By DataKind San Francisco Background Access to clean water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) is critical for healthy and humane living conditions. Two billion people lack access to safely managed drinking water at home, according to the CDC . Access to safe drinking water and sanitation services can have life or …
By DataKind San Francisco Background Access to clean water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) is critical for healthy and humane living conditions. Two billion people lack access to safely managed drinking water at home, according to the CDC . Access to safe drinking water and sanitation services can have life or …
By DataKind San Francisco Background How can data infrastructure be optimized to help support the financial empowerment of women? Currently, only four percent of all small business loans from mainstream financial institutions go to women, according to a report by the National Women’s Business Council. As MDRC’s recent impact evaluation …
Background Access to clean water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) is critical for healthy and humane living conditions. Clean water and sanitation improves health and supports development in other sectors, such as education (particularly for women and girls), environmental stewardship, and the economy. Policy decisions around development and financing for WASH …
By DataKind San Francisco How can we better understand equity in local governments and the resources they provide to our communities? The City of San José is the tenth most populous city in the U.S., and one of the most diverse . The City of San José’s Mayor’s Office of …
By DataKind San Francisco From financial forecasting to targeted advertisements, advancements in data collection and analysis have benefited a myriad of for-profit organizations today. Unfortunately, due to limited funds and resourcing, such benefits often don’t reach social impact initiatives. At DataKind, our core mission is to enable mission-driven organizations to …
Say hello to Kelsey Meagher! She’s a volunteer with DataKind San Francisco and a Data Ambassador on a project with TechnoServe , an international nonprofit that aims to reduce poverty in the developing world by empowering smallholder farmers.
By DataKind San Francisco After the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami devastated eastern Japan and caused the subsequent Fukushima Daiichi nuclear meltdown in 2011, the public lacked accurate and trustworthy radiation information. Safecast was formed in response to democratize data access, growing quickly in size, scope, and geographic reach as its …
The header image above courtesy of Muso. By DataKind San Francisco About Muso Muso is an NGO with a mission to eliminate preventable deaths rooted in poverty. In Mali, Muso operates at ground zero of health inequity. Mali has the fifth highest rate of child mortality in the world at …
By DataKind San Francisco DataKind San Francisco has a lot to celebrate. Over the past year, we’ve partnered with six nonprofit organizations to augment their strategies and services with data science: Empower Work , Glide Foundation , Hello Sunday Morning , Muso , UFW Foundation , and Worldreader . These …
