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This is our mission
Latin America is the most unequal region in the world. 200M people don’t have access to basic resources. There are social leaders who are changing this situation. Meet our +100 fellows and the impact of their organizations.
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Vijay has dedicated his career to social and environmental impact. He has spent 14 years consulting Fortune 100 companies in U.S., Europe, and India.
- Led risk consulting projects ($100M+) for Fortune 50 clients
- Worked on two Climate Tech seed investments at Breakthrough Energy Ventures
- Mentored 100+ graduates on career progression for five years
- Headed a rural school building project in India
Vijay has dedicated his career to social and environmental impact. He has spent 14 years consulting Fortune 100 companies in U.S., Europe, and India.
- Led risk consulting projects ($100M+) for Fortune 50 clients
- Worked on two Climate Tech seed investments at Breakthrough Energy Ventures
- Mentored 100+ graduates on career progression for five years
- Headed a rural school building project in India
Vijay has dedicated his career to social and environmental impact. He has spent 14 years consulting Fortune 100 companies in U.S., Europe, and India.
- Led risk consulting projects ($100M+) for Fortune 50 clients
- Worked on two Climate Tech seed investments at Breakthrough Energy Ventures
- Mentored 100+ graduates on career progression for five years
- Headed a rural school building project in India
Alight American Refugee Committee
The Challenge
More than 108 million people have been forcibly displaced worldwide due to war, conflicts, and violence.
The Innovation
Alight takes a people-centered approach, from initial support to long-term stability, offering assistance for basic needs, livelihood programs, special care, and innovative emergency solutions.
The Impact
They have provided humanitarian aid to over 4 million people each year in more than 20 countries, including El Salvador, Mexico, Pakistan, Rwanda, Somalia, Thailand, and Ukraine.
TeenSmart International
The Challenge
75% of diseases and deaths in adolescents are due to high-risk behaviors to which they are exposed: physical and sexual violence, drug abuse, eating disorders, and premature pregnancies.
The Innovation
"Joven Salud", an online platform that provides access to wellness and health services to young people through virtual counseling, life skills courses, and health promotion.
The Impact
TeenSmart has reached over 15,000 youth and provided more than 500 weekly consultations. The results have shown improved family communication, decrease in indicators of depression and increased used of contraception.
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Zoológico de Barranquilla
The Challenge
Colombian biodiversity has decreased by 18% due to a lack of conservation, species trafficking, and deforestation.
The Innovation
Fundación Botánica y Zoológica de Barranquilla promotes education to encourage research, recreation, and conservation in the Colombian Caribbean.
The Impact
It's educational and recreational programs have reached more than 2 million people. The organization receive 230,000 visitors each year, including children, adults, students, and corporate clients.
Formando Emprendedores ABP
The Challenge
Mexico has more than 42 million children and adolescents between 0 and 19 years old, who must know that they are entitled to protection, education and participation in decision-making regarding their family and school life.
The Innovation
Formando Emprendedores inspires and prepares children and youth to become participative citizens who build a better society through dynamic programs, interactive games, asynchronous courses, and animated series.
The Impact
In 13 years, Formando Emprendedores has educated over 200,000 children and adolescents about their rights and civic participation. In 2022, they benefited more than 7,000 people in 47 educational centers and 253 classrooms in person, and virtually with 8 courses and 22 interactive games.
Helpme! App Social
The Challenge
In Colombia, there is a lack of effective and accessible solutions to report emergencies and risky situations in real-time, especially for people with speech or hearing impairments.
The Innovation
Helpme! is an app that helps people report emergencies from their location to get help in 10 minutes or less, with direct communication to authorities and emergency institutions.
The Impact
HelpMe! provides an accessible digital solution for reporting emergencies, reducing risks, and fostering a safer and more collaborative environment.
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Fundación Espacio Creativo (SandBox)
The Challenge
In Panama, low-quality education and lack of job opportunities threaten youth wellbeing.
The Innovation
Fundación Espacio Creativo (FEC) broadens opportunities for youth development through dance, education, and culture.
The Impact
FEC reaches 300 youth annually through its three comprehensive training programs-Programa Enlaces, Sandbox and COCO dance company. Outcomes include a 47% reduction in violent incidents amongst youth, post emotional development training in 2021.
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Niños en Alegría
The Challenge
The deficient infrastructure of public schools in Mexico hinders learning, widening education gaps and social inequality.
The Innovation
Niños en Alegría builds safe educational infrastructure for infrastructure for learning in Mexico.
The Impact
Niños en Alegría has developed over 100 projects reaching 75,000 people, through infrastructure equipment, teacher training, and student accompaniment.
Jesus de Urquiaga School I.A.P
The Challenge
In Mexico, there are 10.8 million people living in extreme poverty, facing difficulties in accessing quality education, limiting their future opportunities.
The Innovation
El Colegio Jesús de Urquiaga provides quality education at affordable costs for children and adolescents from low-income families aged 6 to 18 years old.
The Impact
For over 150 years, they have benefited more than 60,000 people. In 2023, they had 730 students, with 90% receiving financial support.
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The Challenge
In Colombia, 30% of the population lack food security, resulting in 5 children dying of malnutrition every week.
The Innovation
Soydoy has designed the "Nutriempoderamiento" model, which addresses the following components: food education, food planting, and income generation. This model allows women and youth to adopt healthier and more sustainable food practices to promote them in their communities.
The Impact
Soydoy has reached 29,000 people as future agents of change in their communities to expand and deepen the knowledge of food security
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Puericultorio Pérez Aranibar
The Challenge
In Peru, 7 out of 10 children report having suffered violence at home at some time.
The Innovation
Puericultorio Pérez Araníbar welcomes boys and girls in situations of risk and abandonment through a family-style care model, where care is established in welcoming spaces. This model helps maintain children's autonomy and openness to the community
The Impact
Since 1930, Puericultorio Pérez Araníbar has managed to impact 5 thousand children and adolescents in situations of vulnerability and abandonment. In 2022, 41 children and adolescents were reintegrated and reunited with their families.
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The Challenge
Panama's teachers lack the necessary resources to promote quality education with appropriate learning methodologies.
The Innovation
ProEd develops teachers' skills, providing high-quality tools, and training, improving teachers' qualifications, and sparking their passion for teaching.
The Impact
Through Covid-19 pandemic, ProEd reached +145,000 students and +2,500 teachers through its programs: Virtual Education, Collegial Conversations for English and Innovative Strategies for Teachers.
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The Challenge
The unemployment gap between men and women in Colombia has persisted for over 7 years, hindering sustainable development (social, environmental and economic).
The Innovation
BSocial provides opportunities by training and accompanying vulnerable communities through employability projects.
The Impact
Bsocial has developed 26 projects impacting 633 people in vulnerable conditions, including women, youth, and students, through its three initiatives: Seres, Econstruir, and Esencia Mujer.
The Challenge
In Peru, more than 1 million elderly people live or feel lonely, risking their mental health. Additionally, only 1 in 4 has access to dignified employment, leading them to take informal jobs risking their physical or mental well-being.
The Innovation
AM YASE creates conditions for older adults to fully integrate into society through intergenerational inclusion, providing support, courses, and workshops on digital tools, physical and mental health.
The Impact
AM YASE has benefited more than 2,500 elderly people. Over 60% increased their autonomy with digital tools, and 80% felt more active and secure in their work environment.
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SEQUENCE
The Challenge
El Salvador has the highest juvenile incarceration rate in the world, resulting in early school dropouts; and prolonging cycles of violence, exclusion, and poverty.
The Innovation
Through handmade textile processing, Sequence promotes youth employability by leading them toward personal and professional development.
