A financial ecosystem for the unbanked
DO TANK
How Sheena Allen is protecting victims of predatory lending through CApWay
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The dream wedding in Algeria
NGOs & ASSOCIATIONS
How An Algerian charity has funded a mass wedding for 30 couples who were too poor to afford a proper marriage ceremony
Opportunities are not enough
ENVIRONMENT - JUSTICE - PUBLIC HEALTH
How the Emerson Collective is removing barriers to opportunity so people can live to their full potential.
Bridging the gap between generations
SOCIAL ISSUES
The extraordinary work of the Agewell Foundation in India
Childhoods fit for children and the Alana model
SOCIAL ISSUES
The work of an outstanding Brazilian organisation on children's rights
Taking care of the disabled in Iran
DISABILITY
From Teheran, Samaneh Shabani, OLBIOS Correspondent in Iran, presents the Tavana association
Meet the Global Voices of a Child
SOCIAL ISSUES
Rayan Ezzedine, OLBIOS correspondent in Lebanon, tells us about Global Voices of a Child.
Shaping the world beyond the pandemic
SOCIAL ISSUES
The Netherlands: Peter Merry, Chief Innovation Officer at Ubiquity, writes on Humanity Rising and on how the pandemic has brought everyone into the conversation as we all face the same predicament and future.
An eye-opener in so many dimensions
PUBLIC HEALTH - SOCIAL ISSUES
Cambridge, Massachusetts: In an interview with OLBIOS, Carin Knoop, Executive Director at Harvard Business School, addresses the issue of how this pandemic is a game-changer, revealing ‘how close to the edge many people are living’, unevenness of internet access and the importance of skilled labour, among many other things.
Smart cities need to be smarter
CULTURAL ISSUES
Cintia Jaime argues that urban density is a breeding ground for pandemics and that the current crisis is an opportunity to rethink our approach.
There is an ‘I’ in Team
ECONOMY - SCIENCES
What we do as individuals, our sense of responsibility within communal life, are make or break factors for what lies ahead, says Carl Liederman, in an interview with OLBIOS.
A time for charities to reinvent themselves
FOUNDATIONS
In his OLBIOS article, Jeremy Douglas, Vice President at Ocean Wise, uses the example of the Vancouver Aquarium to argue in favor of reinventing charity funding models.
Learning from the past how to protect our future
SOCIAL ISSUES
USA: A health crisis of this magnitude is a first for our digital era, This has raised a number of pressing questions and issues such as the ethical responsibility of accurate reporting, the role of experts in government policy and, crucially, the need for a new moral ethos, says...
Please don’t look the other way
HUMAN RIGHTS & JUSTICE
Frank Mugisha has long risked his personal safety for the cause of LGBT rights in a nation particularly hostile to them.
Afghanistan By ChoiceAlexandria's Bombach documentary on an unremitting dilemma: the choice tAlexandria's Bombach documentary on an unremitting dilemma: the choice to leave or stay in your own country.o leave or stay in your own country.
SOCIAL ISSUES
Alexandria's Bombach documentary on an unremitting dilemma: the choice to leave or stay in your own country.
Micro-loans for education
ECONOMY - EDUCATION - SOCIAL ISSUES
How Veronica Colondam, concerned with the increase of drug abuse and street crime among Indonesia’s youth, established a Foundation that teaches underprivileged youth to be independent through education and economic empowerment.
Mexican management
HUMAN STORIES
Alex Eaton and the model of Sistema Biobolsa, or how to empower farmers to take an active role to escape the cycle of rural poverty.
Who will help you grow?
ECONOMY
How Linda Rottenberg connected talented emerging market entrepreneurs with a world-class network of business leaders, creating 200.000 jobs
The most silent victims
HUMAN RIGHTS & JUSTICE - PUBLIC HEALTH
Moved by the plight of the victims of gender-based violence, Denis Mukwege founded his famous hospital specializing in disorders caused by trauma from sexual violence, saving the lives of thousands of women
The power of forgiveness
CRIME & PUBLIC ORDER - HUMAN RIGHTS & JUSTICE
How music saved Alice Herz-Sommer when she was deported to a concentration camp together with her husband and their six-year-old son and why she could still talk about the joy of life when she was 108 years old.
A man’s fight to save the world
HUMAN RIGHTS & JUSTICE
The life and the tragic death of Sergio Vieira de Mello, whose work was emblematic of a moral struggle on the global stage.
Giving the missing light
DO TANK
One in four Filipinos (20 million people) lacks access to electricity. Jim Ayala did something about it that works.
Young people against disaster
DO TANK
Watch the wonderful documentary directed by Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine, and the story of three exceptional children preparing for a music competition.
Nine million meals
DO TANK
Watch the wonderful documentary directed by Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine, and the story of three exceptional children preparing for a music competition.
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