Cohesion names 10 winners of 2026 Cohesion for Humanity Grant from $600,000 prize pool

• The programme allotted a mixed $600,000 prize pool from the Cohesion Charitable Fund.
• The 2026 version drew greater than 515 packages, a 2nd consecutive yr of file submissions.
• Talofa’s Monster Stroll sport, which turns day by day steps into in-game development, crossed a thousand million steps from avid gamers in its first two weeks after release.

The winners of Cohesion’s 2026 Humanity Grant had been printed, recognising 10 initiatives and 3 honourable mentions. 

Run by means of Cohesion and funded in the course of the Cohesion Charitable Fund, the programme drew greater than 515 packages, which Cohesion describes as 2nd consecutive yr of file submissions, with it allocating a $600,000 prize pool. 

Budget can also be implemented towards mission building, prototyping, or advertising and distribution.

Successful initiatives span well being, schooling, local weather literacy, language preservation, and struggle solution. A lot of this yr’s winners are mobile-first or mobile-extended initiatives, together with AR schooling apps and a walk-to-play cellular identify from Talofa Video games.

Ghanaian studio Arranged Khaos was once additionally recognised within the honourable mentions for StoriWeave, a physical-digital finding out platform constructed for African youngsters.

Cohesion for Humanity 2026 winners

• Amaru Reimagined by means of Six Wing Studios, Inc (USA)
• Balboa Park Alive! by means of Arizona State College (USA)
• Long term Mountain by means of Bren College of Environmental Science, UC Santa Barbara (USA)
• HandSolo: Play your long ago by means of College of San Martín (Argentina)
• I NEED SPACE by means of Khalayan Arts (Indonesia)
• NoWay! by means of Patouch Affiliation (Switzerland)
• Mission Ember by means of Buckinghamshire Well being Analysis & Innovation Centre (United Kingdom)
• Monster Stroll by means of Talofa Company (USA)
• Reclaim! Azhe-giiwewining by means of Grassroots Indigenous Multimedia (USA)
• We Grew Up in Warfare by means of Charles Video games s.r.o. (Czech Republic)

Honourable mentions

• LSI Adaptive Sports activities League by means of Limbitless Answers, College of Central Florida (USA)
• StoriWeave by means of Arranged Khaos (Ghana)
• Unimora by means of Mindflight 7 (Australia)