Turning Food Deserts Into Food Oases Across The Navajo Nation
For the 330,000 people who live on the Navajo Nation, the homeplace of North American civilization, diabetes is a very real threat. One in three Navajo people is pre-diabetic or diabetic, a trend that’s escalating fast. Access to nutritious food is an underlying issue: 99% of the Navajo Nation is a...
How do you unite a divided nation? You put young people in charge
As chaos consumed the UK in the aftermath of the European referendum, questions of leadership and economics dominated the political landscape. With a rapidly crashing economy and deep uncertainty, everyone from politicians, academics to business leaders were forecasting, debating and analysing. But...
EIR Lessons in Perspective: A conversation with EIR alumni Carolina Ceballos
For information about the Executive in Residence (EIR) program visit the EIR program page , or contact us at [email protected] . BACKGROUND – MEET THE PEOPLE EIR Carolina Ceballos and host Ashoka Fellow Saskia Niño de Rivera Carolina, Vice President of AML-Compliance for Americas and...
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Convaincu du potentiel de la technologie pour répondre aux enjeux sociaux, la mission de Paul Duan est de mettre les algorithmes au service de “l’empowerment” du plus grand nombre. En 2014, il fonde Bayes Impact pour construire les services publics digitaux de demain. Organisation...
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Dans les zones qui ne sont pas régulièrement exposées aux catastrophes naturelles, les systèmes d’alerte existants ne sont pas suffisamment rapides et efficaces pour protéger la population. Pourtant, de plus en plus de territoires sont exposés à ces risques. En outre, ces systèmes...
Olivier-Hugues Terreault is preparing Brazilian society to be able to care for their growing elderly population. Through an innovative clowning therapy, he is equipping caregivers and seniors themselves with tools for communication, meanwhile his work with decision makers and the general population...
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Delfina Irazusta is stimulating economic development and improved governance in under-resourced municipalities in Argentina. Through workshops and cross-city visits with mayors and municipal staff, she offers a framework for collaboration and new tools so that municipalities can tackle their own and...
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José Mario is improving local governance by promoting communication between community leaders working across government, private, and civil society sectors. By creating dialogue where there was none before, José Mario is building a system of governance that functions more efficiently and more...
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A recognized and respected leader in the area of human rights, Oscar Vilhena Vieira has pioneered the creation of a range of projects and activities in the human rights field both, in Brazil, to ensure that human rights guaranteed in the constitution come to be respected in practice and, at the...
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Rubens is building powerful networks and coalitions of civil society organizations addressing major issues of environmental protection and sustainable development in Brazil. His work is helping those organizations gain greater voice in national and international deliberations and enabling them to...
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