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As young children in Israel, Ashoka Fellow Eli Beer and his brother witnessed a bus bombing while walk-ing home from school. They felt powerless to help during the wait for an ambulance. At 15, Eli volunteered as an emergency medical technician. He saw how Israel’s traffic congestion and winding...

Ashoka Fellow Sharon Terry is improving health outcomes for patients who have genetic diseases by aligning incentives and structures so that they facilitate, rather than obstruct, the continuum of research, drug development, treatment, advocacy, and support. “If I name a song, you can download it...

Changemakers of the Pandemic is a vodcast by Ashoka Young Changemaker Manat from California. These stories offer us hope and optimism during this time of uncertainty by demonstrating the power and journeys of changemakers. By highlighting leaders of all ages, Manat aspires to show how anyone can...

Coraz mniej kobiet umiera przy porodach na całym świecie. Jednak od roku 2000 w Stanach Zjednoczonych wskaźniki te rosną, zamiast maleć. Śmiertelność okołoporodowa w krajach globalnej północy jest bardzo niska, niechlubnym wyjątkiem jest USA, w którym umiera przy porodach znacząco więcej matek niż w...

There has been a recognition and identification that the value systems that drive and underpin the development efforts by all of the stakeholders moves towards viewing the world holistically beyond our human world, acknowledging interconnectedness, embracing plurality, a resilient and sustainable...

The World Health Organisation declared 2020 “The International Year of the Nurse and Midwife,” marking 200 years since Florence Nightingale founded the profession. Yet the voices of the world’s 28 million nurses, the vast majority of whom are women, often go unheard. In Haiti, where COVID-19 cases...

The new partnership strives to support innovative social entrepreneurs who contribute with their ideas to fighting the consequences of the pandemic

Selekcja sesji Ashoka Changemaker Summit to tortura – jest tyle ważnych tematów i fascynujących mówczyń i mówców. Niektóre moje wybory pokrywają się w czasie, ale cóż – będę musiała zadecydować… Nie szukałam wydarzeń w określonych tematach, ale jakoś dużo wyszło o młodych ludziach i o edukacji...

Dorica is revolutionising the field of care for rare disease patients. She does this by transitioning from a rigid system to a collaborative approach using a flat leadership model and creating new roles to navigate it. She is building a world in which all rare disease patients have equal and free...