The Skoll Foundation

08/28/2026

ChildLife Foundation saves thousands of children’s lives—but that’s not the only impact it has in Pakistan.

Through its innovative telemedicine network that connects rural hospitals to expert pediatricians in urban centers, it has also opened the door to lasting economic opportunity and independence for more of the country’s highly trained clinicians, especially women.

Although women comprise the vast majority of medical graduates in Pakistan, many never enter or quickly leave the profession due to workplace safety risks, access challenges, cultural norms, and familial restrictions.

ChildLife’s telemedicine model addresses these obstacles, enabling hundreds of women to pursue stable, safe employment that is both professionally challenging and personally meaningful.

And, the telemedicine network ensures every child is no more than 30 minutes away from lifesaving care—including those in the most remote villages.

Now, 90 percent of Pakistan’s children can access care 24/7, and the country’s workforce has become more inclusive.

Read more here: https://skoll.org/2026/08/20/a-deeper-look-inside-childlife-foundations-life-saving-model/

08/26/2026

When building an organization to save lives, every detail matters.

ChildLife Foundation, one of our 2026 , is an innovative public-partnership that brings high-quality emergency care to government hospitals across Pakistan. The organization has transformed the country’s pediatric health care system to address its startling child mortality rate: UNICEF estimates almost one in 17 children in Pakistan do not live to see their fifth birthday.

Physicians were already working strenuously to save these children, but without the right tools, equipment, and training, it was an uphill battle.

That’s where ChildLife came in, led by Dr. Ahson Rabbani, who brought private-sector expertise to bear on the public health system. ChildLife updated existing facilities and equipment, provided best-in-class training, and found sustainable funding.

“It’s all about processes,” he says of the transformation that led to a tenfold improvement in child outcomes.

Learn more here about how they did it and watch unseen footage of the ChildLife team: https://skoll.org/2026/08/20/a-deeper-look-inside-childlife-foundations-life-saving-model/

08/25/2026

Protecting the Amazon Basin—home to 47 million people, including 400 Indigenous communities—requires listening deeply to the diverse voices that represent it.

That’s precisely what TEDx Amazônia, which convenes this week, was designed to do—and we can’t wait to experience it.

A cross-biome event, the first of its kind within the TEDx series, TEDxAmazônia brings together leaders from all nine Amazonian countries—as well as the globe’s other critical carbon basins—to share proven ideas for how we can collaborate across borders and sectors to preserve these irreplaceable forests.

Members of our team are eager to learn from these changemakers as they assemble in two regions within Ecuador: the foot of the Andes in Baños, and Puyo in the Amazon rainforest.

We can’t wait to connect with longtime partners and hear from featured speakers including The Tenure Facility, Amazon Conservation Team, Canopy Bridge, Aliansi Masyarakat Adat Nusantara - AMAN, Project Dandelion, Mundo Común, Global Alliance of Territorial Communities, Nia Tero, Global Witness, Rights and Resources Initiative, Koalisi Ekonomi Membumi (KEM) | Earth-Centered Economy Coalition, and others.

These leaders’ work embodies the kind of deep partnership, radical collaboration, and remarkable innovation—grounded in Indigenous and local wisdom—that we know is required to combat the extraordinary climate challenges we face. We’re honored to have the opportunity to support it.

08/18/2026

Another huge step forward for community health and a major honor for one of our longstanding partners: Congratulations to 2017 Mile Health for receiving the 2026 Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Humanitarian Prize.

For nearly 20 years, Last Mile Health has been bringing life-saving health care to remote communities in Ethiopia, Liberia, Malawi, and Sierra Leone, and its impact speaks for itself. The organization has partnered with thousands of community health workers to reduce newborn mortality and increase the percentage of children treated for diarrhea, malaria, and pneumonia in the communities they serve.

Read more about Last Mile Health’s latest honor:

Read the latest updates on Last Mile Health Selected as the 2026 Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize Recipient Stay informed with the most recent news and developments affecting global initiatives.

