similarly have worked on improving the environmental performance of industries in the country.
| Administrative & support services |
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Consultaclick
ConsultaClick is a free online service that allows patients to find a doctor, dentist or any other health professional, see their availability, and immediately book an appointment online via ConsultaClick.
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Coworker.org
United States of America
Coworker.org is a non profit organization. It is an online platform that puts the power of collective bargaining into the hands of all workers all over the world. It represents a salable departure from traditional union organizing by providing ordinary people with online tools and training to organize their co workers and advocate for changes on the job. When coworker.org launches it will be a petition based internet service. The workers initial point of entry will be the creation of a petition centered on the change they would like to see in their workplace and would target their bosses.
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Daj Daj cloth diapers
Serbia
Behind the name DajDaj are the two women Sonja and Violeta. The idea to make cloth diapers came in 2009. They went in search of bamboo diapers in Serbia. It turned out to be with them no real the closest thing they found was in Croatia but they were unable to send them regularly. After a handful of letters and calls from friends they managed somehow to buy 10 bamboo diapers and they were overjoyed. Just then they thought Why do they not make the rules? Why do not try it and other parents and friends to provide them with the purchase of high quality and healthy diapers.
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DASSY Enterprise
In 2010 DASSY Enterprise Ltd has established retail shop of all affordable solar equipments(LED lamps solar lanterns lighting kits solar home systems solar water heaters) with installation and maintenance service in Musanze North Rwanda to satisfy the needs of off grid people as 90% of all Rwandans are still off grid. Now it is expanding expand this business up to Kayonza(Eastern Province) and is about to establish franchise with remote shop keepers in order to increase sales while ensuring sustainable social and environmental impacts.
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Dharma Life
India
Dharma Life is a pioneering award winning business created in 2009 that is driving sustainable economic growth in rural India by creating livelihood and building a market for socially impactful world class products that improve lives and livelihoods. Dharma Life has improved over 2.5 million lives with a network of more than 3500 village entrepreneurs operating across six states in India (Uttar Pradesh Maharashtra Bihar Karnataka Gujarat and Rajasthan). Dharma Life partners with corporate to provide a product range to meet the rural consumer s need.
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digitalundivided.com
United States of America
digitalundivided (DID) is a social enterprise that develops programs that increase the active participation of urban communities, especially women, in the digital space.
| Information, communication & technology |
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Drinkwell
United States of America
Drinkwell was established in May 2013 as a part of WIST Inc. to capitalize on the lessons learned of the over 200 implementations and take advantage of the enormous market opportunity of providing clean drinking water to rural and peri urban communities that lack access to affordable sources of clean drinking water.
| Water & Sewerage |
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Ecofiltro
Guatemala
Ecofiltro is a social business that has a very clear social objective. To reach 1 million rural Guatemalans with clean water by the year 2020. \r\nEcofiltro will only use financially sustainable methods to reach this goal and will always remain open to sharing their production process and marketing tactics with any outside group that wants to solve the water challenge in their home country.
| Water & Sewerage |
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ECOS
STAMP developed the Energy Conserving Stove (ECOS) a fuel efficient biomass stove featuring an innovative built in jacket that can be filled with 3 litres of water. This feature both helps to insulate the stove making it more efficient and allows the user to simultaneously boil water whilst cooking.
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El Buen Socio
Mexico
El Buen Socio is an ethical finance institution in Mexico that promotes sustainable development by strengthening people s capabilities and supporting entrepreneurs with sustainable businesses.rn rnEl Buen Socio issues loans to entrepreneurs unable to obtain a loan through other banking institutions.rnrnEl Buen Socio supports entrepreneurs who farm forest or fish in an eco friendly way with sustainable use of natural resources. All loan proposals must have a positive social or environmental impact and must be profitable.
| Financial & Insurance activites |
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Ellilta Products
Ethiopia
A local company named Ellilta Products was started when Barrett Ward founder of the Mocha Club came to Ethiopia to discuss the concept of a work program with a woman named Cherry Teketel the founder of WAR. At the time Cherry was finding it difficult to place women in jobs after their rehabilitation programs were completed. The idea was born to create FashionABLE as a US business that would purchase these scarves from Ellilta Products to create opportunities on both sides of the ocean. Today Ellilta Products is the supplier/producer of scarves for FashionABLE and a handful of other clients around the world. Profits from Ellilta go back into WAR to help rehabilitate more women as well as grow their weaving business to bring more women into the work.