The Impact
Sequence has supported more than 300 young at risk Salvadorans through its programs, improving their quality of life.
The Challenge
5% of the world population suffers from hearing loss (WHO). In Colombia, 455,000 people suffer from hearing disabilities. People with hearing disabilities lack the resources and support to be included in traditional education and are at disproportionate risk of not accessing education and experiencing social isolation, loneliness, and stigma
The Innovation
Óyeme facilitates inclusion of people with hearing disabilities in Antioquia, Colombia, providing communicative and educational alternatives.
The Impact
Fundación Óyeme has reached 1,600+ direct participants and 3,000+ indirect participants.
The Challenge
The Chocó Department in Colombia has limited entrepreneurial development, ranked among the last places in competitiveness, and its capital, Quibdó, has one of the highest unemployment rates in the country.
The Innovation
Corporación GEInnova promotes projects for social and entrepreneurial development in the Chocó Department by scaling businesses and projects online.
The Impact
Corporación GEInnova has trained more than 800 people, with 39 initiatives strengthening their business models, and 26 entrepreneurs receiving seed capital for their productive activities.
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Un Pulmón Más
The Challenge
El Salvador is ranked 70th out of 184 countries in the ranking of carbon emissions (CO2).
The Innovation
Un Pulmón más restores the native ecosystems of Latin America by creating new natural spaces, strengthening environmental awareness and fostering scientific research.
The Impact
The organization planted 5,000 trees in different communities in Guatemala and southern Mexico to improve air quality and thus create natural lungs in each area.
Instituto LideraJovem
The Challenge
In Brazil, 8.3% of young people live in extreme poverty. Student dropout costs over $70 billion USD and represents a 3.3% loss of Brazil’s annual GDP.
The Innovation
LideraJovem develops leadership skills for youth to break cycles of poverty and become changemakers in their communities.
The Impact
LideraJovem has empowered 300 young leaders in vulnerable areas of São Paulo.
Fundación Espacio Creativo
The Challenge
In Panama, low-quality education and lack of job opportunities threaten youth wellbeing.
The Innovation
Fundación Espacio Creativo (FEC) broadens opportunities for youth development through dance, education, and culture.
The Impact
FEC reaches 300 youth annually through its three comprehensive training programs—Programa Enlaces, Sandbox and COCO dance company. Outcomes include a 47% reduction in violent incidents amongst youth, post emotional development training in 2021.
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The Challenge
A low culture of volunteering is evident in Peru, with the country ranking #51 of 119 countries surveyed in volunteer hours according to the World Giving Index 2022.
The Innovation
Through its digital platform, Proa connects people and companies to make volunteering and solidarity donations, thus creating a community among them.
The Impact
In 2022, Proa mobilized more than 19 thousand volunteers, allowing them to generate an impact in society in an area of their interest.
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Fundacion por Mexico
The Challenge
In Mexico, 51% of the population did not complete basic education. The educational backlog faced by children and adolescents limits their future employability opportunities, pushing most of them into informal work.
The Innovation
Fundación por México offers educational programs to those affected by educational backlog. Through their network and opening study spaces in highly affected communities, they help expand opportunities for advancement and employment.
The Impact
Since 2017, Fundación por México has impacted over a thousand Mexicans, helping them acquire new knowledge and tools for better employment and improved living conditions.
MAGIA
The Challenge
There are more than 1,800 childhood cancer cases in Peru each year, of which only 30% survive because they are detected early or have the economic resources.
The Innovation
MAGIA helps children with cancer who do not have economic resources to cover medical treatments through its Social Solidarity, Education, Support, and programs for parents.
The Impact
For 13 years, MAGIA has supported over 1000 diagnosed children, guaranteeing optimal cancer treatment and complete coverage of expenses.
The Challenge
New social entrepreneurs often lack skills and connections, leading to demotivation in their projects.
The Innovation
SCALE allows entrepreneurs to find tools to develop their proposals within the framework of sustainable development goals.
The Impact
SCALE has trained more than 50 entrepreneurs with its programs to enhance startups, showcasing early-stage social entrepreneurs.
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Fundación Carvajal
The Challenge
In Colombia, 15% of the population lives in extreme poverty. This is the third-highest percentage among Latin American and Caribbean countries.
The Innovation
Fundación Carvajal fights against educational gaps through an educational design based on a tutoring program for low-performing students in public schools in Colombia.
The Impact
They have directly benefited more than 13 million people through 60+ projects that cover Integral Social Intervention, Training for Work, and Human Development.
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Latin American Leadership Academy (LALA)
The Challenge
Latin America’s most promising young leaders are falling through the education cracks. High potential youth from diverse backgrounds never make it to a leadership path due to poverty, discrimination, scarce resources, or limited education.
The Innovation
LALA develops a new generation of leaders for Latin America. LALA identifies high-potential, purpose-driven youth from all backgrounds and develops their skills to become transformative leaders in their communities. Alumni join a lifelong community, working together to address LATAM's most pressing challenges.
The Impact
LALA has developed over 1,300 young leaders, 70% from underrepresented backgrounds. 56% alumni launched social projects reaching over 85,000 people. Of those continuing their undergrad studies, 57% received scholarships collectively worth $7M+ USD.
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The Challenge
During the pandemic, more than 100,000 restaurants were affected due to their permanent closure due to lack of income, slowing the economic reactivation in the country.
The Innovation
The "Cocina Poderosa" project promotes the economic reactivation of small producers and restaurants. Furthermore, it facilitates access to healthy food in "Ollas comunes" in the district of San Juan de Lurigancho.
The Impact
Since 2020, PUCA has managed to feed 1000 people who lacked food security, trained 50 "Ollas comunes,” and reactivated four restaurants.
Mazatlan Food Bank I.A.P
The Challenge
More than 167,000 people in the South of Sinaloa cannot guarantee three meals a day, affecting 22.1% of Sinaloa's population.
The Innovation
Banco de Alimentos Mazatlán rescues food from food companies, channeling them to vulnerable families with food packages. They also promote integral development in nutrition, capacity building, and awareness of the cause.
The Impact
In 20 years, Banco de Alimentos Mazatlán has benefited more than 190,000 people. In 2022, they delivered over 55,000 food packages totaling more than 710 tons of food for over 9,000 people from urban, rural communities, and social assistance institutions.
The Challenge
25% of Colombians live in rural areas experiencing the widest development disparities. 40%+ of rural Colombia lives in poverty and only 31% farmers uses technology. There’s a need to unlock opportunities for farmers to leverage the potential of technology in agriculture.
The Innovation
Mas por TIC strengthens rural farmers, youth and communities to leverage ICT (information, communication and technology), increasing equity in the use of technology. Mas por TIC aims to create a network of farmers in rural Colombia, bringing opportunities to the most distant places.
The Impact
Mas por TIC has reached 151 rural youth, co-creating development action plans in their communities, and activating 15 Territorial Plans for rural development in Colombia.
Katy Summer Foundation
The Challenge
In Chile, 1 in 2 young people aged between 15 and 25 has experienced digital violence, 1 in 4 of them self-harms, but only 1 in 100 reports it. On average, 334 young people die by suicide annually, and 1 in 22 has attempted it.
The Innovation
Katy Summer prevents cyberbullying and youth suicide through emotional support tools with the help of more than 30 mental health professionals and 10 lawyers.
The Impact
Since 2018, they have reached over 500 communities supporting more than 170,000 people, with 88% feeling supported by their talks.
The Challenge
In Mexico, thousands of children suffer from neglect and lack of emotional protection, affecting their integral development.
The Innovation
Villas promotes the comprehensive development of children and adolescents through a care model that fosters secure attachment bonds between children and their parents and caregivers.
