Ben Lyon: Mobile Microcredit
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Ben Lyon founded FrontlineSMS:Credit to allow microfinance institutions to send and receive secure loan payments, track loans and develop a micro-insurance model using the ubiquitous mobile phone.
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- -: Ben Lyon: Mobile Microcredit
November 30, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Ben Lyon founded FrontlineSMS:Credit to allow microfinance institutions to send and receive secure loan payments, track loans and develop a micro-insurance model using the ubiquitous mobile phone.
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- -: Brian Elliot: Friend Power
November 30, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Brian Elliot founded Friendfactor to unlock the power of friendship to accelerate legal freedoms for LGBT people. Friendfactor's innovative social networking platform shifts the focus of gay rights from ideology towards a far more personal concept: friends making a difference in their gay friends...
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- -: Brooke Betts Farrell: Waste as Treasure
November 30, 2010 (over 13 years ago)The amount of resources -- money, energy, land, water -- that go into dealing with the stuff we throw away is staggering. Brooke Betts Farrell's idea is simple: she wants her company, RecycleMatch, to be the eBay of trash. Matching those who have waste with those who need it, RecycleMatch lowers ...
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- -: Kel Sheppey: Fighting HIV/AIDS
November 30, 2010 (over 13 years ago)To combat the spread of AIDS, Kel Sheppey founded Wild4Life, an AIDS awareness and testing organization that collaborates with wildlife conservation groups, reaching remote communities and educating them about the importance of AIDS testing and education. The goal: to completely stop the spread o...
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- -: Laura Stachel: Solar Saves Lives
November 30, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Laura Stachel and Hal Aronson founded WE CARE Solar, which designs solar-powered systems to meet essential maternity care needs. These portable, suitcase-sized systems are immediately operational and expandable. Powering lighting and communication equipment, they enable timely and appropriate eme...
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- -: Lauren Abramson: Better Justice
November 30, 2010 (over 13 years ago)As the founder of the Community Conferencing Center, Social Innovation Fellow Lauren Abramson works to alter how society typically responds to crime and conflict — changing the focus from punishment to accountability, healing, and learning.
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- -: Leila Janah: Jobs Fight Poverty
December 1, 2010 (over 13 years ago)2010 Social Innovation Fellow Leila Janah founded Samasource to bring digitally connected jobs to people living in poverty, providing computer-based microwork via the Internet. Her philosophy: "Handouts are not going to end global poverty, but work — real work — just might."
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- -: Matthew Berg: Mobiles for Health
December 1, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Matt Berg helped create and pilot ChildCount+, a mobile-phone-based health platform that empowers communities in Africa to improve child and maternal health. Matt also trains local programmers at the Rural Technology Lab, with a goal to advance the health of millions while decentralizing the soft...
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- -: Nina Dudnik: Seeding Labs
December 1, 2010 (over 13 years ago)2010 Social Innovation Fellow Nina Dudnik's organization, Seeding Labs, takes discarded lab equipment from the United States to needy labs in other countries. As part of its commitment, Seeding Labs also connects scientists from the U.S. with their counterparts in Africa and South America.
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- -: Raj Panjabi: Post-Conflict health
December 1, 2010 (over 13 years ago)After surviving Liberia's civil conflict, Raj Panjabi co-founded Tiyatien Health to tackle the triple threat facing health care in post-war countries: a battered public sector, workforce shortages and rampant poverty. Pioneering a community-based health system, TH serves as a scalable, public sec...
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