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BEMPU HEALTHUPDATED JUN 2020
The TempWatch is a novel, continuous temperature-monitoring bracelet which alerts if the newborn is hypothermic, thereby empowering the caretaker to warm the baby with KMC well before hypoxia, hypoglycemia, poor growth, or death can occur. In light to the Covid 19 crisis, Tempwatch is imensely instrumental as it warns parents against probable infections and reduces needless visits to the health centre.
FOCUS AREAS
Maternal Newborn and Child Health, Medical Devices, Technology and 1 moreSEE ALL
IMPLEMENTED IN
Cameroon, Benin, Papua New Guinea and 2 moreSEE ALL
TO DATE$675,729 Funds Raised
Sustainable Social Enterprise Model for Sanitation that benefits low-to-middle income populations & especially womenUPDATED JUN 2020
A social enterprise model for public toilets piloted in Nepal that incorporates additional revenue streams with waste-to-value technology (biogas), bundled services (shops), gender-inclusive design, & a cleaning compliance program.
FOCUS AREAS
Biomass/BioFuel, Economic Empowerment, Waste Management and 5 moreSEE ALL
IMPLEMENTED IN
Nepal
TO DATE$580,000 Funds Raised
LAWIN Forest and Biodiversity Protection SystemUPDATED APR 2020
FOCUS AREAS
Biodiversity, Digital Development, Environment and 4 moreSEE ALL
IMPLEMENTED IN
Philippines
Remote App Store Based Adaptive Learning Platform for COVID-19 ResponseUPDATED APR 2020
Mobile App Store Based Adaptive Learning Platform that provides children with dynamically tailored content suitable to their individual learning level. Runs on inexpensive tablets or any parent's phone to enable self learning at each student's pace when they can't go to school.
FOCUS AREAS
Basic Education, Curriculum, Non-formal Education (OOS/ALP) and 12 moreSEE ALL
IMPLEMENTED IN
India, Nepal
TO DATE$1,680,000 Funds Raised
We Love ReadingUPDATED OCT 2019
We Love Reading is a grassroots community-based program fostering in children a love for reading. We have developed a simple solution flexible to fit within any context through community read-aloud sessions.
FOCUS AREAS
Entrepreneurship, Refugees, Social and Behavior Change and 5 moreSEE ALL
IMPLEMENTED IN
Azerbaijan, Egypt, Germany and 50 moreSEE ALL
TO DATE$2,185,313 Funds Raised
ayzhUPDATED SEP 2019
Manufacturing and distributing low-cost, high-quality women’s health products designed for low-resource settings targeting reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health (RMNCH+A).
FOCUS AREAS
Gender Equity, Maternal Newborn and Child Health, Menstrual Hygiene
IMPLEMENTED IN
India, Kenya
TO DATE$1,240,019 Funds Raised
Can't Wait to LearnUPDATED MAY 2019
Custom-made digital game-based learning to bridge the education gap for conflict-affected children
FOCUS AREAS
Basic Education, Inclusive Education, Digital Development and 5 moreSEE ALL
IMPLEMENTED IN
Lebanon, Jordan, Uganda and 1 moreSEE ALL
SweetSense Remote Water Monitoring Platform For Improved Water Service Delivery, Accountability, and HealthUPDATED MAY 2019
SweetSense Inc. creates Internet of Things (IOT) solutions to improve the quality and value of water, sanitation, and energy services in emerging markets.
FOCUS AREAS
Health, Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), Agriculture and 11 moreSEE ALL
IMPLEMENTED IN
Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda
TO DATE$974,000 Funds Raised
Lumkani Fire DetectionUPDATED MAY 2019
FOCUS AREAS
Architecture, Design, Construction, GIS/Mapping, Housing and Infrastructure and 4 moreSEE ALL
IMPLEMENTED IN
Namibia, South Africa
Paper Airplanes-Language and Skills Accessibility for RefugeesUPDATED MAY 2019
FOCUS AREAS
Digital Development, Education, Public-Private Partnerships and 1 moreSEE ALL
IMPLEMENTED IN
United States, Algeria, Belgium and 7 moreSEE ALL
PetaBencana.idUPDATED MAY 2019
PetaBencana.id is a free web-based platform that produces megacity-scale visualizations of disasters in Indonesia using both crowdsourced reporting & government agency validations in real time. By democratizing decision support, the platform increases the safety and resilience of cities through greater inclusivity.
FOCUS AREAS
Climate Change and Resilience, Crowdsourcing and Open Source, Disaster Risk Reduction and 10 moreSEE ALL
IMPLEMENTED IN
Indonesia
TO DATE$784,200 Funds Raised
Women Originated Media Entrepreurship Network (WOMEN)UPDATED MAY 2019
FOCUS AREAS
Communications and Media, Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance, Digital Development and 15 moreSEE ALL
IMPLEMENTED IN
Ukraine
Farmer Query SystemUPDATED MAY 2019
FOCUS AREAS
Cultivation & Tools, Data/Analytics, Digital Development and 13 moreSEE ALL
IMPLEMENTED IN
Bangladesh
Using UAVs to Map, Monitor and Protect Indigenous TerritoriesUPDATED MAY 2019
UAVs are a low-cost, powerful and effective tool for indigenous communities to map, monitor, and protect their territories. UAVs help collect important data and are an alternative to satellite images for precise photogrammetry and 2D and 3D mapping.
