You are reading the second profile in D-Prize’s feature series on women winners of the global competition!
We’re celebrating women-led organizations that have positively impacted the lives of millions of people living in low-income communities. Our series profiles women founders who have increased access to critical products and services - including solar energy, clean cookstoves, quality farm inputs, and a novel sex-ed program for teenage girls.
4Her2Her
EMPOWERING 1000 GIRLS WITH A UNIQUE SEX EDUCATION PROGRAM
Four girls growing up in Malawi experienced peer pressure to enter into risky, sexual relationships with older men. Fortunately, Phindu Banda, Angella Bwilani, Diana Gulitsa and Mirriam Sibale had access to positive role models and sex-ed resources. They avoided this future, but they watched many other girls fall into this trap. Now they have launched a new organization, 4Her2Her, to provide an evidence-based sex-ed program and help young girls throughout Malawi.
Peer pressure to enter into sexual relationships with older men is very common in Malawi. Often referred to as Sugar Daddies or Blessers, older men offer young girls money and gifts in exchange for sex. Girls in these relationships are more at risk for unwanted pregnancy and STDs. Unwanted pregnancies often lead to girls dropping out of school, forced marriages, and poverty. This is a big, nationwide problem. Today, Malawi has one of the highest school drop-out rates in Southern Africa and a high prevalence of HIV/ AIDS in young women.
4Her2Her’s program works like this:
Each Sugar Daddy Awareness class takes place in a school classroom. It is given to teenage girls in Grade 8 and usually lasts one hour.
It begins with a short discussion led by a female facilitator on the dangers of dating older men.
There is a screening of an educational film (originally produced by UNICEF).
This is followed by in-class activities and a short lecture.
The one-hour program has been proven to reduce unwanted pregnancies and STDS. So far, 4Her2Her has given this course to over 1193 girls across 6 schools in Lilongwe, Malawi. D-Prize was fortunate to support their work in 2023, offering a $16K startup grant to launch their social enterprise.
In the next five years, 4Her2Her aims to become a national organization in Malawi, reaching over 50,000 girls with sex education. Despite its importance, sex education is largely ignored in most school curricula. By discussing this taboo topic openly, 4Her2Her prevents young girls from entering into cross-general relationships, safeguarding their future against unwanted pregnancies, STDs and poverty. At D-Prize, we believe in investing in women-led organizations like 4Her2Her who are breaking the silence and positively impacting the lives of girls in low-income countries.
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Catalog of All D-Prize Seeded Organizations
Mbariro Organization’s mission is to empower Zimbabwe’s children to develop the skills and competencies needed to create solutions for the country’s most pressing challenges.
King ED intends to create a world where Cameroonian children are not just in school but are in school and learning.
Elimu Daraja Initiative, founded by The Ark Playschool is committed to bridging educational inequalities in underserved communities to eradicate poverty.
FarmHive Trading Zambia Limited will reduce post-harvest losses for rain-fed farmers and enhance regional food security.
Tufaayo Foundation’s Sugar Daddy Awareness Program aims to empower grade 8 (senior one) teenagers in the Lira District with knowledge about the risks of partnering with older men. The program targets 250 girls in 3 months, 1,000 girls in 1 year, and aims for a long-term reach of 100,000 girls in 5 years.
Edu Call Uganda will improve agriculture services, economic growth and development for women in Uganda.
SunWorld’s Massive Transformative Purpose is to create a world where access to clean and sustainable energy is a universal right, empowering people in rural communities to thrive and reach their full potential.
Medina SunTech is a social venture with a mission of improving and dispatching clean, reliable, and affordable solar energy systems to off-grid communities of South Sudan.
YouScreen is dedicated to reducing cervical cancer fatalities in Uganda through community-driven, women-to-women initiatives.
Through the distribution of high-quality affordable off-the-shelf pico lamps, Solivia Energies Limited transforms lives in underserved communities into healthy and self-sustaining households.
Taasa-Abato Health link is focused on improving child immunization uptake in slums/ urban-poor communities in Kampala district, which have been observed to have low uptake, high drop-out rates/missed doses and vaccine hesitancy despite the availability of free and safe vaccines in public health facilities around them.
Creativa improves the agricultural landscape by offering high-quality inputs and training to increase yields, boost farmer incomes and ensure food security.
Fatima Solar Reach's mission is to provide affordable and reliable solar power solutions to underserved communities in Ghana, aiming to improve quality of life, enhance safety, and support socioeconomic development by increasing access to clean energy.
Sustainable Outreach Foundation (SOF) seeks to implement the Promoting Resilience in Agriculture for Economic Transformation (PRAET) project, which is an agricultural transformative initiative dedicated to empowering smallholder farmers in the Buea Municipality of Cameroon.
The Count Down to Zero Initiative (C2Z) aims to reduce cervical cancer-related mortality by increasing access to cervical screening services through a community-led approach, embracing high-impact partnerships, and optimizing sustainability with green energy solutions distribution of the world's existing poverty interventions.
Teach Me Well Ghana is dedicated to addressing foundational learning gaps for learners in Grades 3 to 5 through the highly effective Teaching at the Right Level (TaRL) methodology.
Ongeza Zao na Pato (OZP) will enhance farmer yields and income through the provision of quality inputs.
