People Fixing the World

Brilliant solutions to the world’s problems. We meet people with ideas to make the world a better place and investigate whether they work.

World Service,469 episodes

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Slow down!
How slowing down could offer a more meaningful way to live
02 Jun 2026,23 mins
The dogs that bring hope
Rescued street dogs in Uganda help survivors find comfort, healing and renewed hope
26 May 2026,24 mins
How to thrive with ADHD
How home and work can be adapted to improve life for people with ADHD
19 May 2026,23 mins
Saving Chile's urban wetlands
We visit the communities in Chile restoring vital meadows in cities and towns
12 May 2026,23 mins
The SafeBox
The group carrying on investigations when journalists are silenced.
02 May 2026,23 mins
The secrets of greywater
How relatively clean water can be reused to tackle water scarcity.
28 Apr 2026,24 mins
Arrows of hope
How archery can help breast cancer recovery
21 Apr 2026,23 mins
Back from the brink: Uganda’s gentle giants
The eco-tourism that is helping to protect mountain gorillas in Uganda
14 Apr 2026,23 mins
Fashion without barriers
Exploring style and beauty for people with disabilities
07 Apr 2026,24 mins
Empowering the LGBT community
How two projects in Kenya and Spain are helping LGBT communities
31 Mar 2026,23 mins,
The Kindergarten makeover
How mums are helping transform early years education in Ghana - plus our listener poem!
24 Mar 2026,23 mins
Making cities feel quieter
As urban noise increases, we look at how sound itself can be used to quieten things down
17 Mar 2026,22 mins
The power of poetry
How poetry sparks hope, compassion and connection in surprising places.
10 Mar 2026,23 mins
Super seagrass
The fight to regrow vital seagrass meadows and protect them from climate change.
03 Mar 2026,23 mins
The school run by kids
The Thai school that's proving a model for Thailand and beyond
24 Feb 2026,23 mins
Who cares for the carers?
We hear about projects in Bangladesh and the UK to help give carers a break.
17 Feb 2026,23 mins
The positive power of your peers
The interactive Brazilian game that's helping teenagers help each other
10 Feb 2026,23 mins
Family Friendly Cities
We look at how two cities are trying to improve life for families
03 Feb 2026,23 mins
Helping prisoners to become better parents
An innovative scheme in Scotland is helping dads in prison become better parents.
27 Jan 2026,23 mins
Wild horses
Innovative solutions to the unwieldy population of wild horses in the American West
20 Jan 2026,31 mins
No brother left behind
The apprenticeship scheme that helped the Nigerian Igbo people build generational wealth.
13 Jan 2026,23 mins
Can AI power a green fashion revolution?
Is AI helping to make fashion more sustainable? Or could it make the problem worse?
06 Jan 2026,23 mins
Making friends in Sweden
How buddy schemes and friendship hours are helping people in Sweden make friends
30 Dec 2025,23 mins
Our favourite solutions
Presenter Myra Anubi and the team chat about some of their favourite projects of the year
23 Dec 2025,23 mins
Saving mothers with portable ultrasound
How technological innovations are helping with the health of new mothers
16 Dec 2025,23 mins
Rethinking dyslexia
Harnessing the skills of dyslexic people by improving education and understanding
09 Dec 2025,23 mins
Building empathy and fighting disinformation
The children learning to understand their emotions better and what to look out for online
02 Dec 2025,23 mins
Preserving Peru’s food heritage
How potatoes and other crops are being nurtured in the face of climate and other threats
25 Nov 2025,23 mins
How literacy can change a life
How an app in Somaliland and moveable classrooms in Bangladesh help adults learn to read
18 Nov 2025,23 mins
Saving seabirds and squirrels
Contraceptive in a nutty spread is being developed to control grey squirrels in the UK.
11 Nov 2025,23 mins