People Fixing the World Episodes Episode guide
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The power of group therapy
Therapy has been helping Boko Haram survivors and street youth in Liberia.
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The power of a backstory
How mini-biographies are helping elderly patients connect with their carers
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The positive power of your peers
The interactive Brazilian game that's helping teenagers help each other
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The plastic eaters
The hungry enzymes that might just be the solution to plastic pollution.
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The pioneering TV news service
We meet the reporters with learning difficulties who are holding power to account
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The pharmacists fighting high drug prices
When drug prices went up, pharmacists stepped in to make medicines themselves
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The People’s Peace Talks
Can the public can succeed where the politicians have failed?
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The people fixing childcare
How mobile childcare is helping low-paid workers
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The Parent Hack For Cheaper Childcare
An experimental nursery helps parents save money by letting them work childcare shifts.
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The mums saving each other from a taboo condition
Mums in Madagascar are ensuring others get the treatment that has transformed their lives
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The mums saving each other from a taboo condition
Women who have had surgery for fistula are making sure others get life-changing treatment
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The moo loo and other stories
Training cows to use the toilet and a bouncy castle that fights climate change
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The Missing Maps
How volunteers are plotting the world to put 'invisible people' on the map.
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The miracle cure: Exercise
If exercise were a drug, almost everyone over 65 would want to take it
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The medicines dropping from the sky
The HIV drugs being delivered by drones in Kenya
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The magic greenhouse
A greenhouse powered by the wind has made it possible to grow crops on arid land
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The Little Libraries Bringing Books into People’s Homes
Small boxes of books placed across the world are bringing people together
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The library where the books are people
Borrow a stranger for a half-hour chat to challenge your prejudices
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The library where the books are people
Borrow a stranger for a half-hour chat to challenge your prejudices
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The Kindergarten makeover
How mums are helping transform early years education in Ghana - plus our listener poem!
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The jails where they do things differently
The prison in Philadelphia that's adopted a Scandinavian model of custody
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The Hydroponics Revolution
How hydroponics – growing plants in water – is shaping the future of food.
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The house that fights malaria
Innovative ideas in the battle against mosquitos
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The hotel for homeless people
When the coronavirus pandemic hit, England’s rough sleepers were offered a place to live
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The hidden powers of bacteria
How bacteria can help the planet and make us healthy
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The helpline for jealous and violent men
A helpline for jealous and violent men is aiming to cut domestic violence
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The healing power of forests
Meet the people using forests to help improve mental health
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The great spreadsheet in the sky
How blockchain could solve some of the world’s problems.
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The great mosquito swap
How a highly unusual approach to disease is helping to stop dengue fever in Colombia
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The great mosquito swap
Scientists are hoping to stop diseases spreading by changing the mosquito population
