ZamBam Sports – Bamboo shin guards changing lives

The student start-up develops sustainable shin guards "made in Zambia". The Buy-1-Sponsor-1 model benefits young soccer teams on-site.

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100WEEKS – Temporary cash to break the poverty cycle

A cash donation of 8€ over 100 weeks complemented with training in life and entrepreneurial skills empowers women to lift their families out of poverty

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Plastic 2 Paint – Insect repellent paint from recycled plastics

The Nigerian student-run startup recycles plastic sachets into paint and adds an organic insect repellent.

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Citizens Forests – Empowering people to afforest urban areas

Taking action to convert unused areas across one's home town into tiny biodiverse forests.

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Sheltersuit – Warmth, protection and dignity for the homeless

The special upcycled sleeping bag jackets help homeless people to survive on the street

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Witness – Video as a tool to drive human rights change

Empowering people to use video effectively to document and stop human rights abuse

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African Baobab Alliance – The baobab tree as a driver for social change

Wild harvested baobab as a new source of income that empowers women and raises awareness for healthy nutrition.

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FirstAED – Instant notification of nearby first responders

Alerting qualified first aiders in the direct neighborhood of a cardiac arrest emergency per smartphone

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ARK – End hunger through vegetable exchanges

Empowering communities in the Philippines to produce their own food by farming in backyards and swapping harvest with neighbours.

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innatura – Brand-new goods for charities

Providing the social sector with brand-new consumer goods that would otherwise have been disposed of.

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Char2Cool –  Invasive weed as CO2 storage

The water hyacinth is an aggressive invasive species which kills water bodies. Char2Cool developed a solution to turn the plant into a valuable soil enhancer.

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Sit’N’Skate – Inclusion in skateparks and everyday life

Wheelchair sports in skateparks to promote inclusion and participation in society.

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dooiy – DIY Solutions to Alleviate Poverty

Empowering people in underserved communities by spreading simple do-it-yourself instructions.

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Fish’N’Bricks – Buildings made from Ocean Plastic for island regions

Fish'N'Bricks helps communities in Indonesia make bricks from plastic collected from the ocean.

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Crisis Action – Collective action to protect civilians from armed conflict

An international catalyst for change which coordinates campaigns and alliances to support peacebuilding and to protect civilians from armed conflict.

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Coral Gardeners – Revive Coral Reefs through Reforestation

Creating a global movement to save the world’s coral reefs through active reef restoration.

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Cosmotaics – Greening deserts through solar farms

The solar panels developed by students from Austria harvest water from the air even under desert conditions.

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Chaiim Humanitarian Clothing – Fashion against human trafficking

Together with the social fashion label eyd the Indian Chaiim Foundation empowers survivors of forced prostitution.

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HeroRats – Rats detecting landmines

The trained African giant rats save human lives by detecting landmines quickly and cost-effectively with their fine sense of smell.

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Between The Lines – Support for young people at risk via app

The app provides information, positive inspiration and guidance for youth in almost any troubling situation.

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Save the Grain – Empowering smallholders to reduce crop waste

Save the Grain’s low-tech solar dryer empowers smallholders to better preserve their crops in order sell when the demand is highest.

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Plastic Fischer – Floating barriers to collect river plastic

Plastic Fischer's open-source technology and innovative financing models empowers local communities to collect and recycle river plastic, which otherwise would have entered the oceans.

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The Blooming Project – Making the flower industry sustainable

The Blooming Project is part of the Slowflower movement. With their regional, seasonal and organically grown cut flowers, they create a positive momentum to transform the sector towards sustainability.

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Orange Sky – Positively connecting communities

Orange Sky is a non-profit organisation providing free laundry, warm showers and genuine conversation for homeless people.

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WorldWideWomen – Empowerment through Entrepreneurship

The development organization ICEP provides women who do not have the opportunity to go to school or college with on-site business coaching to help them start their own businesses.

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Zeugen der Flucht – Connecting refugees with students

School visits by refugees offer an exchange at eye level and thus reduce prejudices.

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SeaSoilution – Turning marine algae into bio-fertiliser

SeaSoilution fishes harmful brown algae out of the sea and recycles them into bio-fertiliser.

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Plasticpreneur – Empowering people to recycle plastic waste

Plasticpreneur develops machines which empower people across the world to turn plastic waste into new valuable products.

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Tip Me – Giving something back to the makers

With Tip Me you can give something back directly to the individual garment workers who made your clothes

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Moufense – Malaria protection for all

Moufense is a young social business which fights malaria by introducing a low-cost mosquito repellent body lotion in rural Togo.

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AfB – Refurbishment of used IT equipment with social added value

The social enterprise creates numerous jobs for people with disabilities while making the IT industry greener.