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Eniware, LLC
United States of America
Infection and disease transmission in clinics and hospitals afflict millions in the developing world. There is no satisfactory effective non electricity dependent sterilization available today. Founded in 2011 Eniware LLC is poised to provide portable power independent sterilization of medical equipment for existing and expanding healthcare anywhere at any time. Eniware has secured an exclusive proprietary license for patented nitrogen dioxide (NO2) gas sterilization technology for Africa Asia (except Japan) and the Middle East as well as a global license to develop portable sterilization solutions for military and disaster relief applications. Eniware will provide portable power free low cost sterilization of medical instruments in resource limited environments from disaster areas to conflict zones and from urban hospitals to rural clinics around the world.
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Equater Fuelwood Energy Saving
EFWES is a private enterprise committed to promotion of Renewable Energy Solutions in Kenya and beyond. They deal with energy saving technologies namely Biogas technology Energy saving efficient clean cook stoves solar systems wind energy technology as well as consultancy in renewable energy.
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Escalera
Mexico
Escalera is a company providing leadership in addressing the country's energy supply going forward. They provide real and meaningful employment and economic job creation coupled with smart environmental protections and rewards. The leading team of global purpose driven industry experts from across a range of industries who are unequaled in turning undervalued natural gas resources into high value rewards revenues and opportunities.
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Federation of Women Entrepreneurs' Association of Nepal
Nepal
FWEAN established in 2003 is the apex body of WEAN established in 1989 and works at establishing subsidiary chapters in all 75 districts. FWEAN is a not for profit non political organization aiming at representing the collective efforts and voice of women entrepreneurs in the economic progress of the nation and has been playing an influencing role in advocating for the needs and rights of women entrepreneurs in key decision making forums at national and international levels.
| Other |
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Friend Factor
Friendfactor activates straight people to become visible and active allies in their workplace and campus communities.
| Other |
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GenteGas S.A.
Guatemala
GenteGas provides affordable access to clean and efficient liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) stoves to poor families in Guatemala while offering a women entrepreneur microenterprise development program that teaches entrepreneurship and financial literacy. Their entrepreneurs generate income by offering families an affordable stove and tank package that can be financed with low interest from their local bank partner. The GenteGas sales network distributes health education directly into households.
| Energy |
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GeriJoy
United States of America
GeriJoy is an MIT startup that creates virtual companions for seniors. GeriJoy is a tablet based application that is internet connected and runs on the iPad and many of the Android tablets. Thats only one side of the magic though as it what is on the other end of the internet connection that we think makes GeriJoy truly amazing. Their talking dogs improve mental health through pet therapy and reinforce relationships by talking about family photos news and memories.
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Greenchar
Kenya
GreenChar is a clean household energy enterprise in Kenya that produces charcoal briquettes from revitalized agricultural wastes. Compared to generic household charcoal GreenChar charcoal briquettes are smokeless high energy longer lasting and eco friendly by curbing deforestation. Additionally GreenChar distributes clean cookstoves that optimize the efficiency of GreenChar briquettes. Together these cookstoves and briquettes save time money and lives.
| Energy |
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HandUp
The HandUp platform is operated by South Oakland Shelter (SOS) a Metro Detroit based homeless services agency. Since 1984 SOS has worked to end homelessness for individuals and families in crisis. SOS implements housing first programming works with a community of 70 faith congregations to provide year round emergency shelter operates a variety of rental assistance programs with supportive services and builds supportive and affordable housing. SOS has successfully used the HandUp platform to empower those it serves in addressing financial barriers to housing and long term stability and now operates HandUp to enable agencies in Metro Detroit and beyond to do the same for their clients.
| Financial & Insurance activites |
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Humanure Power
Humanure Power is a non profit organization that builds toilets with the goal of eradicating outdoor defecation.
| Other |
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iKure Techsoft Private Limited
India
iKure work in collaboration with the rural communities to develop the ecosystem for its service delivery model. The company conducts free health camps to build trust and awareness and train people to work with them as health workers. The highly innovative service delivery model ensures quality care through technology assisted last mile solution and generate better livihood across the rural population.ikure with the plan to set up 15 health centres in next one year aims to impact 2 million people in next 2 years.
| Human health & social work |
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InStove Manufacturing LTD
United States of America
InStove Manufacturing Ltd. is a for profit organization founded by Institutional Stove Solutions (InStove) to manage the production of our technologies. The idea follows the non profit sector best practice of licensing technologies to be produced by associated for profit entities. This allows the for profit organization to attract working capital and scale up to meet demand in ways not available to the nonprofit.
