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  1. F3 Life: Loans for good water stewardship

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    Published by: Swiss Re Foundation Content Type: Project 

    The Challenge Due to soil erosion, upland smallholder farmers are significant sources of non-point source pollution such as ...

    Conference Location: Kenya

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  2. 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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  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. 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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  6. Aiducation International: Empowering future entrepreneurs

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    Published by: Swiss Re Foundation Content Type: Project 

    Aiducation International provides students with merit-based scholarships and invites alumni to attend regular workshops.

    Conference Location: Kenya

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  7. Honey Care Africa: Hives of economic activity

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    Published by: Swiss Re Foundation Content Type: Project 

    Background information Honey Care Africa was founded as a social enterprise to offer sustainable economic development ...

    Conference Location: Kenya

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  8. The World Wildlife Fund (WWF): Sustainable agricultural and husbandry

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    Published by: Swiss Re Foundation Content Type: Project 

    Background The landscape of the Mahafaly Plateau in Madagascar, which includes the Manakaravavy watershed and Maniry Valley, the ...

    Conference Location: Madagascar

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  9. Vodafone Foundation: Healthy mothers and babies

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    Published by: Swiss Re Foundation Content Type: Project 

    Background Tanzania ranks among the 10 countries with the highest risk of maternal mortality, with 454 maternal deaths per 100 ...

    Conference Location: Tanzania

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  10. The Swiss Red Cross(SRC): Turning loss into hope

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    Published by: Swiss Re Foundation Content Type: Project 

    Background With a population of about 1.1 million, the small state of Swaziland in southern Africa has one of the highest rates ...

    Conference Location: Swaziland

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