With 3 billion people around the world living in extreme poverty, the need for a knowledge base that inspires and informs sustainable international development practitioners is clear. Enter WikiSCHAP, one of five winners in the FACT Social Justice Challenge in 2010.

The FACT Social Justice Challenge opened for submissions last week (and will continue accepting your ideas until October 4th). There are already some great ideas in the mix and we wanted to take a minute today to help get you thinking about new Projects you could submit or maybe highlight a Project you are already working on that aligns with the Challenge topic. So, just what does “social justice” mean?

What is "Social Justice"?

For our purposes, let's start with FACT's "About" statement, at least as a starting point to lead the discussion: