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the village store: bringing the urban market to rural india
the village store sources authentic handmade village craft products directly from artisan groups spread all over India and markets them in urban india.
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toybank: delivering your toys to kids in need
toybank is an organization whose mission is to deliver happiness to underprivileged street kids, and to give them the opportunity to have a childhood.
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kenyansforkenya: saving kenya, through a brilliant new web-platform
instead of just sitting around and waiting for outside help, kenya’s digital natives have put together initiatives to help resolve the crisis.
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tube city: a sustainable water-purifying city for delhi
tube city is a design for a 21 km long tube running over the yamuna river in the city of delhi.
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gilberto gil: a brazilian artist who is a tech trendsetter
gilberto gil is a brazilian artist who’s using iphone/ipad apps to allow his fans to interact with him more.
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in india, spreading computer literacy through a ‘hole in the wall’
dr. sugat mitra, chief scientist at NIIT had been toying with the idea of unsupervised learning and computers, and his team soon carved a ‘hole’ in the wall that seperated the NIIT premises from the adjoining slum in kalkaji, new delhi.
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fundar: website dedicated to tracking government spending in mexico
a brilliant new website, fundar, is solely dedicated to tracking down how and where the taxes that mexicans pay are used.
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brazilian creates a real-life version of ‘minesweeper’, played via GPS
guided by a virtual map, the player attempts to navigate an area between two points in a given amount of time without stepping on hidden virtual mines.
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FreMo is india’s first bicycle sharing program
every one of us living in these bustling metropolises has always dreamt of a city devoid of traffic snarls, incessant honking and pollution. FreMo, india’s first bicycle sharing programme is a step in that direction.
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awaaz.de: giving communities a voice using voice social media
awaaz.de is a voice-based question and answer service, information portal, forum, asynchronous call centre and low-cost radio platform.
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in kenya, africa’s first national open data initiative
today was a historical day, as kenya became the first country in africa to initiate a national open data project.
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Éclair: a street school chain in india, that inspires and enlightens (and has no classrooms or exams)
Éclair is a street school chain being run by indian college students in the states of punjab, rajasthan and delhi.