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See how innovators from across the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement and beyond are reimagining solutions to today’s humanitarian challenges. Dive into more than 200 projects — from early pilots to scaled impact — spanning service, process, and business model innovation.

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Frugal / No-Tech
Climate change and Environment

From Invasive Plant to Eco-Friendly Absorbent: The GKSORB® Revolution

Green Keeper Africa develops eco-friendly solutions with a strong socio-economic and environmental impact. Its flagship product, GKSORB®, is an absorbent fiber made from water hyacinth, [...]
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Hardware / Physical Device
Health and Wellbeing

We Care Solar: Ensuring Safer Births with Solar Energy

We Care Solar empowers communities with innovative clean energy solutions and programs that promote health, education, and economic opportunity. Its award-winning We Care Solar Suitcase® [...]
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Application / Digital Platform
Health and Wellbeing

Spesa Sospesa: An Italian Initiative Against Poverty and Food Waste

Supported by the Lab00 Foundation, which works to promote social solidarity, the Spesa Sospesa project is based on collecting donations, reusing waste, and recovering surplus [...]
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Values, Power and Inclusion

Wedu: Bridging the Gender Gap and Redefining Women’s Leadership

Wedu enables women leaders in South and Southeast Asia to access leadership capabilities, a lifelong community, and ample capital.
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Application / Digital Platform
Chatbot / Conversational Interface
Health and Wellbeing

NaYa: Bridging the Healthcare Gap for Africa’s Low-Income Families

NaYa is a digital platform revolutionizing healthcare access for low-income patients in Africa. By connecting patients with healthcare providers, offering health savings accounts with added [...]
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Artificial Intelligence
Hardware / Physical Device
Climate change and Environment

From Waste to Wealth: Takachar’s Portable Biomass Revolution

Takachar’s mission is to dramatically increase the amount of crop/forest residues (biomass) economically converted into higher-value bioproducts in rural, underserved communities worldwide. Most rural biomass [...]
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Artificial Intelligence
Climate change and Environment

REFÖREST: AI-Powered Reforestation by the Spanish Red Cross

Through the use of AI, we have designed REFÖREST T, a tool that allows us to assess the viability of land for reforestation, considering both [...]
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Frugal / No-Tech
Climate change and Environment

Bricks That Save Lives: Build up Nepal’s Revolution in Sustainable Construction

Build up Nepal is revolutionising house building with a low-carbon and cost-effective alternative to traditional, coal-fired bricks. Nepal is one of the world’s most disaster-prone [...]
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Data Tools / Analytics
Climate change and Environment

Grupo Promesa: Driving Sustainable Change Through Environmental Education and Action

Grupo Promesa, founded by Ashoka Fellow Julio Álvarez, operates in Mexico,  promoting environmental education in schools and businesses. Through innovative  programs, it encourages the adoption [...]
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Mindset
Frugal / No-Tech
Values, Power and Inclusion

Living in 2050: An Immersive Experience to Explore Climate Crises

The "Living in 2050" project is an innovative initiative by the French Red Cross aimed at raising public awareness about the climate and social challenges [...]
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Business Model
Application / Digital Platform
Values, Power and Inclusion

Shawish Market: Empowering Authentic Indigenous Businesses

Shawish Market - a Indegenize custom built platform similar to Etsy - helps to empower indigenous entrepreneurs by ensuring they don't pay any vendor fees. [...]
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Connected Devices
Hardware / Physical Device
Health and Wellbeing

Oneka IceCube: Wave-Powered Sustainable Desalination Solutions

Oneka mechanically turns seawater into freshwater using only renewable energy from ocean waves, with no GHG emissions. Their goal is to provide sustainable and affordable [...]
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