Casa Guatemala
Casa Guatemala is a self-contained children’s village, located in the midst of the Guatemalan jungle on the banks of the river Rio Dulce. The village includes, among other things, living…
Visionspring: Affordable eyeglasses for the working poor and their families
Uncorrected vision loss prevents people from living independent lives. Without eyeglasses, artisans cannot see their goods, shopkeepers cannot manage accounts and children cannot see the blackboard. A drop in productivity…
Riders for health: transport for sustainable healthcare delivery
Every year 8.8 million children under five years of age die from causes that are largely preventable and diseases that are easily curable. Across Africa, health workers have the expertise…
KickStart: A real path out of poverty
Millions of people live in poverty. Kickstart‘s mission is to get these people out of poverty quickly and sustainably. KickStart designs and mass-markets simple, money-making tools and technologies that open…
International bridges to justice: protecting the basic legal rights for all
Every day in many countries around the world, citizens accused of crimes are arbitrarily detained, tortured, and denied access to counsel. IBJ is dedicated to protect the basic legal rights…
Ibeka: Capacity and equity building through microhydro power
About 32,000 villages in Indonesia still do not have access to electricity. Fortunately, Indonesia is blessed with abundant sources of renewable energy. Ibeka builds small hydro power plants as an…
Apopo: Training detection HEROrats to save lives
There are still many millions of active landmines in more than 60 countries causing life-threatening accidents. Most of the victims are children. Apopo trains HeroRATs to save lives and limbs…
Build Change: Help Rebuilding Earthquake-resistant homes
Millions of people in developing countries live with the constant threat of death or injury from earthquakes. In the past five years, over 4 million were made homeless by earthquakes,…
Gram Vikas: Building dignity, not just toilets
A dignified quality of life is not a prerogative of the wealthy and high caste people and equally the accidental birth to a lower social class should not condemn people…
Kashf Foundation: Microfinance for women in Pakistan
In Pakistan, 21% percent of the population lives under the $1.25 a day poverty line while over 60% lives under $2. 56% of the population is financially excluded (68% of…