Winterhouse
http://www.winterhouse.com
Location: Falls Village, CT
Initiative: Innovation
Geographic Focus: Developing Countries
TERM of the Grant: 11/1/2008 – 12/31/2010
Amount: $1,500,000
in support of efforts to develop collective action and collaboration in human-centered design for social impact across the design industry and institutions that work on the needs of poor or vulnerable people
Villgro, formerly Rural Innovations Network, works with small-holder farmers in rural India to develop, field test and commercialize inventions that can help significantly improve the lives of poor and vulnerable people.
Climate change isn't just a problem—it's also an opportunity. Consider New York City today with Venice-style canals and protective oyster reefs. Fresh urban visions like these, designed to thwart damage from rising sea levels and increasingly frequent storms, could have big payoffs in the future.
OpenMRS is improving health care in developing countries by providing the technical and medical experts, training and tools necessary to build open-source electronic medical record systems (EMRS).
Transportation policy is not a matter for policy wonks only. It can affect every aspect of Americans’ daily lives—from how much we have to spend on getting to work to whether our families can walk and ride the streets safely.