techforgood Banana App Helps People in Need Find Imperfect Food 14.3 million U.S. Households suffered from food insecurity during 2018, including 2.7 million households with children. Meanwhile, grocery stores throw away 43 billion pounds of food each year. The Banana App from the Be Good Project seeks to address this inefficiency by creating a way for people
politics Undebate Creates On Demand Debate Experience to Educate Voters In your last local election, how well did you know the candidates? If you’re like many Americans, the answer is likely, “not very well.” In fact, citizens often skip voting on races like school board and city council because they don't know who any of the candidates are and
civictech PeaceTrees Vietnam Works to Heal the Wounds of War Founded in 1995, PeaceTrees Vietnam seeks to heal landscape and culture scars incurred during the Vietnam War. With over 10,000 people (20% of them children) killed or maimed by forgotten ordinances since 1984, this Seattle organization seeks to bring urgent attention to those remaining. In the last 24 years
India Turn The Bus Brings Digital Education to Rural India In rural India, access to education for underprivileged communities is quite limited, especially when children have limited time because they have to help their aging parents and contribute to their family in various ways, just to make a living. According to Vikram Chalana, TurnTheBus’s CTO, “these communities access to
civictech RHours Seeks to Create Software-Defined Ownership Economy For project leader Glen, RHours represents the intersection of two areas of interest; a fascination for software development that began in childhood, and a passion for social equity and wealth distribution that burgeoned as an adult. His ambitious project seeks to address the inherent inequality in business ownership, where employees