The Impact
Since 1996, they have impacted more than 25,000 children mainly in urban areas through strategies to strengthen family relationships and regulate child development.
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Sembrando Juntos
The Challenge
90% of the brain develops in the first five years of age, requiring quality early education to set children on a path to success. Children in vulnerable areas in Peru lack access to quality early education, being at a disadvantage at a very early age.
The Innovation
Sembrando Juntos provides quality kindergarten education in Initial Education Centers in vulnerable areas of Peru. Through Proyecto Cometa, Sembrando Juntos develops the skills of preschool teachers and directors in public institutions.
The Impact
Sembrando Juntos has provided quality early education to 3,000+ children in three educational centers in vulnerable areas of Peru
EsseEs
The Challenge
In Colombia, people over 40 face low employability rates and instability. Many leave the labor market to start their own businesses, facing economic and mental health challenges.
The Innovation
EsseEs supports entrepreneurs in building trust relationships and providing personal and ethical value tools. Their platform helps with visibility, conversion, and relationships for people in unstable job situations.
The Impact
EsseEs has supported the emotional stability of over 280,000 people in Colombia, providing support for mental health problems and emotional instability.
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Fundacion Marina Orth
The Challenge
3 out of 10 Colombian children do not attend educational institutions due to lack economic resources.
The Innovation
The Foundation Marina Orth works to strengthen the knowledge and skills of children and young people in English, STEM, technology, robotics, and career guidance.
The Impact
Fundación Marina Orth has impacted over 14,000 young people in more than 30 schools in Colombia and has awarded 50 university scholarships.
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The Challenge
There were more than 2,000 cases of violence against women in the Guajira region in 2021, of which more than 600 were sexual abuse.
The Innovation
Asociación EvasyAdanes generates multicultural training spaces in the Guajira region, where it works by deconstructing sexist schemes that create inequality and promote gender violence.
The Impact
Since 2015, Asociación EvasyAdanes has supported more than 7,000 women, men, youth, and children through gender forums, podcasts, and conversations.
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The Challenge
There is a digital knowledge gap in Chile, as 31% of job vacancies in information technology are not filled because of a lack of professionals.
The Innovation
Kodea promotes children and young people's active participation in new digital spaces through boot camps and immersive methodologies in education, the future of work, and digital citizenship.
The Impact
Since 2015, Kodea has managed to benefit more than 2 million people. In 2022, of the 700 microentrepreneurs who participated in the "Connected Entrepreneurs" project, 57% established their virtual stores.
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América Solidaria
The Challenge
According to UNICEF, in 2020, 63% of boys and girls under the age of 15 experienced some psychological and physical violence at home.
The Innovation
América Solidaria seeks that all children and adolescents can have a dignified and fair life through volunteer professionals' health, education, and family economic development programs.
The Impact
América Solidaria has benefited more than 80,000 children and young people through its projects, promoting social transformation in different communities in Latin America. In 2022, they obtained 100% student retention rates in their programs.
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The Challenge
In Mexico, more than 30,000 people with disabilities do not have access to decent employment.
The Innovation
With its production, processing, and marketing of turkey meat, Pavodown provides employment opportunities for young people with Down syndrome and other disabilities
The Impact
Since 2017, PavoDown has reached more than 5,000 people with disabilities, strengthening labor inclusion. Last year alone, they opened 20 new jobs.
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Fundación AMÓS Salud y Esperanza
The Challenge
Health care coverage is limited in Nicaragua, which puts the lives of vulnerable populations at risk
The Innovation
AMÓS reduces health inequities through a model that prevents disease and strengthens local leadership and community collaboration.
The Impact
AMÓS has enabled more than 25,000 people to benefit from community health programs and urban clinics. As a result, in 2022, there were no maternal deaths, and 95% of children under two reached a healthy weight.
Tu Consejeria
The Challenge
In Guatemala, one in three adults has suffered from a mental disorder, but only 2% of the general population has received care from a healthcare professional. The limited budget allocated to this area leaves the population unattended.
The Innovation
Tu Consejería provides confidential, human, and accessible psychological support through crisis chats on WhatsApp and a web-based application, available during extended hours to address emergencies. Tu Consejería connects users with mental health professionals for continuous and specialized long-term care.
The Impact
Tu Consejería has assisted over 9,000 people in crisis situations in Guatemala, focusing on vulnerable populations with limited resources or irregular migratory status, providing support and improving their mental health in an accessible way.
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The Challenge
In Peru, 80% of schoolchildren do not know what career to pursue when they finish school. In addition, three out of fifteen students abandon their studies when they make a hasty decision without proper guidance on their career choices.
The Innovation
Through its vocational Accompaniment Program and school workshops, Transcienda offers high school students career guidance
The Impact
They have supported more than 6,000 students in pursuing their personal goals. 70% of student have demonstrated greater clarity about their vocational choice.
Hipocampus Centros de Aprendizaje
The Challenge
90% of the brain develops in the first five years of age. Quality early education gives children the foundations to thrive, as adequate stimulation and a positive environment significantly affect children’s futures. Only 6% of children in vulnerable areas in Mexico attend early education centers, being at a disadvantage at a very early age.
The Innovation
Hipocampus increases access to quality childcare and education services for children in vulnerable areas in Mexico.
The Impact
Hipocampus operates 8 high-quality child care centers in México, reaching over 227 children. Children attending the centers have a development index of 97%.
The Challenge
It is urgent for Peruvian education to be transformed since the country consistently ranks at the bottom of the PISA test.
The Innovation
On Videame, students learn math by interacting with short videos and assessments in a chatbot. Parents and teachers can follow students' progress through A.I. generated reports highlighting achievements and learning gaps.
The Impact
Videame has created 1,000+ video classes and 4,000+ practical exercises. Students using the platform increase learning outcomes by 20%.
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The Challenge
In Peru, the centralization of sport at a competitive and formative level is an obstacle for more than 1 million children and adolescents from "Quechua speaking” communities who lack quality sports schools.
The Innovation
Sinkumunchis, through sports, offers an education in the native language, promoting the mental and physical health of Cuzco children.
The Impact
More than 1000 children and adolescents have benefited from Sinkumunchis. It's program has helped them improve their relationships, concentration, and emotional control.
99 Foundation
The Challenge
Close to 800 million people worldwide live on less than $2 a day; while over 175 million children lack access to preschool education to change the future of their families in vulnerable situations. These millions are concentrated in rural areas, where 46% of the world's population lives today, facing inequality in development opportunities.
The Innovation
Foundation 99 provides tools for people in rural areas to have better life trajectories. Through its Irradia model, it focuses on rural schools and articulates them in three dimensions: education, local economic development, and public space and infrastructure.
The Impact
Since 2009, Foundation 99 has worked in 4 countries with over 50,000 students, 3,000 teachers, and nearly 900 schools. Thanks to its programs, students increase their performance by 10%, impacting their future development and growth opportunities.
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The Challenge
In Peruvian education, art is considered an undervalued discipline due to lack of promotion, limited teacher training, and low visibility.
The Innovation
Through its courses and workshops, MALI develop socio-emotional skills, such as empathy, teamwork, and self-knowledge, of its students to establish safe environments.
The Impact
Since 1961, MALI has managed to impact more than 1 million people through its courses and artistic workshops in 7 disciplines, promoting art education.
The Challenge
In Colombia, low-quality education worsens with socioeconomic gaps, lack of technology, and obsolete curricula. There’s a need for innovation in curricula and delivery that helps teachers and students to thrive.
The Innovation
Coschool is creating physical and digital experiences ('physital') to connect face-to-face with virtual interactions. With their newly launched Edumoción platform, they place socio-emotional learning (SEL) at the center of their educational proposal for teachers and students. They intend to generate impact by institutionalizing SEL within the education sySTEAM.
