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Kenya-Based Social Enterprise Wins $10,000 CAD Canadian Innovation Prize for User-Friendly Affordable Toilets and Waste Management

…customer support via a customer support mobile application, toilet maintenance and regular waste collection services. Grand Challenges Canada seeking ideas that address the human health impacts of climate change Grand Challenges Canada’s Stars in Global Health program is seeking bold ideas that address the human health impacts of climate change in low- and middle-income countries. These…

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Launch of Being, a new international mental health initiative for young people

…people are going unmet due to a lack of resources. “Today, mental health challenges affect one in five children and adolescents worldwide; with the COVID-19 pandemic, the climate crisis, and the recent rise in living costs, we risk this worsening, along with the prospects and hopes for our future generation to experience wellbeing and thrive,”…such exceptional partners in this new collaborative effort, Being, with and for young people to improve mental wellbeing through innovation and research that will create positive, lasting change in local communities and beyond.” Engaging Partners in Low- and Middle-Income Countries Being will engage governments and policymakers from low- and middle-income countries. Although the lost contribution…

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Grand Challenges Canada Announces New Co-CEOs to Lead Organization Forward

…Mme Saucier. “In Dr. Silver and Ms. Mackie, we have chosen two strong leaders who combine an incomparable knowledge of GCC’s operations with a detailed plan for change and growth. In presenting their shared vision for a co-CEO model, the board was struck by the ambition, pragmatism and dynamism of their plans for GCC.” As…

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Innovators Mobilize to Help Developing Countries Combat COVID-19

…response, and, with its database of 400,000 mobile numbers for beneficiary households and community leaders, can facilitate quick dissemination of relevant, accurate health information to support behaviour change and decision-making in designated villages.   2) Water Sanitation Hygiene Enterprise Development Cambodia (Cambodia) WaterSHED Cambodia’s “HappyTap Labobo" is the only commercial indoor / outdoor portable sink…

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USAID Administrator Green Announces Finalists for the Humanitarian Grand Challenge, Along with Additional Investment to Assist Conflict-Affected Communities

…an inflatable surgical “mini operating room” that fits into a backpack, to enable safe surgeries to be done anytime, anyplace, piloted in  Burkina Faso, Mali, and Uganda. Change:Water Labs, Inc. – Validating and piloting a compact, portable, sewage-evaporating toilet that provides safe, private sanitation to homes with no power or plumbing in Panamá, Lebanon, and…

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