Internet connectivity is a rare commodity in many rural parts of Africa. BRCK, a Kenyan startup, makes specialised hardware routers that can supply Wi-Fi even without a steady power supply. Read on

Bicycles are more than just a handy way to get around - they're a vehicle out of poverty. The NGO World Bicycle Relief shows how. Read on

Afghanistan recently launched its first all-female television channel, ZAN TV. With content created by and for women, it aims to raise women's profiles in Afghan society and inform about gender equality and female rights. Read on

In a new and creative move to help some of the world’s most vulnerable refugees - children - Sesame Street is teaming up with an international aid organisation to educate and entertain displaced young people around the world. Read on

Bicycles are back. Ok they never went away, but riding a bike has never been so cool, with bike models designed to meet a growing range of needs and tastes increasingly on the market. Any respectable city will boast cool cycle-shops, and hip bike-riders to match. Some bikes, however, just go the extra mile like those from Vélosophy that help support girls education. Read on

This past October saw one of our project partners fulfill one of its goals: a solar panel (financed via RESET) was installed in the Kitefu primary school in Tanzania! The panel will, for the first time, bring electricity to the school – light for 792 students and 24 teachers. Read on

If you're female, getting your period probably isn't the highlight of your month. But what is it like for women in the poorest countries in the world, where sanitation is scarce and the topic of menstruation is very much taboo? Read on

Refugees usually find it incredibly difficult to enrol at a university. Most of them are missing documents or language skills, others simply labelled as uneducated and non-academic. Read on

Can children learn on their own without teachers and a formal classroom setting? Sugata Mitra has spent the last 15 years to prove this that they can. His radical idea of a computer online networking system helps poor kids in slums pick up new knowledge and language on their own by sharing a web-connected computer. Read on