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Unnoti

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...

COOK STOVE CHALLENGE; BANGLADESH

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PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

Efficient, clean-burning cook stoves.

Learn more about the Cook Stove Challenge and how clean cook stoves reduce health and safety risks, lower fuel expenses, and help reduce poverty.  

 

DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION

In rural and slum areas, families in Bangladesh confront large amounts of indoor air pollution caused by choice of cooking fuel, cooking location, construction material, and poor ventilation. Exposure to such indoor air pollution leads to harmful diseases like tuberculosis, asthma, and other respiratory diseases and disproportionately affect women and children. In Bangladesh, more than 90% of the total population uses biomass fuel for cooking and other heating purposes. The health burden of indoor air pollution exposure in the country is one of the largest in the world. 

Unnoti will work with a local manufacturer of efficient cook stoves and sell these within the rural district of Comilla at an affordable price (about half the price of similar cook stoves on the market). The team will conduct surveys and awareness raising activities within the community. 

 

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

  • Reach 300 households in 5 villages during the pilot 
  • Distribute 250 stoves during the pilot 
  • Benefit 500 people during the pilot 
  • Reach 35 households across 12 villages by the end of year 1 
  • Distribute 1,000 cook stoves by the end of year 1 
  • Benefit 3,000 people by the end of year 2 

 

FOUNDING TEAM

Tanjima Hoque - Managing Director

Shah Md. Nasir Rahat - Marketing Director

Md. Intisher Rahman - Human Resources Director 

Maheen Absar Neha - Exeutive Director

 

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EnEff

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...

SOLAR LAMP CHALLENGE; INDIA

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PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

Three solar products including solar lamps and solar lanterns. 

Learn more about the Solar Lamp Challenge and how these lamps create enormous benefits for developing world families. 

 

DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION

In the absence of electricity, homes frequently turn to kerosene-based light sources for illuminating their homes. The largest use of subsidized kerosene in the world is in India with around 380 million in 2011 using kerosene as a primary lighting source.  

EnEff (Energy Efficiency) will improve access to solar lamps to families in Rajasthan, India through a unique distribution network, a consumer-oriented finance scheme, and a focus on large-scale skill development of individuals living in rural areas with a unique referral scheme. 

EnEff will first hold meetings with local farmers, women's groups, local leaders, and small business owners to better understand energy and product needs in target communities.  Distribution of solar lamps will be initiated through gram panchayats (locally elected governing bodies) which are active and respected by the local population in order to build public trust in the product and its benefits. The Solar products will also be distributed through NGOs and Village Local Entrepreneurs to end consumers. Distribution channels will include a referral scheme in which every successful referral will earn the referee cash back on the initial value of their purchase amount. To benefit from this scheme, a customer will have a short compulsory briefing from the EnEff team in servicing and sales, indirectly creating a skilled workforce and a trained sales team at minimal cost to the company. Distribution will be coupled with a broad marketing and awareness raising campaign. 

 

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

  • Reach 2600 beneficiaries by the end of the three month pilot  

  • Sell 650 solar lamps by the end of the pilot phase 

  • Sell 8,000 solar lamps by the end of year 1 

  • Benefit 30,000 people by the end of year 1 

 

FOUNDING TEAM

Kaushal Kothari - Program Implementation  

Kartavya Bhola - Strategist 

Neeraj Bhagwatula - Sales, Distribution and Human Resources Manager 

Kavya Sravanthi - Publicity, Marketing, and Community Engagement Manager 

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African 1000 Days Action

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,

MATERNAL HEALTH CHALLENGE; SOUTH SUDAN

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PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

Misoprostol, a $3 drug that could prevent 100,000 maternal deaths from postpartum hemorrhaging.

Learn more about the Maternal Health Challenge and how the distribution of Misoprostol, a $3 drug that can prevent maternal deaths from postpartum hemorrhage, could save thousands of lives. 

 

DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION

African 1000 Days Action brings affordable, quality maternal healthcare to poor women with limited access to primary healthcare services. The organization trains facility-based healthcare providers and traditional birth attendants to administer Misoprostol as a postpartum hemorrhage prevention method. The organization will ensure an effective supply chain in the Upper Nile State region of South Sudan to allow the drug to be available at an affordable price and will establish a modern pharmacy to distribute Misoprostol. To begin, African 1000 Days Action will obtain a written official approval from the South Sudanese Ministry of Health for the implementation of the project. The team notes that this is a crucial step in a post-conflict country where many regions are still militarized and the local project staff may need to frequently demonstrate that the project is approved by authorities. Then African 1000 Days Action will conduct meetings with important stakeholders including the Chinese Petroleum Extraction Company airline which is the only transportation available to reach their pilot location from Juba, South Sudan's capital city. 