The Impact
Since inception, Coschool has reached nearly 20,000 youth and 7,000 teachers in Colombia. With Edumoción, CoSchool has reached 930+ youth, 660+ educators. 60% educators increased their ability to teach socio-emotional skills, positioning as a transformative educational solution ready to scale.
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Alianza para la Seguridad Alimentaria de Baja California Sur (ASA)
The Challenge
There was an increase of 4% in Mexico's low-income population in 2021, creating greater barriers to accessing nutritious and quality food.
The Innovation
In an effort to reduce food waste, Alianza para la Salud Alimentaria (ASA) runs a food bank, collaborates with primary producers, and works with restaurants and supermarkets.
The Impact
ASA has directly impacted 1 million people, promoting nutritious and quality food access. In 2020, they supported more than 97,000 families through the state's food emergency response plan.
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The Challenge
Across Latin America and the Caribbean, the IDB estimates that women hold only 15% of management positions. The problem arises due to the limited economic, professional, and personal development of girls and young women in the region from an early age.
The Innovation
Through its role-model characters in its stories and the entertainment content in its blogs, Chica Latina contributes to the development, empowerment, and strengthening of the skills of girls and adolescents worldwide.
The Impact
More than 2 million girls and adolescents have benefited from Chica Latina's 5 books and digital content since 2020.
The Challenge
Rural areas in Peru lack access to quality education. Unequal access to technology and resources that support student learning deepens the problem.
The Innovation
Ser Maestro activates and supports a learning community of rural teachers, providing resources, innovations and research to support learning.
The Impact
Ser Maestro has reached nearly 4,500 teachers in Peru.
Bive con Bienestar
The Challenge
In Colombia, rural communities live on less than $15,000 pesos daily, limiting their access to public health services, which require long waiting times and slow bureaucratic processes, resulting in rural population neglect.
The Innovation
Bive ensures that everyone has access to health services, regardless of their income level. Its platforms Bive Previene and Chatbot Previene tu Salud characterize and sensitize rural populations to reach them with social support projects.
The Impact
Bive has benefited over 120,000 vulnerable people through its network of over 200 healthcare professionals and 9,000 medical services. Since 2012, Bive has benefited nearly 32,000 direct beneficiaries in Colombia, improving their quality of life through early diagnoses.
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Gravity Water
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The Challenge
Over 485,000 children under the age of five die from drinking contaminated water worldwide.
The Innovation
Gravity Water uses a decentralized rainwater collection and filtration system to provide schools in need with daily access to clean drinking water around the world.
The Impact
Gravity Water has provided access to safe, reliable drinking water to over 54,000 students and their communities in Vietnam, Nepal, Indonesia, Puerto Rico, and Costa Rica.
The Challenge
Early math skills predict future academic performance. Gaps in numeracy skills and unequal access to learning support set children apart from an early age.
The Innovation
WiiXii reduces gaps in math education, giving all children opportunities to thrive. Wiixii provides recreational mathematics via WhatsApp. Children gain confidence in their ability to solve all kinds of problems and develop a healthier relationship with mistakes.
The Impact
WiiXii has reached 7,200+ children and 250+ teachers in 16 countries. 60% of students using WiiXii report improvements in math scores, and 62% increase their perseverance.
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The Challenge
Bullying affects between 18% and 31% of young Panamanians. Violence in Panamanian schools hinders the teaching-learning process and drives school dropouts.
The Innovation
Ni uno mas promotes a healthy school environment to prevent and stop bullying and cyberbullying in Panama.
The Impact
Ni uno mas reached over 20,000 direct participants and 100,000 indirect participants in 25 affiliated schools by 2021.
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The Challenge
Colombia has 95% electricity coverage. However, while in urban areas it reaches 99%, in rural areas it only reaches 86%. This means has more than 2.5 million people without access to an electricity grid.
The Innovation
SunColombia develops solutions based on solar energy as a source of environmental and economic transformation to create a more sustainable future.
The Impact
SunColombia has reached over 170,000 people in 28 Colombian locations, deploying more than 15 thousand solar solutions.
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Warriors Zulu Nation Honduras
The Challenge
Honduras is among the most dangerous countries in Latin America. The violence has caused the forced displacement of more than 247,000 people, of whom more than 40% are children and adolescents.
The Innovation
Warriors Zulu Nation promotes social development and youth violence prevention through its arts programs and interventions.
The Impact
During 2022, Warriors Zulu Nation impacted more than 6000 young people, resulting in the consolidation of 4 Youth Artistic Collectives in the San Pedro Sula region of Honduras.
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REDIM
The Challenge
In Mexico, children and youth perspectives in the formulation of policies are unable to effectively protect their rights.
The Innovation
REDIM convenes a network of 70 organizations in 10 states of Mexico, and advocates for a National Protection System for childhood rights.
The Impact
In 2021 , REDIM reached over 5,000 people from 34 countries in Latin America, the Caribbean and Europe through its projects "Childhood counts" and "#Proyecto26".
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Fundación Obsequio de Vida J. Thomas Ford
The Challenge
In Panama, 440 children are born yearly with congenital heart disease, the leading cause of neonatal deaths worldwide.
The Innovation
Fundación Obsequio de Vida J. Thomas Ford fights for children with congenital heart problems through a children's cardio program that guarantees medical interventions, curative procedures, diagnoses, and open heart operations to survive.
The Impact
Since 1962, the Foundation's work has benefited 750 children. Each year, 12 to 15 children undergo open-heart procedures.
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The Challenge
In 2022, in El Salvador, there were more than 520,000 families in extreme poverty and without access to quality health and education services.
The Innovation
The mission of FUSAL is to improve the quality of life for Salvadorans living in poverty. Together with more than 20 local municipalities, FUSAL strengthens sustainable communities for human development.
The Impact
Since 1986, they have benefited more than 600,000 people through 700 projects, programs, and volunteering initiatives in 20 regions of El Salvador. During 2022 alone, 38 children recovered from anemia within the Early Childhood Program, and all births were born healthy at the appropriate weight.
Educate2Envision
The Challenge
Secondary school is the next big challenge in achieving universal education. By 2035, only 63% of the world's youth would have completed secondary school.
The Innovation
Educate2Envision (E2E) brings secondary education and leadership training to vulnerable youth in rural communities in Honduras with little or no government funding.
The Impact
Educate2Envision has awarded 1000+ scholarships and 30,000+ hours of community service. On average across all school sites, E2E’s graduation rate is 90% compared to 30% national average. Further, E2E model reduced out-of-pocket household expenses by over 50%.
The Challenge
In Peru, citizen participation is limited due to low levels of trust, fragmentation, and insufficient coordinated efforts to increase social well-being, political participation, and solid economic growth.
The Innovation
PerúTeQuiero acts collectively to attract, connect, and coordinate key actors to mobilize systemic changes in citizenship, mental health, and education. Through this model, they have developed four national projects: Psychological Care, School Reinforcement, Better Return, and Homeland.
The Impact
PerúTeQuiero has reached 25 regions of the country, establishing over 50 organizations and 6 action fronts. Together, their projects have strengthened education, citizen participation, and mental health for over 20,000 people nationwide.
Hermosillo Food Bank I.A.P
The Challenge
In 2022, food insecurity affected over 35 million Mexicans living in vulnerable situations, a figure that continues to rise year after year.
The Innovation
The Hermosillo Food Bank rescues and distributes food according to each community's needs. Through its comprehensive impact programs, the Bank diagnoses communities, families, and institutions to plan social support strategies.
