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One of the delights of a global crowd is the variety and diversity of the stories it throws up. Every day, somewhere in the world, people use their knowledge and lived experience to solve issues that companies are facing. In this blog series, we want to share some of the best and brightest stories with you.

One of the delights of a global crowd is the variety and diversity of the stories it throws up. Every day, somewhere in the world, people use their knowledge and lived experience to solve issues that companies are facing. In this blog series, we want to share some of the best and brightest stories with you.

One of the delights of a global crowd is the variety and diversity of the stories it throws up. Every day, somewhere in the world, people use their knowledge and lived experience to solve issues that companies are facing. In this blog series, we want to share some of the best and brightest stories with you.

Malaria remains one of the world’s most prevalent infectious diseases, alongside tuberculosis and HIV. Hundreds of millions of people around the world are infected by the disease – carried by mosquitos – each year. In Kenya alone, 2020 saw 6.9 million recorded cases.

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The crisis in many parts of the world concerning the lack of available drinking water is only getting worse year after year. As it stands, around 768 million people worldwide cannot access this fundamental resource and, as the effects of climate change worsen and pollution continues, this figure is only going to increase.

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Having had a very successful experience with one of its Challenges run in late 2020 Habitat for Humanity returned to InnoCentive’s open innovation platform.

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Following the success of the previous challenge it ran with InnoCentive, WorldVision had another problem that needed solving. Supported once again by SeaFreightLabs, this Challenge sought to improve the uptake of chlorine-based water treatment in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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My name is Nikolay Barashkov - “I am not sure that one should really speak of "failures" just because some proposals are not rewarded. Over the years, several dozens of my solutions have come short of winning and yet, from my personal experience, I can conclude that there is always something positive in such types of ‘failure’.”

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My name is Doug Corrigan - “The reason that there is a challenge in the first place is because there are already experts who have not been able to solve the challenge. If it was easily solved by subject matter experts in that field, it wouldn’t have become a challenge. “

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My name is Dmitry Tipikin - “My favorite challenge I worked on was for NASA concerning the radiation safety for trips to Mars. I proposed an engineering solution about a special type of magnetic field for concentration of high energy protons in special places inside the ship instead of full redirection of them.”

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My name is Ed Melcarek - “It dawned on me that these types of problems can be solved only if you have “too diverse a set of skills and experience”. Something that the corporate world frowns upon.”

InnoCentive is now part of Wazoku

My name is Yury Bodrov - “My most inspired challenge was participating in the NASA Challenge. All of us dream of space in our childhood and for many, I’m sure, this dream remains when we become adults.”