People Fixing the World

Brilliant solutions to the world’s problems. We meet people with ideas to make the world a better pl

Episodes

Total: 413

There are an estimated 350,000 autistic children in Turkey, but only 20,000 to 30,000 of those child

In this talent show, it doesn’t matter if you can sing or dance, the winner just has to be honest an

People in many parts of the world are having fewer babies than they were 60 years ago, and that’s wo

Do you ever wonder what happens to the people and projects we feature? This week we revisit innovato

In 2009, Todd Bol built a small box in the shape of a school, filled it with books and placed it on

Many African countries face huge challenges in education. Millions of children completing primary sc

World Hacks visits a long, narrow street in the heart of the Dutch city of Eindhoven. A quarter of a

The idea behind “Buddy Benches”, also known as “friendship benches”, is simple. If a child feels lon

What’s being done to clean up the shipping industry and make it less polluting? Nick Holland looks a

Around the world, thousands of people are using a special kind of bank. Instead of using it to save

More than a quarter of Japan’s population is over 65 and the country has the highest rate of centena

Just over a year ago, Kenya introduced the world’s most draconian rules on single-use plastic bags.

Child abduction by strangers is extremely rare, but the danger looms large in the minds of many pare

Tech That Tricks the Brain

2018/10/23

Our brains are the control centre of the human body. They allow us to think, to learn and to dream -

In Japan, to become a 'hikikomori' means to withdraw from the world and social life. Many of those w

In Kibera, the largest slum in Kenya’s capital Nairobi, access to water is a minefield. The marketpl

Volunteers around the world regularly get together to fix other people’s broken stuff free of charge

Anyone who cares for someone with dementia knows the struggle to keep them stimulated and engaged as

This week we go back to school, with two simple ideas that involve changing the day-to-day lives of

How do you create green spaces in the middle of a city, where there’s no space to create large-scale