Peo-Boswa (Seeds of Heritage) is an intervention that will provide quality millet and sorghum seeds and locally manufactured organic fertilizers to 100 farmers with farms of 2 hectares or less in the Chobe Enclave region.
EmpowerHERVenture aims to empower single mothers in rural Kenya by providing them with the skills, resources, and support needed to start or enhance their entrepreneurial ventures, ultimately improving their livelihoods and that of their families.
Impact Sync advocates for sustainable and safe cities through a collaborative approach between communities and various stakeholders.
KatexPower is dedicated to addressing energy poverty and improving lives through sustainable energy solutions.
Solid Foundations Academy is committed to providing the right instructional support to learners in Grade 3 to 5 to acquire essential foundational literacy and numeracy skills that sets them up for great success in education.
Renewed Literacy and Youth Center is committed to providing equitable and quality education to all children in Uganda, particularly those from underserved communities, bridging the foundational learning gap in underserved schools.
Ekha Solar Project’s mission is to reduce extreme energy poverty and bridge the energy gap by providing affordable and sustainable clean solar solutions to last-mile communities.
Bringing TaRL to Villages’ mission is to ensure that every child, regardless of their background or circumstances, receives a foundational education that equips them with the knowledge and skills they need to thrive.
Safe Water Technologies will provide water filters to ensure that rural communities have access to clean and safe water.
Kiswahili for ‘trees in our neighborhoods’, Miti Mitaani pays urban youth to establish community forests which mitigate the impact of climate change.
Sunny Energy Malawi's mission is to enhance the quality of lives in low-income rural communities in Dowa, Malawi, by promoting education, empowerment, and economic development through the distribution of clean, affordable, and sustainable solar lamps.
Waves of Resilience hopes to build strong community-led PMTCT service delivery systems.
Farmtorch improves access to timely, affordable and quality inputs for smallholder farmers on credit to improve productivity while facilitating market access.
Aloha Foundation Uganda's mission is to foster primary school education and drive socio-economic inclusivity in Uganda.
Dzuwa Gleam is on a mission to empower and enhance the lives of Malawians living in underserved, off-grid rural communities grappling with energy poverty through the provision of clean, sustainable, and reliable energy solutions.
Kilimo-Premier Financial Services Limited aims to be among the leading financial services providers within the country that improve smallholder farmers’ livelihoods through the provision of agro-credit services
JUTO seeks to equip women and youth living in extreme poverty by providing them with the tools, skills, and resources needed to build lasting livelihoods and escape the cycle of poverty.
Solar Cube is a social enterprise with the mission to change the lives of many people in rural off-grid areas in Uganda and beyond by using clean and affordable solar products & services.
Kukhanya aims to provide small household solar solutions for hard-to-reach communities across Mozambique.
SESA Energy's mission is to provide affordable, reliable, and sustainable solar power solutions to illuminate and power underserved communities in Tanzania while empowering local women and youth, reducing carbon emissions, and fostering economic prosperity.
Farmerstack helps smallholder farmers achieve a more profitable harvest, 2 - 3X better than their average counterparts.
Greenspa is a startup enterprise which promote utilization of renewable energy technologies to marginalized people in Malawi.
Ziimba's mission is to empower marginalized farmers to earn substantial income through sustainable agroforestry.
Nomad Child Trust addresses vaccine inequity amongst the vulnerable rural pastoral communities in Kenya.
Novus Solar is an innovative, market-driven, and socially inclusive energy enterprise providing affordable solar energy lighting to the rural marginalized poor through PAYGO and cash sales.
Kwawala Energies is aimed at improving access to clean, safe, and affordable solar energy products in rural and off-grid households in the last mile communities bordering Mozambique in Mulanje district, Malawi.
Cancer MedLab mission is to make cervical cancer screening accessible, affordable, and ultimately, to save lives through early detection and intervention.
Through deliberate community awareness, the Awaken Her Initiative envisions a Rwanda in which no woman dies as a result of cervical cancer ignorance.
Raitagyana aims to equip smallholder farmers in Bidar district of southern India with cost-effective agricultural inputs and specialized knowledge to improve their crop yields and lift them out of extreme poverty.
Cradle Care Initiative is based on redeeming any unacceptable high immunization dropout rate, while also reducing child mortality due to vaccine-preventable diseases.
AgriNov seeks to improve yield and income of smallholder farmers through timely access to quality inputs, knowledge and market facilitation.
Chetechete Sautsa Nyama’ mission is to create a Malawi free from Sexual and Gender Based Violence by championing survivor empowerment and transforming societal norms and allow completion of court cases involving SGBV perpetrators.
Village Solar is driven by a mission to empower communities through the provision of accessible and sustainable energy solutions, utilizing a community-driven distribution model.
4Her2Her will address the dangers of Sugar Daddies who capitalize on girls’ poverty and vulnerability, contributing to a reduction in cross-generational sexual encounters and related HIV/STI incidence, teenage pregnancies and early marriages.
TENERGY is a youth-led clean energy company geared to reduce social and economic vulnerabilities associated with lack of access to clean and sustainable energy solutions.
Women Self Inject Initiative (WSII) seeks to increase access to modern contraceptives particularly self injectables (Sayana press) among women in low resource settings.
