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  1. Kounkuey Design Initiative (KDI): Before the flood

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    Published by: Swiss Re Foundation Content Type: Project 

    Situated in Nairobi, Kenya’s capital, Kibera is also the country’s largest slum. It is estimated to be home to anywhere from 200 ...

    Conference Location: Kenya

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  2. Eos Entrepreneur Foundation: From cacao to chocolate

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    Published by: Swiss Re Foundation Content Type: Project 

    The Challenge Colombia’s 100 000 smallholder cacao farms – traditionally run by rural families, often as part of cooperatives – ...

    Conference Location: Colombia

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  3. Save the Children: Education over Sierra Leone’s airwaves amid Ebola

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    Published by: Swiss Re Foundation Content Type: Project 

    The unprecedented outbreak of Ebola in West Africa in 2015 called for forceful action on multiple fronts. As of September that ...

    Conference Location: Sierra Leona

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  4. ETH Zurich: Shantytowns redesigned

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    Published by: Swiss Re Foundation Content Type: Project 

    The Challenge Despite having enshrined a right of access to adequate housing in its post-apartheid Constitution in 1994, South ...

    Conference Location: South Africa

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  5. Water.org: Accelerating access to safe water and sanitation

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    Published by: Swiss Re Foundation Content Type: Project 

    The Challenge The global water and sanitation crisis is pervasive, urgent and debilitating to those affected. About 780 million ...

    Conference Location: India, Philippines

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  7. Save the Children: Helping children develop reading skills

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    Published by: Swiss Re Foundation Content Type: Project 

    Background Around the world, many children leave primary school without the reading skills needed to continue their education and ...

    Conference Location: El Salvador

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  8. M-KOPA: Solar-powered data gathering

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    Published by: Swiss Re Foundation Content Type: Project 

    Background Two-thirds of Sub-Saharan Africa’s households live in rural areas on small, variable incomes. Barely able to afford ...

    Conference Location: Kenya

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  9. HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation: Farming despite frost

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    Published by: Swiss Re Foundation Content Type: Project 

    The Challenge For centuries, indigenous rural communities in the southern Andes of Peru have faced considerable weather-related ...

    Conference Location: Peru

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  10. Switzerland Innovation: Hub for innovation

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    Published by: Swiss Re Foundation Content Type: Project 

    The initiative is expected to unlock research and development potential for research-intensive industries and science as well as ...

    Conference Location: Switzerland

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