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Abomakgereza
South Africa
Abomakgereza provides sustainable waste trolleys to South African informal waste pickers. The lightweight trolleys allow for more waste to be collected compared to the tricycles currently in use. The trolleys also double up as mobile billboards allowing companies to advertise their brands.rn
| Waste Management & Recycling |
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Be Social Change
United States of America
Be Social Change is a community driven nonprofit on a mission to educate and connect the next generation of change makers. Through entrepreneurship education community building and resource sharing tools they empower people from all sectors and industries to pursue work they are passionate about and create lives that make the world a better place.
| Professional & technical services |
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Centre for Social Innovation NY
United States of America
CSI is a coworking space community and launchpad for people who are changing the world with three locations in Toronto and a location in New York City. They provide their members with the tools they need to accelerate their success and amplify their impact. Together they are building a movement of nonprofits for profits entrepreneurs artists and activists working across sectors to build a better world.
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Development Reality Institute
Zimbabwe
Development Reality Institute (DRI) runs a catalytic and innovative climate change capacity building program for youths in Africa. This dynamic and interactive platform uses a combination of Internet tools knowledge management products and an incubation fund to create the next generation of social entrepreneurs. The model puts knowledge at the center of changing attitudes and behaviors through a Climate Change Virtual School. This triggers environmental and societal benefits that avert poverty and income losses to already disadvantaged communities through the provision of skills that shape their behavior and decision making process. It also creates alternative sources of income for youths by enabling them to identify opportunities which they can exploit to compensate for financial losses accruing from changing environmental circumstances through the provision of an incubation financing facility to test ideas.
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Flythegap
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Irela
Flythegap is an online platform that enables people and organisations to launch initiatives and to collectively contribute to their development. Once an idea's needs (assets competences spaces funds) are highlighted Flythegap creates the right connections to let different entities gather around that project and provide what's missing.
| Professional & technical services |
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Global Health Corps
United States of America
Global Health Corps (GHC) partners with organizations with proven success but limited resources to host international teams of young professionals for a yearlong fellowship. GHC works with the organizations to identify specific needs and outline a measurable assignment for the fellows. GHC recruits outstanding fellows from the U.S. and abroad who possess skills that will add immediate value to the organization and who show strong leadership potential. GHC provides extensive training and the fellows receive mentoring professional development and social and financial support.
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Purpose Capital
Canada
Purpose Capital develops growth and investment strategies that matter to the world.rnrnPurpose Capital works with enterprises investors and governments to design and realize solutions that address humanity s most pressing challenges. We bridge the divide between businesses that matter to the world and investors seeking exceptional financial and social returns.
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SnappBox
South Africa
SnappBox is a hardware distribution solution for eBooks allowing students to access eBooks within a school directly from their intranet or wifi rather than downloading all their eBooks individually from the internet.
| Education |
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SOCAP 2018
United States of America
SOCAP (Social Capital Markets) is a world renowned conference series dedicated to increasing the flow of capital toward social good. Our annual flagship event in San Francisco is the leading gathering for impact investors and social entrepreneurs. We take a unique approach that emphasizes cross sector convening and gathers voices across a broad spectrum to catalyze unexpected yet impactful connections. From the leading edge to established players SOCAP brings together global innovators investors foundations governments institutions and social entrepreneurs to build the world we want to leave to future generations. We actively seek out opportunities to accelerate the market at the intersection of money and meaning and in pursuit of that goal have convened more than 13000 people since our founding in 2008. In addition to the annual SOCAP conference we offer year round events to continue important conversations around money and meaning via SOCAP 365. Sign up for our newsletter and join the Social Capital Markets Group on LinkedIn to get updates about local events in your area to make connections gain inspiration and create a more sustainable economy for all.
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Social Innovation Exchange (SIX)
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Irela
We connect people as friends who trust each other and who can be open about their challenges as well as successes. We are more of a community than a network.rnrnWe work with governments businesses academics funders practitioners and leading social innovation intermediaries that support social innovation to accelerate the field of social innovation around the world. Simultaneously we also seek to learn from the real people innovating in their own communities. By linking all these actors across sectors fields and geographies we can spread the most effective models more quickly.rnrnSIX has developed a unique approach of connecting innovators designing experiences curating knowledge and insights and disseminating practical examples of social innovation which enable the global community to learn from each other and builds the capacities of our members.rnrnSIX was established in 2008 and incubated by the Young Foundation until 2013 when it became an independent organisation with support from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation UK branch. rnrnSince March 2013 SIX has been governed by an Executive Board of leading social innovation experts from around the world. Our Global Council of leading social innovation organisations from across the globe provide us with core financial support as well as guiding and directing the work of SIX.
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Subz Washable Sanitary Pads
Subz Pads are washable pads and panties that can be re used. The panty is made from 100% cotton and the pads made from 5 layers of hydrophilic fabric.
| Human health & social work |
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TshedzaApp
Tshedza (a Venda word meaning “light”) is a platform that empowers you to make the right career decision early, think of this as your virtual career coach. Because choosing a career is just easier when you know better − Because they believe nobody should ever have to be in a career they hate or have a qualification but cannot be employed. \r\n
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Unreasonable Group
United States of America
Our ambition is to serve as a catalyst for entrepreneurship in the 21st century & harness its collective power to address the greatest challenges of our time.
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