The Madaraja Foundation aims to improve the health and well-being of Ugandan women and girls by increasing access to quality sexual and reproductive health information and care.
Kayan Gona Agro Network distributes farm inputs of fertilizers and quality seeds as well as agronomic training to farmers in rural communities through a credit and gradual saving approach with a rural agency system for timely delivery.
Hope Springs Health Foundation Uganda’s mission is to increase awareness of the risks of sugar daddies to 100%, improve girls' confidence to say "no" to cross-generational relationships, and enhance girls' ability to think critically about challenges facing them as well as how current choices can shape the future.
GREENWORLD REVOLUTION contributes to increasing access to energy and reducing energy access disparity in Benin using green energy sources.
Everlight Solar Solutions' mission is to empower rural communities in Central Province, Zambia, by providing them with access to reliable and affordable Pico solar lamps.
TONDA Uganda distributes Sayana Press to rural women in Kitagwenda district, Uganda.
Teso Women’s Initiative (TWI) aims to distribute self-injectable contraceptives to underserved women in Uganda through private health care providers.
She Screens Uganda’s mission is to extend cervical cancer screening services in rural Uganda.
Eco-Energy's mission is to improve access to clean, safe, and affordable solar energy products in rural and off-grid communities of Liberia.
Education Empowerment for Rural and Urban slums (EERUI) delivers the Teaching at the Right Level (TaRL) program, an education program proven to improve basic literacy and numeracy.
Growth Pathways will implement a 12-month poverty graduation program focused on microenterprise development to help the ultra-poor develop sustainable livelihoods.
AgriEn Network will increase access to quality inputs and extension services to smallholder farmers in Zambia to help them grow and earn more.
Rural Women and Children Development Initiative (RUWOCHDI) aims to reduc postpartum hemorrhage through training and community distribution of misoprostol in rural communities of Sokoto then spreading throughout Nigeria.
Ibukia Shambani innovates access to the most comprehensive, quality, and productive agricultural inputs to smallholder last-mile farmers.
Mother Foundation seeks to improve access to family planning services among women in underserved communities in Uganda.
Blesser Breakers aims to raise Sugar Daddy awareness by delivering a 3-part, 2-hour intervention to
Grade 8 girls in Western Province, Zambia, to reduce risky cross-generational sexual relationships, in
turn reducing the spread of HIV and unwanted pregnancy.
Ibukia Shambani innovates access to the most comprehensive, quality, and productive agricultural inputs to smallholder last-mile farmers.
Prime Biomedical U Ltd’s mission is to increase access to life-saving in remote and peri-urban Health Centres through timely maintenance and repair of oxygen concentrators in Western Uganda.
Mother Foundation seeks to improve access to family planning services among women in underserved communities in Uganda.
Women for Women Uganda aims to bridge the gap in health services delivery for underserved and disadvantaged communities by establishing and building local partnerships with communities.
Blesser Breakers aims to raise Sugar Daddy awareness by delivering a 3-part, 2-hour intervention to
Grade 8 girls in Western Province, Zambia, to reduce risky cross-generational sexual relationships, in
turn reducing the spread of HIV and unwanted pregnancy.
Easy Buy’s mission is to improve lives through distributing cost effective solar products of superior quality to far flung areas in Zambia and beyond.
RUMO Energy increases the distribution of solar lamps in rural Tanzania through the rent-to-own model.
Sun Plugged is a Zimbabwean-based renewable energy company aimed at distributing affordable renewable energy solutions to the last mile customer in the rural areas
SIRIUS Initiative is a social enterprise which delivers a community where everyone has access to modern contraception and every pregnancy is wanted.
Oxicare is in a mission to serve over 1 Million patients by helping them service their Health Devices.
Soma Organization meets struggling pupils at the level they are to help them get where they need to be.
Better Women Health (BWH) is distributing Misoprostol to reduce the high prevalence of PPH mortality, among millions of women giving birth at home, driven by remote settings of war torn South Sudan.
ARC-EN-CIEL’s mission is to increase agricultural productivity as the major source of income and employment in the South-Kivu province that will help rural communities to move out of poverty.
Rising Roots empowers last mile marginal households to access resilient and sustainable livelihoods through entrepreneurship.
Smart City Initiatives Uganda is an NGO that develops, promotes and scales-up cost-effective interventions to improve road safety.
Fistula Awareness and Treatment Initiative aims to identify and to help treat obstetric fistula patients from remote areas of South Sudan.
Sustainable Initiative for Nutrition & Development (SIND's) exclusive breast milk feeding (EBMF) and support campaign project aims to increase exclusive breast milk feeding rate by improving health facility and community breastfeeding support continuum for lactating mothers in Nigeria.
Union des Jeunes Filles pour le Développement (UJFD) leverages existing youth education programming in DR Congo to deliver and timely scale proven and cost-effective solutions that contribute to the reduction of risky of sex among adolescent girls, reduce teenage pregnancy and HIV infection rates.
Shopner Bhubon Education is a nonprofit venture that seeks to improve education attainment among primary school students in rural Bangladesh.
Maatri aims to prevent the postpartum hemorrhage and curb the maternal deaths by the community-based door to door distribution of misoprostol (a WHO approved low cost uterotonic drug) via Female Community Health Volunteers (FCHVs).
