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Design sprint with 100 young entrepreneurs to get them from problem to solution in just 6 weeks.

Over 100 aspiring entrepreneurs completed the programme. Participants reported improved confidence, sharper value propositions, and deeper customer insight. Several brought working prototypes to class, validating the learning-to-execution transition. Coaches noted strong mindset shifts and collaborative dynamics. Final pitching sessions showed marked improvements in clarity, uniqueness, and impact potential.

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Mozambique, Tanzania, Bangladesh

Reimagining Nutrition Education: utilise gaming to influence girls’ nutrition behaviour.

The global version called Heroes’ Journey now features representation for both genders, updated missions and visuals. GAIN is equipped with a scalable, culturally resonant tool to promote sustained nutrition behaviour change among adolescent girls across multiple geographies.

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Prototype a Climate Resilient Seed Testing and Distribution Program In Pakistan and Syria.

A robust framework emerged for the Farmer Seed Network—tested and co-developed with users—laying the groundwork for trust-based seed distribution and inclusive agricultural transformation.

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Promote holistic and adaptable climate resilience for agro-pastoral communities in Afghanistan

The resulting framework equips IRC with a robust toolset to assess technical fit, cost viability, and community relevance—paving the way for effective field testing.

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Designing Community-Led Health Innovations including integration of Psycho-Social Support

The co-design process produced five contextualised interventions: waiting houses, emergency tricycle transport, a women-led community farm, a rotating tontine system, and health-focused community resource centers—each tailored to reduce delays, financial barriers, and knowledge gaps in maternal care access. Importantly, psycho-social support was embedded within the resource centers and waiting houses, offering safe spaces and peer support to strengthen emotional well-being alongside clinical care.

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Lebanon, Netherlands

Designing Remote Psychosocial Support for teenagers in Lebanon

User tests with six diverse adolescents showed strong emotional resonance with the audio stories and high accessibility via WhatsApp links. Though challenges remain for illiterate users and low-bandwidth environments, the pilot demonstrated strong potential for scaling and impact across refugee settings.

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