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Dylan Terrell

Ashoka Fellow since Mar 2023

Dylan is using bottom-up innovation to secure universal access to safe water. He does this by putting rural communities at the center of designing, building, and spreading cutting-edge yet affordable systems to obtain clean water while also improving data on water issues to identify the most...

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Uma Chatterjee

Ashoka Fellow since Dec 2022

Uma Chatterjee is putting survivors of trafficking at the center of India’s anti-trafficking movement. She is catalyzing them to become first-generation leaders, entrepreneurs and policy advocates who change the narratives and practices of their sector. These ‘survivor-changemakers’ are setting up...

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Cherif Ndiaye

Ashoka Fellow since Aug 2022

Chérif is challenging conventional knowledge of how to help improve under-resourced schools by building an adaptable, virtual education system.

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Katharina Kruppa

Ashoka Fellow since Aug 2022

Katharina Kruppa founded Grow Together to transform early childhood development support for families from high-risk backgrounds through a holistic approach guided by scientific methods and deep empathy. Through her work, Katharina is improving a new-born's experience in life and healing deeply...

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Abdelaali el El badaoui

Ashoka Fellow since Aug 2022

En France la différence d’espérance de vie entre un ouvrier et un cadre supérieur peut atteindre 10 ans. Cette différence ne s’explique pas seulement par les conditions de pénibilité au travail mais comprend un ensemble de causes : le lieu d’habitation souvent péri-urbain ou rural potentiellement... Read more

Joana envisions a society in which all young people are central to creating more empowered communities. To make this happen, she is building a national movement of engaged young people who lead their own changemaking journeys by doing what they most love to do.

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Lorenzo is leveraging existing, trusted community spaces to support the wellbeing and mental health of Black men and boys. His creative approach is an alternative to traditional treatment methods that consistently fail to meet the needs of Black communities. Read more

Ewa Furgał

Ashoka Fellow since Jul 2022

There is a widespread belief that men are more likely to be on the autism spectrum. However, in Poland alone, there are 500K women and non-binary people late-diagnosed or not to be diagnosed at all on the autism spectrum. Ewa opens a spectrum of possibilities for diagnosis and full life for girls...

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Science and journalism are fundamental to the strengthening of democracy and essential to combat disinformation. Ana Paula creates bridges between those who do science and the Brazilian population through the press, so that together, they can influence a cultural change in the way evidence-based...

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Elsie Amoako is building new knowledge and social infrastructure in Canada, so that Black and racialized women exercise choice over their own reproductive health. In doing so, Elsie creates systems for joyful birthing experiences, restoring birth justice to these communities.

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