The Impact
In 2022, the Hermosillo Food Bank distributed 3.5 million kilograms of food, serving 7,000 families in 29 locations in Sonora.
ColaborativoPR
The Challenge
In Puerto Rico, 52% of the 18-year-old youth live below poverty levels, and 58% of the adult population does not have a post-secondary degree. In Loiza, the Afro-Puerto Rican core, the problem deepens. Post-secondary education enrolment in Loiza is 16% points below Puerto Rico’s enrolment.
The Innovation
ColaborativoPR provides opportunities for students from Loiza, Puerto Rico, facing poverty and inequality to obtain post-secondary education.
The Impact
ColaborativoPR is succeeding in linking Loiza’s youth to education. In 2018, 173 students graduated from Loiza's public high schools, representing a 7% increase in enrolment. 80% rated their first year of post-secondary studies as excellent. 94% of ColaborativoPR alumni matriculated in post-secondary education, and 74% continued after their first year.
Misión Caritas Felices
The Challenge
In Peru, one out of every 700 children is born with cleft lip and/or palate. However, the costs of reconstructive surgery and treatment are difficult to afford for people with low resources.
The Innovation
Misión Caritas Felices provides free treatments to achieve complete rehabilitation of patients with cleft lip and palate, focusing on those with low economic resources nationwide.
The Impact
Since 2018, Misión Caritas Felices has impacted over 3,000 people with reconstructive surgery. Additionally, they educate the national society about cleft lip and palate from a medical and psychological perspective.
The Challenge
65% of Guatemalan youth don’t work or study and are at risk. Lacking resources or developing opportunities, at-risk youth are at a greater vulnerability to substance abuse, school failure, or juvenile delinquency. Conversely, with adequate support, they will build a better future for themselves, enhancing community resilience.
The Innovation
SERES empowers youth to become influential leaders capable of creating a lasting positive impact in communities in Central America.
The Impact
Since 2009, SERES has reached 5,500+ youth, facilitated 110+ programs, and supported hundreds of community action plans that address pressing challenges in their communities.
Campinho Digital
The Challenge
In Brazil, 62.5 million inhabitants live below the poverty line and in vulnerable situations, limiting their access to training and education in technological sectors.
The Innovation
Campinho Digital is a network of digital career learning centers that offers free training alongside leaders in the technology sector to provide inclusive opportunities for people with limited resources.
The Impact
Since 2018, they have trained and professionalized over 5,000 people with socio-economic barriers. After completing the programs, Campinho Digital supports their students in productive integration through their network of alliances.
The Challenge
50% of students in LATAM experience academic vulnerability. Learning gaps are attributable both to learning difficulties and to the inability to adapt to the learning environment.
The Innovation
Skalo facilitates diversity and inclusion in the classroom, using technology to suggest personalized strategies for students with learning barriers to successfully adapt to their learning environment.
The Impact
Skalo has reached 2,500 students in 8 cities and 32 schools in Colombia. In partnership with United Way, Alianza Educativa and Saldarriaga Concha Foundation, they aspire to reach 1,5 Million students in Mexico, Colombia, and Chile by 2027.
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The Challenge
Multicultural non-recognition violates the rights of indigenous people in the Amazon jungle and limits their development.
The Innovation
RESSOP develops social projects promoting human development through education, cultural awareness, pastoral accompaniment, health, and social care.
The Impact
RESSOP manages a network of 79 educational institutions in the Peruvian jungle, reaching 47 indigenous communities in the regions of Madre de Dios, Cusco, and Ucayali.
Fundación Santa Isabel
The Challenge
Lacking a life project significantly harms youth potential development. 49% of youth in the outskirts of Bogota lack pathways to higher education, limiting their development opportunities. Few resources are allocated to support youth to understand their life purpose and alternatives for their future.
The Innovation
Fundación Santa Isabel removes development barriers to children and youth with educational projects, increasing success of their life projects.
The Impact
Fundacion Santa Isabel has reached 12,000 children and youth in 9 municipalities in Colombia. Nine out of every ten children reached acquire tools to implement their life projects.
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Movilizatorio
The Challenge
Latin American development suffers from a lack of citizen participation in public decision-making, which fundamentally impacts the reduction of social gaps in the region.
The Innovation
Movilizatorio is a social transformation laboratory that actively and consciously promotes citizen participation. It connects vulnerable people with decision-makers who can impact social injustice situations through 4 axes of work: Strengthening and Protecting Leadership; Awareness-raising and Communication; Mobilization and Activism; and Knowledge Generation.
The Impact
In 7 years, Movilizatorio has managed to impact more than 22 million people, with more than 50 projects in Latin America.
The Challenge
Low levels of trust limit collective action in Peru. 58% of Peruvians believe that the people in their community are barely reliable. There’s a need to develop 21st-century and citizenship skills to activate a virtuous cycle for collective action in Perú.
The Innovation
VIVA Valores develops socio-emotional and citizenship skills in schools, families, and communities. VIVA develops after-school programs and learning resources to promote socio-emotional and 21st-century skills in children and families.
The Impact
VIVA has a network of 6,000+ teachers across 20 regions in Perú. 107,000 Peruvian children have developed socioemotional skills through VIVA’s programs and learning resources.
Glasswing International
The Challenge
El Salvador is one of the regions in Central America with the highest homicide rates that expose families to migration, threatening the educational development and well-being of youth.
The Innovation
"En Casa con Glasswing" is a volunteer-driven online education program accessible to youth in Latin America. This program is complemented by the podcast "Desde Aquí Para Allá" that presents the success stories of young people from Central America.
The Impact
"En Casa con Glasswing" has reached 13,000 people in 7 LatAm countries.
The Challenge
While tourism is a primary economic engine in Peru, sustainable and inclusive tourism is underdeveloped, leaving vulnerable people at the margin of the economic benefits of tourism in their communities.
The Innovation
Turismo Cuida creates a community of entrepreneurs committed to sustainable tourism. TurismoCuida seeks to replicate the success of the Tourism Cares model in Peru.
The Impact
TurismoCuida has sponsored 14 sustainable projects, 13 of which have been selected for national competitions. Turismo Cuida has invested $250K USD in the winning projects.
Servicio, Educación y Desarrollo a la Comunidad I.A.P
The Challenge
By 2020, 5.3 million young people aged 3 to 17 were not attending school in Mexico due to limited access to quality education, increasing their risk of falling into addiction, vandalism, or child labor.
The Innovation
SEDAC provides preschool and primary education to children from low-income backgrounds through additional teaching tools such as chess, values, and financial entrepreneurship.
The Impact
Over 44 years, SEDAC has impacted more than 15,000 beneficiaries in their basic education, shaping capable adults and professionals.
The Children’s House of Palo Solo I.A.P
The Challenge
In Mexico, 2 out of every 10 students are educationally lagging, violating the rights of children to access dignified, fair, and quality education.
The Innovation
The Children’s House of Palo Solo educates children based on the Montessori philosophy to develop them with great adaptability, autonomy, and effective decision-making from early childhood.
The Impact
Since 1979, they have served more than 900 preschool children. 85% have developed cognitive, social, and psycho-affective skills that enable them to continue their education and pursue careers of their interest.
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Seeds for Progress
The Challenge
In Guatemala, school dropout is high, and 70% of children cannot read or write. The problem widens in rural areas.
The Innovation
Seeds for Progress promotes access to quality education through infrastructure development, technology, and mentoring, in coffee-growing regions in Guatemala.
The Impact
Over the last 20 years, Seeds for Progress has transformed the lives of over 30,000 children and teachers in coffee communities in Nicaragua and Guatemala.
Timbalé
The Challenge
3.2 million young people in Colombia lack access to education or dignified employment. Poverty, social exclusion, lack of opportunities, and intra-family abuse can lead them to environments with high levels of violence.
