It’s been a crazy month here at SxD! Cohort 2 is fully in the swing of things. We have just finished up our first Core Lab – Mindsets & Methods for Innovation (previously Human Centered Design) and are on to our second Core Lab – Designing for Scale.
We will be picking up on the frequency of our posts here on the blog to keep everyone up to date on all of the new teams, events, plus updates on all of your Cohort 1 favorites!
Without further ado, Scale x Design presents Cohort 2:
Fee-based SMS of Weather Forecast and Agricultural Advisory – Vietnam
Making Treasure from Trash – Ghana
Financial Product for Digital Purchase of Agri-input by Poor Farmers – Bangladesh
Farmer Field & Business School – Mali
Community-led Safe Water Supply System for Urban Resilience – Bangladesh
Vijana Juu/Up with Youth – Democratic Republic of the Congo
Circles of Change – Egypt
Security Unit Global Training Initiative – USA/Global
Teaching Resource Laboratories – India
The Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Lab – West Bank/Gaza
The Cooperative Fund – Georgia
VSLA for Community Resilience – Democratic Republic of the Congo
Additionally, we are ecstatic to welcome Habitat for Humanity International, World Wildlife Fund, and Population Services International (PSI) to SxD! They have dedicated teams to participate side-by-side with our internal CARE teams. Look for a separate post on these partnerships in the coming weeks.