The organization will focus on identifying and training traditional birth attendants. In South Sudan, around 80% of mothers deliver at home assisted by traditional birth attendants. While public healthcare institutions suffer from a lack of equipment and human resources, private pharmacists, drug shop owners, and private clinical officers have built expansive networks within the community and are playing a vital role in providing health services to remote communities. Private healthcare providers and traditional birth attendants will be chosen from this group to  train on the correct use of misoprostol. 

 

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

  • Train 500 healthcare providers and 1,000 Traditional Birth Attendants (TBAs) to administer misoprostol during the pilot 
  • Grow to 5,000 healthcare providers and over 10,000 TBA trainees by the end of 2019 
  • Ensure misoprostol supply chain to mothers during childbirth in rural areas

 

FOUNDING TEAM

Jean Luc Ugirashebuja - Executive Director 

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Pollicy

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

TRANSPARENCY CHALLENGE; UGANDA

PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

Data gathering platform to improve the provision of waste management services.

Learn more about the Transparency Challenge and how citizen reporting platforms can be used to hold government officials accountable and reduce corruption.

DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION

Pollicy believes in the power of data to revolutionize how governments deliver services to their citizens. The venture will use multiple accessible digital tools to create demand generation and feedback mechanisms between citizens and districts to improve the provision of waste management services. An open dashboard will present the visualized data to the district government for rapid decision-making, budgeting, planning and resource allocation

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

  • 10,000 citizens reached during the pilot phase

  • 3 digital channels created during the pilot phase

FOUNDING TEAM

Neema Iyer - Founder

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Safe Delivery, Safe Mother

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

MATERNAL HEALTH CHALLENGE; PAKISTAN

PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

Misoprostol.

Learn more about the Maternal Health Challenge and how the distribution of Misoprostol, a $3 drug that can prevent maternal deaths from postpartum hemorrhage, could save thousands of lives.

DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION

Safe Delivery, Safe Mother is a new social venture aiming to reduce maternal mortality in Pakistan. The team will train community midwives to prevent postpartum hemorrhage through administering a safe and cost-effective drug, Misoprostol. The three month pilot aims to train 100 CMWs within rural villages to effectively administer misoprostol, measure blood loss, and to change the communities’ perception by addressing socio-economic constraints. In the long-term, they aim to scale nationally by reaching high poverty rural areas with the highest maternal mortality rates, and play a critical role in reducing postpartum hemorrhage in Pakistan.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

  • 100 Traditional Birth Attendants trained during the pilot phase

  • 3,500 births impacted during the pilot phase

FOUNDING TEAM

Mehreen Shahid - Founder

Annemarie Collins - Founder

Tinotenda Muchena - Founder

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Mozambique School Lunch Initiative

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

CUSTOM CHALLENGE; MOZAMBIQUE

PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

Vitamin fortified lunches.

Learn more about the Custom Challenge and why we only fund ideas that focus on distributing proven poverty interventions.

DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION

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 malnutrition and increasing school participation.

By fortifying the school lunches with iron and vitamin A, and including annual deworming, we ensure that children are able to make the most of the school meals and thereby increase the impact of every dollar spent. Furthermore, by procuring food products from the local community, our school lunch program also stimulates local agricultural investment and production. In these ways, the Mozambique School Lunch Initiative promotes increased human capital accumulation and local agricultural market integration.
 

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

  • 600 children dewormed during the pilot phase

  • 8 schools reached during the pilot phase

FOUNDING TEAM

Cara Myers - Founder

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ThinkZone

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

FLIPPED CLASSROOM CHALLENGE

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PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

‘School-in-a-box’.

Learn more about the Flipped Classroom Challenge and why new education models, like flipping the classroom or deskilling a class curriculum, offer a solution to the vast teacher shortages in the developing world.

DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION

ThinkZone empowers parents and educators to develop foundational skills of children by leveraging accessible tech solutions and community-led interventions. We enable community educators, childcare workers, and school teachers to deliver quality early-grade education programs via data-driven mobile and voice/SMS based technology, low-cost learning resources, and class management tools.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

  • 15 women entrepreneurs onboarded during the pilot phase

  • 450 students enrolled during the pilot phase

FOUNDING TEAM

Binayak Acharya - Founder

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Soch

Soch, founded by Syed Anzar Ahmad, is a social venture committed to improving education in low- income communities in Pakistan.