The Innovation
Timbalé uses art to support the development of young people through artistic tools, soft skills, leadership, and emotional intelligence to visualize themselves in a new personal, work, and community context.
The Impact
Since 2022, Timbalé has supported over 500 young people from 20 Colombian communities, some of whom have taken the initiative to join the foundation to lead the program in new Colombian communities.
Citizen Committee to Support the Fray Bernardino Alvarez Psychiatric Hospital I.A.P
The Challenge
In Mexico, 8 out of 10 people have some mental health problem or condition. However, 24% are not affiliated with any type of health service.
The Innovation
The Citizen Committee contributes to the treatment of low-income people with mental health disorders, reintegrating them into their families and society.
The Impact
Since 1997, the Citizen Committee has benefited more than 100,000 patients. With their support, they have achieved an annual savings of over five million dollars in the purchase of psychiatric medications for the population.
Fundación Juconi
The Challenge
For every 100,000 Mexicans, there are 547 cases of family violence, reinforcing a cycle of poverty, fear, and pain in children and youth.
The Innovation
Through the care programs, Juconi provides professional services to girls, boys, young people and families at risk or exposed to violence.
The Impact
Juconi Foundation has reacher 28,934 families through 4,000+ training sessions and 120 projects.
The Challenge
Teachers in Mexico lack the technology and resources to adequately support student learning. Post-Covid, many students fell further behind in basic reading, writing, and math skills.
The Innovation
Inoma develops educational video games that support parents and teachers in their role as educators, improving academic performance. Inoma has developed two platforms: Tak-Tak-Tak, for students, and LabTak, for educators.
The Impact
Inoma users increase their math scores in standardized tests. Since 2013, Inoma has reached over 800,000 students through the Tak-Tak-Tak platform and 36,000 teachers with the LabTak platform. Inomas’ reach expands to 737 schools in 60 countries.
The Challenge
The lack of public transportation data for users hinders mobility in the city, increases travel time, and gives a poor perception of the service.
The Innovation
Muevetex transforms public transportation trips in the Toluca Metropolitan Area through an app that allows users to set origin and destination points and discover up to five routes to reach their destination. They also identify opportunities for restructuring public transportation and service improvements for carriers.
The Impact
Since 2020, Muevetex has benefited more than 10,000 public transportation users, who have made over 60,000 inquiries to transform their public transportation routes. Due to its effectiveness, 6 out of 10 users use the app more than 3 times a day.
Impact Startup Competition
The Challenge
2 out of every 5 people in Latin America earn labor incomes below the national minimum wage, despite enrolling in universities and receiving professional training.
The Innovation
Impact Startup Competition educates young people about entrepreneurship and innovation in Latin America, promoting social projects. Through the competition, young people connect with a network of mentors and experts at the national and international levels to execute plans that solve the region's most urgent problems.
The Impact
Since 2022, Impact Startup Competition has impacted more than 25,000 students directly and indirectly, generating over 800 triple impact projects along with more than 300 mentors and teachers involved in training young entrepreneurs.
Hope Worldwide Mexico I.A.P
The Challenge
By 2022, more than 50 million people faced a lack of health services in Mexico. People living in poverty are primarily those whose right to health is violated.
The Innovation
Hope WorldWide promotes, prevents, and addresses the health conditions of vulnerable communities in Mexico City and the Metropolitan Area. Through their medical brigades and comprehensive health centers, they work to ensure that no person in Mexico is left unattended.
The Impact
Through their 34 years in Mexico, the organization has benefited more than 250,000 people, contributing to the biopsychosocial development of the population living in poverty.
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The Challenge
In Peru, every year, there are about 500,000 teenage pregnancies. Also, out of every 1,000 children born, 19 die from unassisted health problems.
The Innovation
TANI addresses early childhood care, strengthening the education system in areas of high vulnerability and preventing and assisting teenage pregnancies.
The Impact
TANI has supported more than 400,000 families with health, education, and community development programs. As a result, 90% of the families indicated increased well-being.
Fundación El Origen
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The Challenge
While 90%+ jobs require digital skills, Colombian youth lack the digital skills required to succeed in today's economy.
The Innovation
Fundación El Origen provides access to education to rural populations with significant technology gaps. Through the offline "O-Lab" App, El Origen provides accessible digital content in native language to indigenous children in Colombia.
The Impact
El Origen has reached 4,000 children, mainly in Colombia. O-Lab envisions reaching 50,000 students in the next 5 years with its 20+ partners.
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Juguete Pendiente
The Challenge
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of people living in poverty in Peru increased to 4.5 million from 2020 to 2022.
The Innovation
Juguete Pendiente designs manages, articulates, and executes high-impact social projects for people and communities throughout Peru.
The Impact
They have benefited over 600 thousand people through more than 700 projects, programs, and initiatives of volunteering and social responsibility with scope in 20 regions of the country.
The Challenge
Peruvian education is in crisis: only 1 in 3 children understands what they read, and only 1 out of 10 has numerical skills. Education is a problem to be solved.
The Innovation
Through their Happy House after school program, Kantaya creates a safe space for children and helps them develop their literacy and numeracy skills.
The Impact
Kantaya has reached 1000+ Peruvian children. After Kantaya, 74% of children understand what they read, and 70% have numerical skills.
Cohort 2
Latin American Leadership Academy
Paraguay y Mexico
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Vijay has dedicated his career to social and environmental impact. He has spent 14 years consulting Fortune 100 companies in U.S., Europe, and India.
- Led risk consulting projects ($100M+) for Fortune 50 clients
- Worked on two Climate Tech seed investments at Breakthrough Energy Ventures
- Mentored 100+ graduates on career progression for five years
- Headed a rural school building project in India
Vijay has dedicated his career to social and environmental impact. He has spent 14 years consulting Fortune 100 companies in U.S., Europe, and India.
- Led risk consulting projects ($100M+) for Fortune 50 clients
- Worked on two Climate Tech seed investments at Breakthrough Energy Ventures
- Mentored 100+ graduates on career progression for five years
- Headed a rural school building project in India
Vijay has dedicated his career to social and environmental impact. He has spent 14 years consulting Fortune 100 companies in U.S., Europe, and India.
- Led risk consulting projects ($100M+) for Fortune 50 clients
- Worked on two Climate Tech seed investments at Breakthrough Energy Ventures
- Mentored 100+ graduates on career progression for five years
- Headed a rural school building project in India
Más por TIC
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El Reto
El 25% de colombianos vive en áreas rurales con desigualdades de desarrollo. Más del 40% vive en pobreza y solo el 31% de agricultores usa tecnología. Es necesario desbloquear oportunidades para que aprovechen el potencial de la tecnología en su área.
La Innovación
Más por TIC genera oportunidades de empleo y calidad de vida conectando a la zona rural y urbana a través de la tecnología y la innovación.
El Impacto
Más por TIC ha llegado a 151 jóvenes rurales, co-creando planes de innovación en sus comunidades e impulsando 15 planes territoriales de desarrollo rural en Colombia.
ColaborativoPR
El Reto
En Puerto Rico, el 52% de los jóvenes de 18 años vive por debajo de los niveles de pobreza y el 58% de la población adulta no tiene un título postsecundario. En Loiza, el núcleo afropuertorriqueño, el problema se profundiza. La matrícula de educación postsecundaria está 16 puntos porcentuales por debajo de la matrícula de Puerto Rico.
La Innovación
ColaborativoPR brinda oportunidades para que estudiantes de Loiza, Puerto Rico, que enfrentan pobreza y desigualdad obtengan educación postsecundaria.
