Date Created: 5/4/2011
Partnering for Excellence: Innovations in Science + Technology + Engineering + Math (STEM) Education
Location main United States See map: Google Maps Winners Announced!Carnegie Corporation of New York, Opportunity Equation, and Ashoka Changemakers launched the Partnering for Excellence collabo[...]
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Tiyatien Health is a Changemaker

Posted on Mar 9, 2010 by andrea boston

Tiyatien Health, a winner in the Rethinking Mental Health competition, is treating the effects of decades of brutal war in Liberia by training non-doctor health workers and clinicians to work directly with citizens of one of the poorest countries on Earth. The founders are survivors of Liberia's civil war and people living with HIV/AIDS.

Tiyatien Health trained the first non-physicians to administer anti-retroviral therapy in Liberia,and provided the first-ever HIV/AIDS treatments in southeastern Liberia, the poorest corner of the country. Now it is expanding beyond providing public HIV/AIDS treatment to rural communities by working to reverse decades of untreated depression and epilepsy.

Wikiloc: Blazing Trails for Geotourism

Posted on Feb 9, 2010 by Anonymous

Nobody was more surprised that Wikiloc’s website for crowdsourcing hiking and walking trails was a winner of the Changemakers / National Geographic 2009 Geotourism Challenge than its founder, Jordi Ramot.

The soft-spoken, pony-tailed software engineer was invited to travel from his home in the Pyrenees mountains in northeast Spain to the annual Geotourism Change Summit at National Geographic’s headquarters last week in Washington, D.C. where he was “amazed to be able to work with people from National Geographic.”

Date Created: 1/27/2010
Women | Tools | Technology: Building Opportunities & Economic Power
Winners Announced! The three winners will each receive a prize of US$5,000 from Ashoka Changemakers, and will be invited to participate in a collaboration workshop with Ashoka’s Changemakers and Exx[...]
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SMS How To Guide: Changemakers & kiwanja.net Collaboration

Posted on Sep 23, 2009 by Elizabeth Araujo

Latest update: The SMS Quick Start Guide is now available!

This introductory guide was created by Changemakers and  kiwanja.net. The making of the guide included having a guide-related discussion right here.

Meet our Featured Commentators

Posted on Sep 21, 2009 by Elizabeth Araujo

Meet our Featured Commentators who are all doing great work in the sector and sharing their insights, expertise and feedback right here on our compitition discussion forum. We invite you to follow their contributions and get in on the action!

 

Meet our Network Partners

Posted on Aug 9, 2009 by Elizabeth Araujo

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Meet our Network Partners who are doing great work in the sector and helping to spread the word about the Changemakers GMO competition:
 

Slow Food USA: www.slowfoodusa.org

Centre Technique De Cooperation Agricole: http://www.agricta.org/    

Farm Radio: http://www.farmradio.org/

Busoga Rural Open Source and Development: http://www.brosdi.or.ug

Technoserve: http://www.technoserve.org/
 

Do you think GMOs are safe?

Posted on Jul 20, 2009 by Elizabeth Araujo

“There is no evidence that it’s more nutritious. There’s no evidence that it’s more safe. It’s not sustainable. It’s not any healthier, but it certainly is expensive.”

GMO Risk or Rescue Group: Helping Consumers Decide

Posted on Jul 13, 2009 by Elizabeth Araujo

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When it comes to genetic food engineering, claims are often made about farmers ability and interest to adapt. And how about vitamin-rich rice? ... Are these realities or misrepresentations? Tell us what you think here

[Also check out our GMO Risk or Rescue competition. Share your idea or initiative to get noticed and to be eligible for various  prizes. Submit your entry by October 21, 2009.]

Opportunity: Funding

Posted on Jun 25, 2009 by Elizabeth Araujo

At Changemakers we know that funding is one of the most critical needs for any organization, and our community often has opportunities in this area.

Check out this space for funding announcements. We’ll post what we come across and we welcome your tips and suggestions.

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