FLIPPED CLASSROOM CHALLENGE; PAKISTAN

PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

De-skilled educational curriculum.

Learn more about the Flipped Classroom Challenge and why new education models, like flipping the classroom or deskilling a class curriculum, offer a solution to the vast teacher shortages in the developing world.

DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION

Soch works with Edtech companies and educational content producers to power flipped classrooms with continuous assessments which enable Teaching at the right level (TaRL) to help improve literacy and education quality in resource-limited classrooms.

Soch designs, implements and supervises these programs, which are then independently managed by instructors and schools.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

  • 250 students reached during the pilot phase

  • 12,000 students reached by the end of year 2

FOUNDING TEAM

Syed Anzar Ahmad - Founder

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Qantab Light Cube

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

SOLAR LAMP CHALLENGE; NIGERIA

PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

Solar units and grid systems.

Learn more about the Solar Lamp Challenge and how these lamps create enormous benefits for developing world families.

DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION

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 solar PV micro grids systems to rural communities. The company’s primary objective is to join a growing ensemble of solution providers who proactively engage vision, expertise and action in becoming an indispensable energy provider. The team will also provide before and after sales service to customers as well information regarding their electricity consumption.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

  • 600 solar lamps distributed during the pilot phase

  • 2 states in Northern Nigeria reached during the pilot

FOUNDING TEAM

Samuel Olufemi Sofela - Founder

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Energy One Africa

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

SOLAR LAMP CHALLENGE; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

Solar lamps.

Learn more about the Solar Lamp Challenge and how these lamps create enormous benefits for developing world families.

DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION

Energy One Africa operates in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) where only 9% of the population has access to electricity, leaving more than 70 million people without access.

Energy One Africa is building the energy solution that hard to reach markets needs, providing reliable and affordable solar power products, as well as specialized training for local community electrification leaders. The approach consists of enabling community-led electrification by providing solar power training sessions on installation and sales before developing local distribution projects with local people.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

  • 1,500 solar lamps distributed during the pilot phase

  • 8,250 direct beneficiaries reached during the pilot phase

  • 33,000 subscribers reached by the end of year 2

PERFORMANCE UPDATE (JANUARY 2020)

Energy One Africa has already trained 300+ people within 2 provinces of the Democratic republic of Congo, providing the workforce to serve 5,000 last mile customers and impacting 27,500 lives. Our plan for the next five years is to train 500 community electrification leaders and provide power to 100,000 last mile households.

FOUNDING TEAM

Mathy Mpassy Isinki - Founder

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Tieme Ndo

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

IMPROVED FARM PRACTICES CHALLENGE; GHANA

PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

Input credits, training and extension services, and access to markets.

Learn more about the Improved Farm Practices Challenge and why increasing the effective use of fertilizer has the potential to unlock significant crop yield for smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa.  

DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION

Tiem Ndo is a high-impact social enterprise in Ghana increasing access to improved basic inputs for smallholder farmers.

Tieme Ndo literally means “push me up” in the language of Dagaare. Their mission is to transform how farmers in rural areas access quality farm inputs which are crucial for improving harvests and livelihoods. To add value for farmers, Tieme Ndo offers a credit extension package which includes three services: input credit (registered farmers have access to at least 3 bags of fertilizer, seeds, and herbicides on credit), training and extension services (farmers are trained on new and appropriate agronomic practices and extension services are provided to help farmers apply appropriate farm practices), and access to market (farmers are assisted in finding buyers to purchase their produce at or above market prices).

The social enterprise also focuses on small agribusiness development. The Tieme Ndo team supports farmers in developing an alternative market for their produce by offering trainings on how to transform produce into other products. Tieme Ndo assists farmers in building entrepreneurial skills to help them establish small, thriving enterprises along the agriculture value chain.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

  • 130 farmers served during the pilot phase

  • 200% increase in farmer average income

  • 3,000 farmers reached during the pilot phase

FOUNDING TEAM

Moses Yangnemenga - Founder

Sihle Magagula - Founder

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SMS Maama

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

PATIENT IDENTIFICATION CHALLENGE; UGANDA

PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

Automated text messaging service for pregnant women to screen for potential complications.