El Impacto
ColaborativoPR está vinculando jóvenes de Loiza con la educación. En 2018, 173 estudiantes se graduaron de sus escuelas secundarias públicas, lo que representa un aumento del 7% en la matrícula. El 80% calificó su primer año de estudios postsecundarios como excelente. El 94% de los exalumnos de ColaborativoPR se matricularon en educación postsecundaria y el 74% continuó después del primer año.
Inoma
El Reto
Los maestros en México carecen de la tecnología y los recursos para apoyar adecuadamente el aprendizaje de los estudiantes. Después de la pandemia del COVID-19, muchos estudiantes se rezagaron aún más en las habilidades básicas de lectura, escritura y matemáticas.
La Innovación
Inoma desarrolla videojuegos educativos que apoyan a padres y profesores en su rol de educadores, mejorando el rendimiento académico. Inoma ha desarrollado dos plataformas: Tak-Tak-Tak, para estudiantes, y LabTak, para educadores.
El Impacto
Los usuarios de Inoma aumentan sus puntajes de matemáticas en las pruebas estandarizadas. Desde 2013, Inoma ha llegado a más de 800.000 estudiantes a través de la plataforma Tak-Tak-Tak y a 36.000 profesores con LabTak. El alcance de Inoma se expande a 737 escuelas en 60 países.
WiiXii
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El Reto
Las habilidades matemáticas tempranas predicen el rendimiento académico futuro. Las brechas en las habilidades aritméticas y el acceso desigual al apoyo para el aprendizaje distinguen a los niños desde una edad temprana.
La Innovación
WiiXii reduce las brechas en la educación matemática, brindando a todos los niños oportunidades para prosperar. Wiixii proporciona matemáticas recreativas a través de WhatsApp. Los niños adquieren confianza en su capacidad para resolver todo tipo de problemas y desarrollan una relación más sana con los errores.
El Impacto
WiiXii ha llegado a más de 7200 niños y más de 250 profesores en 16 países. El 60 % de los estudiantes que usan WiiXii reportan mejoras en las calificaciones de matemáticas y el 62 % aumenta su perseverancia.
Fundación Óyeme
El Reto
El 5% de la población mundial sufre pérdida de audición (OMS). En Colombia, 455.000 personas padecen discapacidad auditiva. Las personas con discapacidad auditiva carecen de los recursos y el apoyo para ser incluidas en la educación tradicional y corren un riesgo desproporcionado de no acceder a educación y experimentar aislamiento social, soledad y estigma.
La Innovación
Óyeme facilita la inclusión de personas con discapacidad auditiva en Antioquia, Colombia, brindando alternativas comunicativas y educativas.
El Impacto
Fundación Óyeme ha alcanzado +1.600 participantes directos y +3.000 participantes indirectos.
Fundación Espacio Creativo
El Reto
En Panamá, la educación de baja calidad y la falta de oportunidades laborales amenazan el bienestar de los jóvenes.
La Innovación
Fundación Espacio Creativo (FEC) amplía oportunidades para el desarrollo de jóvenes a través de la danza, la educación y la cultura.
El Impacto
FEC llega a 300 jóvenes anualmente a través de sus tres programas integrales de capacitación: Programa Enlaces, Sandbox y la compañía de danza COCO. Los resultados incluyen una reducción del 47 % en los incidentes violentos entre los jóvenes, después de la capacitación en desarrollo emocional en 2021.
Instituto LideraJovem
El Reto
En Brasil, el 8,3% de los jóvenes vive en la pobreza extrema. La deserción estudiantil cuesta más de $70 mil millones de dólares y representa una pérdida del 3,3% del PIB anual de Brasil.
La Innovación
LideraJovem desarrolla habilidades de liderazgo para que los jóvenes rompan los ciclos de pobreza y se conviertan en agentes de cambio en sus comunidades.
El Impacto
LideraJovem ha empoderado a 300 jóvenes líderes en zonas vulnerables de São Paulo.
Hipocampus Centros de Aprendizaje
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El Reto
El 90% del cerebro se desarrolla en los primeros cinco años de edad. La educación temprana de calidad brinda a los niños las bases para prosperar, ya que la estimulación adecuada y un entorno positivo afectan significativamente el futuro de los niños. Solo el 6% de los niños en zonas vulnerables de México asisten a centros de educación inicial, estando en desventaja a muy temprana edad.
La Innovación
Hipocampus aumenta el acceso a servicios de cuidado y educación infantil de calidad para niños en zonas vulnerables de México.
El Impacto
Hipocampus opera 8 centros de cuidado infantil de alta calidad en México, llegando a más de 227 niños. Los niños que asisten a los centros tienen un índice de desarrollo del 97%.
Fundación Santa Isabel
El Reto
La falta de un proyecto de vida perjudica significativamente el desarrollo potencial de los jóvenes. El 49% de los jóvenes de la periferia de Bogotá carecen de acceso a la educación superior, lo que limita sus oportunidades de desarrollo. Se asignan pocos recursos para ayudar a los jóvenes a comprender su propósito de vida y las alternativas para su futuro.
La Innovación
Fundación Santa Isabel elimina barreras al desarrollo de niños, niñas y jóvenes con proyectos educativos, aumentando el éxito de sus proyectos de vida.
El Impacto
Fundación Santa Isabel ha llegado a 12.000 niños, niñas y jóvenes en 9 municipios de Colombia. Nueve de cada diez infantes alcanzaron a adquirir herramientas para implementar sus proyectos de vida.
Asociación Seres
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El Reto
El 65% de jóvenes guatemaltecos no trabajan ni estudian y están en riesgo. Al carecer de recursos u oportunidades de desarrollo, son más vulnerables al abuso de sustancias, deficiencia estudiantil o delincuencia juvenil. Por el contrario, con el apoyo adecuado, construirán un futuro mejor para sí mismos, mejorando la resiliencia de la comunidad.
La Innovación
SERES impulsa a jóvenes para que se conviertan en líderes influyentes, capaces de crear un impacto positivo y duradero en las comunidades de América Central.
El Impacto
Desde 2009, SERES ha alcanzado a más de 5500 jóvenes, facilitado más de 110 programas y apoyado cientos de planes de acción comunitarios que abordan desafíos apremiantes en sus comunidades.
Skalo
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El Reto
El 50% de los estudiantes en Latinoamérica experimentan vulnerabilidad académica. Las brechas de aprendizaje son atribuibles tanto a las dificultades de aprendizaje como a la incapacidad para adaptarse al entorno de aprendizaje.
La Innovación
Skalo facilita la diversidad y la inclusión en el aula, utilizando la tecnología para sugerir estrategias personalizadas para que los estudiantes con barreras de aprendizaje se adapten con éxito a su entorno de aprendizaje.
El Impacto
Skalo ha llegado a 2.500 estudiantes en 8 ciudades y 32 escuelas en Colombia. En alianza con United Way, Alianza Educativa y Fundación Saldarriaga Concha, aspiran llegar a 1,5 Millones de estudiantes en México, Colombia y Chile para el 2027.
Cohort 1
Latin American Leadership Academy
Paraguay y Mexico
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Vijay has dedicated his career to social and environmental impact. He has spent 14 years consulting Fortune 100 companies in U.S., Europe, and India.
- Led risk consulting projects ($100M+) for Fortune 50 clients
- Worked on two Climate Tech seed investments at Breakthrough Energy Ventures
- Mentored 100+ graduates on career progression for five years
- Headed a rural school building project in India
Vijay has dedicated his career to social and environmental impact. He has spent 14 years consulting Fortune 100 companies in U.S., Europe, and India.