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Discovering Hands – Turning a handicap into a talent

Discovering Hands trains blind women to become Medical-Tactile Examiners for early breast cancer detection.

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Africa GreenTec – Climate action and peace building

Africa GreenTec provides communities in conflict areas with affordable, clean energy, and creates the conditions to use it productively

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Skateistan – Education through skateboarding

Skateistan empowers children in Afghanistan, Cambodia and South Africa through skateboarding and education.

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Glassic – Reusable bottles against plastic waste on Thailand’s beaches

Glassic fights plastic waste in the oceans by establishing reusable bottle schemes in Asia.

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The Generation Forest – the natural climate solution

The Generation Forest Cooperatives allows anyone to build his or her own climate protection forest

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Education for Housing Swap – Empowering children from deprived neighbourhoods

Swap Education for Housing engages young people as youth mentors who live on-site in deprived neighbourhoods.

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Sanku – Ending malnutrition in Africa

Sanku empowers local mom-and-pop mills to fortify maize flour at no additional costs

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mango solar – Lighting up African homes

mango solar brings clean energy to previously inaccessible areas of the world through digitally empowered solar home systems that are made to last.

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Namati – Advancing justice through empowerment

Namati trains and deploys grassroots legal advocates who work with communities to advance fundamental citizenship rights.

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Sanergy – Pioneering a zero organic waste economy

Sanergy pioneers a zero waste economy by turning organic waste from sanitary facilities, households or farms into new valuable products.

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Health4Bees

Health4Bees protects bees from environmental toxins, making use of data collected by the bees themselves.

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ShareTheMeal

ShareTheMeal is a smartphone app that enables people to share their meal with a hungry child - through a micro donation of $ 0.50.

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Bike Bridge

Bike Bridge engages citizens to teach refugee women to ride a bike and therewith bridges cultural and social gaps.

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Forest Gum – plastic-free chewing gum

Most chewing gums contain plastic as "chewing mass". Forest Gum shows that there is another way.

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Liter of Light – Solar lamps from PET bottles to illuminate slums

Liter of Light is a global, grassroots movement commited to providing affordable, sustainable solar light to people with limited or no access to electricity.

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Bottle Refund App

The App “Pfandgeben” allows informal bottle collectors to pick up their goods directly at your household, which drastically improves their work conditions.

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Socialbnb – Book your stay at a local non-profit

Socialbnb is a non-profit booking platform that connects travelers with local initiatives around the world who offer homestays for guests.

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Ya Bana Global Care

Ya Bana means "for the children". A free primary school is established in Kinshasa, which is financed by an affiliated school bakery.

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Swimsol – floating solar panels

Swimsol develops floating solar systems that power Maledivian islands with clean energy without occupying any space.

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X-runner – Affordable waterless toilets

The Swiss-Peruvian women-led social enterprise gives low-income urban communities access to clean and affordable sanitation facilities.

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Samaki Aquaponics

The student initiative Samaki of Enactus Aachen e.V. enables people in the rural regions of Africa to pursue sustainable fish farming with long-term benefits.

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SIRPLUS – Saving food

SIRPLUS has made it its mission to counteract the immense waste of food and to make food saving the mainstream.

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OneDollarGlasses – Affordable eye care for all

More than 150 million people in the world would need glasses but cannot afford them. The one-dollar glasses are manufactured and sold by the local people themselves. The material costs: only about 1 US Dollar!

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myclimate Mountain Gorilla Project

The mountain gorilla project of the climate protection foundation myclimate supports the distribution of efficient stoves that require hardly any firewood in the densely populated region on the edge of the Virunga cloud forest in Rwanda.

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Shiriki Mikro – Solar kiosk

Through the Bettervest platform, we are supporting the development of a network of 80 mobile solar kiosks that will provide people in Rwanda with access to WiFi, a mobile phone charging station and all kinds of Internet-based services.

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Conflictfood – supporting people in crisis regions through fair trade

The Berlin Startup helps people in crisis regions by purchasing agricultural products from these regions that are typical for the country. Directly from small farmers, without intermediaries. In this way it strengthens local structures.

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Chill Choc hemp cocoa

Dave and Burkhard are two passionate founders from Stuttgart. Their start-up company wants to make Amazon Indian knowledge about organic farming accessible to cocoa farmers around the world.

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Replace Plastic App – Organized consumer protest against too much plastic

The non-profit "Küste-gegen-Plastik" has developed an app which engages consumers in identifying opportunities where brands could reduce the amount of plastic packaging

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Street Football World

The enthusiasm for football is shared by many, especially young people. Street Football World uses this potential to improve the lives and opportunities of children and young people.

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