Can you design a new business or NGO that offers a proven intervention against poverty at scale? Submit your project for a new organisation that solves one of the Distribution Challenges, D-Prize will reward the most promising teams with up to US$ 20,000 to launch their new organisation wherever there is extreme poverty.

The world has invented products and services to end poverty. However, they have found many proven interventions with large delivery gaps. Millions of people still don't have access to basic anti-poverty tools.

Challenges of the D Award
Health
*Self-injectable contraceptive challenge: Can you distribute a self-injectable contraceptive, Sayana Press, to women in need through a private healthcare network?
*Oxygen Challenge: Can you develop a team of technicians to service and repair existing oxygen concentrators to improve access to medical oxygen?
*Patient identification challenge: Can you develop a way to identify patients who need treatment for obstetric fistula, cervical cancer, clubfoot or cataracts and connect them to existing treatment services in your area?
*Maternal Health Challenge: Can you train midwives to administer misoprostol to prevent maternal deaths from postpartum haemorrhage?
*The Challenge of Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision: Can you identify candidates for Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) and connect those who choose to participate with existing health facilities to reduce the risk of HIV acquisition?
*Preventing Mother-to-Child Transmission Challenge: Can you advise and motivate HIV-positive pregnant women to adhere to their ART regime and thus prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV?
*Child Immunisation Challenge: Can you advise carers to take their babies to health centres for routine immunisations that would otherwise not take place?
*Sugar Daddy Awareness Challenge: Can you teach "Sugar Daddy awareness" to 8th grade classes to reduce unwanted teenage pregnancies and HIV infections?

Water
*Clean Water Access Challenge: Can you sell ceramic water filters to people in areas without access to drinking water?

Education
*Teaching at the Right Level Challenge: Can you teach basic reading and maths skills to primary school pupils in a classroom with limited resources?

Agriculture
*Quality inputs Challenge: Can you provide small farmers with high-quality inputs and proven training to increase their harvests?
*Post-harvest support challenge: Can you provide small farmers with post-harvest loans and proven storage technology to increase their income?
*Propose your own agricultural challenge: D-Prize is specifically interested in distributing proven agricultural interventions to small farmers. If you know of a highly effective intervention that is backed by reliable evidence, they want to hear about it and see your plan to increase its distribution.
*Propose your own livestock challenge: D-Prize is interested in distributing proven livestock interventions to smallholder farmers. If you know of a highly effective intervention backed by reliable evidence, they want to hear about it and see your plan to increase its distribution.

Livelihoods
*Poverty Graduation Challenge: Can you provide business coaching, capital and social support to lift people out of ultra-poverty?
*Propose your own financial inclusion challenge: D-Prize is specifically interested in distributing proven financial inclusion interventions to those in need. If you know of a highly effective intervention backed by reliable evidence, they want to hear about it and see your plan to scale up its distribution.

Energy
*Solar Lamp Challenge: Can you sell pico solar lamps to rural or slum families without regular access to electricity?

Public services
*Government Transparency Challenge: Can you monitor and report data to reduce corruption and improve public service?
*Road Safety Challenge: Can you reduce road deaths by mobilising the public with a proven public transport safety campaign?

Personalised
*Propose your own challenge: D-Prize is specifically interested in distributing proven anti-poverty interventions to those who need them. If you know of a highly effective intervention that is backed by reliable evidence, they want to hear about it and see your plan to increase its distribution.

Eligibility criteria
*The D-Prize is for aspiring entrepreneurs from anywhere in the world, of any age and from any background. Most of its award winners have neither launched nor raised any funding.
*They will only consider funding existing organisations if you are distributing an existing intervention and have a need for high-risk capital that cannot be supported by your current donors or revenue.
*Existing organisations applying for the D-Prize must have operated for no more than 18 months and raised no more than US$ 30,000 in external funding.
*They apologise, but at the moment they can only assess applications submitted in English. However, your English doesn't have to be perfect to apply, and grammar and vocabulary mistakes won't be penalised. They just want to understand your idea.

For more information, visit https://d-prize.org/