- Led risk consulting projects ($100M+) for Fortune 50 clients
- Worked on two Climate Tech seed investments at Breakthrough Energy Ventures
- Mentored 100+ graduates on career progression for five years
- Headed a rural school building project in India
Vijay has dedicated his career to social and environmental impact. He has spent 14 years consulting Fortune 100 companies in U.S., Europe, and India.
- Led risk consulting projects ($100M+) for Fortune 50 clients
- Worked on two Climate Tech seed investments at Breakthrough Energy Ventures
- Mentored 100+ graduates on career progression for five years
- Headed a rural school building project in India
Turismo Cuida
El Reto
Si bien el turismo es el motor económico en Perú, el turismo sostenible e inclusivo está subdesarrollado, dejando al margen de los beneficios económicos que ofrece a personas vulnerables en sus comunidades.
La Innovación
Turismo Cuida tiene una comunidad de emprendedores comprometidos con el turismo sostenible. TurismoCuida busca replicar el éxito del modelo Tourism Cares en Perú.
El Impacto
TurismoCuida ha patrocinado 14 proyectos sostenibles, 13 de los cuales han sido seleccionados para competencias nacionales. Turismo Cuida ha invertido 250,000 USD en los proyectos ganadores.
Educate2Envision
El Reto
La secundaria es el siguiente gran desafío para lograr una educación universal. Para 2035, solo el 63 % de los jóvenes del mundo habrían completado la escuela secundaria.
La Innovación
Educate2Envision (E2E) aporta con educación secundaria y formación en liderazgo a jóvenes vulnerables de comunidades rurales en Honduras con poca o ninguna financiación gubernamental.
El Impacto
Educate2Envision ha otorgado más de 1000 becas y más de 30.000 horas de servicio comunitario. En promedio, en todos los centros escolares, la tasa de graduación de E2E es del 90 % en comparación con el promedio nacional del 30 %. Además, el modelo E2E redujo los gastos domésticos en más del 50%.
Videame
El Reto
Perú se sitúa constantemente en la parte inferior de la prueba PISA, urge una transformacón en la educación peruana.
La Innovación
Videame enseña matemáticas a través de vídeos cortos y evaluaciones en chatbots. Padres y docentes pueden seguir el progreso de cada estudiante a través de informes generados por inteligencia artificial, que destacan los logros y los puntos de aprendizaje por mejorar.
El Impacto
Videame ha creado más de 1000 clases en vídeo y más de 4000 ejercicios prácticos. Quienes han utilizado la plataforma aumentaron sus resultados de aprendizaje en un 20%.
Coschool
El Reto
En Colombia, la educación de baja calidad empeora con las brechas socioeconómicas, falta de tecnología y planes de estudio obsoletos. Se necesita un cambio en los planes de estudio y en la enseñanza para impulsar el crecimiento de docentes y estudiantes.
La Innovación
Coschool ha creado la plataforma Edumoción para generar experiencias de aprendizaje socioemocional. Buscan institucionalizar este enfoque dentro del sistema educativo.
El Impacto
Han llegado a casi 20.000 jóvenes y 7.000 docentes en Colombia. Con Edumoción, a más de 930 jóvenes y más de 660 docentes. El 60% de docentes aumentaron su capacidad para enseñar habilidades socioemocionales, posicionándose como una solución transformadora lista para escalar.
Ser maestro
El Reto
Las zonas rurales de Perú carecen de acceso a una educación de calidad. La falta de tecnología y los recursos que apoyan el aprendizaje en estudiantes profundizan el problema.
La Innovación
Ser Maestro apoya e impulsa una comunidad de docentes rurales, proporcionando recursos, innovaciones e investigación para apoyar el aprendizaje.
El Impacto
Ser Maestro ha llegado a casi 4.500 docentes en Perú.
Latin American Leadership Academy (LALA)
El Reto
Los jóvenes de alto potencial de diversos orígenes nunca pueden llegar a un camino de liderazgo debido a la pobreza, la discriminación, la escasez de recursos o la educación limitada.
La Innovación
LALA identifica a jóvenes de alto potencial y desarrolla sus habilidades para convertirlos en líderes transformadores en sus comunidades. Los exalumnos se unen a una comunidad de por vida, trabajando juntos para abordar los desafíos más apremiantes de América Latina.
El Impacto
LALA ha desarrollado a más de 1.300 jóvenes líderes, el 70 % de orígenes subrepresentados. El 56 % de los exalumnos lanzaron proyectos sociales llegando a más de 85.000 personas. De los que continuaron sus estudios de pregrado, el 57 % recibió becas colectivas por valor de más de 7 millones de dólares.
Kantaya
El Reto
La educación en Perú está en crisis: solo 1 de cada 3 niños entiende lo que leen, y solo 1 de cada 10 tiene habilidades matemáticas. El problema de la educación tiene que ser resuelto.
La Innovación
A través del programa Happy House, Kantaya crea un espacio seguro para los niños, ayudándoles a desarrollar sus habilidades de alfabetización y aritmética.
El Impacto
Kantaya ha llegado a más de 1000 niños. Gracias a Kantaya, el 74 % de los niños entienden lo que leen y el 70 % desarrolló habilidades matemáticas.
El Reto
El 90 % del cerebro se desarrolla en los primeros cinco años de edad, lo que requiere una educación temprana de calidad. En las zonas vulnerables de Perú, se carece de acceso a una educación temprana de calidad, estando en desventaja en los primeros años de vida.
La Innovación
Sembrando Juntos brinda educación preescolar de calidad en Centros de Educación Inicial en zonas vulnerables del Perú. A través del Proyecto Cometa, desarrollan las competencias de docentes de preescolar y de quienes lideran instituciones públicas.
El Impacto
Sembrando Juntos ha proporcionado educación temprana de calidad a más de 3.000 niños en tres centros educativos de áreas vulnerables en Perú.
Fundación El Origen
El Reto
Más del 90 % de los puestos de trabajo requieren habilidades digitales, pero los jóvenes colombianos carecen de las habilidades digitales necesarias para tener éxito en la economía actual.
La Innovación
Fundación El Origen brinda acceso a la educación a poblaciones rurales con importantes brechas tecnológicas. A través de la aplicación offline "O-Lab", El Origen brinda contenido digital accesible en lengua nativa a niños indígenas en Colombia.
El Impacto
El Orígenes ha llegado a 4.000 niños, principalmente en Colombia. O-Lab busca llegar a 50.000 estudiantes en los próximos 5 años con sus más de 20 aliados.
VIVA Vive Valores
El Reto
El 58 % de peruanos piensa que la personas de su comunidad son confiables. Es necesario desarrollar habilidades del siglo XXI y de ciudadanía para impulsar la acción colectiva en Perú.
La Innovación
VIVA Valores desarrolla habilidades socioemocionales y de ciudadanía en escuelas, familias y comunidades. Desarrolla programas extraescolares y recursos de aprendizaje para promover las habilidades socioemocionales y del siglo XXI en niños y familias.
El Impacto
VIVA tiene una red de más de 6.000 docentes en 20 regiones del Perú. Más de 100.000 niños han desarrollado habilidades socioemocionales a través de los programas y recursos de aprendizaje de VIVA.
Fundación Espacio Creativo (SandBox)
El Reto
En Panamá, la educación y la falta de oportunidades de trabajo amenazan el bienestar de la juventud.
La Innovación
Fundación Espacio Creativo (FEC) brinda oportunidades para el desarrollo de jóvenes a través de la danza, la educación y la cultura.
El Impacto
FEC llega a 300 jóvenes al año a través de sus tres programas de formación integral: Enlaces, Sandbox y COCO. Como resultados se redujo un 47 % de incidentes violentos entre jóvenes, después de la formación de desarrollo emocional en 2021.
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