Dec 30, 2024
Posted by: Sujit Kunte
Canada,
Danna Ingleton,
SDG 10,
SDG 13,
SDG 16,
SDG 3,
SDG 4,
SDG 5,
SDG 6,
SDG 8
Danna: Thanks for having me, Spiffy. At HURIDOCS, we help people collect, process, and communicate important information about human rights, climate change, and more. We develop our own open-source software, enabling activists and change-makers to securely store their data and ensure it is usefully organized for advocacy or court cases. We even use machine learning to help them find important information faster! Our tool is called Uwazi, which means “openness” in Swahili, and we have more than 300 partners around the world.
Aidan: Thanks for having me, Spiffy. Our work tackles the critical challenge of ensuring that every child, regardless of circumstances, acquires foundational literacy and numeracy skills. This is crucial because an estimated 600 million children worldwide will not acquire these skills. We provide an open digital platform designed to enable governments and support all stakeholders—students, teachers, trainers, and administrators—enabling cost-effective, scalable, and impactful education solutions. Aligned with Sustainable Development Goal 4, we aim to close the global learning gap and build a future where every child thrives through education.
Gary: Thanks for having me, Spiffy! With the help of health experts and community leaders, we're using music and the arts as a vehicle for healing and restoration. This happens naturally through all of our education concerts, but more specifically through a program that we've named Take a Breath. Our hope is that people walk away with tangible tools that allow them to move through whatever path towards wellness they may be on.