Lafiya Nigeria focuses on expanding access to family planning products in underserved communities in Nigeria.
Soma Sawa uses the proven Teaching at the Right Level program to improve basic literacy and numeracy among primary students in Kenya.
Impact Energy will distribute solar lanterns through a partnership with last mile mobile money booths.
Schooling4All delivers the Teaching at the Right Level (TaRL) education program in rural primary schools to improve basic reading and math skills before students graduate from primary schools.
HealthPort improves access to medical oxygen in Nigeria through digitized clinician support and oxygen equipment asset management.
OxyMed Global Solution improves access to medical oxygen The Gambia by repairing and maintaining existing oxygen concentrators.
GLOMED Technologies improves the accessibility of medical oxygen through the servicing and maintenance of medical oxygen concentrators in Ghana.
Girls Hub is a youth-led feminist NGO addressing the unmet need for family planning for underserved populations in rural Nigeria.
YeneHealth's mission is to reach, educate, and enhance women’s confidence in the use of contraceptives with the goal of addressing the unmet need for family planning in Ethiopia.
Elevate Health Uganda is a community-based organization that aims to improve uptake of Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) for HIV prevention in hard-to-reach rural areas in Amuru district, Northern Uganda.
Water4Life increases access to clean and safe water through the promotion of chlorine dispensers to prevent waterborne diseases in the most vulnerable communities in Benin.
ChildACT increases routine childhood immunizations in Nigeria through SMS reminders to caregivers and supportive community engagement.
Sunlight helps remote off-grid communities in Burkina Faso access high quality and affordable solar lamps on a sustainable basis.
Screensavers Initiative reduces morbidity and mortality due to cervical cancer by increasing access to cervical cancer screening using VIA in Uganda.
Family Empowerment Media is an evidence-based non-profit that enables informed family planning decisions through clear, compelling, and accurate radio-based communication.
OSMER SARL expands access to affordable and sustainable solar lighting systems in rural Togo.
LafiaCare expands access to cervical cancer education, screening and treatment in Bukina Faso.
Ending Maternal Mortality reduces maternal mortality through training birth attendants and distributing life-saving medical treatments.
NAGO Farmers Support Group Limited distributes quality farm inputs to smallholder farmers in rural Uganda.
OBF Recruit's mission is to help reduce the obstetric fistula burden in Ghana and beyond through active case identification.
TaRL Namibia rapidly increases literacy and numeracy among primary school children by increasing access to the proven “Teaching at the Right Level” education program.
Mlimi Agro Hub distributes quality farm inputs, including fertilizer, seeds and post-harvest storage bags, to smallholder farmers in Malawi.
Govuka's mission is to leverage existing youth education programming in Eswatini to deliver and rapidly scale the proven and cost-effective “Sugar Daddy Awareness” solution to reduce teenage pregnancy and HIV infection rates.
Community Health Initiative distributes the self-injectable contraceptive Sayana Press through a network of private practitioners in Uganda.
Action For Healthy Youth distributes the proven education intervention “Sugar Daddy Awareness” to empower young people with knowledge and skills to reduce the risk of sexually transmitted diseases and teenage pregnancies.
Notre Voix installs chlorine dispensers next to community water sources and promotes their use to increase access to safe water.
Zasolar is a youth-led enterprise that enhances access to renewable energy technologies in underprivileged rural areas in Malawi by creating a distribution network reaching logistically-challenged areas with affordable solar technology.
Water for Development (Water4Dev) provides access to safe water to reduce the incidence of water-borne diseases.
Sayari Green Alliance gives rural populations access to safe water by distributing and promoting point-of-use chlorine dispensers.
Mobiklinic distributes the self-injectable contraceptive Sayana Press to last mile areas of Uganda.
HMP PLC distributes is a new for-profit social business established with a primary aim of commercializing and distributing proven social impact products to rural and marginalized under-served households in Ethiopia.
Cherehani Agriculture leverages an organized network of veterinary doctors to distribute animal health and nutrition products.
Wezesha is a digital communication platform for the primary healthcare sector, which uses accessible technology to enhance two-way communication between patients, service providers and government institutions.
Society for Impact Health Initiative (SIHI) is a non-profit company working to meet the unmeet need for contraceptives for underserved populations by scaling up distribution of self-injectable contraceptives in rural Zambia.
HERWO will utilize a peer-led model to ensure last mile delivery of self-injectable contraceptives to underserved populations.
The Taimaka Project’s mission to tackle food insecurity in Northeastern Nigeria began with the implementation of a post-harvest loans (PHL) program that delivered crop storage bags and a small loan to rural farmers to help them save their crops and sell when prices were up to 50% higher.
AgriSocius Lda is an agribusiness company with a mission to commercialize smallholder agriculture in Mozambique.
Nukushare Agro Limited distributes improved seeds and other accompanying agro-inputs and services to smallholder farmers in Ghana.
SolarPoint distributes solar lamps through agricultural cooperatives and savings groups.
Sumba Sustainable Solutions empowers rural families by enabling access to solar-power for lighting and value-adding to agricultural produce.
Sollys Energy's mission is to end energy poverty in Malawi by making quality solar products affordable and accessible.
Renewable Energy for All Nigerian (REFAN) provides solar powered lamps to off-grid communities in Nigeria.
