Impact Stories

Technology Brings Love of Learning to Miskito Communities

Technology Brings Love of Learning to Miskito Communities

Ivania Fiallos Cornejo teaches 2nd grade in an Indigenous Miskito community in the Bosawas region of Nicaragua – one of the most…

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Bringing Antenatal Technology to Rural Ethiopia

Bringing Antenatal Technology to Rural Ethiopia

Josephine*, a 32-year-old mother living in central Ethiopia, learned she was expecting twins. This fact alone made her pregnancy high-risk.…

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Empowering Communities to End Child Marriage

Empowering Communities to End Child Marriage

In Seria, a small community in Sierra Leone, a young girl named Emily* was glad to be attending 8th grade. She had recently lost her father…

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Learning Circles Help Mayan Students Stay in School

Learning Circles Help Mayan Students Stay in School

Maria*, a Mayan adolescent from rural Guatemala, was eager to pursue an education and had the drive to excel. Despite her ambition, Maria…

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"Little Data" Equals Big Gains for Women Farmers

Smallholder farmers are at center of major transformations shaping agriculture, including innovations in technology, access to markets,…

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"Now I have hope again"

Destiny*, a high school student in Rwanda, was studying in Secondary IV (equivalent to Grade 10) when she became pregnant with her daughter.…

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Improving Health Outcomes in Somalia with a Community-Centred Approach

Improving Health Outcomes in Somalia with a Community-Centred Approach

Zahra*, a busy mother living in Puntland, Somalia, was struggling to find the time to book and attend healthcare appointments for her 12…

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Calculating a Response to Extreme Poverty

Calculating a Response to Extreme Poverty

At the border of the Chalabi Desert in rural Kenya, Makena* and her husband were struggling to feed their family and send their children to…

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Girls as Water Leaders

Girls as Water Leaders

In Nampula, Mozambique, climate change is posing a major threat to lives and livelihoods. In recent years, drought and reduced rainfall have…

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It Takes a Village: The Healing Power of Music

It Takes a Village: The Healing Power of Music

John*, a father of nine living in Mulamba, DRC, was dealing with past trauma, financial challenges and the responsibility of supporting a…

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