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How a Social Entrepreneur Overcame His ‘Arrogant Failure’ and Won Kudos From Oprah
Lucky Iron Fish, a fast-growing social enterprise in Guelph, Ontario, wants to vanquish iron deficiency, a condition affects almost 3.5 billion people around the world.
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- Health Care
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How Unilever Is Harnessing Its Brand and Consumer Know-How to Tackle Hygiene
It’s one of the most cost effective public health interventions and it could prevent disease, death and also improve education outcomes, but the challenge for hand-washing is convincing people to actually do it. Unilever, a powerful global brand, is working both through its business and with partners to leverage the company’s skills to help tackle the issue, both because it will grow markets but also because there’s a clear moral case for doing so.
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- Agriculture, Education, Health Care
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Partners in Food Solutions Announces New Corporate Partner, Expanded Impact in Africa
An international public-private partnership is expanding its efforts to strengthen Africa’s food system. The Hershey Company is joining Partners in Food Solutions, a Minnesota nonprofit, as its newest corporate partner.
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- Agriculture, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- nutrition
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How Big Data in the Backroads of Africa Will Help Feed the Hungry
To do good, gathering donations from good-hearted people isn’t enough. The most efficient and effective way to bring about positive change is through business, partnering the profit motive with a project that helps improve lives.
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- Health Care, Impact Assessment
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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FAO and MasterCard Join Forces on Financial Inclusion
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and MasterCard are joining forces to create an innovative new alliance against hunger.
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- Agriculture, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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34 Indigenous Crops Promoting Health and Feeding the World
Every day, plant species across the globe are disappearing. The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reports that approximately 75 percent of the Earth’s plant genetic resources are now extinct, and another third of plant biodiversity is expected to disappear by 2050. Up to 100,000 plant varieties are currently endangered worldwide.
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- Agriculture, Health Care
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- nutrition
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Meet Moringa, The African Superfood That’s Healthier Than Kale
It's packed with calcium, protein, and vitamins — and putting it in your smoothie will also send money to African farmers.
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- Agriculture, Education, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Bill Gates to Narendra Modi: You Need to Generate New Healthcare Models for India
After over a year in power, the Narendra Modi government's decisions to cut federal welfare spending on the poorest of India's 1.25 billion people have come in for a sharp criticism, including from within his cabinet.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia