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More Trees Campaign
Climate ChangeClimate Change
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BY Dr. Padideh Tosti ·
02·03·22
The More Trees Campaign is much more than trees. Our aim is to address the true cause of environmental degradation: lack of self-awareness. Through raising self-awareness we can enable people to reconnect to themselves, reconnect to nature, and truly comprehend humanity’s impact on the planet.
Third Story Project
Charity & Civil SocietyCharity & Civil Society
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BY Ei Piwnt Rhi Zan ·
03·06·21
Describe Third Story Project Third Story Project is a non-profit social enterprise. We create children's storybooks with positive messages which reflect every child in Myanmar. We mainly produce Myanmar, English, Bilingual, and other Ethnic Myanmar Languages. These stories are for 4 to 11 years old kids. We are going to produce storybooks for adolescents in […]
Recycling Plastic Waste into Ecoboats for Fishermen
Waste & RecyclingWaste & Recycling
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BY Ismael Essome Ebone ·
10·10·20
Describe Ecoboats for Fishermen - what makes your project unique? Madiba & Nature has launched its program to involve fishermen in the sustainable management of coastal fisheries through community mobilization around the recycling of marine plastic waste since 2017. The organization focuses its program around three major projects in order to have a significant impact […]
The Friendship Bench
Charity & Civil SocietyCharity & Civil Society
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BY Dixon Chibanda ·
09·03·20
Describe The Friendship Bench The Friendship Bench program is an evidence-based intervention developed in Zimbabwe to bridge the mental health treatment gap. Our mission is to create safe spaces and a sense of belonging in communities so as to enhance mental well-being and improve quality of life through the use of problem-solving therapy delivered by […]
Share Shed - A Library of Things
Charity & Civil SocietyCharity & Civil Society
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BY Mirella Ferraz ·
08·24·20
Describe Share Shed - A Library of Things Based in Devon, the Share Shed is the world's first mobile library of things. It allows people to live better lives by borrowing things they would otherwise have to buy. It offers over 350 useful items like tools, appliances tents, bikes, and musical instruments for its members […]
Pupils Profit Schoolyard Enterprises
Social EnterpriseSocial Enterprise
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BY Lizzie Gimblett ·
08·05·20
Pupils Profit provide enterprise training materials and eco-friendly products to enable school children to set up sustainable schoolyard businesses.
Wawa Laptop - The First Eco-friendly Laptop Made in Peru.
Charity & Civil SocietyCharity & Civil Society
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BY Alejandra Carrasco ·
08·04·20
Describe Wawa Laptop WAWA Laptop, the first laptop developed in Peru, made from recycled material and powered by a portable solar panel, is aimed at democratizing access to technology and education for children and youth in Peru, the region, and the world. We are aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals developed by the United Nations […]
Vrikshit Foundation
Waste & RecyclingWaste & Recycling
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BY Shankar Singh ·
06·07·20
Vrikshit is a foundation founded by and made up of young people who want to see change in India. We are willing to strive to make India not only clean, but also green. Our ongoing efforts help to raise awareness about the sanitation gap that impacts so many people’s lives in India.
Komb Green Solutions - Creating Nairobi's First 'People's Park'
Charity & Civil SocietyCharity & Civil Society
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BY Christopher Wairimu ·
01·03·20
Komb Green Solutions is a community-based organization formed in 2017 and located in Korogocho, Nairobi, Kenya. Korogocho is home to up to 200,000 people and one of the largest slum neighbourhoods in the area. Here Christopher Wairimu, their secretary, shares their story working to create green and safe places along the Nairobi River.
Wareologie - Empowering People With Magnetic Button Adaptors
Mind & BodyMind & Body
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BY Gina Adams ·
12·28·19
Ware·ologie, LLC is social venture startup, dedicated to solving a compounding problem that affects over 30 million Americans with hand disabilities. The company designs innovative, stylish products to restore independence and empower people to carry out essential activities of daily living, such as getting dressed. Limitations in dexterity are a common symptom of many illnesses.
BizGees - Transforming Refugees into Entrepreneurs
Equality & DiversityEquality & Diversity
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BY Zufi Deo ·
09·09·19
We transform refugees into entrepreneurs using FinTech. We custom-designed alternative finance-based services to support refugee communities to take ownership of their own lives. We are winners of the Infosys Challenge for Financial Inclusion at the UNICEF FinTech Jam for Good.
Erase All Kittens: Can Kittens Save The World By Teaching Girls To Code?
Work & SkillsWork & Skills
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BY Dee Saigal ·
04·15·19
Erase All Kittens is a revolutionary, online game that's changing how we approach teaching coding, especially for girls. Bringing creativity and engaging storytelling to the fore, equipping them with the coding skills essential for 21st Century degrees and careers. 
Phoenix Cultural Centre
Charity & Civil SocietyCharity & Civil Society
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BY Elaine McGinty ·
04·10·19
Phoenix Cultural Centre CIC/Fiery Bird Live Music Venue is a local project to bring a non-profit live music/cultural/arts/training venue to Woking. Though specific to Woking its founders have connected up with other social and community businesses nationally to share practice.
