All People Making a Difference
Solar kits bring clean light to Kenya's poorBuyers make payments securely from home using their mobile phones, which also can be kept charged with the solar kit.
How better-trained farmers slow Brazil's deforestationImazon helps farmers formalize their land titles and trains them in improved farming techniques, like rotating crops and limiting overgrazing, to make their land more productive and reduce the need to cut down more rainforest.
Christine's Hope for Kids gives kids a chance to be kidsThe nonprofit group Christine's Hope for Kids has given more than $300,000 in donations and in-kind support to groups in New Jersey and across the country that work with children.
Double win for Haiti: human waste into valuable fertilizerThe social enterprise SOIL provides clean facilities for families in Haiti while also supplying a local source of fertilizer to sorghum farmers.
10 organizations that protect the environmentWe tell you about 10 organizations that are working to protect and conserve the environment. All 10 of these organizations have four-star ratings from Charity Navigator and at least $13.5 million in total annual expenses.
'Push-Pull' strategy helps end hunger and poverty for farmers in sub-Saharan AfricaPush-Pull techniques help African farmers increase productivity, strengthen soils, and protect staple foods from pests 鈥� all without expensive chemical fertilizers or pesticides.
Difference MakerUS college student Surya Karki builds schools back home in NepalMaya Universe Academy was born in 2011 out of the creative altruism of Karki and six other young people from all over the world.
Food hub links local produce with local buyersNashville Grown, a new food hub in Nashville, Tenn., is a model for making local food accessible beyond farmers markets.
In Cambodia, kids breakdance toward better futuresAt Tiny Toones, a nonprofit group in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, youths learn to breakdance, as well as how to pursue goals beyond their limited circumstances.
Rooting corruption out of the systemThe Partnership Against Corruption Initiative works worldwide sharing best practices and forcefully making the case for the advantages of corruption-free business transactions.
A tea shop in Atlanta sends young women in India to collegeKatrell Christie uses profits from her Atlanta tea shop to finance college educations for orphaned girls in India.
How two plant geeks grew a 'paradise' in a blighted backyardIn 'Paradise Lot,' two inner-city residents write about how they transformed less than an acre of blighted yard into a thriving food forest full of mushrooms, gooseberries, silkworms, and more.
Difference MakerDavid Hunt saves lives by teaching swimming in CambodiaDrowning is the top cause of death for children in Cambodia over the age of 1, according to a recent report.
Historic US railroads inspire 21st-century solutions: the Millennial Trains ProjectOver 10 days in August, the Millennial Trains Project will send 40 young Americans across the country by train, each rider with a specific, crowdfunded project to help build a better nation.
6 international organizations that support jobs and businessesMany organizations, both in the United States and abroad, seek to help entrepreneurial individuals and small businesses through microfinance and other means. Here are six organizations that support job creation and new businesses around the world.
10 biggest US foundations and what they doWhat are the 10 biggest foundations in the United States? Here they are in ascending order, based on their assets, along with a little bit about what social problems each addresses.
From a caged teen in a basement in India to literary fameSalma is now the most famous female poet in southern India 鈥� and the subject of a new documentary film.
Scott Zabelski found T-shirts were a perfect fit for hurricane Sandy reliefHe created and sold 'Restore the Shore' T-shirts and hooded sweatshirts 鈥� and raised more than half a million dollars for hurricane recovery efforts.
Difference MakerDavid Eads runs FreeGeek Chicago, 'an Apple Store for the rest of us'FreeGeek Chicago gives volunteers hands-on training in restoring old computers to sell or recycle 鈥� while they earn credits toward taking home their own desktop or laptop free of charge.
Solar pumps could boost farm yields in poor countriesFoot-powered irrigation pumps are useful but limited. Diesel pumps are expensive. Solar-powered pumps could be an answer.