Learn more about the Patient Identification Challenge and why identifying individuals in need of medical treatment and finding ways to make that treatment accessible reduces poverty.  

DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION

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 women in Uganda that harnesses mobile technology to send health information and screen for these potential pregnancy related complications before they become more serious. As an organization, we believe every woman has the right to information and the right to receive respectful maternity care. By providing access to this necessary health information, SMS Maama works to empower women and serve as a modern addition to pregnancy healthcare in Uganda.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

FOUNDING TEAM

Katelyn Pastick - Founder

Nicole Stephens - Founder

Meg Burman - Founder

Sonja Ausen-Anifrani - Founder

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Trinity Health

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

MATERNAL HEALTH CHALLENGE; NIGERIA

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PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

Misoprostol tablets.

Learn more about the Maternal Health Challenge and how the distribution of Misoprostol, a $3 drug that can prevent maternal deaths from postpartum hemorrhage, could save thousands of lives.

DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION

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 postpartum hemorrhage through the use of simulation-based medical education.

Once trained, field officers link traditional birth attendants to needed supplies such as Misoprostol and Birth Delivery Kits to ensure safe and sterile deliveries. The team’s distribution strategy centers around a system involving local drivers plying rural routes. The community-based distribution model is aimed at ensuring safe deliveries for every mother and child.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

  • 100 Traditional Birth Attendants trained during the pilot phase

  • 3,000 Misoprostol tablets distributed during the pilot phase

FOUNDING TEAM

Priscilla Colon - Founder

Joel Akachukwu Igu - Founder

Obieze Nwunna-Nzwenna - Founder

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Come On Girls

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,

SCHOLARSHIP CHALLENGE; CHINA

PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

Education scholarships for girls.

Learn more about our current distribution challenges and why we focus on interventions that are proven to impact lives.  

DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION

This new social venture will improve women’s education in the rural areas of developing countries. In the first three months of its launch, Come On Girls will make scholarships to 100 outstanding female students in rural China and remove the financial barrier in their path towards high school by attracting individual donors from Eastern China using the Wechat platform. Their goal is to enhance the enrollment rate of female students in the underdeveloped regions of China and to reduce gender discrimination in secondary education.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

  • 100 female students supported in attending high school during the pilot

  • 100 one-to-one donors attracted during the pilot

FOUNDING TEAM

Menghan Li - Founder

Yun Ling - Founder

Zijia Guo - Founder

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Imole Energy Solutions

Imole Energy Solutions was funded by Segun Adaju to create energy access for the underserved in Nigeria. The venture will create energy access

SOLAR LAMP CHALLENGE; NIGERIA

PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

Solar lamps.

Learn more about the Solar Lamp Challenge and how these lamps create enormous benefits for developing world families.

DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION

Imole Energy Solutions was founded by to create energy access for the under-served in Nigeria. The venture will create energy access at Makoko Waterfront Communities, an urban slum in Lagos, Nigeria by distributing thousands of solar lamps.

The organization will create jobs for 200 women as clean energy entrepreneurs and train 40 youths as solar technicians in one year thereby increasing sources of income for community members. With a projected energy access created for 5,000 women in one year, this will help eliminate the burning of 1.33 million liters of kerosene in the lifetime of the products (estimated at 5 years) thereby reducing about 3.07 million kg of carbon emission (at a rate or 2.3 kg of CO2 per liter of kerosene). They ultimately plan to scale the venture to achieve the goal of reaching 1 million beneficiaries by 2030 to support Goal 7 of the Sustainable Development Goals, ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

  • 5,000 solar lamps distributed by year 1

FOUNDING TEAM

Segun Adaju - Founder

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Harness Energy

Shehryar is the Founder and Managing Director of Harness Energy, a social enterprise dedicated to providing clean and affordable solutions to

COOK STOVE CHALLENGE; PAKISTAN

PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

Cook Stoves.

Learn more about the Cook Stove Challenge and how clean cook stoves reduce health and safety risks, lower fuel expenses, and help reduce poverty.  

DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION

Harness Energy is a social enterprise dedicated to providing clean and affordable solutions to Pakistan’s energy-starved population. Harness are an Associate of IFC’s Lighting Pakistan program, and their role in eradicating poverty lies in innovative distribution models that take clean energy products to the last mile. They are conducting a pilot to distribute 500 clean cook stoves in rural Punjab, and aim to scale up to 25000 in 2 years. These stoves significantly reduce indoor air pollution and pay back their investment within 6 months, leading to major improvements in their living standards.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

  • 500 cook stoves distributed during the pilot phase

  • 25,000 distributed by the end of year 2

FOUNDING TEAM

Shehryar - Founder and Managing Director

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Tessellate Strategies Ltd.

Tessellate was founded by Lauren Byrne and Camillo Lamanna. Operating in rural Zambia, Tessellate will use SMS messages to increase efficiency

IMMUNIZATION CHALLENGE; ZAMBIA

PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

Immunization reminders.

Learn more about the Immunization Challenge and how Increasing routine childhood immunization rates in low-coverage areas could prevent millions of childhood deaths.

DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION

The vision of Tessellate Strategies Ltd. Is to track vaccine supply chains in Zambia using SMS messages. The principle is simple- when vaccines arrive in country, a sticker is applied to each box with a unique identifying code that drivers, stock movers, and healthcare workers text to the organization’s free number. Everyone along the way will be incentivized to text their toll-free number so Tessellate Strategies can collect data along the distribution chain. The team will develop an online platform that will integrate the data collected into an online, real-time tracking and inventory system. Their system will improve distribution efficiency and reduce vaccine wastage in the regions where they work.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

  • Identify key inefficiencies and weak points in the supply chain by 6 months

FOUNDING TEAM

Lauren Byrne - Founder

Camillo Lamanna - Founder

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Safe Love International

Safe Love International, founded by Sandra Omo Idugboe, is a young and dynamic NGO committed to securing a brighter future for

SUGAR DADDY AWARENESS CHALLENGE; NIGERIA

PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

Sugar Daddy Awareness class.

Learn more about the Sugar Daddy Awareness Challenge and how a simple, one-hour “sugar daddy awareness” training could help countless girls avoid pregnancy while still in school, which can lead to entrenched poverty, and build a better life.

 

DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION

Safe Love International is a young and dynamic non-governmental foundation committed to providing informed education and scaling proven poverty interventions to address society's most pressing social and economic problems in Africa. In its D-Prize pilot, Safe Love International scaled Sugar Daddy Awareness to over 21,000 students in Nigeria to tackle the high rates of HIV infections and unwanted pregnancies among teenagers.

The Sugar Daddy Awareness class has been proven in a randomized controlled trial to reduce unplanned teenage pregnancy and HIV infection rates by 28%.

 

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

  • Reach 15,000 students with Sugar Daddy Awareness Class

  • Recruit and train 100+ teacher to lead Sugar Daddy Awareness Class

 

FOUNDING TEAM

Sandra Omo Idugboe - Founder

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Endurance Electric

Endurance Electric mission is to improve access to affordable, high quality portable energy solutions that transfom the lives of people living Off Grid who

SOLAR LAMP CHALLENGE; CHILE

PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

Solar lamps.

Learn more about the Solar Lamp Challenge and how these lamps create enormous benefits for developing world families.

 

DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION

Endurance Electric’s mission is to improve access to affordable, high-quality, portable energy solutions that transform the lives of people in Chile who don’t have access to energy. With a special focus on solar lamps, a last-mile market based distribution model, customer service and a focus on integrating readily-available technology, their team will start a revolution from Chile to the rest of Latin America.

 

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

  • 500 lamps distributed during the pilot phase

  • 2,000 people reached during the pilot phase

 

FOUNDING TEAM

Cristián O’Ryan - Founder

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GreenVille Solutions

GreenVille Solutions creates awareness on the dangers of using awareness candles/kerosene for light and distributes Sun King solar

SOLAR LAMP CHALLENGE; NAMIBIA

PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

Solar Lamps. 

Learn more about the Solar Lamp Challenge and how these lamps create enormous benefits for developing world families.

 

DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION

GreenVille Solutions creates awareness on the dangers of using awareness candles/kerosene for light and distributes Sun King solar products with the mission to improve lives one solar light at a time. Focusing on cross-sector collaboration, social media advertising and having a physical presence where our target customers are, we aim to sell 1000 solar products within 3 months with a goal of growing to serving 20,000 households by the end of 2020.

 

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

  • Distribute 1,000 solar products during the pilot 

  • Serve 20,000 households by the end of 2020

 

FOUNDING TEAM

Sylver Kibelolaud - Co-Founder

Kleopas Johannes - Co-Founder

 

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