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  Using an app, training, and advocacy to fight malnutrition among children with disabilities

  SPOON's Count Me In Project, U.S.: Combines training with a health app to combat malnutrition in children with disabilities. Reached over 14,000 children in 2022 and produces data for advocating inclusive policies and investments.
  Spoon Foundation, Count Me In (app), Lesotho

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  Comprehensive ICT skills empowerment programme for disadvantaged women and girls in sub-Saharan Africa

  Save Our Needy Organization (SON), Nigeria: Empowers underprivileged girls and women, focusing on digital, entrepreneurship, and leadership skills. In 2023, expanded to reach over 2,000 females in six Nigerian regions.
  Save Our Needy Organisation, Project Empower, Nigeria

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  Early stimulation programme for children with Down Syndrome in an academic setting

  Centro UC Síndrome de Down, Chile: Offers a Developmental Stimulation Programme for children aged 0–6 with Down Syndrome, focusing on personal, cognitive, emotional, and interpersonal skills. Expanded from 15 children in 2017 to 48 in 2023.
  UC Down Syndrome Center, Programa de Estimulación Integral del Desarrollo (PEID) , Chile

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  Mainstream TV station organizing a sign language academy for interpreters specializing in sports coverage

  Okayama Broadcasting Co., Ltd. (OHK), Japan: Initiated a sign language program for deaf interpreters, focusing on distinctive aspects of motor sports. Supported by the Toyota Mobility Foundation, it aims at the 2025 Deaflympics in Tokyo.
  OHK - Okayama Broadcasting Co., Ltd, OHK Sign Language Initiative, Japan

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  Computer keyboard with only 11 buttons for people with motor impairments

  The Key-X smart keyboard, launched in 2018 by multinational start-up Key2enable, has just eleven touch-sensitive, iconographic keys that enable operation without much effort, while being robust enough for rough touches. By 2022 some 2,500 Key-X keyboards had been sold in 28 countries.
  Key2enable Assistive Technology MENA Ltd, Key-X, United Arab Emirates

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  A free open-source tool for increasing cross-disability accessibility of computers

  Raising the Floor in Washington, D.C., launched Morphic in 2021, an open-source program streamlining access to computer accessibility features. By 2022, it had over a quarter million uses on public-use computers.
  Raising the Floor, Morphic, United States of America

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  An AI-based smartphone app translating conversations into text messages in real time

  Nagish, New York: Developed an AI-driven app for deaf or hard-of-hearing users, converting audio to text and vice versa. Free, with corporate partnerships. Over 20,000 users in the U.S., Canada, and Israel in 2023.
  nagish, Nagish App, United States of America

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  A concerted effort for the usage of accessible ICT devices supporting children with disabilities in low-income contexts

  Sightsavers India, a national NGO, promotes inclusive education with accessible ICT devices in remote areas. In 2022, it supported over 6,000 visually impaired learners across mainstream primary and secondary schools.
  Sightsavers India, Eight-State Inclusive Education Programme, India

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  Making a global coffee supply chain fully inclusive – from growing to trading, roasting, and selling

  The Lucy Foundation in New Zealand runs an inclusive coffee supply chain with workers with disabilities in Mexico and New Zealand. It employs, trains, and empowers individuals with disabilities.
  The Lucy Foundation, Inclusive Coffee Value Chain, New Zealand

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  Local 3D production of high-quality, low-cost prosthetics in low-income countries

  Ugani Prosthetics, Belgium: Develops affordable prosthetics for low-income countries using 3D printers and smartphones. Trained technicians and established workshops, helping over 100 patients in five countries from 2021 to 2023.
  Ugani Prosthetics, Ugani Prosthetics, Kenya