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Bill Clinton: My wish: Rebuilding Rwanda

Accepting the 2007 TED Prize, Bill Clinton asks for help in bringing health care to Rwanda -- and the rest of the world.
https://www.ted.com/talks/bill_clinton_my_wish_rebuilding_rwanda

Agnes Binagwaho: How women are revolutionizing Rwanda

In 1996, Agnes Binagwaho returned home to Rwanda in the aftermath of its genocide. She considered leaving amid the overwhelming devastation, but women in her community motivated her to stay and help rebuild -- and she's glad she did. In an inspiring talk, Binagwaho reflects on her work as Rwanda's former Minister of Health and discusses her new ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/agnes_binagwaho_how_women_are_revolutionizing_rwanda

Shigeru Ban: Emergency shelters made from paper

Long before sustainability was a buzzword, architect Shigeru Ban was using ecologically sound building materials such as cardboard tubes. He uses them to build remarkable temporary structures for disaster-struck nations such as Haiti, Rwanda and Japan. Yet often, these buildings remain a beloved part of the landscape long after they have served ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/shigeru_ban_emergency_shelters_made_from_paper

Bill Clinton wishes for a rural health system in Rwanda

I wish you to help create a better future for Rwanda by assisting my foundation, in partnership with the Rwandan Government, to build a sustainable, high quality rural health system for the whole country. Develop programs to construct health care facilities and encourage economic growth throughout rural Rwanda. Lower the cost of medical treatmen...
https://www.ted.com/participate/ted-prize/prize-winning-wishes/chai-rwanda

Cedric Habiyaremye: How quinoa can help combat hunger and malnutrition

On a mission to create a hunger-free world, agricultural entrepreneur Cedric Habiyaremye makes the case for cultivating quinoa -- and other versatile, nutrient-rich grains -- in places experiencing malnutrition, like his native Rwanda. He shares a model to help smallholder farmers across Africa diversify their fields with nutritious and indigeno...
https://www.ted.com/talks/cedric_habiyaremye_how_quinoa_can_help_combat_hunger_and_malnutrition

Shabana Basij-Rasikh: The dream of educating Afghan girls lives on

In this deeply moving talk, educator Shabana Basij-Rasikh shares the harrowing story of evacuating more than 250 students, staff and family members from the School of Leadership, Afghanistan (SOLA) -- the country's first and only all-girls boarding school -- to Rwanda after the Taliban took power in 2021. An exceptional story of hope, resilience...
https://www.ted.com/talks/shabana_basij_rasikh_the_dream_of_educating_afghan_girls_lives_on

Playlist: Build Back Better - Leadership (6 talks)

Build Back Better features thought leaders and change agents evaluating our pre-pandemic systems and practices in an effort to create a more sustainable, efficient and just world. (Made possible with the support of U.S. Air Force)
Curated by TED · 6 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/build_back_better_leadership

Christian Benimana | TED Speaker

Christian Benimana wants to develop the talent and potential of the next generation of African designers with socially-focused design principles.
Architect
https://www.ted.com/speakers/christian_benimana

Anna Rosling Rönnlund: See how the rest of the world lives, organized by income

What does it look like when someone in Sweden brushes their teeth or when someone in Rwanda makes their bed? Anna Rosling Rönnlund wants all of us to find out, so she sent photographers to 264 homes in 50 countries (and counting!) to document the stoves, bed, toilets, toys and more in households from every income bracket around the world. See ho...
https://www.ted.com/talks/anna_rosling_ronnlund_see_how_the_rest_of_the_world_lives_organized_by_income

Michael Murphy: Architecture that's built to heal

Architecture is more than a clever arrangement of bricks. In this eloquent talk, Michael Murphy shows how he and his team look far beyond the blueprint when they're designing. Considering factors from airflow to light, theirs is a holistic approach that produces community as well as (beautiful) buildings. He takes us on a tour of projects in cou...
https://www.ted.com/talks/michael_murphy_architecture_that_s_built_to_heal

Laura Lane: When you shouldn't follow the rules

As a foreign affairs officer in Rwanda in 1994, 26-year-old Laura Lane rescued more than 250 Americans at the beginning of the genocide, but was forced to desert all of her local allies whose work alongside her nearly guaranteed their death. Every day, she carries the heavy weight of this perceived abandonment, convinced she could have done more...
https://www.ted.com/talks/laura_lane_when_you_shouldn_t_follow_the_rules

Cedric Habiyaremye | TED Speaker

Cedric Habiyaremye is the scientist who brought quinoa to Rwanda and other parts of Africa.
Crop scientist, agricultural entrepreneur
https://www.ted.com/speakers/cedric_habiyaremye

