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Ullas Kumar is an India Fellow and the Director of Academic Excellence at Lead School, a social enterprise working to make excellent education accessible and affordable for every child. A Teach For...
Climate resilience takes a team. Meet the Game Changers building practical solutions for communities on the frontlines of climate change. From clean energy to climate-smart agriculture, these entre...
At Omia Agri Business, the focus is simple: help smallholder farmers succeed.
For founder Razak Omia, this mission is personal. Growing up in a farming family displaced by conflict in South Sudan ...
From gender equity to climate change, almost all problems of poverty are interconnected. The one moment that changed Acumen Fellow Suhani Mohan’s view of her mission was when she witnessed this int...
For millions of families, cooking still means smoke-filled kitchens that harm health and the environment. Acumen’s Oscar Koome takes you inside BURN, from the factory floor to the kitchen, to see h...
Kwabena Mends, the founder of EMFED FarmS shares why he chose to return to his community and transform cocoa farming instead of pursuing a city career. EMFED provides full-service farm management f...
Commercials for the big game cost millions of dollars. What would happen if we invested that money in cacao farmers instead?
Acumen Fellow Soumya Dabriwal, founder of Baala project , shares her journey transforming reproductive and menstrual health for women and girls in some of India’s most low-resource and remote commu...
Life at the Thailand-Burma border is more dangerous when the sun goes down.
In the dark and without electricity, medical clinics respond to emergencies.
Acumen Fellow Salinee Hurley is on a mi
The moment that changed everything for Mainak Roy didn’t happen in a classroom or boardroom. It happened in a hospital bed.
Recovering from dengue, the Acumen Fellow reflected on a student he had ...
Isaac Nyangolo, founder of Acumen investee Zeraki, shares how his education technology company is helping schools across Africa make smarter decisions using data. By equipping educators with tools ...
When Innocent arrived at Kakuma Refugee Camp, inconsistent electricity and Wi-Fi access blocked his online learning.
So, he got to work solving a problem that impacted thousands of forcibly displa...
Ian Hrovatin was just a boy when he lost his father to war. That loss sparked a lifelong resolve: to build peace.
Today, through his company Vero Amore, Ian shows that farmers can be peacebuilder...
Meet Acumen India Fellow Prabhat Sinha, the Founder of Mann Deshi Champions who lives alongside nomadic tribal communities in Roha, Maharashtra and uses sport to help girls like former sugarcane c...
For Daniela, music is a pathway to peace.
Find out how she's helping thousands of young people in Colombia shun violence and unlock their potential.
Share to inspire others to turn their passi
What happens when personal struggle sparks a movement for change? Meet Sandeep Kumar, Acumen Fellow and Founder of DigiSwasthya Foundation, a social enterprise using tech to make healthcare accessi...
John Nyagwencha nearly lost his life to typhoid. Today, he is on a mission to prevent water-borne diseases through his company Aquaclara.
In a country where 40% of the population lacks access to c...
What if the future of food put farmers first? GoodSAM Foods is proving that social entrepreneurship and regenerative agriculture can build a more resilient food system for everyone.
Founded by Hea...