Welcome to the Innovation Gallery
After 24 years of working with the most innovative NGOs on the planet, we've learned this: innovation happens on the ground. It happens in civil society all the time. Innovation happens because passionate people individuals and organizations figure out how to use the tools they have access to, under constrained circumstances, to meet the needs of their communities. Take a look.
Digital Storytelling
Tabor KalakaInnovation Image:
 In September 2009, SzKA, in collaboration with more than 80 volunteers, local businesses, media and city hall renovated an outdoor sports area. After re-asphalting, painting, new backboards and landscaping, local people have a free place to play. |
30 Ways to Create Peace by Legacy InternationalInnovation Image:
 Every summer over 150 teens attend Legacy International’s annual Global Youth Village in Virginia where they learn about each others cultures and build skills in workshops such as Dialogue, Green Your World and Global Issues. |
Dragonfly ForestInnovation Image:
Dragonfly Forest is a not for profit camp for children with serious illnesses and disorders. Here they tell their story in 5 images. |
Making a Difference in Your Community
UshahidiGallery Image:
 Ushahidi is a non-profit tech company that develops free and open source software for information collection, visualization and interactive mapping. Ushahidi was a NetSquared Year 3 Mashup Challenge Winner. |
SeeClickFixGallery Image:
 SeeClickFix encourages active citizenship, by offering a variety of platforms to report your concerns. Learn how SeeClickFix, a N2Y4 featured project, collaborated with the NetSquared Local in Philadelphia. |
Medic MobileGallery Image:
 Medic Mobile uses appropriate technologies to create connected, coordinated health systems that save more lives. Medic Mobile was a N2Y4 challenge winner, a Microsoft Mobile for Development challenge winner and FACT Social Justice 2009 challenge winner. |
Putting Technology Donations to Work
Freestore Food BankGallery Image:
 The Freestore Foodbank, the third largest food bank in Ohio, provides a full array of services to assist the Cincinnati area’s most vulnerable citizens with housing, food, clothing, transportation, access to healthcare/treatment programs, identification, referrals to job training and other social services agencies, and other every day needs. Free Store Foodbank was a 2009 Microsoft Show Your Impact winner. |
The Alliance for Tompotika ConservationGallery Image:
 The Alliance for Tompotika Conservation ("AlTo") is dedicated to conserving the unparalleled natural heritage of the lands and waters surrounding Mt. Tompotika, Sulawesi, Indonesia. Effective, innovative, and efficient, AlTo protects endangered species, tropical rainforests, and coral reefs while promoting the dignity and self-sufficiency of local communities in a changing world. AlTo was an Adobe Show Your Impact Design Contest 2010 winner. |
Girl Scouts of Eastern OklahomaGallery Image:
 In Oklahoma there are more women in prison than anywhere else in the United States (per capita), and their daughters are 4 to 5 times more likely to end up in prison than their peers. In response to this crisis, in 2002, the Girl Scouts of Eastern Oklahoma created Girl Scouts Beyond Bars: Project M.E.N.D. As part of this project, the girls wrote and recorded songs about their lives and experiences, and using Adobe donated software, created a 16-page album booklet. This project was part of the 2008 Adobe Show Your Impact contest. |
