Tech Solutions Related To UN SDG 1: No Poverty

Forage provides payments infrastructure for government social programs (Stripe for government-funded payments). Government distributes trillions of dollars of social benefit programs through specialized payment networks every year. We want to give the internet access to that spend through a unified API.

People experiencing homelessness rely on the internet to apply for housing and benefits, schedule appointments with doctors and case managers, search for jobs, and stay in touch with family and friends. It is a lifeline for getting back on your feet. ShelterConnect works with internet service providers to offer free wifi in shelters and transitional housing facilities.

MEANS was started with the belief it should be easy for those with excess food to share it with those in need. It didn’t take long to find people who agreed – everyone from Starbucks to The Washington Post. We’re now in 48 states and counting, helping divert food from the trash to local emergency feeding services with the ease and speed of the internet.

Hello Doctor lets you talk to a Doctor on your phone. It’s a whole new way to manage your health – using the one thing you always have with you, your phone. Skip the waiting rooms, forget the unnecessary bills, and stop scaring yourself into oblivion with internet searches. All you have to do is download the app, and you can talk to a qualified medical doctor, right from your mobile phone.

We are a nonprofit startup working to help people gain access to social services and eat with dignity. Millions of people who qualify for food stamps aren’t getting them because they don’t know they’re able to! We’re here to help.

FRSH is focused on giving the justice impacted community access to the best banking products and services no matter your background. FRSH is removing the roadblocks built by decades of systemic discrimination and minimizing as many fees as possible to make it more affordable to live in today’s electronic society. FRSH is built by the justice impacted community for the justice impacted community.

Access to enough food should be a basic right. Unfortunately, this is not the reality for millions of people in Los Angeles County. Before the Covid-19 pandemic, up to 1.4 million people in Los Angeles County faced food insecurity. Food insecurity is inconsistent with access to cheap and nutritious food. Los Angeles has the highest percentage of food insecurity in the nation.

Gravity Water is an International Non-Profit Organization that focuses on safe drinking water access for schools in need around the world. Gravity Water combines rainwater harvesting, elevated storage, and gravity-fed filtration, providing communities with access to a permanent source of safe drinking water that is on-site, self-sustaining, long-term, and 100% energy independent.

Taptap Send serves immigrant communities by helping them with their most important financial needs: sending money to friends and family back home. Our first product, the Taptap Send mobile app, is easy to use and allow immigrants to send money back home within minutes at great rates to Africa and Asia, with no fees for most of the countries.

Our mission is to build pathways out of poverty by leveraging partnerships & technology to connect people to resources. Since 2007 we have helped over 2.1 million people get connected with benefits and resources! With a few quick questions, we’ll help you get access to public benefits and community resources across our vast network.