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People Fixing The World Episodes

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    Kids Versus Cars

    The movement turning streets into playgrounds

  2. Can We Save Coral?

    An innovative new weekly programme looking at how we can solve the world's problems.

  3. Checking-in With The Problem Solvers

    World Hacks returns to stories from last year to see how these projects have developed.

  4. Scouts, Knives and a Community Fridge

    This week we hear about three small solutions trying to make a dent on some big problems.

  5. The Ring That Could Help Save Women鈥檚 Lives

    Can a tiny silicon ring lower HIV transmission rates in Malawi?

  6. How to Get Wheelchairs on Planes

    Why can鈥檛 wheelchair users just roll onto aeroplanes?

  7. Drone Delivery: Medicines By Air

    The drones delivering life-saving supplies in Malawi.

  8. Smartphone-Activated First Aiders

    Can an app help people survive cardiac arrests by alerting first aiders who are nearby?

  9. The Former Neo-Nazi Helping Others to Quit

    A retired police officer and a former Neo-Nazi team up to change far-right extremists

  10. How Iceland Saved Its Teenagers

    The story of how a nation came together to wean its teenagers off drink and drugs.

  11. The Missing Maps

    How volunteers are plotting the world to put 'invisible people' on the map.

  12. The Town Where Public Toilets Are Everywhere

    Germany has come up with a clever way of increasing the number of its public toilets

  13. Addressing the World in Three Words

    Could an app, that divides the world into 3m squares, give everyone a unique address?

  14. How Iceland is Fighting the Gender Pay Gap

    Is it possible to force companies to pay men and women the same?

  15. Viking Therapy?

    The Viking clubs where men fight their demons.

  16. How Cervical 鈥楽elfies鈥� are Fighting Cancer in The Gambia

    A new device lets nurses in rural Gambia find and stop cervical cancer.

  17. How to Make Sushi from Methane Gas

    A new process uses bacteria that eat methane gas to make food

  18. When Local Currencies Go Digital

    The app that wants to keep money flowing in your local community.

  19. Condom Lifesavers and Voices for the Voiceless

    How to save lives with a condom and a company creating voices for people who cannot speak

  20. The Dutch Antibiotic Revolution

    The story of one sick toddler that was a wake-up call for The Netherlands' farmers.

  21. How to Get Blood Where it is Needed

    An entrepreneur in Nigeria is using an app to solve the blood shortage.

  22. Pakistan鈥檚 Laptop Female Doctors

    How do you help female doctors get back to work after having families?

  23. Urban Cable Cars

    Can cable cars help poor communities feel more connected?

  24. Does Universal Basic Income Work?

    Should everyone be given a wage, whether they work or not?

  25. The Teachable Moment

    The life changing moment that cuts the chances of gunshot victims being shot again.

  26. Mexico's Cartoon Therapists

    How do you get children who're victims of emotional abuse or physical harm to open up?

  27. Cutting Cow Farts to Combat Climate Change

    A new frontier in the war against global warming.

  28. Thailand鈥檚 Disease Detectives

    The volunteers photographing dead chickens to stop the spread of dangerous diseases.

  29. Can We Supercharge School?

    A school in San Francisco thinks it can speed up education using clever technology.

  30. Turning Fatbergs into Fuel

    How one company is turning sewer waste into a valuable energy source

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