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For the 16th Data For A Cause challenge worked with the Institute for Economics and Peace, a think tank that develops new metrics to understand peace in order to make it more achievable, to visualize Global Peace Gap.

We used the 2019 Global Peace Index (GPI) data...

Violence continues to have a significant impact on economic performance around the globe. The economic impact of violence on the global economy in 2018 was $14.1 trillion in purchasing power parity (PPP) terms. This figure is equivalent to 11.2 per cent of the world’s...

It is time to announce the results of the 15th Data For A Cause challenge. We worked with Pencils of Promise. 

Pencils of Promise partners with national governments and builds public schools for students in hard-to-reach rural areas in Laos, Guatemala, and Ghana. We foc...

250 million children of primary school age lack basic reading, writing and math skills. Wast majority of them are in rural areas. What does it mean? The cost of 250 million children around the world not learning basic skills translates into a loss of an estimated US$12...

Thank you to all our participants for participating in the latest project! And thanks to all Data For A Cause supporters for cheering and sharing our mission! And after much deliberation, we have the winners!

So many things go unnoticed. If something isn't measured, it's hard to believe it and it's almost impossible to control it. Just like that, hundreds of fishing vessels illegally fish our oceans. For some countries, such as the US, waters are patrolled and p...

It is time to reflect on our stories and achievements in 2018. I'm going to try my best to include as much as I can without making it a long list, but I want you to know that it is only one part of Data for a Cause. The other part is what you put in: the creativity, in...

In this interview PeiYing Huang shares her experience as the participant of Data for a Cause challenge. PeiYing is the winner of the 12th Data For A Cause challenge for War Child Canada. The goal of the competition was to visualize War Child's efforts in creating an en...

New Story is a nonprofit that builds homes and communities for families living in survival mode around the world. They operate in communities otherwise known for natural disaster, gang violence and corruption, but they believe that home and land ownership can be a way...

For our 12th challenge, Data for a Cause teamed up with War Child Canada. War Child’s mission is to help children in war-affected communities reclaim their childhood through access to education, opportunity and justice.

We used the most recent statistics from War Child...