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In Berkane, one of the most polluted towns in Morocco, Faiza dreams of building the Dar al Amal – a mega eco-center with an educational vegetable garden, community center, cafe, art gallery, incubator, park and playground. Dar al Amal will jumpstart a local green economy and stop the flood of plastic bags in her hometown.
Celeste gives visibility and voice to Latin American filmmakers. With her online streaming platform, NuFlick, she is beginning to turn the mainstream Latin world on its head and expand the kinds of stories that are being told by and about the peoples of Latin America.
Sasha believes Uganda and Rwanda are the next hot beds of social innovation in Africa. So she travels around both countries providing small grants – from her venture Spark Microgrants – to help locals implement big ideas for social change and build a new Africa.
Laurin will not give up until the 10,000 prisoners released in the U.S. every week are given an opportunity to contribute to society through entrepreneurship and innovation. Laurin’s mother was once an inmate, and she knows these often dismissed people can offer powerful contributions to society.
Karima founded ImagiNation Afrika – the first children’s museum in sub-Saharan Africa – to guide young Africans in using “play” and “imagination” as a cool way to become radical and creative thinkers for Africa.
In their native Philippines, the Jacinto & Lirio (J&L) team take destructive water hyacinth weeds and transform them into something beautiful – high-end handbags, journals and tablet covers. Repurposing the weeds is not only good for the environment but also good for local industry, creating jobs for rural Filipino women in the south.
Kimberly’s Black Girls CODE encourages girls of color to become masters of their technological futures by providing them with training in computer programming and technology. She believes the world’s next big tech innovators will have names like Kadijah, Aisha and Ximena.
Aarti’s SAKHI Girls Learning Centers are committed to educating every single slum girl struggling to get an education in urban centers throughout Mumbai. Aarti, who grew up in a slum in Mumbai, is a one-woman army, leading slum girls to greater possibilites for their lives.
