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Financial Inclusion

“FINALLY A PANEL AND NOT A 'MANEL'”: GENDER EQUALITY DOMINATES DAVOS

Influencers called for global gender inclusivity at the 2018 World Economic Forum.

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Youth Skills

Where combating sex trafficking starts in a cemetery

Compassion First is helping victims of sex trafficking in Indonesia with outreach in an unusual place.

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Financial Inclusion

How an algorithm could impact the refugee crisis

Researchers at Stanford University have produced a new algorithm that could be the answer to ending unemployment in groups of resettled refugees.

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Social Enterprise

5 Things I learned Starting My Social Business: Ground Up PDX

Ground Up PDX started with a Cuisinart kitchen mixer that got so hot they wrapped it with ice packs to keep it grinding. Now, a frenetic year and a half later, they are poised to join the shelves at one of the most popular national grocery chains in the country.

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Sustainable Energy

A Light in the Dark for the Maasai People

For a Maasai village in Northern Tanzania, electric lights cut through the twilight, lighting the way to a better future.

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Social Enterprise

School for Justice: India's Sex Trafficking Survivors Fight Back

Former underage sex workers in India are fighting back against child prostitution with the School for Justice.

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Financial Inclusion

Hopeful signs for India’s deaf Community

How a single book can open up the world for India's deaf community

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Social Enterprise

Andrew Youn: 3 Reasons We Can Win the Fight Against Poverty

Humanity solved agricultural poverty a century ago. So why are so many still hungry?

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Social Enterprise

2016 Tech Awards Winners: The Best of the Best

From rural farming water pumps to a new meningitis vaccination, the 2016 Tech Awards honors past winners that are thriving social ventures.

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Social Enterprise

Innovation for Empathy

Perhaps America’s physical detachment from the war-torn countries makes it easier to detach emotionally from their people. Creative ideas to promote empathy are helping people to connect to refugees and want to support them.

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Social Enterprise

WEEKLY NEWS BRIEF: FOG COLLECTION SOLVING WORLD'S WATER CRISIS

A weekly round-up of mainstream news about the context in which Mercy Corps works, focused on development and innovation.

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Social Enterprise

WOMEN CODE A BETTER FUTURE IN LATIN AMERICA

In Latin America, where women are the most vulnerable to poverty, a new social enterprise trains young women to enter the tech industry - and fast.

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Social Enterprise

Weekly News Brief: Madagascar Faces Famine Due to Drought

A weekly roundup of development news from around the internet

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Social Enterprise

Why start a social enterprise in Haiti?

An interview with Bruce McMartin, about why he started a coffee company that trains, supports, and provides jobs for Haitian farmers.

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Social Enterprise

One Woman Fights for Mental Health System in Indonesia

Mentally ill people in Indonesia are often chained to beds or in cages by their families or at rundown religious healing centers in a country where psychiatrists are rare and evil spirits are believed to cause mental illness. One woman is committed to turning the tide, and instituting a nationwide mental health program in the face of ignorance and sexism.