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…Nepal, this project was aimed at reducing road accidents in Nepal through an education awareness campaign, and training of first responders. The main focus was a behaviour change management program conducted through various activities, including workshops, radio and television broadcasts on road safety and street drama, and the distribution of road safety education material to…

The Equality Effect’s 160 Girls project addresses the issue of child rape by creating systemic change using the law. Following the Kenyan High Court’s landmark 160 Girls decision, the  project aims to have police enforce child rape laws, ensuring perpetrator accountability and eliminating impunity for child rape, while providing justice for child rape victims, protecting…

…model is designed around five core modules and aims to achieve impact in the areas of capacity building, community mental health service delivery, improved livelihoods, and policy change/domestic resource mobilization. BasicNeeds launched its social franchise system in January 2014. It is aimed at supporting independent organizations (such as international non-government organisations, in-country NGOs or country…

Biaber is an innovative change management model for integrating screening and culturally adapted psychotherapy into the primary care system in Ethiopia through a multi-tiered training and supervision network. The Biaber Project - Scaling up Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) for Common Mental Disorders in Ethiopia

…and quality of life for Ugandan children and their families. The program will test the effectiveness of using expert carers to run community-based training groups for families of infants with early disability from newborn brain injury, examining which factors are most effective in bringing about change while also assessing the challenges to scaling up the programme.

Ubongo is a Tanzania-based non-profit social enterprise that produces localized edutainment for families in Africa, to help them learn, and leverage their learning to change their lives and realize their developmental potential so that the next generation of Africans can live healthier lives, contribute as productive citizens, and break the cycle of poverty. The project…

Moments That Matter is an integrated community-led parenting empowerment program that aims to sustainably catalyze change among families directly affected by HIV/AIDS and other vulnerabilities in Zambia and Kisumu County in Kenya. Moments that Matter focuses on the critical 0-3 year age period. Its aim is to strengthen the primary caregiver-child relationship as well as…

…education programs. ZanaAfrica Group, a hybrid social enterprise based in Nairobi, Kenya, solves this problem through incorporating fun, interactive comics in pad packages for girls. Tested for behaviour change and health outcomes, all products are developed with girls using human-centered design. In this way they meet the demand for affordable, accessible and aspirational sanitary pad products,…

…across four hospitals in Botswana, could have a significant long term impact on the way childhood diarrhea is tested and treated in low-resource settings. The evidence could inform policy, change regulations and impact the development of future diagnostics in low-income countries.Partners include the Botswana Ministry of Health, the Botswana-UPenn Partnership, bioMérieux, BioGaia, and Copan Italia.

…for distribution and gives them 100% ownership of the farms after a 10-month growth period. The girls are equipped with knowledge, skills, and assets to begin their own farms and become entrepreneurial leaders generating income through agribusiness. This is a capacity building program that yields tangible financial results, improved health outcomes and household level change.