Milaap

Milaap is an online fund-raising platform that partners with proven, credible grass-roots level organizations (called ‘Field Partners’) to identify deserving borrowers, the amount of financial assistance they need and the intended purpose of ...

KickStart International

Entrepreneurial farmers in Africa are irrigating with KickStart's manual MoneyMaker Max irrigation pump to change their small subsistence farms into commercial enterprises. With irrigation, farmers can grow and sell as many as three to four ...

The Old Farmer's Almanac

The Native American Three Sisters gardening technique is an example of companion planting. The "three sisters" are corn, pole beans, and either pumpkins or squash. This trio is one of the easiest and most satisfying to grow.

Each of the ...

Sumitomo Chemical

Traditional mosquito nets require regular dipping in insecticide to maintain effectiveness in repelling mosquitoes, as insecticide is dislodged during regular use and washing. There are also practical problems in re-treating nets in remote ...

EinDollarBrille e.V.

The OneDollarGlasses are manufactured on bending and milling machines specially designed for this purpose. The spectacle frames consist of a lightweight and flexible frame made of extremely robust, rustproof and hypoallergenic spring steel wire ...

P&G Children’s Safe Drinking Water Program

The P&G water purification technology is a powdered mixture that removes pathogenic microorganisms and suspended matter, rendering previously contaminated water safe to drink. It can purify 10 litres of dirty water into potable water, per ...

Madho Agro

The Paddy Thresher is a tool designed for threshing crops. It can be operated by any Tractor or with a ten horsepower Electronic Motor. The Paddy Thresher does not break the rice while threshing it, nor does it leave any rice behind. A ...

Parvati Green Tech Enterprises

The Parvati Solar Cooker can cook meals for a family of 5-6 people using only solar energy. One can boil, steam, roast or bake vegetarian or non vegetarian food. Temperatures up to 135 ° C , can be reached, which is sufficient for safely ...

Andreas Zetterlund Social Enterprise Group (ALFAZULU GROUP)

Peepoo is a single use bag that collects and sanitizes human waste. The bag is designed to that the users' hands are kept clean. Urea in the bag kills pathogens and the bag is sealed after use, making disposal easy and safe. The entire bag is ...

Vestergaard

PermaNet® long-lasting insecticidal bed nets (LLIN) play a critical role in the fight against malaria. Vector control tools are the main way to prevent and reduce malaria transmission, a disease that kills over 400,000 people a year ...

Fundación Organizmo

Fundación Organizmo creates sustainable structures out of recycled PET plastic bottles, through a technique known as "Ecoladrillo", Spanish for "Ecobrick."

By filling plastic bottles with sand, and molding them together with mud or cement, the ...

Reuse Everything

Plastic Thatch roofing can be used in place of natural thatch and other metal alternatives. Plastic thatch lasts longer than natural thatch and provides the added environmental benefit of being made by recycling PET bottles.

Natural thatch is ...

PlumpyField

PlumpyField network partners produce a range of Plump products, such as PlumpyNut, that are used for preventing malnutrition, treating moderate acute malnutrition, and treating severe acute malnutrition.

The PlumpyField® partners can produce ...

PotaVida, Inc.

PotaVida's Solar Water Purifier consists of a 10 liter hydration bag with an electronic dosage indicator that shows when the water is safe to drink and records usage data. PotaVida's technology uses the process of solar disinfection (SODIS) to ...

Lifeline Energy

Since the launch of the Lifeline radio in 2003, Lifeline Energy has been gathering user feedback as to how to create an even better radio. The Prime Radio is the next generation of power independent, multi-band radio to provide 24/7 listening ...

Proximity Designs

The Baby Elephant is a water pump made entirely from plastic. The pump was developed in response to customers who previously placed their water pumps on high platforms, from which they pumped water.

The Baby Elephant pump has a unique rope and ...

Proximity Designs

Proximity Designs' drip irrigation system is powered by gravity. Used in large-scale commercial farms the world over, small plastic micro-tubes connect to a water source and deliver water directly to plant roots, eliminating costly runoff and ...

Proximity Designs

Proximity Designs' Pressure Pump systems include foot-powered pumps that draw water directly from wells onto fields for irrigation. All of the Pressure Pump models are locally manufactured.