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Jail Education Solutions
United States of America
Jail Education Solutions provides intuitive educational courses where inmates are rewarded for learning. With their unique tablet technology they help unlock the potential of millions of incarcerated people. Edovo increases access to invaluable resources for individuals involved in the criminal justice system.
| Education |
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Koe Koe Tech
Myanmar
Koe Koe Tech is a local based company that creates Health Information Systems and contributes to the use of Mobile Health in Myanmar.
| Other |
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Kulemela Investments
Kulemela Investments integrates philanthropy and profit by channeling foreign investor capital toward small and growing African agribusinesses. These businesses support small scale farmers directly or are leading a beneficial market systems change returning both financial and social impact. In Ghana small scale farmers lack access to markets and markets lack access to capital. Kulemela works with high potential agribusiness entrepreneurs who have struggled to access growth financing from traditional sources and we provide missing middle financing of $10000 $200000 to help entrepreneurs succeed.
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LaborLink
United States of America
Operating in Bangladesh LaborLink is a platform that help companies like Cisco and Patagonia to align sourcing practices with worker needs like SurveyMonkey for the 5 billion people without internet access.
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LegWorks
United States of America
LegWorks is a for profit social enterprise. The company vision is to produce and supply all components of a complete prosthetic leg solution for amputees around the world regardless of where they live their social status or their ability to pay. LegWorks uses tiered pricing both across and within markets to create margin where appropriate and maximize distribution of its products to all from the developed world to the developing world.
| Human health & social work |
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Lively Hoods
United States of America
They're creating livelihoods and making this world more lively one neighborhood at a time. Livelyhoods is a not for profit sales network that creates jobs for youth in Kenyan slums through the distribution of life changing products.After interviewing 278 youth about how they survive they learned they had to sell something before they could eat. LivelyHoods employs youth at what they are good at sales. Our sales network leverages young people's ambition and knowledge of their community and requires minimal education.THEY prepare youth for a life of financial independence and personal success.
| Professional & technical services |
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LivelyHoods
They\'re creating Livelihoods and making this world more lively, one neighborhood at a time. Livelihoods is a not-for-profit sales network that creates jobs for youth in Kenyan slums through the distribution of life-changing products. After interviewing 278 youth about how they survive, the team learned they had to sell somthing before they could eat. Livelihoods employs youth at what they are good at - sales. Their sales network leverages young people\'s ambition and knowledge of their community, and requires minimal education. We prepare youth for a life of financial independence and personal success.
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Luci�rnaga LLC
United States of America
Luciernaga LLC is a for profit subsidiary of environmental nonprofit Trees Water & People. We distribute household (30W) solar energy technologies that meet lighting and device charging needs for energy poor populations throughout Central America. As a bulk importer and wholesale distributor Luciernaga facilitates the link between the manufacturer of solar products and smaller organizations on the ground. As a regional supplier we can focus on the logistical details and make orders big enough to keep the price per unit low giving thousands of rural families access to life changing solar home systems.
| Energy |
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MicroClinic Technologies Ltd
Kenya
The management team brings over 40 years of combined experience in health operations and commodities management. MicroClinic Technologies is dedicated to training and mentoring health professionals in East Africa. Their company supports a variety of philanthropic programs through a partnership with the 2020 MicroClinic Initiative which promotes access to integrated reproductive health services and maternal and child health programs in Level 2 and 3 health centers. They are currently supporting projects in 10 rural health centers in Nyanza Province Kenya in partnership with the OGRA Foundation which is an NGO based in Kisumu.
| Human health & social work |
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MicroX Labs
MicroX Labs currently focusing on Complete Blood Count (CBC) chips in order to provide affordable, accessible and quality diagnostic solutions.
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Mosa Mack Science Inc.
United States of America
Mosa Mack Science Detective is a web based series of short animated science mysteries designed to inspire 4th 8th graders. Utilizing a fun diverse cast of characters each episode examines a science topic using an inquiry model and ends with a query the students attempt to solve together using customizable discussion guides. Mosa Mack Science Detective strives to expose all students to the thrill of problem solving while empowering girls and children of color in science.
| Other |
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MPOWER
United States of America
MPOWER s mission is to remove financial barriers to higher education in the U.S. To accomplish this mission MPOWER works with investors and universities to lend to high potential students who are left out by traditional banks. In addition to providing students with access to the financial resources necessary to attend and complete college MPOWER builds students credit histories provides them with personal finance education and offers gateway financial products to prepare them for life after college.
| Financial & Insurance activites |
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Multi-link Group Limited
Multi-Link Group Limited is a limited liability company incorporated in Kenya in 2010 and set to revolutionize business landscape in the region. Bringing Clean Energy solutions for home based cooking with a touch of new technology that will improve peoples\' standards of living, health and eliminate energy poverty burden. Multi-Link is introducing \'Protos\', a Plant Oils Stove technology from BSH that is set to usher in a new and modern cooking lifestyle for any Kenyan as well as augment environmental conservation efforts.
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Naandi Community Water Services
India
Naandi which in Sanskrit means a new beginning is one of the largest and fastest growing social sector organisations in India working to make poverty history. Founded in 1998 our work has 3 broad sectors Child Rights Safe Drinking Water and Sustainable Livelihoods. They also have a research arm that takes up action researches and other field based trials to check out innovations and their potential to positively influence policy. Their ideology revolves around building sustainable models within the social sector that deliver critical services efficiently and equitably to underserved communities.
| Water & Sewerage |
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nFrnds
Singapore
N Frnds unleashes the reach of enterprises within global emerging markets through a range of powerful SaaS based solutions that can be accessed from any device even without mobile data. Based on groundbreaking technology protected by 20 patents our platform is easily adaptable and swiftly deployable to digitize financial and business processes across customer and supplier networks.
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Noora Health
United States of America
Noora health trains patients and their caregivers with high impact health skills that change outcomes. They work in low resource hospitals in India and high tech hospitals in Silicon Valley providing medical education about conditions that meets people where they are.
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Nusantara Development Initiatives
NDI is an award winning Singapore based non profit aimed at ending energy poverty through women empowerment. Their work is in rural Indonesia.
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Ojos que Sienten A.C.
Mexico
Ojos que Sienten develops human potential in people with and without disabilities through activities with high social impact. The association seeks to create win win relationships adding value to the organizational development of the companies that is linked through its workshops dinner in the dark photographic exhibitions and gifts for cause activities that contribute to improvements in work teams in the axes of communication teamwork leadership managing uncertainty and diversity. Ojos que Sienten develops human potential in people with and without disabilities through activities with high social impact.rnThe association seeks to create win win relationships adding value to the organizational development of the companies that is linked through its workshops dinner in the dark photographic exhibitions and gifts for cause activities that contribute to improvements in work teams in the axes of communication teamwork leadership managing uncertainty and diversity. Ojos que Sienten develops human potential in people with and without disabilities through activities with high social impact..
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One Heart World Wide
They work with local communities and local health providers to develop a culturally appropriate Network of Safety around mothers and infants, by raising awareness, teaching good practices, and distributing essential supplies to ensure that mothers and infants survive delivery and the first months of life. The Network of Safety is innovative in that it is tailored to the local cultural context, that it puts the mother first and that our interventions are aimed simultaneously at several different levels to ensure appropriate continuity of care for the mothers and infants.
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PACE MD
Mexico
PACE MD was the first social impact organization in Mexico to address particular gaps in Mexican health care skills and services. It is staffed 100% by Mexican citizens and has a network of hundreds of certified medical instructors. In Mexico the PACEMD program seeks to improve medical care in areas where mortality rates are high. PACE MD has pioneered different courses in Latin America to provide doctors improved knowledge skills and abilities.
| Human health & social work |
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Penda Health
Kenya
Penda Health is building a chain of outpatient Medical Centres that offer the highest quality outpatient care for the whole family and unbelievable patient experiences at surprising affordable costs. In only 2 years they've grown to one of the busiest and most well respected Medical Centres in Kitengela, Umoja and they aim to open 100's of medical centres across East Africa in the next 10 years.