Relief to Farmers aims at improving the lives of smallholder farmers in Ghana by distributing affordable Purdue Improved Crop Storage Sacks.
Mzima Health Access serves to improve quality of life of community individuals through access to voluntary medical male circumcision to reduce the risk of HIV acquisition.
Saving Mothers, Saving Lives increases adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) and retention in HIV care for at least HIV positive pregnant and breastfeeding women.
Through empowering traditional birth attendants, Koi Koi Stories increases community access to the lifesaving misoprostol drug to reduce post partum haemorrhage, the leading cause of maternal mortality among the rural underserved women of Moroto District, Uganda.
Resonance Lab provides clean, affordable and reliable energy access to people in rural India.
Free2Plan is a feminist, youth-led non profit working to meet the unmet need for family planning by distributing Sayana Press, an injectable contraceptive.
Solar Brother distributes quality solar products to rural and semi-urban populations in DRC.
#TRANSPARENTIVAL is a campaign that aims to engage young people in the fight corruption in Colombia.
SAUK will facilitate access to commercial fertilizer and farmer training in the province of South-Kivu, mainly in the Ruzizi-Tanganyika Plain Corridor.
SoBz Energy Limited will distribute life changing solar lamps to rural communities in Uganda.
Katswiri's mission is to distribute livestock and livestock services on loan to rural smallholder farmers in order to promote a better quality of life.
Haraka Home is Africa’s “Costco on wheels,” saving East African consumers money by delivering bulk commodities such as LPG and food using a distributed fleet of delivery vehicles preloaded with fast moving consumer goods.
Nutri You strives to create simplicity in agriculture by offering farmers affordable drip irrigation systems to help them grow.
Adolescent Health Champions trains adolescent girls in India as health educators in their schools and communities.
CORD’s Positive Escort Project aims to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV by training and engaging experienced women living with HIV to follow up and ensure 150 HIV+ pregnant women complete Antiretroviral Therapy.
Econome Ltd is a last mile distributor building a trusted one-stop shop for impactful energy products needed by rural households in Kenya.
Health Support Initiatives contributes to the reduction of morbidity, mortality and disability due to preventable diseases by incentivizing parents and caregivers to bring children to health facilities for immunizations.
To transition families to LPG stoves from firewood and charcoal, the Community Technology Worker (CTW) Program trains local experts in Shirati, Tanzania to teach families how to use the gas stove, check in regularly, and provide any technical or maintenance support to the households.
Green Action One aims to reduce climate change effects in Malawi and beyond by distributing solar lights and other clean energy options to under-saved and marginalized populations.
Agri Eco Enterprise (AEE) aims to boost the lives of the small holder farmers in Malawi by distributing Purdue Improved Crop Storage (PICS) bags to address post-harvest loss.
Leaf provides digital financial services to refugees so that they can store and transport assets across borders from a feature phone, avoiding cash.
The Now Exchange is bringing health access and choice to women in the Bangladeshi garment industry.
Civis encourages and empowers accountability and active citizenship in the development of laws and policies in India.
MASIH aims to educate Indonesian rural communities on the benefits of shifting away from open wood burning and provide affordable financing options to purchase clean cook stoves that can reduce the impact of wood burning or that utilizes alternative fuel options.
Lubuto Energy brings affordable, reliable solar lighting to families in poor communities who are not connected to national electricity grids and are using harmful fumes for lighting.
Sauti ya Mama is a high impact social enterprise that aims to prevent mother-to-child transmission (PMCTC) of HIV by ensuring ART adherence by HIV-positive expectant mothers.
Empower Energy identifies village-level entrepreneurs and provides them with a solar-powered charging station which gives rural customers access to LED lights and mobile phone charging.
The team will collaborate with local health centers to provide VMMC services and improve access to the procedure in hard to reach areas of Rwanda.
The Oninku Health Foundation is a new venture that seeks to address the occurrence of postpartum hemorrhage in rural communities of Ghana through training of traditional birth attendants.
Waste and Energy Technologies (WETECH) limited proposes to distribute solar lamps through an innovative, sustainable, and scalable model that will help all Malawians access clean lighting.
Local Links promotes renewable energy products through community-based rural financial services structures, known as savings groups. These groups form Local Links target market in rural Uganda and are a platform for the business model.
A mobile-accessible platform containing pre-developed video and audio content meant to teach farmers in Ghana the most relevant practices to increase farm yields and incomes.
NA Energy Solutions Limited is a social enterprise in Ghana with the aim of distributing energy saving cook stoves.
ElleSolarie is the first women-led, pay-as-you-go clean energy distribution network in West Africa.
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Mukuru Clean Stoves will partner with local women groups to educate the community on the impacts of household air pollution and sell cook stoves in the most popular local markets in Kenya.
Con-Com will utilize the network of home based care workers (HBCs) who currently work on HIV treatment to help ensure that more women living in rural areas of Tanzania are screened for cervical cancer.
The Safe Passage team will train 100 Traditional Birth Attendants (TBAs) during the initial pilot phase in Nigeria, on the practical use of Misoprostol during child delivery.
Lights For Everyone will launch their pilot program in the district of Lawra, Ghana where almost 90% of the population lives in rural areas. In this region, only 30% of the population is estimated to have access to electricity.
