An introduction to the ideas, solutions and organisations associated with Change Nation.
Crowdfunded Microloans - Kiva allows individuals to lend small amounts to create opportunities across the globe and has generated hundreds of millions of dollars in loans to low income entrepreneurs.
A Social Stock Market - The Social Stock Exchange brings the dynamism and power of the stock market to the citizen sector and links carefully screened civic groups with concerned investors.
Tax Things, Not People - Get America Working is a systems-changing approach to job creation based on a fundamental restructuring of taxation.
A Coding Generation - Coder Dojo is creating a new generation of computer experts and seeding a skilled workforce through free coding clubs in every corner of Ireland.
Self-Financed Communities - Association CAF is a peer-to-peer lending resource for immigrants in Spain that was selected as the Best Microfinance Practice in Europe in 2009.
Nurturing Young Entrepreneurs - Jerry Kennelly's Young Entrepreneur Programme is helping identify, inform, recognise and celebrate Co Kerry's next generation of business leaders - and their educators.
Microcredit Lending - The Grameen Bank offers small loans for self-employment for the rural poor and currently provides credit to 8.29 million people in 81,367 villages in Bangladesh. *
Youth Self-Employment - IQ Consult offers a comprehensive programme to create jobs across all sectors and for many target groups, utilising start-up advice, coaching, small loans and innovation training.
High Quality Careers for Youth - Genesys Works enables economically disadvantaged high school students to thrive in the economic mainstream by giving them the knowledge and work experience required to succeed.
Mentorship for Immigrants - My Life is tackling the dual challenges of integration and joblessness among immigrant girls through for-profit mentoring programmes across Sweden, placing them as equal partners and company advisors.
Changing the Way Cities Work - Living Labs Global brings innovation into cities through matching low-cost solutions to municipalities under financial pressure and changing local procurement processes.
Online Community for Change - Changemakers is an ''idea factory'' which hosts collaborative online competitions to identify the best social innovators and implementers and connect them with the funding community.
Community Funded Playgrounds - KaBOOM! addresses the ''play deficit'' in American society by providing safe environments for children to play, where they can develop motor, creative, and social skills.
Tech Solutions to Social Problems - TechSoup provides a platform for social organisations to make use of the technology donations of private companies to address the world’s most entrenched social problems.
Real Political Accountability - The Candidate Watch and Parliament Watch websites allow German citizens enter into direct conversation with political representatives and scrutinise their records.
Retirement With Purpose - Civic Ventures provides a space for the ageing population to plan the transition to retirement and become a great service to their communities.
Engagement for Older People - Mary Nally’s generation bridging work is building structures that enable older people to contribute to their communities and actively engage in society.
Fighting Global Corruption - Transparency International promotes transparency and accountability to fight corruption in international development and in governments around the world.
Empathy For Kids - Roots of Empathy is an evidence-based classroom programme that has shown significant effect in reducing levels of aggression among schoolchildren by raising social and emotional competence and increasing empathy.
Making Maths Easy - Junior Undiscovered Mathematical Prodigies (JUMP) Math offers a unique way of teaching mathematics to children who have previously struggled when taught using conventional methods.
Young Scientists - Hanne Finstad is creating a new generation of creative problem-solvers by integrating experimental science into classrooms and campaigning for increased government investment in science.
Fighting Poverty With Technology - The Centre for Digital Inclusion aims to equip young people in low-income communities with computer and technology skills to fight poverty and stimulate entrepreneurship.
Free Education Online - ALISON is a UNESCO award-winning social enterprise that makes basic education and skills training available to anyone, anywhere, via the web for free.
Targeted Funding for Teachers - DonorsChoose.org allows citizens to directly fund the resource requests of public school teachers and has raised over $100 million to help some 6 million schoolchildren. *
Social innovation in Education - Erin Krampetz is the Co-Founder and Community Director at Ashoka U, which supports colleges and universities to become hubs of social innovation.
More Play for Healthier Kids - Playworks creates safe and inclusive environments for play both within and beyond the school day to build empathy, increase learning, and improve behaviour.
