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Resisting the African ‘brain drain’ that has created a health care crisis“Sub-Saharan Africa has 24% of the world’s global burden of disease, but only 3% of the world healthcare workforce with which to address it.” Vanessa…Sep 2018 -
Blockchain technology – Could this be the supply chain’s weakest link?The work to eradicate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing from the world’s oceans has been painstakingly undertaken by organizations and governments for many, many…Aug 2018 -
It Takes Consultation to Help a VillageTwo DRK entrepreneurs, Sasha Fisher founder of Spark Microgrants and Natalie Bridgeman-Fields founder of Accountability Counsel, are featured in a compelling New York Times article discussing…Jul 2018 -
Undocumented Children Become Part Of Foster Care SystemNoel King talks to Sherry Lachman, ex-adviser to Vice President Biden and founder of grantee Foster America, about the challenges after hundreds of migrant children…Jun 2018 -
Bringing Farming Back to Nature“An approach that combines innovation and tradition has emerged, one that could transform the way we grow food—It’s a scrappy movement that’s taking off globally.” …Jun 2018 -
Can a DNA Database Save the Trees? These Scientists Hope SoUsing trained volunteers to collect samples, grantee Adventure Scientists and their partner World Resources Institute aspire to unlock the potential of DNA-based technologies in the…Jun 2018 -
Jacaranda Health Receives Geneva Forum for Health AwardNick Pearson, the DRK-supported founder of Jacaranda Health, is traveling to Geneva this week to receive the Geneva Forum For Health Award for Jacaranda. This award is given…May 2018 -
Inaugural OpenBiome Global Health Study to Address Severe Acute MalnutritionGrantee OpenBiome announced its inaugural global health study, which will evaluate microbial therapy as a treatment for pediatric severe acute malnutrition. This study, the first…May 2018 -
A Simple Way to Improve a Billion Lives: EyeglassesIt’s the biggest health crisis you’ve never heard of. Doctors, philanthropists and companies are trying to solve it. While not seen as urgent as other…May 2018
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Grantee @Sanergy receives a $2.5M investment from @jica_direct_en to address the rising sanitation needs in Nairobi… https://t.co/okR9bjM3Cf
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.@ReachoutToPhool brings in @aliaa08 as an investor! "I admire the founder's vision of making incense and bio-leath… https://t.co/DXYds3bPn2
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For their work providing flexible & digitally-driven retirement products for informal workers in Ghana + promoting… https://t.co/uTALcXc6l2
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Thrilled to see so many DRK entrepreneurs as finalists for @ElevatePrize! Powered by @SolveMIT, The Elevate Prize i… https://t.co/2vZyJDqdb4
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Grantee @weareMORTAR receives funding from @Jumpman23 to "empower their work of building equitable entrepreneurship… https://t.co/Nuy4JqNVds
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.@PropelAmerica founder and CEO @Rouhanifard shares how "jobs-first" higher education can shift the paradigm to put… https://t.co/zzqKb7m7Fd
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.@LandedHomes announces their latest round of venture capital financing: $31M in equity, bringing them to nearly $1… https://t.co/wk10fu1dKi
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"Violent crime, specifically gun violence, plagues many urban neighborhoods, and we have seemed to have but one ans… https://t.co/cRJnIrScYg
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Exciting news from @wattTime, in collaboration with @OceanMindGlobal. The impacts from @ClimateTRACE are big - we c… https://t.co/41OvqMG0vR
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Last year, @icivics inspired millions of kids to try to win the White House. For her dedication to inspire the next… https://t.co/F7NT0OFNTG
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"If prisons made people safer, America would be the safest nation on the planet. And we’re not. Our methods don’t w… https://t.co/H93fNWiEeV
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"Corporations wield tremendous influence over the political system. But on climate, most corporations have decided… https://t.co/54q3YB69ni
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Watch the debut of @patagonia Provisions’ film "The Ocean Solution" on 9/9 at 5pm PT. Feat. @GreenWaveOrg & co-fo… https://t.co/xsXOspp4Yi
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"There is a huge human and environmental cost to the food that we are producing, and if we are wasting it, it’s cri… https://t.co/fDM6wPkz4S
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In Haiti, one of the world's poorest countries, many people build their own homes using cheap materials that are no… https://t.co/jBNMpduYX1
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"What will it take for us to transform our society such that we would be able to delight in watching each other gro… https://t.co/lrNskSKrG7
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Applications for three of the @Halcyoninspires Incubator’s Fellowship Programs are open! All global social entrepre… https://t.co/qjUmX95z6K
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Grantee @public_rights has launched a publication on @medium dedicated to exploring #workersrights in America and c… https://t.co/1krNBIApjM
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.@ZarlashtH, founder of @RefugeeTraumaUK, shares her family's raw and emotional story of seeking asylum as refugees… https://t.co/I50KU6rxwB
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Millions of households across the US lack climate-safe and affordable housing. On 7/21, @ElizabetHausler, founder &… https://t.co/lK4jFvFLYY