People Fixing the World Episodes Available now

Could a device invented in the 1930s help end period poverty?
The people hoping to use sanitary pad micro-factories and silicone cups to help women

The mums saving each other from a taboo condition
Mums in Madagascar are ensuring others get the treatment that has transformed their lives

The tech doctors forecasting heart failure
Implanted devices can predict when something is about to go wrong with a patient’s heart

Prison Voicemail: Messages from behind bars
Prisoners and their families are keeping in touch with the Prison Voicemail app

Financing the forests
Making rainforests a profitable investment

Life-saving surgery, but not by a doctor
Nurses and midwives in Ethiopia are being trained to perform emergency operations

New uses for old solutions
How two life-saving apps were adapted to fix problems caused by the Covid-19 pandemic

How to get everyone online
Balloons and satellites could help get more people get on to the internet

A future without bees
High-tech alternatives to bees include spraying pollen from drones to pollinate plants

How tech is tackling wildlife trafficking
The exciting new tools helping to save some of our most endangered animals.