Running for Confidence - Girls on the Run is a social movement that promotes positive, healthy images of girls and women and enables them to reach their highest potential. *
Tackling Educational Inequality - Teach for America recruits graduates to commit two years to teach in urban and rural public schools thereby helping America’s most under-served students. *
Skills for Conflict Resolution - PeaceFirst teaches children how to create peace-making strategies to resolve conflicts and promote peace in ways relevant to their daily lives and experiences.
Financial Skills for Kids - Aflatoun is equipping young people with the skills to manage their money and navigate financial institutions, ensuring fiscal literacy and inclusion around the world.
Money Skills for Young People - MyBnk delivers finance and enterprise education directly to 11 – 25-year-olds, arming them with the skills to deal with money and make enterprising decisions.
Farming for Conservation - Brendan Dunford is placing farmers at the centre of maintaining and protecting their land; linking agriculture, environmentalism, heritage protection, and tourism.
Valuing Urban Ecology - IgnaceSchops has created a model for local citizens to take control of their local nature reserves, creating new business opportunity while supporting ecological quality.
Food Self-Sufficiency - Grow It Yourself aims to help people become self-sufficient in growing their own food by sharing ideas, talents and skills.
Youth for the Environment - Ricardo Bertolino’s model of democracy in action involves groups of young people participating in programmes promoting responsible environmental behaviour in Argentina.
Functioning Without Cheap Oil - Transition Towns offers towns a blueprint on how to function without cheap oil and inspires communities to create their own transition initiatives.
Bringing Nature Back Into Cities - Evergreen addresses continuing disconnection between urban dwellers and nature, by working to bring about a harmony between cities, their citizens and nature.
A Slow Food Movement - The Slow Food movement reconnects people with the source of their food, benefiting the health of both consumers and the environment.
Cutting Energy Consumption - Johannes Hengstenberg has developed a system that shows how easy it is to save energy and provides online tools to track and reduce energy consumption.
A Path to Sustainability - Karl-Henrik Robert has developed a global environmental movement, engaging stakeholders from all sectors to move towards sustainability. *
Patient Voices in Healthcare - Albert Jovellis placing patients at the centre of the healthcare system, giving them more decision-making power on issues concerning their health and greater voice in health policy.
Technology for Better Medicine - Project ECHO utilises teleconferencing to deliver training to primary care providers and best practice management of complex health conditions to patients in rural areas.
Transforming Long-Stay Facilities - The Eden Alternative system overhauls long-stay facilities and creates supportive, smaller communities for older people in care.
Revolutionising Mental Healthcare - MyMind, which serves immigrant communities in Ireland as well as those from disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds, is an affordable self-referral model of mental healthcare.
Creating Healthy Lifestyles - Redbranch aims to change young people’s behaviour by helping them to understand the implications of their lifestyle choices, and helps schools create healthy lifestyle environments.
Exercise For Older People - Siel Bleu is bringing adaptive physical activity to older people to delay the onset of age-related illness and impairment and improve quality of life.
Putting Ability First - Kanchi works with decision-makers and leaders to promote the Disability Business Case through unique, innovative, and effective business initiatives.
Ending Chronic Homelessness - Common Ground identifies the chronically homeless and works to finance an effective alternative housing system by getting the community involved in engineering a new kind of neighbourhood.
Autism As An Advantage - Specialisterne is transforming the way society perceives autism, focusing on the unique skills that become a competitive advantage in the business world.
Job Creation for the Excluded - GroupeSOS is bringing a holistic approach to assisting at-risk groups and helping them integrate into society.
Building peace in the Community - Peacebuilders International helps youths to reintegrate into their community and rehabilitate themselves without having to spend months or years in the judicial and penal systems.
A Values-Based Prison System - Faustino Garcia Zapico’s alternative prison model is based on values such as empathy and kindness and has resulted in a huge decline in reoffending rates.
Empathy in Darkness - Dialogue in the Dark is an experience of total darkness where, led by blind guides and trainers, one is confronted by their limitations.
Scaling Best Practices - Operating across a range of social sectors, the GenioTrust combines and manages government and private investment from different partners to achieve and scale solutions to social problems.
Support System for Disability - Vickie Cammack and Al Etmanski created PLAN (Planned Lifetime Advocacy Network) with the aim of preparing and supporting people with disabilities in later life.
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