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Social development

When people have access to reliable and affordable healthcare and education, it provides the social mobility they need to break the cycle of poverty and achieve a higher quality of life.

Take a closer look at our best practices

Education For All, The Citizens Foundation | Pakistan
Creating agents of positive change

The Citizens Foundation hires female teachers and principals to provide quality education for out-of-school women and children, especially girls, in Pakistan’s rural and slum communities.
The Citizens Foundation website
Hygiene Promotion, WaterAid Nepal | Nepal
Saving lives by changing behaviour

WaterAid Nepal provides access to Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) services to children during routine immunisation by training female community health volunteers to facilitate hygiene sessions.
WaterAid Nepal website
SDG Camps, UNDP | Tunisia
Youths solving SDG challenges

UNDP's SDG Camps bring together youths to brainstorm development challenges, providing them with tools and incentives to design and implement innovative solutions.
Tunisia SDG website
Janma Clean Birth Kit, ayzh | India
Essential supplies for safe births

ayzh creates maternal healthcare products, including a $3 Clean Birth Kit in a Purse, to equip healthcare workers with essential supplies, skills, and confidence needed to provide a clean and safe birth.
Ayzh website
Protecting Sight, Sightsavers | Nigeria
Fighting diseases with mobile phones

Sightsavers' app, the Global Trachoma Mapping Project (GTMP), gathers robust data on where treatment programmes for Neglected Tropical Diseases will be most effective.
Sightsavers website

Find out about the projects from our Untold Stories

Bootcamp for Women, Laboratoria | Peru
Tech bootcamp for women

Laboratoria works to change the futures of thousands of women in Latin America through their bootcamp for women who want to become Web Developers and User Experience Designers.
Laboratoria website
Mental Health in Liberia, The Carter Center | Liberia
Supporting psychosocial health in Liberia

The Carter Center created a health division of over 250 locally trained and credentialed mental health clinicians to address the psychological effects of Liberia's Ebola crisis.
Carter Center website
ProFuturo (a programme of Telefonica Foundation and "La Caixa" Foundation) | Spain
Narrowing the education gap through quality digital education

This digital education programme provides teacher training and addresses other key elements to achieve educational quality for children from vulnerable backgrounds across Latin America, The Caribbean, Africa and Asia.
ProFuturo website
Personalised Learning in Schools, Alef Education | UAE
Transforming the education sector

Alef Education uses Artificial Intelligence to provide personalised learning experiences and individualised instruction for all students, so that they can learn at their own pace, anytime and anywhere.
Alef Education website