The empowerment of data
DO TANK
Steve Hollingworth, President and CEO at Grameen Foundation, talks to OLBIOS from the US on how the ‘fifth revolution’ may be harnessed in the fight against poverty and become an agent of empowerment
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‘Let our voice ring in your ears’
DO TANK
Kemal Shaheen, Director at Paper Boat and Trustee at Village Aid, talks to OLBIOS from the UK about the importance of listening to what children have to say.
Is it possible to prevent extreme suffering?
DO TANK
Answers and insights from Jonathan Leighton, CEO at OPIS, in an interview with OLBIOS
Opening the global markets to artists
CULTURAL ISSUES - ECONOMY
A presentation of the Novica initiative
Where is the room where I can read?
EDUCATION - GENDER - SOCIAL ISSUES
Or how to give books to 15 million children
Listening to the Sacred Voices
ARTS - NATURE & ENVIRONMENT
Watch an outstanding short film on the sacred natural sites in Africa
THE ORPHAN MYTH
NGOs & ASSOCIATIONS - SOCIAL ISSUES
In his article for OLBIOS, Martin Punaks writes on the powerful ‘orphan myth’ and the challenges of fighting institutionalization and orphan trafficking.
How can you track a student’s progress?
EDUCATION
Jennifer Medbery, a math teacher, founded Kickboard, the best technology for schools that want to see real results from a better school culture.
The bees and Leigh-Kathryn
NATURE & ENVIRONMENT
How to dave the dwindling honeybee population while providing corporations with a novel approach to sustainability
The pandemic's silver linings
CULTURAL ISSUES
Jordan: Rana Nejem tells OLBIOS about how the pandemic brought people together in the Arab world, often in unprecedented ways.
A financial ecosystem for the unbanked
ECONOMY - NEW TECHNOLOGIES
How Sheena Allen is protecting victims of predatory lending through CApWay
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.
The ‘I’ in “Collective Action"
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.
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