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PlayMoolah
United States of America
They are a community of young people who want fulfilling and empowering lifestyles but are done with a single minded focus of progress based on greed growth and achievement. They seek meaning in our lives and live by a new definition of success.They hope to show through money as a metaphor what is actually important in life and to rebuild a positive and healthy relationship to money in our society with the highest goal of getting in touch with the wonder and purpose of their lives.
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Pollinate Energy
Australia
Pollinate Energy is a social business with a simple mission to improve the lives of India s urban poor by giving them access to affordable products. With a focus on sustainable solutions such as solar lights and improved cookstoves people are able to reduce indoor smoke have better quality light use less fuel and save money.
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Pulse Active Savings
Pulse is a unique way for low income families in the developing world to create commitment savings for core household needs. By saving with Pulse customers can prevent money from being lost or misspent and dedicate it to the things that matter right in the palm of their hand.
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Qimsa
United States of America
QIMSA is a federally approved non profit 501(c)(3) volunteer program operated on Marine Corps Base Quantico Virginia. Their program provides combat injured military members undergoing treatment at Walter Reed Bethesda or any other hospital in the nations capital region the opportunity to realize their hunting and fishing potential regardless of injury in the company of fellow veterans and sportsmen.
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QoC Health
Canada
QoC Health is a Patient Centred Healthcare technology company. They strive to provide easier access to circles of family peer and social supports for improved patient outcomes and reduced readmissions. The principle QoC (Quality of Care) product is their Cloud Connect healthcare web services platform. Their Cloud Connect web services platform allows companies to rapidly deploy unique healthcare solutions across various types of health care scenarios including post 30 day discharge quality of recovery monitoring healthcare research applications patient decision aids and portal applications. Designed to take the complexity out of designing and deploying cloud based compliant fully connected technology solutions their platform helps accelerate next generation healthcare solutions into the hands of patients right across Canada.
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Re.Source
United States of America
Re.Source is a start up team based out of Stanford University funded by a Grand Challenges Explorations Phase 1 grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. They strive to deliver hygienic and aspirational sanitation service to some of the poorest urban households on the planet.
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Recicla Electronicos Mexico
Mexico
Recicla Electrnicos Mxico (REMSA) is a 100% Mexican company and a leader in the professional recycling of electronic waste. Their staff is fully trained their processes are patented and they have the necessary infrastructure to identify collect separate and recycle all types of materials such as monitor glass plastics electronic cards and metals (ferrous and non ferrous). Their staff members receive all of the employee benefits mandated by Mexican law all of them are provided with appropriate safety equipment and everyone enjoys an excellent work environment making us a standard bearer for green jobs in Mexico.
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Recompose
AF
Recompose is developing a process that gently converts human remains into soil so that we can nourish new life after we die. Our goal is to offer recomposition as an alternative choice to cremation and conventional burial.
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Sanivation
United States of America
Sanivation really has its beginnings from 2006 when Emory approached Georgia Tech looking for a toilet that would be more reliable in treating human fecal sludge. Ideas for a solar toilet were tossed around and prototypes were built in Bolivia in 2007 and 2008. Work continued through GTRI and Engineers Without Boarders on various iterations of the prototypes. In 2011 a group of Georgia Tech and Emory students and recent graduates submitted an application to Start Up Chile (a business incubator) to begin an organization based on solar sanitation. In July 2011 5 Tech students moved to Chile to work full time on solar sanitation. Initial prototypes went well and the team designed service models to create a more viable business model.
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Sevamob
United States of America
Sevamob is fundamentally transforming the access to primary healthcare in the developing countries. They operate an online health exchange through which patients can find connect with and use tele health / in person services from participating health providers. Sevamob also deliver primary healthcare via mobile clinics to groups on a monthly subscription model.
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Spark
United States of America
Spark was started in 2006 by a group of young women who were looking to give back to the global community. They were excited by what they were seeing in the international women's rights movement. And they wanted to do something to help improve the lives of women and girls around the world. Today Spark has over 5000 men and women in their network who contribute time money and connections to improve the status of women globally.
| Financial & Insurance activites |
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Springboard Collaborative
United States of America
Springboard Collaborative transforms the summer from a barrier into a springboard for financially disadvantaged students and families. Their model takes a three pronged approach Springboard Scholars Springboard Partners and Learning Bonuses
| Education |
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Stockbox Neighborhood Grocery
Stockbox invests in communities where good food and strong relationships can thrive. Their small format stores are placed throughout urban areas, to offer fresh produce, meal solutions, and grocery staples. They place mainstream staples, alongside organic products, and source produce from local farms when possible. Grab-and-go options in meals and snacks make it easy to shop, with selection changing frequently so there�s always something new to explore. They offer loyalty programs, recipes, and specials. Pricing is affordable � competitive with local grocery stores and below convenience stores. And they put a big focus on inviting design, so that the store can become part of the community.