08/17/2026

What does it take to drop child mortality rates by half? In Mali, Muso Health found the answer started with a knock on the door.

This new healthcare model built its foundation on health workers who are from the communities they serve. They visit families at home, catch illnesses early, and connect people to care before conditions become emergencies — all at no cost to the patients.

A small group of Malians and Americans, including physicians Dr. Djoumé Diakité and Dr. Ari Johnson, built the organization around that idea. Here’s how they’re scaling it.

Read the full story via the link in the comments. Made in partnership with Big Think.

08/10/2026

Getting sick shouldn’t cost you everything. In parts of West Africa, it no longer does. Muso Health has built a collaborative healthcare model that reaches patients within 24 hours, for free — and now governments are scaling it themselves.

We made this video in partnership with Big Think.

08/06/2026

Systemic challenges call for systemic solutions.

At the 2026 , Angeline Murimirwa of CAMFED - Campaign for Female Education made a point that cuts through the noise on girls’ education: the barriers keeping girls out of school aren’t about a family’s lack of interest in educating their daughters. They’re about hunger, poverty, and the economic realities that put the need to earn a livelihood ahead of the need to continue their learning.

CAMFED’s work reflects that understanding—equipping students not just with access to classrooms but with real pathways to apply that education to earn stable incomes over their lifetimes.

See more insights from Angeline and her fellow panelists (Zia Akhter Abbas of The Citizens Foundation, USA, Shabana Basij-Rasikh of School of Leadership, Afghanistan, and Gabriela Rocha of Laboratoria) here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYQzxb0t5BI

08/05/2026

“This time requires courage, it requires wisdom, and it requires partnership.”

At the 2026 , Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli of ONE reminded us of the critical skills and capacities that are required from philanthropies, social innovators, and other leaders in this unique global moment. As the world changes, so do the rules of impact, making trusted, consistent relationships even more essential to advancing shared goals.

Our partners across the globe are leading the way in showing the sector what relational collective action looks like as they collaboratively scale innovative, strategic solutions across their communities. It’s our privilege to learn from them and follow their lead.

See Ndidi join Heather Gerken of the Ford Foundation and Raj Kumar of Devex for the full “Leading Change in Fragile Times” session here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXFrJiXvj3c

08/03/2026

“What must we become to truly actualize the possibilities that face us today?”

Performer Elsaphan Njora posed this powerful question to the 790+ delegates from 30+ countries at the Segal Family Foundation's gathering in Nairobi last week. Our team members carried this provocation home with them, and we’ve been reflecting on how we as a Foundation can truly harness the opportunities for greater impact our partners are offering us.

Over several energizing days of connecting with partners, meeting new-to-us changemakers, and gathering inspiration from the remarkable solutions arising across the African continent, the Summit’s theme of came to life. We felt it in conversations about moving beyond “building capacity” when the skills and resilience already exist. We saw it in the tenacity of founders and the willingness of funders to genuinely share power. And we felt it in the spirit of radical collaboration and candor that ran through every session.

We left Nairobi energized, humbled, and more committed than ever to building a new era of social impact alongside our partners across the globe. The next beat starts now.

07/22/2026

What do you want the world to look like in 50 years?

It’s one of those questions that drives so much of our and our partners’ work every single day. But this week, members of our community and staff came together in Nairobi as part of the Segal Family Foundation for an intentional and grounding pause that created the space to move from the abstract to the concrete. These innovative changemakers working across the African continent deeply reflected on their answers to that daring question—envisioning the world they are building and what it will take to get there.

On the beautiful grounds of Afrika.House, surrounded by art, nature, and other symbols of change across time, participants began by imagining the future they want to inhabit in 2076. They then jumped backward to 2050, mapping out the changes that will need to have happened to make that future possible. They ended in 2026 by determining the specific next steps we each can take to bring that future within reach.

This is what collective action driven by personal conviction looks like. What a privilege to collaborate in person with some of our remarkable partners and to see their creativity shine in the pursuit of a better world.

(Photo credit: Drink Creatives Kenya)