Blended Learning Solution to Advance Gender Equality in Education in Uganda
This project tests an innovative cost-effective, decentralized, blended e-learning solution designed for the context of Uganda; sensitive to specific gender challenges in South-West Uganda. Delivery of the solution will give opportunities to in-service women teachers to earn their Bachelors of …
READ MOREImproving maternal, newborn and child health outcomes by using innovative and community-centric approaches
OGOW Health is testing a technological solution designed to improve access to high-quality, affordable care for women, new mothers, and newborns in Somalia. The goal is to support rural and urban health facilities in medical records and health promotion by providing needed …
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INNOVATOR: OGOW Health
REGION: Africa
THEME:
Health & Nutrition
Mobile technology: Mentoring and professional learning communities for women teachers in The Gambia
The Canadian Teachers’ Federation will work in partnership with The Gambia Teachers’ Union to test a technological solution that aims to equip and empower women teachers in The Gambia in order to retain them in the teaching profession. Selected women teachers will receive mobiles phones, tools which will enable …
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INNOVATOR: Canadian Teachers’ Federation
REGION: Africa
THEME:
Education
Women’s Empowerment, Agricultural Innovation, and Climate Change Adaptation
Lestari Sustainable Development Consultants will test the women-focused dissemination of newly developed drought-tolerant coffee varieties that will increase climatic resilience. The dissemination will use a gender responsive climate smart coffee farming methodology. The expected impacts of the proposed solution are …
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INNOVATOR: Lestari Sustainable Development Consultants
REGION: Asia
THEME:
Change & Environment
Writing a Path out of Poverty: Testing a Cash Calculator with Extremely Poor Women in Northern Kenya
My Oral Village will conduct a field-test in Kenya of ‘4-Share,’ a cash calculator for Androidsmartphones and tablets. 4-Share translates cash into place value notation, and provides record-keeping templates with no text, only numbers and easily drawn and recalled images …
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INNOVATOR: My Oral Village
REGION: Africa
THEME:
Livelihoods
Remote Ultrasound capacity building for Antenatal Access
In partnership with the University of Saskatchewan, Canadian Physicians for Aid and Relief (CPAR) will design and test a capacity building program that will increase access to obstetrical care in rural Ethiopia by bringing potentially life-saving prenatal ultrasound imaging – …
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INNOVATOR: Canadian Physicians for Aid and Relief
REGION: Africa
THEME:
Health & Nutrition
Inclusive E-Learning for Ugandan Youth
Embrace International Foundation will test a new approach to self-directed e-learning through the use of Mobile Learning Labs, which consist of a portable plug-and-play server RACHEL (Remote Area Community Hotspot for Education and Learning) and tablets. The project aims to …
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INNOVATOR: Embrace International Foundation
REGION: Africa
THEME:
Education
Midwifery Active Digitization Empowerment Initiative for Tanzania
CNIS will test the use of digital augmentation to improve and expand the delivery of midwifery curriculum at Tanzania’s Nursing Training Colleges. The project will evaluate the effectiveness of digital learning as a cost-effective alternative to standard classroom training, with …
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INNOVATOR: Canadian Network for International Surgery (CNIS)
REGION: Africa
THEME:
Health & Nutrition
Technology and Training for Quality and Equality
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INNOVATOR: Change for Children
REGION: Latin America
THEME:
Education