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Investing in Dignified Jobs for All
Upaya has invested in 42 companies (and exited 10 investments) creating 51,222 dignified jobs for people living in extreme poverty in India. Upaya is on a mission to create 300,000 jobs by 2030 through its PRG model.

PRG III: Investing in Dignified Jobs for All
Upaya has invested in 42 companies (and exited 10 investments) creating 51,222 dignified jobs for people living in extreme poverty in India. Upaya is on a mission to create 300,000 jobs by 2030 through its PRG model.

RespondLocal - community resilience & crisis response
A free global platform for aggregating community needs and matching them with offers of goods and services.

Pescadata - an app for small scale fishing communities
A logbook and expenses app for small-scale fishers and fishing communities.

Inga Alley Cropping
Inga alley-cropping stops rainforest loss, boosts food security, cuts carbon, and restores land for farmers. A proven, simple solution.

Humanitarian Project Finance Facility
Unlocking finance for local operators in frontier markets to deliver vital health, sanitation & disaster response solutions.

Women's Micro Small & Medium Enterprise Trade Finance
An award-winning finance vehicle to benefit women-led enterprises across the Indo-Pacific, with an initial focus on Indonesia, Fiji, Vanuatu, Tonga, Samoa, Timor Leste and the Solomon Islands.

Ting Global Interactive Ideographs Table
Ting Global Ideographs Table is an open-source taxonomy for the future workspace. This framework provides a common structure and language for young minds to e-meet, share their main topics of interest, and collaborate to create mutual activities.

Tech2Peace
Tech2Peace (T2P) hosts blended technology training, entrepreneurship, and conflict dialogue seminars for Israelis and Palestinians (with a particular focus on women and marginalized populations) along with continued community events post-seminar.

SEEK GSP
Group support psychotherapy is a culturally sensitive and highly cost-effective first line intervention for depression and other common mental health problems in rural populations with gender-based violence. It can be delivered by lay health worker.

Smart Interactions
Strengthening human well-being and capabilities in local communities of Ukraine with the help of innovative mechanisms for cross/multi-sectoral interactions, citizens engagement and ICT.

ThermoBoo
African Bamboo’s ThermoBoo process uses biomass dust to thermally modify bamboo—no chemicals, no waste. It eliminates decay and pests, creating strong, durable panels for local and global markets. A first for Ethiopia, this pilot could scale across the region.

World Innovation Network
Supercharging the Global Innovation and Start-up Ecosystem with Digital Technologies

Smart Grid on Main Street
EarthSpark International has developed a solar-diesel hybrid micro-grid system to increase access to affordable, reliable electricity for value-added agricultural processing in Les Anglais, Haiti.

SociaLite Lighting Systems
SociaLite Lighting Systems, founded in 2017, works to increase awareness of, and alleviate light poverty by developing and installing solar powered mini-grid systems. We actively seek, and work with impoverished, marginalized, forgotten communities.

Solar Market Gardens
For over a decade, SELF’s Solar Market Gardens (SMGs) have tackled food insecurity through a combination of solar power and drip irrigation.

Sumba Iconic Island Initiative
To provide access to reliable and 100 percent renewable forms of energy for the 750,000 inhabitants of Sumba Island, ending their dependency on fossil fuels and supporting gender-balanced development and economic activities of the people.

SunBell multifunctional solar lantern and mobile charger
SunBell is a smart solar lamp with mobile charging capabilities. More than 2.4 million SunBells have been distributed worldwide since 2014.

Sustainable Sanitation in Nepal
A social enterprise model for public toilets piloted in Nepal that incorporates additional revenue streams with waste-to-value technology (biogas), bundled services (shops), gender-inclusive design, and a cleaning compliance program.

Tele-Irrigation
Tele-Irrigation is a technological innovation that allows farmers to remotely manage their farm irrigation using a mobile phone powered by solar or wind energy. The system intelligently distributes water and processes real-time meteorological and hydrological data.

TRIPLE ACTION OBIQUE ALKALINE SPRAY from organic wastes with Patent No. 005443 FGN
Organically formulated environmental Antacid, Antimicrobial and Stain and Odor removal that keeps the environment safe and protect human and animals from pathogens as well as removes unwanted stains. It is 100 percent organic and biodegradable

Water and Sanitation for the Urban Poor (WSUP)
Water & Sanitation for the Urban Poor is a not-for-profit company that helps transform cities to benefit the millions who lack access to water and sanitation.

Watsan Envirotech Private Limited
Watsan Envirotech focuses on providing affordable solutions for clean drinking water and sanitation through innovative technologies like Terafil filters and modular toilets.

Supertowel
Supertowel presents a new and innovative way to provide handwashing anytime and anywhere. It's basically a towel with a permanent antimicrobial treatment that has the ability to remove pathogens from hands thereby preventing disease transmission