The Ellen DeGeneres Fund helps to anchor conservation hub
The Ellen DeGeneres campus of the Fossey Gorilla Fund is a new educational center in the Virunga Mountains of Rwanda....
Nonprofit plants 80,000 trees in Kenya and Rwanda
The name of global environmental charity One Tree Planted seems excessively modest now, as they’ve just finished...
Rwanda hopes to increase energy efficiency with new cooling initiative
Rwanda has big plans for a more sustainable future and is launching a new cooling initiative that will increase...
Inspiring youth village for orphans generates solar power for nearly 10% of Rwanda
Rwanda has a population of 11 million people - and one million of them are orphans. After hearing about this crisis,...
Compact OffGridBox provides drinking water and power where it's needed most
An Italian company has developed a compact solution for communities that lack access to clean drinking water and...
Foster + Partners' Droneport will launch aerial vehicles to deliver medical supplies in Africa
Hundreds of thousands of Africans die every year from malaria and sickle cell disease due to a lack of access to...
WOC helps Rwandan women rebuild their war-torn lives from the land
The 450,000 clay bricks used to construct the circular buildings were hand-pressed with materials found on site,...
Low-cost Eucalyptus screen shields a hospital dormitory from Rwanda's scorching sun
The new building is expected to make work easier for the hospital staff by providing accommodation in the vicinity...
GA Collaborative's Masoro Village Project Builds Community (and Earthbag Homes) in Rwanda
Emerging from a research project and seeing how low-income areas were not considered for a planned housing program,...
MASS Design Group's Butaro Doctor Housing Wins Green Accolades in Rwanda
The Butaro District Hospital serves over 400,000 people and it was built from local materials by local craftspeople...
The Fairphone is an Openly-Designed Conflict-Free Smartphone
Buying a mobile device these days can feel like signing a pact with the devil - and to make matters worse, it's...
MASS Group Wins Zumtobel Award for Locally-Constructed Hospital in Rwanda
The Butaro Hospital, in the Burera District of Rwanda is comprised of a number of buildings set on a hilltop location....
Simple Wheelchairs Made From Reused Plastic Chairs Help Injured People in Rwanda
In order to make wheelchairs more accessible to people in developing countries, two designers are revamping common...
Rwanda Taps Volcanic "Exploding Lake" for Power
Rwanda is harnessing the natural gas in one of three known "exploding lakes" to generate electricity in a nation...
