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Corey Peak: Eradicating Polio Across The Finish Line

Jul 20, 2023 Posted by: Shikha Tandon Corey Peak,  SDG 1,  SDG 10,  SDG 13,  SDG 2,  SDG 3,  SDG 4,  SDG 5,  SDG 6,  USA,  WA
Corey Peak: Eradicating Polio Across The Finish Line
Corey: Thanks for having me, Spiffy! I work at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, where we’re committed to fighting poverty, disease, and inequity around the world. We call ourselves ‘impatient optimists’ – encouraged by the progress humanity has made and eager to accelerate it by making sure everyone shares in those gains. I’m part of a team and global effort to eradicate poliovirus. Eradicating a virus is hard – so hard that it’s only been done once before for a human disease. Eradicating smallpox is among the most impactful and inspiring things humanity has come together to accomplish. Our goal is to do the same with polio. 

Roberto Patiño: Food Security and Community Welfare Under One Roof

Jul 19, 2023 Posted by: Shikha Tandon Roberto Patiño,  SDG 1,  SDG 10,  SDG 17,  SDG 2,  SDG 3,  SDG 4,  Venezuela
Roberto Patiño: Food Security and Community Welfare Under One Roof
Roberto: Thanks for having me, Spiffy! In Alimenta la Solidaridad, for seven years, we have been working to contribute to the food security, in the midst of a Complex Humanitarian Emergency, of thousands of children from the most vulnerable communities in 12 states of Venezuela. This work has been possible thanks to the volunteer work of 789 volunteer mothers and community organization. We have also focused on female empowerment through the training of women in leadership, education, among other topics.

Rafael Machiaverni: Improving Educational Attainment for Millions of Brazilian Students

Apr 25, 2023 Posted by: George Romar Brazil,  Rafael Machiaverni,  São Paulo,  SDG 1,  SDG 10,  SDG 2,  SDG 3,  SDG 4,  SDG 5,  SDG 8
Rafael Machiaverni: Improving Educational Attainment for Millions of Brazilian Students

Rafael: Glad to be with you, Spiffy! At Parceiros da Educação, our main goal is to increase the learning levels within the public educational system of the State of São Paulo to the highest in Latin America by 2040. Our challenges include the current learning levels—which are low in Brazil as a whole: only 10% of Brazilian students leave K-12 schools with adequate proficiency in math, for example—and the size of the São Paulo network, which has more than 5.6 million students.