Keller Rinaudo Cliffton | TED Speaker

Keller Rinaudo Cliffton is CEO and co-founder of Zipline, building drone delivery for global public health customers. (He's also co-founder of Romotive, makers of the tiny robot, Romo.)
Robotics entrepreneur
https://www.ted.com/speakers/keller_rinaudo

Ziyah Gafić | TED Speaker

To help him come to terms with the tragedy of his own homeland, Bosnian photographer Ziyah Gafić turns his camera on the aftermath of conflict, showing his images in galleries, in books and on Instagram.
Photographer + storyteller
https://www.ted.com/speakers/ziyah_gafic

Joia Mukherjee | TED Speaker

Dr. Joia Mukherjee is dedicated to improving health care options in poor communities.
Chief Medical Officer, Partners in Health
https://www.ted.com/speakers/joia_mukherjee

Michael Murphy | TED Speaker

As co-founder and CEO of MASS Design Group, Michael Murphy envisions and creates community-centric structures with healing built into their core.
Designer
https://www.ted.com/speakers/michael_murphy

Rose Goslinga | TED Speaker

Rose Goslinga isn’t your typical insurance salesperson. Through the Syngenta Foundation, her team developed insurance solutions to assist small-scale farmers in Africa, to safeguard their crops in case of droughts.
Microinsurer
https://www.ted.com/speakers/rose_goslinga

Muthoni Drummer Queen | TED Speaker

Muthoni Drummer Queen's thought-provoking music fuses traditional African drum patterns with modern styles like hip-hop, reggae and blues.
Musician
https://www.ted.com/speakers/muthoni_drummer_queen

Mary Maker | TED Speaker

Mary Maker believes in the power of education to build peace and rebuild lives.
Teacher
https://www.ted.com/speakers/mary_maker

Gary Haugen | TED Speaker

As founder of International Justice Mission, Gary Haugen fights the chronically neglected global epidemic of violence against the poor.
Human rights attorney
https://www.ted.com/speakers/gary_haugen

Wanda Irving: How the US medical community fails Black mothers

In the US, Black women are nearly 300 percent more likely to die as a result of childbirth than white women. Sharing appalling statistics on maternal mortality as well as her own tragic story of loss, Wanda Irving explains how racism and bias in health care minimizes and dismisses Black women's pain -- and makes a personal plea for leaders in th...
https://www.ted.com/talks/wanda_irving_how_the_us_medical_community_fails_black_mothers

Agnes Binagwaho | TED Speaker

Agnes Binagwaho helped rebuild the Rwandan health care system and continues to fight for positive change in global health.
Global health fighter
https://www.ted.com/speakers/agnes_binagwaho

Janine di Giovanni | TED Speaker

Janine di Giovanni reports from war zones around the world.
Reporter
https://www.ted.com/speakers/janine_di_giovanni

Chrystina Russell | TED Speaker

Chrystina Russell heads initiatives that offer university education and employment to refugees and traditionally underserved learners.
Executive Director of SNHU's Global Education Movement
https://www.ted.com/speakers/chrystina_russell

Amy Lockwood | TED Speaker

Amy Lockwood is the deputy director of Stanford's Center for Innovation in Global Health, where she looks at new solutions to big problems.
Global development worker
https://www.ted.com/speakers/amy_lockwood

Shekinah Elmore | TED Speaker

Shekinah Elmore is dedicated to pursuing equity and empathy in oncology care.
Oncologist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/shekinah_elmore

Karen Tse | TED Speaker

In too many countries, it's still normal to torture prisoners for confessions and information. Karen Tse works to end that.
Anti-torture activist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/karen_tse

Clemantine Wamariya | TED Speaker

In her work, Clemantine Wamariya is learning and sharing how remembering our life experiences in story form guides us to make sense and appreciate our present moments.
Storyteller, human rights advocate
https://www.ted.com/speakers/clemantine_wamariya

Wanda Diaz Merced: How a blind astronomer found a way to hear the stars

Wanda Diaz Merced studies the light emitted by gamma-ray bursts, the most energetic events in the universe. When she lost her sight and was left without a way to do her science, she had a revelatory insight: the light curves she could no longer see could be translated into sound. Through sonification, she regained mastery over her work, and now ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/wanda_diaz_merced_how_a_blind_astronomer_found_a_way_to_hear_the_stars

Shabana Basij-Rasikh | TED Speaker

Shabana Basij-Rasikh is the cofounder and president of the School of Leadership, Afghanistan (SOLA), the country's first and only girls' boarding school.
Educator, social entrepreneur
https://www.ted.com/speakers/shabana_basij_rasikh
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