Impact Partners

Ashoka has pioneered the social entrepreneurship sector and is the largest global network of social entrepreneurs addressing society’s most pressing social and environmental challenges. Together with social entrepreneurs, young changemakers and partners, we advance a vision of an “everyone a changemaker” world so that solutions can outrun problems.

The Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepre-neurship, sister organization of the World Economic Forum, is a leading global platform that accelerates outstanding models of social innovation. We are the largest and the first intersectoral community of social innovators in the world. Since its foundation in 1998, a total of 722 million lives have been directly improved by the work of this community of leading social innovators.

Human Rights Watch advances human rights worldwide. We investigate wrongs, expose the facts, offer solutions, and pressure those with power to respect rights. We collaborate with people claiming their rights, learn from partners, and engage the public. Human Rights Watch upholds the freedoms and defends the protections that promote dignity, equality, and justice.

In the world of technological advancements, the potential for change, progress, and impact has never been more apparent. However, ensuring that these advancements benefit communities in a sustainable, responsible, and locally driven manner remains a challenge. “We amplify the power of local expertise to multiply sustainable solutions for development, aid and climate, driven by local actors and supported by appropriate robotics technologies.”

Empowering local landscape leaders, conservationists, environmental NGO members, indigenous people, small landholders, farmers and ranchers with the missing resources they need to be more successful from both a climate and sustainable economic standpoint. Terraso enables local leaders to collect, store, manage, and share data, as well as to present that data through maps and visualization tools to inspire change.

Barefoot College aspires to increase economic mobility by making vocational and educational opportunities accessible to women and girls from the most marginalized communities around the world. Through this mission we seek to ensure that every woman and girl has the skills and know-ledge she needs to be a catalyst for change to the benefit of herself, her family and her entire community.

Kusini Water is a social enterprise that builds water treatment systems from nanotechnology and macadamia nut shells. Their systems bring clean, safe drinking water to people in rural, peri-urban and informal settlements throughout the African continent. Kusini focuses especially on women, children, and youth, improving health, education, and economic opportunities through their water kiosks.

Tech-Enabled Justice for All: BarefootLaw makes legal services accessible through a tech-enabled approach, sharing legal information via SMS, social media, radio, and toll-free numbers. An AI system supports lawyers in resolving cases, focusing on informal justice by training community leaders. Their blended model includes in-person services and advocacy driven by evidence-based research to address priority legal needs.

Driving positive change for underprivileged and talented students through education, mentoring and career guidance in emerging economies. Aiducation’s support goes beyond access to education. Their unique programs transform underprivileged and talented individuals into active citizens, unlocking their full potential and building stronger societies through a culture of giving back.

Smiling Gecko is an aid project that is breaking new ground. By supporting economically and ecologically sustainable cluster projects, we have adopted a holistic approach to development aid, aimed at the long-term improvement of the life of people and communities in rural Cambodia.

Right To Play is a global organization that protects, educates and empowers children to rise above adversity by harnessing the power of play. We work with children in some of the most difficult places on earth, supporting them to stay in school, to resist exploitation, to pre-vent disease and to heal from war and abuse.