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Flying labs Malawi
Malawi
Flying labs Malawi mission is to provide effective low cost solutions in development work environmental management and climate change mitigation and adaptation by using drone data imagery. In climate change mitigation the organization works with vulnerable communities in participatory scenario planning community based flood forecasting and early warning systems. For environmental conservation Flying labs Malawi works with rural masses that live off subsistence farming to promote climate smart agricultural interventions land conservation agroforestry and sustainable natural resource management. The organization leverages drone imagery and data to document the environment and humans' interaction with it in a way that was not possible before.
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Milaap
India
Milaap is an online platform that enables you to lend to India's working poor so they can get access to education clean water energy and more. It s a loan not a donation. This means you get your full loan amount back once your borrower repays it.
| Financial & Insurance activites |
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The Plastic Bank
Canada
The Plastic Bank is globally recognized as one of the most important solutions to stop Ocean plastic. Over 1 million social media supporters have asked brands to support Plastic Bank & Social Plastic on Facebook and Twitter.Plastic Bank was the featured solution to stop Ocean plastic in the award winning documentary A Plastic Ocean. They received the prestigious Sustainia Community Award at COP21 during the Paris Climate Summit the RCBC innovation award and recently their new Blockchain exchange & incentives platform received an IBM Beacon Award.People representing over 75 different countries have contacted PB with a request to help bring the solution to their countries. Now there is an APP for that. The Plastic Bank uses an APP based Blockchain digital currency & exchange platform to incentivize the collection of plastic waste BEFORE it becomes Ocean Plastic. Plastic Bank provides above market rewards for recyclers in the developing world. Companies create an authentic impact by purchasing this Social Plastic for use in manufacturing or by providing recycling incentives to distribute through the platform as an off set or impact pledge. The APP unites recycling ecosystems & even provides the ability for local entrepreneurs to operate a convenience store for the poor in which plastic waste is the currency. It s a means for anyone to recycle to provide for their families & send their children to school.
| Waste Management & Recycling |
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VolunteerMatch
United States of America
VolunteerMatch offers a variety of online services to support a community of nonprofit volunteer and business leaders committed to civic engagement. Their popular service welcomes millions of visitors a year and has become the preferred internet recruiting tool for more than 99000 nonprofit organizations.
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