ShowerBox: Free, Secure Spaces For Those Who Sleep Rough To Wash In London
PovertyPoverty
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BY Sarah Lamptey ·
04·04·19
ShowerBox was borne out of the human need to feel good and lead a safe life. Through funds raised, a trailer was bought at the end of 2018, servicing a winter shelter on Tottenham Court Road, London. Without this trailer, over twenty guests would not have had access to showering facilities.
WellBoring: Clean Water Solutions For Primary Schools in Africa
PovertyPoverty
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BY Nigel Linacre ·
02·24·19
What happens when a leadership company take a couple of engineers to Kenya?  That combination of vision and practical know how can make magic happen and that's exactly what happened back in 2011 and WellBoring was, well, born. 
Help Bristol's Homeless: Giving Hope To Bristol's Homeless People
PovertyPoverty
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BY Jasper Thompson ·
01·25·19
Homelessness and rough sleeping is on the rise everywhere.  When Jasper Thompson noticed an increase in rough sleeping in his home town, he decided to do something about it. He wanted to give them a tangible route to turn their lives around. And that starts with housing. And so he started Help Bristol's Homeless. 
Boroume: The Ultimate Recycling Model Combating Malnutrition in Greece
Food WasteFood Waste
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BY Alex Theodoridis ·
01·24·19
Boroume (“We Can”) is a non-profit organization whose mission is to reduce food waste and to fight malnutrition in Greece by directly linking all kinds of food donors and food donations to local charities.
Who Gives A Crap
Social EnterpriseSocial Enterprise
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BY Team Who Gives A Crap ·
01·24·19
"I’m not leaving this toilet until we pre-sell $50,000 of product" So vowed Simon Griffiths, Co-founder of Who Gives A Crap on launching their IndieGoGo campaign.  That gets attention. And the story has all the classic hallmarks of never giving up.
Chatterbox: Online Language Learning Service Powered By Refugee Talent.
Equality & DiversityEquality & Diversity
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BY Mursal Hedayat ·
01·18·19
Chatterbox is building an online language learning service powered by refugee talent. Chatterbox connects the problem of underutilised refugee talent with an opportunity in the demand for their language skills.
Boomerang Bags: One Problem, One Idea, Three Great Outcomes
Sustainable FashionSustainable Fashion
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BY Jordyn de Boer and Tania Potts ·
01·11·19
How do you tackle plastic pollution, material waste and social isolation in one fell swoop?  That's a problem that Jordyn de Boer and Tania Potts are helping to solve with Boomerang Bags, fuelled by a burning desire to tackle plastic pollution at its source.
Social Impakt: Providing Clean Water. A Simple Solution Which Saves Lives
Social EnterpriseSocial Enterprise
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BY Jeroen van Overbeek ·
12·17·18
“When the human being is your main point of focus, your main value, you feel alive.” This is Jeroen van Overbeek's reason for being and the reason he founded Social Impakt. He realised that he was helping companies make money, but not helping people. He wasn't aligned with his values anymore. He wanted to give new […]
Marc Skid: How to Make your Marc on the World
Sustainable FashionSustainable Fashion
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BY Daniel Barry ·
12·12·18
Dan Barry is the founder of Marc Skid, LLC, a cheeky, eco-friendly underwear brand owner with a passion for giving back. Made with the finest cotton, Organic Pima, and with a recycled water bottle in each waistband, Marc Skid underwear is dedicated to the betterment of the world and its people. The mission of the […]
Little Difference are Making a Big Difference
Climate ChangeClimate Change
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BY Sophie Stevens and Pete Oswald ·
12·07·18
Have you ever wondered, every time you buy a greetings card, what the cost is?  Prices vary enormously but the half decent ones are upwards of a £2.  But, what's the real cost?  Not to your pocket, but to the planet.  Unless the card is recycled, or from sustainable sources, who is also paying for […]
Bushel & Peck Books: Combating Illiteracy with a Book-for-Book Promise
Social EnterpriseSocial Enterprise
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BY David and Stephanie Miles ·
12·07·18
Every year, hundreds of children's publishers produce millions of wonderful books for kids. But here's the problem. Most people in the world can't afford them. This is what Bushel and Peck Books are setting out to solve.
VeganNation: Disrupting Human Consumptive Behaviour Globally
Mind & BodyMind & Body
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BY Rena Thomas ·
11·30·18
VeganNation is bringing the one-of-a-kind infrastructure to unite the vegan community globally with an all-encompassing ecosystem.  A nation is as strong as its economy and the economy is as strong as the currency which is why VeganNation is powered by its own decentralized currency - the VeganCoin.
Chatty Cafes: Helping to Reduce Loneliness
Charity & Civil SocietyCharity & Civil Society
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BY Alexandra Hoskyn ·
11·30·18
Meet Alexandra Hoskyn. Back in 2017, she noticed exactly the same, decided to do something about it and launched the Chatty Cafe scheme. A simple idea. Alex asked cafes to pop a sign on a table saying “The seats on this table are for anyone happy to chat to other customers”.  And that’s all it […]
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