What if the future of mental health didn’t depend on more doctors—but on empowering everyday people to care for each other? With an innovative model that trains near-peer counselors to deliver school-based, evidence-backed group sessions, Shamiri is reaching 100,000s.
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Most global nutrition programs try to change how people eat—but behavior change rarely scales. Semilla Nueva or “New Seed” is enhancing the corn families already rely on through natural biofortification–boosting nutrition, farmer income, and child health across Guatemala and beyond.
UI Charitable co-founders reveal only 3% of donors vet nonprofits. They discuss shifting from emotion-only giving to blending emotional connection with evidence-based philanthropy—showing how thoughtful, outcome-driven donations lead to deeper, lasting impact.
Most people misunderstand poverty, reducing it to a lack of income while ignoring its deeper dimensions. Dr. Martin Burt reveals how the Poverty Stoplight redefines poverty through dignity, choice, and self-awareness—enabling families to eliminate it on their own terms.
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Welcome to everyone from UI Charitable's Impact Innovations Podcast emails. As we mentioned a week ago, we are spinning off all of the podcast and vetting of organizations to Fierce Philanthropy. We also mentioned that you'd receive two emails right away: one about this event happening
Our Recommendation We highly recommend Semilla Nueva for support because they consistently measure appropriate outcomes and impact to understand if their work is successful. This page on their website describes a recent impact study. New Incentives meets the requirements for 4 of our 4 key criteria: ✔ Understand the Social Issue
Why layered solutions and clear goals matter more than silver bullets There’s something irresistible about a single, elegant solution to a big, messy problem. Back in the early 1990s, Todd and I were drawn to the idea that group-based microcredit could be the solution to poverty. The premise was
Our Recommendation We highly recommend supporting Water Access Rwanda because they consistently measure appropriate outcomes and impact to understand if their work is successful. This page on their website describes a recent impact study. Water Access Rwanda meets the requirements for 4 of our 4 key criteria: ✔ Understand the Social