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StrongMinds
United States of America
Most African governments spend less than 1% of their health budget on mental illness. Today in Uganda there are approximately 20 psychologists in a country of close to 35 million people. An equivalent ratio in the west would be 3500 psychologists for a similar population. StrongMinds is working to provide innovative and cost effective solutions at scale to treat those who do not have access to services and to reduce this accessibility gap in mental health treatment. StrongMinds will initially treat depression using group interpersonal psychotherapy (G IPT) which is fundamentally small group talk therapy that helps participants modify their behavior. It experiences an astounding 90% success rate in eliminating common depression disorders and has been validated in Africa by researchers from Johns Hopkins and Columbia Universities.
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Sucre Blue
Sucre Blue is a nonprofit healthcare organization dedicated to providing access and affordability for chronic disease treatment around the globe.
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SunCulture
Kenya
SunCulture is a company based in Nairobi, Kenya which sells the AgroSolar Irrigation Kit, an entirely solar-powered drip irrigation system. The kit combines solar water pumping technology with high-efficiency drip irrigation and includes everything a farmer needs to grow more while spending less, in a sustainable and energy-efficient way. SunCulture has developed a novel and unique product that simplifies farming and increases crop yields. They are also the only \"one-stop shop\" for Kenyan farmers, as they provide a solar water pumping solution, an entire drip irrigation kit, agronomic services, educational training, access to capital and access to markets in rural Kenya – their approach focuses on quality of both product and services.
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SunFarmer
Nepal
SunFarmer is a nonprofit that provides the capital and technical expertise needed to bring solar energy to hospitals, schools, and other institutions that lack reliable energy. Perhaps most important, they also provide the monitoring and maintenance support to ensure the system performs over the long-term.
| Energy |
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Sustainable Organic Integrated Livelihoods
United States of America
Sustainable Organic Integrated Livelihoods (SOIL) is a non profit organization dedicated to protecting soil resources empowering communities and transforming wastes into resources in Haiti. They believe that the path to sustainability is through transformation of both dis empowered people and discarded materials turning apathy into activism and pollution into valuable resources. SOIL is a US 501(c)3 non profit organization dedicated to promoting dignity health and sustainable livelihoods through the transformation of wastes to resources. SOIL has been working in Haiti since 2006 to facilitate the community identified priority of ecological sanitation (EcoSan) where human wastes are transformed into rich compost critical for agriculture and reforestation efforts.
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Talentify
Austria
Talentify offers interested students opportunities for personal development and future planning. In return they should get help give help according to the principle support their fellow students with tutoring (tutoring). Thus valuable extracurricular experiences are collected and those students supported for that would not be the same level of funding possible without alternative approaches in the current system. Through this cycle which specifically promotes the potential of students the cohesion of the school social mobility can be strengthened and increased.
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Tecla
Canada
Tecla is for anyone who can t easily use a smartphone tablet or computer. This includes those with limited upper body mobility resulting from spinal cord injuries multiple sclerosis ALS muscular dystrophy cerebral palsy brain injuries or stroke.
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Ten Acre Organics
United States of America
Ten Acre Organics LLC is an urban farming company based in Austin TX and was founded in January of 2012. Their ten acre farm model is designed to mimic a natural ecosystem and employs aquaponic greenhouses (raising fish veggies herbs and salad greens) as well as organic field crops fruit trees mushroom production chickens bees and on site composting. This integrated diversified approach allows us to grow a wide variety of foods in a way that optimizes resource use efficiency while creating zero waste.
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Teysha Social Enterprises
United States of America
Teysha works with artisans in Latin America and customers across the world to design custom made shoes boots and accessories. Through this collaborative design process artisans earn a dignified living for their families and are able to preserve their cultural traditions while bringing an alternative to mass produced fashion to the market.
