Between hope and possible, there's a bridge.

See how Cisco technology is creating a world of potential.

Contact Cisco

Cisco is committed to positively impacting 1 billion lives by 2025.

Lives impacted since 2016.

See how Cisco is making a difference.

We’re putting our technology, our resources, and our hearts into helping. And we’re starting by working on some of the world’s most pressing problems.

Between poverty and prosperity

Cisco is making a difference throughout the world by fighting poverty with education. Chen Liangliang, a Cisco Networking Academy graduate, used his skills to become a network engineer and build a better life for himself and his family.

Between scraping by and cultivating a new life

Over 80 percent of the world’s poorest people are sustenance farmers. With limited resources, it’s impossible to produce and sell enough extra food to escape the cycle of poverty. Cisco has provided resources to Digital Green to fund the development of a mobile-enabled service to aggregate farmers’ produce—lowering their costs and increasing productivity.

Learn more about Digital Green

Between finding your voice and being heard in the world

Project Vive is developing a new speech-generating technology that uses customisable sensors to help people with severe communication disabilities connect with the world in their own words. Now Cisco is helping Project Vive share this breakthrough with even more people.

Learn more about Project Vive

Between ambition and action

Cisco is helping Global Citizen create a community of people who want to take action on the world’s biggest challenges. Cisco Networking Academy graduate Sergio Sales used his education to set up a wireless network at the 2018 Global Citizen Festival, helping attendees learn more about issues they’re passionate about.

Between closed doors and open minds

For much of the world, cultural and economic barriers mean women are locked out of the educational opportunities they need to earn financial independence. Cisco Networking Academy is helping close the gender gap by providing the education women like Soso Luningo need to build careers.

Between data streams and drinkable water

Clean water shouldn’t be a luxury. That’s why Cisco is working with Akvo Foundation, who uses crowd-sourced data to help communities understand the contaminants in their water and develop customised plans to ensure that water supplies are pure, potable, and healthy.

Learn more about Akvo Foundation