JLF EI distributes high-quality solar lamps and phone chargers from the German manufacturer, Little Sun. The products are specifically designed to resist intensive usage in rural Sub-Saharan Africa such as heat (up to 80°C), heavy tropical rains, drops, dust, and UV.
In collaboration with the Federal and State Ministries of Health in Nigeria, Power in Her Hand Initiative will train community health extension workers to create demand for Sayana Press as well as counsel patients on using the injectable contraceptive.
Impact Light Solar Trading will distribute solar lamps in urban and semi-urban areas of Malawi, beginning with a pilot in Ndirande Township in the city of Blantyre.
Community Health Movement Uganda will take a two-pronged approach. First, they will raise awareness about VMMC in rural communities with local populations and among front line health workers who can refer patients to health facilities. Next, they will train both front line health workers and health workers in health facilities to support VMMC uptake.
The True Care Support Group will tackle the problem of non-completion of ART by providing a support network that offers peer counseling, training, encouragement, and emotional support to women living with HIV, with a focus on pregnant women living with HIV.
PICS bags are potentially the next revolutionary product for safe grain storage for millions of farmers in Ethiopia. The inner lines of the bags greatly hinder the movement of oxygen across the wall of the bag, killing insects. The tough outer woven bag enables to bag to be easily handled. PHK Trading will increase sales and distribution of PICS bags by adoping a youth reseller model.
The Strong Girl Network is piloting a proven intervention to combat cross-generational
sexual relationship in Nigeria with a goal to reach 57,600 girls in 3 months and 500,000 girls in two years.
Chubi Agro will work on scaling up the distribution of high quality maize seeds by scaling up production of quality seeds in order to meet the anticipated growth in demand for improved seeds.
Seteiye Solar Services is committed to replacing kerosene lamps with solar-powered LED lanterns. They will introduce an everyday consumer product, integrating this technology in the lives of with those who need it in 136 villages in the Essien Udim local government area of Akwa Ibom state, Nigeria.
To address the problem of soil fertility, Patsogolo ndi Ulimi project will increase the yields of smallholder farmers by over 70% and promote a green environment through the promotion of fertilizer microdosing.
Bronze Health Care Initiative will scale up last mile distribution of Sayana press in rural
Uganda giving women more power to choose when to have and when not to have children.
The pilot will strengthen the links between newly identified HIV patients, patient referrals and defaulter tracing of patients already receiving ART at Our Lady’s Hospice and Kafue Mission Hospital in Zambia.
Tado Lamp proposes a model for selling solar lamps that not only leverages flexible payments made possible by mobile technology but also ensures a decentralized distribution model.
Solar Mashinani is a chain of branded portable kiosks selling high-quality solar lamps on a pay-as-you-go basis within rural markets in Kenya.
Gas4All's mission is to effectively distribute 3kg LPG clean cook stoves to urban slum households in the city of Kaduna, Nigeria in order to drastically reduce mortality from smoke inhalation, especially among women and children.
Jibu Tanzania aims to tackle two major issues within East Africa and beyond: unemployment and lack of access to clean water. Their mission is to create affordable access to drinking water through franchised water production sites across Arusha.
Raise Your Text plans to reduce teacher absenteeism for unauthorized absences while increasing educational data and teacher-parent engagement through an anonymous texting accountability and outreach platform.
Farm on Wheels is a direct distribution line that will bring quality seeds and fertilizers to farmers, then transport farm produce to urban areas via large trucks at harvest time.
Sehak has created creating a free, call-based service that provides an accessible
diagnosis for the 4 easily correctable health conditions targeted, connects users to vetted health facilities that can treat the diagnosed condition, and regularly engages with the users.
Farmers Pride provides supply chain management and a “last mile” village retail franchise model,
catalyzing a modern trade ecosystem for rural, smallholder agriculture. The model entails
commercially distributing quality farm inputs with bundled farmer extension, farmer training and other services like soil testing and insurance.
EDKASA's mission is to make quality secondary education accessible to 20,000 adolescents in Pakistan by 2020.
We expand access to clean cooking fuel by letting people pay as you to switch from cooking with charcoal. Our model is working in urban areas in Dar es Salaam and now the real challenge is adapting it so we can serve the very poorest in rural areas.
Our mission is to combat vaccine preventable diseases through distribution of vaccination reminder bracelets and awareness creation on importance of childhood immunization in Nigeria.
Farmwise offers smallholder farmers everything they need to succeed in the field and ensure that they increase their crop harvest by up to 70% per cycle, reduce post-harvest losses and finally improve their livelihood.
Greenergies will source high-quality, proven, affordable solar lamps from proven importers and distribute them to target rural localities through a network of vendors who are already operating provision stores in these areas.
Our model is based on a Village Agent agro-input distribution model having four stakeholders: seed producers/companies, a master distributor (DIAPL), Village Agents, and maize producer households.
SolSisters aims to meet the power needs of those living in informal communities in Namibia by selling and distributing solar products to base of the pyramid customers. We employ a rent-to-own model to increase access to off-grid power solutions among low-income communities.
NENA foundation's mission is to identify women suffering from obstetric Fistula and connect them to hospitals offering free treatment and corrective surgeries.
