About 2.3 million people, or 60 percent of Nairobi’s population, live in slums, and most have little to no access to formal sanitation services. Stagnant rivulets of human waste that trickle past homes and alongside narrow dirt roads in the … Read More
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Powering Innovation in East Africa
Over the past three years we’ve worked with some incredible organizations. In designing custom Force.com solutions we’ve given our partners an empowering tool that gives them access to their own real-time data, allowing them to register rural farmers as microfinance … Read More
Avanti Fellows: Giving Low-Income Students Access to Math and Science Education
Admission to India’s top engineering universities, especially the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), is often the ticket to a life amongst the country’s burgeoning middle class. The process is so competitive that many students sign up for private after-school sessions … Read More
U.S. Soccer Foundation: Promoting Healthy Lifestyles in Underserved Communities
The U.S. Soccer Foundation is using soccer to combat childhood obesity and promote healthy lifestyles for children in under-served urban communities through a free after-school fitness program called Soccer for Success. The U.S. Soccer Foundation partners with community organizations throughout … Read More