Gapminder
An independent educational non-profit fighting global misconceptions with a fact-based, UN
Gapminder is an independent Swedish educational non-profit that identifies systematic misconceptions about global trends and proportions, checks them against reliable data from the UN and other sources, and develops free teaching materials and tools to help people upgrade their worldview. It asks fact questions to the public in many countries to see where people's ideas differ most from reality.
Its tools include the Worldview Upgrader, which identifies common misconceptions and issues an Upgraded Worldview Certificate, Animating Data for understanding proportions and macrotrends, and Dollar Street, which shows everyday life in homes across income levels. A course on the 17 UN Goals is presented as an 18-question quiz, and topics range from extreme poverty and migration to education quality and internet usage.
Gapminder is aimed at teachers, journalists, decision makers and the general public. Its tools and teaching materials are free, and the organization is funded through donations.
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