• Suction Depth: 25 Feet
• Price: $31 USD ...

International Programs in Agriculture

The Purdue Improved Crop Storage (​PICS) project aims to increase the income of farming families in West and ​Central Africa through the use of inexpensive, plastic grain storage bags. PIC​S first focused on cowpeas, an African staple, but ...

Raspberry Pi Foundation

The Raspberry Pi is a credit-card sized single-board computer that connects to any screen and keyboard to become a fully functional PC. With prices ranging from USD $25 to $35 per unit, the Raspberry Pi is a cost effective solution to both ...

Sustainable Health Enterprises (SHE)

SHE is an organization that helps women jumpstart social businesses to manufacture and distribute affordable menstrual pads. Coupled with health education and advocacy, SHE helps girls and women lead more productive lives. The pads are made ...

SODIS

SODIS is a method for producing potable water with PET bottles and sunlight. Water to be treated is placed in clear plastic PET (PETE) drinking bottles and left in direct sunlight for at least six hours. UV radiation from the sun will sanitize ...

S4S Technologies

Dehydration of fruits and vegetables is a promising food processing technology that can increase the shelf life of products by nearly a year. It is a value addition process that can save approximately 33% of seasonal agro-product losses. Solar ...

Grameen Shakti

Grameen Shakti, a non-profit organization founded out of Grameen Bank, is committed to providing solutions to the people of Bangladesh in order to improve their quality of life, while paying attention to the impact we have on the planet. With ...

Solar Sister

Solar Sister trains and supports women to deliver clean energy directly to homes in rural African communities. They provide essential services and training that enable women entrepreneurs to build sustainable businesses in their own ...

SolarEar

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 6000 million people are hearing impaired, This is because of lack of prevention and treatment of diseases as well as higher noise pollution in several employment sectors. In its more severe ...

Solvatten AB

Solvatten is a combined solar water heater and a water purifier that produces safe and warm water by using solar energy. Put Solvatten in a sunny place and the water will be safe and ready to use in 2-6 hours. An indicator shows clearly when ...

Proximity Designs

The Sturdy Boy water tank (aka Pyit Taing Taung) is a 250 gallon capacity tank designed for portability, durability and affordability. Made of PVC impregnated canvas with a plastic rim, the Sturdy Boy is stored flat and grows into a ...

SunSaluter

The SunSaluter is a low-cost solar panel rotator which boosts efficiency by 30% and produces four liters of clean drinking water each day. The SunSaluter is assembled by attaching a solar panel onto a stand built out of bamboo or wood, metal ...

The Lucky Iron Fish

The Lucky Iron Fish is a small iron cooking tool that infuses your meals with a healthy amount of natural iron to help prevent iron deficiency and anemia. It’s simple to use, and provides a natural source of iron that’s perfect for everyone ...

TippyTap.org

The Tippy Tap is a hands-free device for hand washing that is especially designed for rural areas where there is no running water. It is operated by a foot lever and thus reduces the chance for the transmission of pathogens as the user only ...

DataWind Ltd

UbiSlate offers several low-cost multi-touch capacitive screen Android tablet /smartphones. They can come with embedded WiFi, Bluetooth, separate keyboard, or apps. The USB port allows for expanded storage and/or use of peripherals and the ...

DataWind Ltd

The UbiSlate7Ci is a low-cost 7" multi-touch capacitive screen Android tablet. It comes with an embedded WiFi module. The USB port allows for expanded storage and/or use of peripherals and the Android OS allows for hundreds of thousands of ...

Udacity

From the Udacity website: We believe university-level education can be both high quality and low cost. Using the economics of the Internet, we've connected some of the greatest teachers to hundreds of thousands of students all over the world. ...

PATH

Ultra Rice grains resemble locally milled rice grains in size, shape, and color, but they are made from rice flour, selected micronutrients, and nutrient-protecting ingredients that are combined and extruded through a rice-shaped mold. When the ...

The Full Belly Project

Every year, in Africa alone, women spend about 4 billion hours shelling peanuts by hand. For many of the poorest families, peanuts are the only protein they can afford. For many they a crop of choice to take to market, but they have little ...