People Fixing The World

BBC World Service

Discover the people and the projects trying to make the world a better place.

A weekly programme looking at common challenges around the world and the creative ways people are trying to tackle them.

Presenter Myra Anubi speaks to reporters, experts and innovators to investigate how effective different solutions are, share their successes and inspire listeners with what is possible.

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Yesterday · 25 min
The everyday tech helping to prevent disasters
The groups using tech to save lives after natural disasters like earthquakes and fires
October 6 · 23 min
The joy of walking
The surprising power of walking to improve wellbeing and strengthen communities.
September 29 · 23 min
Bringing Kashmir’s lakes back to life
In northern India, conservationists and communities are reviving threatened lakes
September 22 · 23 min
Clever ways to cut waste
From reusable nappies to desks made from discarded plastic
September 14 · 23 min
The pictures that help and heal
We look at two solutions that harness the power of pictures to help disabled people.
September 8 · 23 min
Getting the homeless homed
Two projects creating safe places to stay for people without a home.
September 1 · 23 min
Saving mothers and babies
We hear about the low-cost incubator that can run on a battery and a bottle of water
August 25 · 23 min
How to have better sex
Achieving enjoyable sex is not possible for many - what can be done to help?
August 18 · 23 min
The preschool in a retirement home
How young and old can benefit from living side by side.
August 11 · 22 min
The world's largest wildlife crossing
Can a major engineering project help save Califonia's mountain lion population?
August 11 · 23 min
The cows fighting wildfires
How animals and space tech are helping tackle a growing problem as the earth warms.
August 4 · 23 min
Stop being a terrible tourist
How cities are tackling the challenges of mass tourism
July 28 · 23 min
Who does the housework?
Tackling unequal household work, from Indonesia to Croatia
July 21 · 30 min
How to make cities better for everyone
Recorded live at the BBC’s Future of Journalism Festival, University of Nairobi, Kenya
July 13 · 22 min
How to reuse and repair
The people finding new ways to keep old things in use
July 7 · 23 min
Finding hidden entrepreneurs
The people turning life experience into business ideas with funding and other support
June 30 · 26 min
Living longer, living better
We go to a festival in Norway that's celebrating ageing through culture and conversation
June 23 · 23 min
Freeing modern slaves
The projects in America and Nepal to detect and help those who are being trafficked
June 16 · 23 min
Snakebite solutions
From the rapid responders in Nepal to the scientists working on a universal antivenom
June 9 · 23 min
Ending violence against women
The Rwandan women finding their voice after years of silence

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