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Unnoti was founded by Md Intisher Rahman, Maheen Absar Neha, Shah Md Nasir Rahat and Tanjima Hoque. This new social venture will promote cost saving and modern environment friendly cook stoves to replace the traditional cook stoves...
EnEff (Energy Efficiency) was founded by Kaushal Kothari, Kartavya Bhola, Neeraj Bhagwatula and Kavya Sravanthi. This new social venture aims to ensure easy access to solar lamps to families in the state of Rajasthan, India...
The African 1000 Days Actions (ADA) is a start-up non-government organization that brings affordable quality maternal healthcare to poor women. Through its South Sudanese Project,
Pollicy, founded by Neema Iyer, believes in the power of data to revolutionize how governments deliver services to their citizens. The venture will use multiple accessible digital
Safe Delivery, Safe Mother was founded by Mehreen Shahid, Annemarie Collins and Tinotenda Muchena. This new social venture aims to reduce material mortality in Pakistan by training
The Mozambique School Lunch Initiative is a non-profit organization that delivers nutritious school lunches to children in rural primary schools in Mozambique, reducing childhood
While 97% of Indian children enrol in schools, over 40% dropout before by age 12. The high dropout rates and poor learning outcomes eventually contribute to a huge deficit in the
Soch, founded by Syed Anzar Ahmad, is a social venture committed to improving education in low- income communities in Pakistan.
Qantab Light Cube is a renewable energy company based in Nigeria with focus on the deployment of stand–alone portable and rooftop solar units to rural and urban homes, and
Energy One Africa was founded by Mathy Mpassy Isinki with the goal of giving energy access to underserved low income consumers via pay-as-you-go. Energy One Africa's subscribers
Tieme Ndo is a high impact social enterprise founded by Moses Yangnemenga and Sihle Magagula with the aim of shaping rural farmers’ aspirations by giving them regular and timely
Trinity Health is a non-profit organization that aims to reduce maternal mortality in Nigeria by training traditional birth attendants on how to adequately respond to
ComeOnGirls was founded by Menghan Li. This new social venture will improve women’s education in the rural areas of developing countries. In the first three months of its launch,
Imole Energy Solutions was funded by Segun Adaju to create energy access for the underserved in Nigeria. The venture will create energy access
Shehryar is the Founder and Managing Director of Harness Energy, a social enterprise dedicated to providing clean and affordable solutions to
Tessellate was founded by Lauren Byrne and Camillo Lamanna. Operating in rural Zambia, Tessellate will use SMS messages to increase efficiency
Safe Love International, founded by Sandra Omo Idugboe, is a young and dynamic NGO committed to securing a brighter future for
Endurance Electric mission is to improve access to affordable, high quality portable energy solutions that transfom the lives of people living Off Grid who
GreenVille Solutions creates awareness on the dangers of using awareness candles/kerosene for light and distributes Sun King solar
Approximately 1 in 44 women in Uganda will die from pregnancy related complications throughout their lifetimes. SMS Maama is an automated text messaging service for pregnant
Access to Education (A2e) is an online educational platform that ensures remote areas students access to quality instructive videos and live classes,
Pardafas was founded in 2015 to fight corruption in Nepal. Pardafas is an evidence-based accountability tool that aims to fuel the national fight against corruption enabling active
Peach Technologies is on a mission to accelerate the use software to predict, detect and treat diseases. Our first product is an electronic health records system designed to provide
Empower Generation is a social enterprise that creates clean energy distribution networks consisting of women-led businesses that reach last-mile
Please Disturb the Driver! was founded by Miguel Torhton, Mexican citizen and Master in Public Policy graduate from The George Washington University.
Pay2Educate aims to provide better means for the education of young girls in India. It has created a simple platform that links donors to schools, creating scholarships for underprivileged
Easy Solar provides pay-as-you-go solar-powered lighting and charging systems to people with no electricity access in Sierra Leone and Liberia.
Deevabits Green Energy (DGE) was founded by David Wanjau. This new social enterprise will distribute solar lamps to improve the livelihoods and prosperity of the rural poor. DGE uses
The Solar Army Project: Tusingwire Patrick and Hamidah Naishur Nakimuli: Meridian Holdings , a start-up renewable energy service company is creating an army of foot soldiers to
Mother's Delivery Kit was founded by Adepeju Jaiyeoba. This social venture will train Traditional Birth Attendants (TBAs) in rural communities and connect them with the lifesaving drugs,
PayGo Energy solves the root causes for reliance on inefficient fuels by removing key cost and supply barriers to modern energy. The PayGo smart meter technology enables micro-asset
M-Lesson aims to improve educational opportunities for children across Kenya through a low-cost mobile performance assessment platform. By testing and measuring ongoing student learning
Last Mile is a new social enterprise founded by Liz McNeil and her team at Anza. Over the next three months, the Last Mile pilot will train 25 high-performing sale agents in the
Within the world's poorest communities many children with preventable disease go without treatment, even when care is freely available. For some parents, they just don't know help is
Rimay is a crowdsourced rating platform for public services in developing countries. It was founded as a way to improve accountability and quality in government-provided services in
Sauti was founded by Julia Lipowiecka, Lance Hadley and Diego Hakspiel. Sauti is an SMS-based platform for simplifying trade procedures for small cross-border traders and using
TextDirect was founded by Shashank Iyer, Anudeep Yegireddi, Tiago Sanfelice, Nitsan Shakked and Stephanie Leutert. TextDirect leverages mobile technology to increase adherence to malaria
Sage is a data-driven distribution and finance company that makes solar energy, light, and life changing appliances attainable through long term payment plans. The Sage platform combines
Zero Violencia will prevent violence in Paraguay by distributing life skills development, a strategy recommended by the WHO as proven to reduce aggressive behavior in youth. They
Kumwe Logistics is a tech-enabled brokerage that lowers the cost of transporting goods in East Africa. Freight transportation costs 60% more than in developed countries, which has a
REACH, founded by David Kafambe, Angelina Micha Djaja, Clara Bicalho and Eduardo Campillo, is a non-profit organization whose mission is to empower teachers and promote creative
sharEd is improving early education in low-income communities in India by making high-quality educational curricula and resources accessible through an innovative new sharing model.
