share Big Pharma helps export Haiti's hunger-busting peanut butter This story was republished by The Christian Science Monitor. Read more »
share 19 Ways We Innovate Reporting in collaboration with Yadira Gutierrez. More than 800 staff members in 47 countries cast a vote for their favorite innovation. Which is your favorite? Read more »
share 19 Ways We Innovate: Winners Announced And the winner of Mercy Corps’ internal innovations competition is...(drumroll, please)... Ethiopia! Despite—or very well perhaps because—of the massive drought that's hit the Horn of Africa, community members and Mercy Corps staff have hit on a solution that's both simple and cheap. Read more »
share How Haiti is fighting poverty by killing cash This article was republished by The Christian Science Monitor. Read more »
share New projects help the poor save as well as borrow The world's poorest have long struggled to borrow. Now, an alternative microfinance model is also making it easier for poor people to save. Read more »
share An Incubator that Embraces the Fight Against Infant Mortality In the developing world, many children’s lives end before they have a chance to begin. The developers of Embrace—a portable and cost-effective incubator—believe they have hatched a solution to infant mortality. Read more »
share Technology against poverty: Three inspiring new successes 2011 is over, but the impact technology had on humanitarian aid planning last year could be just beginning to emerge. Humanitarian issues demand immediate solutions. In 2011, a lot of solutions to crises placed heavy emphasis on technology. Here are three notable examples: Read more »
share Medic Mobile turns cell phones into lifelines In rural communities around the world, the virtual doctor is in. Read more »
share Microfinance can energize local economies Is microfinance the solution to energy poverty? If partnered with renewable energy, it could prove to be true. Read more »
share Birth kits: An immediate solution to lowering maternal deaths Bringing one life into the world shouldn't mean sacrificing another. While the developing world scrambles to secure funding for midwifery services, there's a cheap, short-term solution: birth kits. Read more »
share As China's middle class rises, so does social discontent The spirit of 1989’s Tiananmen Square is alive in China, except the swarm of charged students has been replaced by a disgruntled, expanding middle class. Inadvertently, an economic boom has resounded with cries for change. Read more »
share In Africa, female scientists should power female farmers, group says Women comprise 43 percent of the world’s farmers. In Africa, it’s 80 percent. Women plant, harvest, process and sell their crops, but men continue to dominate agricultural science and research. This may be about to change. Read more »
share Ending malaria: How genetically modified mosquitos could unlock Africa's wealth This article was republished in The Christian Science Monitor. Read more »
share A cheap alternative to the pap smear: vinegar A common household item can serve a double purpose: it gives flavor in your kitchen, and it saves your life. A low-cost innovation—vinegar— can help detect cervical cancer and save thousands of lives in developing nations. Read more »
share Why we have enough water This article was republished by The Christian Science Monitor. Read more »