FOCUS AREAS
Forestry, Land Tenure, GIS/Mapping and 1 moreSEE ALL
IMPLEMENTED IN
Peru, Panama, Guatemala
A roof A skill and A market for WomenUPDATED MAY 2019
Providing a roof, A skill & A market to end Housing Poverty in Africa & take a slice of Africa’s Urban $155 Billion Housing market
FOCUS AREAS
Economic Empowerment, Finance, Housing and Infrastructure
IMPLEMENTED IN
Uganda
Zelij InventUPDATED MAY 2019
Zelij Invent is a greentech solution that transform plastic waste into sustainable construction materials.
FOCUS AREAS
Climate Change and Resilience, Housing and Infrastructure, Waste Management and 1 moreSEE ALL
IMPLEMENTED IN
Morocco
TO DATE$100,000 Funds Raised
DIYlawUPDATED MAY 2019
We are the one-stop hub for all things legal in Africa.
We create access to legal and business support services, service providers & information for African entrepreneurs.
FOCUS AREAS
Entrepreneurship, Financial Sector & Investment, Trade
IMPLEMENTED IN
Nigeria
TO DATE$40,000 Funds Raised
The Prey Lang appUPDATED MAY 2019
A forest monitoring smartphone application used to
monitor and report on illegal logging and biodiversity loss by indigenous
communities.
FOCUS AREAS
Forestry, Natural Resources, Rule of Law and Human Rights and 1 moreSEE ALL
IMPLEMENTED IN
Cambodia, Myanmar
No Food WasteUPDATED MAY 2019
No Food Waste - A youth and technology driven surplus food recovery network that collects surplus food from weddings, restaurants,food industries in India and feeds the people in India there by combating both Hunger and Food Waste together.
FOCUS AREAS
Climate Change and Resilience, Humanitarian Assistance, Waste Management and 4 moreSEE ALL
IMPLEMENTED IN
India
Coliba RecyclingUPDATED MAY 2019
Called "The Uber of waste management service", Coliba makes us of mobile technology to creating solution to the huge plastic waste problem in West Africa.
FOCUS AREAS
Climate Change and Resilience, Education, Waste Management
IMPLEMENTED IN
Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire
Ocupa Tu CalleUPDATED FEB 2019
Ocupa Tu Calle is a project of Lima Cómo Vamos that seeks to reduce inequality on access to quality public spaces through the recovery of unused and abandoned public spaces by promoting small scale and low cost urban interventions.
FOCUS AREAS
Citizen Participation, Good Governance, Urbanization and 2 moreSEE ALL
TO DATE$262,371 Funds Raised
OMOMIUPDATED FEB 2019
Mobicure's Omomi Growth Monitor feature, helps to prevent your child from taking ill. It helps mothers personally check their baby’s health health weight, height, arm size, and provide ready diagnosis on Oedema, Malnutrition and color code.
FOCUS AREAS
Digital Development, Maternal Newborn and Child Health, HIV/AIDS and 1 moreSEE ALL
IMPLEMENTED IN
Nigeria
TO DATE$225,000 Funds Raised
FoPo Food PowderUPDATED JAN 2019
FoPo aims to re-engineer the future of food by turning $1 trillion worth of food waste into a huge opportunity. Developing a simple and elegant way of bridging the gap between food waste and food security, while promoting healthy diets.
FOCUS AREAS
Agriculture, Supply Chains, Waste Management
IMPLEMENTED IN
Philippines, Kenya
Non-Electric, Sustainable, Effortless to Maintainand Low Cost - Community & Household Drinking Water Systems.UPDATED JUN 2018
We have invented a speciality polymer using which we manufacture Hollow Fibre Membranes that despite having 20nano porosity size work under Gravity and have approx 3 times high flux than other membranes in market.
50K+ such Systems are in use.
50K+ such Systems are in use.
FOCUS AREAS
Agriculture Water Management, Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), Water Supply/Quality
IMPLEMENTED IN
India
ATEC* Biodigesters InternationalUPDATED JUN 2018
ATEC* produces, sells and distributes the first commercially scalable biodigester in SE Asia. 600 units have been sold, providing gas for cooking, 20 tons of organic fertilizer/year, and US$5,850 household savings over its lifetime.
FOCUS AREAS
Biomass/BioFuel, Climate Change and Resilience, Livestock & Agriculture and 1 moreSEE ALL
IMPLEMENTED IN
Cambodia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and 3 moreSEE ALL
TO DATE$1,100,000 Funds Raised
STI Forum 2021 Call for Innovations
The STI Forum 2021 Call for Innovations is initiated by the United Nations in collaboration with Global Innovation Exchange at Results for Development.