Arvind piloted a new approach for improving education in resource-limited settings. He will rely on digital student assessments to increase
Maria co-founded Livelyhoods in 2011, and will launch the iSmart network to distribute clean-burning cook stoves as replacements for dangerous
Olivia launched Juabar in Tanzania. Juabar kiosks use solar power to charge mobile phones and are also a point-of-sale for household solar lamps. Kiosks are run by local “jua-preneurs”.
Jackie and Diana launched Essmart to connect local India retailers with manufacturers of solar lamps, home lighting systems, water filters and other essential products. They plan to
Katie launched Watch Me Go, a crowd-sourced funding platform to provide education scholarships for girls in Kenya. Watch Me Go will allow donors to build a virtual classroom of
PayGo is a for-profit direct sales company that is distributing innovative and life changing products in Ghana. PayGo identifies and trains teams of sales representatives who sell
BYU students Dane, Bronwen, Ryan, and Spencer are working with Uganda's Minister of Health to improve praziquantel distribution, a deworming medicine. They will train
Social Cops is turning citizens into human sensors to aid decisions in civic, public health, and education issues. The organization is using citizen crowd-sourced data to bring
Launched by a team from Harvard, YouthGlobe sponsors full secondary school scholarships to talented, low-income Burundian students by connecting them to donors in
Tufts University student Morgan is creating Colibri (formerly Solar Route) which uses transnational bus routes to tackle the last mile distribution challenge. She is using existing
Andrew and Tommy are launching Claire de Lune. They will distribute solar lighting to untapped markets in Burkina Faso. They reach rural families by leveraging bus routes and
Launched by Hult International Business School graduates, Pulse is the world’s first mobile commitment saving service. It will give millions of unbanked people a safe and convenient
Alyse and Hashim are distributing energy efficient technologies to improve the health, income, and education of Africa’s low-income households. LiTeAfrica
Zacharias is launching Pay2Africa, an online payment business that allows users to send money transfers from the US to Ethiopia. Money2Ethiopia.com will
Youth Impact founders are teaching a "sugar daddy awareness" class to young girls in Botswana. The class warns teens about the increased HIV and pregnancy risks that come
Stanford and UC Berkeley students founded Miti Health. The venture is building an Android-based platform to help health care providers in East Africa streamline sales,
Born from Stanford's "Design for Extreme Affordability" program, EarthEnable is helping Rwandan masons install $30 earthen floors, a much healthier alternative to dirt
Columbia SIPA students are piloting CleanTap, a venture which has repurposed the well proven "Tippy Tap" handwashing station found in rural areas, and is now
Phoenix Solar will bring affordable solar products for lighting and mobile phone charging to under-served communities in Nigeria. Solar lamps result in significant
Bright Renewables provides renewable energy solutions to households and small businesses in Zimbabwe. We aim to lead the energy revolution by making
Qorax (“ko-rah") distributes clean, high impact home energy technology in Somalia, where grid delivered electricity rates are among the most expensive in the world and
RARE Education is developing a radically affordable model of delivering high-quality secondary education. RAREwill support students through an
ALTech addresses energy needs of off-grid and under-electrified households and institutions in the DR Congo, one of the world’s most challenging markets.
Novotera is helping low-income families in Vietnam gain access to clean cookstoves by building a distribution network around the popular Rua cookstove. The Rua is designed to work with
vChalk offers remedial education and progress tracking services to schools in India. Our customers’ problem is the inability to support all children with diverse learning needs.
Jeunes Braves was founded by Som Kpante and Komi Begeou. This new venture will scale up Sugar Daddy Awareness Classes across Togo. This intervention was proven in a randomized
Dazin was founded by Deepak Ashwani. Dazin provides most affordable and environmental friendly cooking energy solution to the households of Bhutan. Dazin manufacture the fuel
SponsorHer! will ensure the brightest girls receive high school education through a scholarship program. Their fundraising platform mobilizes a network of expatriate mothers
Asepsis will implement a highly integrated and sustainable system that resolves the problem of waste collection in urban slums. Using a lowcost and durable squat toilet, they
SoLight is drastically increasing the use of solar lamps in Uganda. Customers are served via a shopkeeper network, and services include a Daily Rental Program where customers can
Women for Women Uganda aims to bridge the gap in health services delivery for underserved and disadvantaged communities by establishing and building local partnerships with communities.