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The Good Tribe�s Zero Waste Jam
Zero Waste Jam is deliciously fruity jam produced and sold by Zero Waste Jam franchisees. Their jam is made from fruits that would otherwise be thrown away. Zero Waste Jam is a part of The Good Tribe
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The Good Tribe�s Zero Waste Jam
Zero Waste Jam is deliciously fruity jam produced and sold by Zero Waste Jam franchisees. Their jam is made from fruits that would otherwise be thrown away. Zero Waste Jam is a part of The Good Tribe
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The United Africa Fruit Company
Ghana
The United Africa Fruit Company is a Ghanaian agribusiness engaged in improving the lives of small scale farmers across Africa by transforming the traditional relationship between small scale farmers and their buyers. Their aim is to disrupt the conventional way end buyers middleman and processors deal with smallholder farmers through the introduction of a new innovative model for smallholder farmer agriculture which will allow for increased value generation.
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Toilets for People
United States of America
Toilets For People is a social business that designs manufactures and sells affordable portable family scale composting toilets to NGO's working to bring sanitation to communities in the developing world. We partner with local communities and non profit organizations on the ground to make sure we are providing the communities we serve with toilets that meet their needs and desires. We use appropriate technology and locally sourced materials to ensure that our toilets are effective elegant and affordable.
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TrustCircle
United States of America
A peer centered mental health network for consumers caregivers and healthcare providers. It's Anonymous. It's Secure. It's FREE.Twenty years ago founder's brilliant brother was diagnosed with Schizophrenia and quickly ostracized by community in India. To date his family is looking for solutions to two core problems access to trustworthy community support and access to scarce mental healthcare providers. As per the World Health Organization more than 450 million people suffer from a mental or behavioral disorder facing stigma and are served by only 200000 Psychiatrists globally . Mental Healthcare is in a state of CRISIS and the world needs an alternative solution now. TrustCircle is the alternative solution that solves both these problems.
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Uncommon Cacao
Uncommon Cacao Source and Trade is the world s trusted cacao supply chain partner delivering premium quality transparently sourced cacao. We work directly with cacao farmers and responsible exporters globally to consistently guarantee delivery of the highest quality cacao beans. Together we are building a transparent supply chain that drives maximum value to farmers and creates meaningful impact for communities at origin.
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Vega Coffee
Nicaragua
Vega Coffee was founded on the audacious idea that the very same farmers who not only plant harvest pick wash depulp dry hull sort grade polish and pack the incredible coffee we drink every day could roast and package it too.
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VOTO Mobile
VOTO Mobile is a Ghana-based social enterprise with staff in Ghana, Canada, and the United States. The company is responsible for developing the technology which FRI uses to conduct voice polls/surveys in Tanzania and Ghana and, soon, in other countries.
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Zawadisha
Kenya
Variations of the phrase I d rather die poor than lose all of my belongings is a common phrase articulated by women in Kenya. Consumed by fear of losing everything they own if they miss one loan payment some of the most vulnerable women have been excluded from the microlending sector despite the fact that microfinance was originally envisioned as a tool to help the most vulnerable. Intimidated by borrowing from traditional microlending institutions but eager to financially contribute to their families the women we work with have been eagerly awaiting a lending model that place the quality of life for individuals and communities over the size of portfolios and repayment rates. Zawadisha was created to fill this gap and to offer an alternative lending opportunity for women one with flexible repayment rates transparent terms and training. Women choose to borrow from Zawadisha because we prioritize the development of local leadership to leverage social capital in lieu of collateral. rnrnRather than penalizing poor women for taking risks to create new businesses and invest in their families we engage them as decision makers and leaders in the organization determining their own unique policies and guidelines. We are building and maintaining a flat organization where decisions are made through consensus and everyone s voice is heard. We believe this non hierarchical organizational style allows us to remain agile and flexible giving us the ability to iterate our program designs to fit the most pressing needs of our members which is currently centered around water energy and food security. Our members determine policies that best work for their particular group and lending plans are co created and individualized to meet the needs of diverse communities understanding that what may work in urban cities like Nairobi might not work in rural towns like Kilgoris. Our model is building a stronger world one in which women are self sufficient successful and stand on their own two feet. We believe that this allows us to avoid a potentially harmful one size fits all approach that characterizes similar work in the field of women s economic empowerment. rn
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