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Editor and Author: PETER A. BRUCK

Text Management: CHARLOTTE DREYER

Project Management: CHARLOTTE DREYER; Project Assistance: GEMMA PALACIO

WSYA Festival Team: CHARLOTTE DREYER, GEMMA PALACIO, NORA WOLLOCH, HANNES

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Statement WSYA Chairman 3

Vision Statements 4

The World Summit Youth Award 6

Flashback – The WSYA Story 2005-2015 7

WSYA 2014/15 in Numbers 9

Meet the WSYA Jury 2014/15 10

The WSYA Global Network 12

The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 14

WSYA Categories 16

WSYA Winners 2014/15 17

Winners Category 1 “Fight Hunger, Poverty and Disease!” 18

Winners Category 2 “Education for All!” 22

Winners Category 3 “Power 2 Women!” 26

Winners Category 4 “Create your Culture! “ 30

Winners Category 5 “Go Green!” 34

Winners Category 6 “Pursue Truth!” 38

WSYA Runners –Up 2014/15 42

WSYA Winners´ Festival 44

Welcome to Brazil & São Paulo 48

In this booklet you can learn about the WSYA winning projects of 2014. There is a smart phone app providing health care information to young mothers, SMS ser-vices for sexual education of teenagers, apps and campaigns to improve urban living, solutions for social inclusion, the empowerment of women and easy ac-cess to education.

I invite you to take a look and see where young people have discovered a need for smart solutions! Be inspired by the crea-tive and artistic way youth wants to raise awareness of social issues in the world and in their very close environment!

In 2015, the UN will present a new set of objectives for global development, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Considering lessons learned from the last decade, the SGDs promise a differen-tiated understanding where to take ac-

tion. Outcomes shall be measured more transparently, activities shall be coordi-nated smarter and more stakeholders shall be involved more actively. The goals are high, as are the stakes.

WSYA shows the paths that are being taken by young people using Internet and mobiles to create local digital inno-vations and projects for social good. They offer unique solutions and a global network for development to achieve the SDGs.

Thank you for your interest and your support,Best wishes,

Peter A. BruckChairman of WSA Hon. President of ICNM

In this booklet we present to you the best young people who use in their pro-jects creative ways to harness the power of ICTs, who demonstrate unique entre-preneurship and enable the transfer of knowledge and experience. The motto is: What works in Armenia might also work in Paraguay, what works in Brazil could most likely be of use as well in Nigeria!

Over the past years the World Summit Youth Award has received thousands of project submissions from over 160 coun-tries. A unique pool of innovative ideas, creative applications and rich eContent has been gathered. All developed by people under the age of 30 – all of them working in the effort to take action on the United Nations Millennium Develop-ment Goals.

What does it mean to use Internet and Mobile to take action on societal issues, how can ICTs help create a more just and equitable society and provide for a brighter future for all? How can smart phones, innovative applications or well-designed websites change the condi-tions? The World Summit Youth Award (WSYA) is the initiative that gathers and showcases projects from around the world which offer answers.

WSYA is the stage where young people shift the light on now-a-days basic digi-tal devices from entertainment and diver-sion to real issues and concrete solutions. Everywhere in the world there are young people who wish to make a difference. They care about their communities and want to improve the lives of relatives and friends, their peers and fellow citizens. WSYA demonstrates how technology is used by them as key in their endeavours.

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Taking Action on Societal Issues –

Transforming Society for Good

Digital creativity, social entrepreneurship, societal innovation

Vision Statements

VisionStatements

Young people using Internet and Mobiles

to put UN MDGs into Action

The WSYA is a powerful channel of transformation, by bringing together young entrepreneurs and social activists dedicated to the same goal: to solve com-plex problems that afflict vulnerable pop-ulations in various parts of the world. Dataprev, IT company which is also com-mitted to support social programs, be-lieves and pays close attention to the creative potential of these young people who have natural affinity with the infor-mation technology and want to build a better future for all, two great features.

The rapid growth of the Internet has made it the home of innovation and social change, offering unparalleled op-portunities to improve the interconnec-tivity of our world. We will count on young talent to improve the quality and availability of local content and to pro-vide exciting and pioneering approaches for developing and expanding the Inter-net and its global reach.

ICANN is proud to support the World Youth Summit Awards recognizing the innovative achievements of our current and emerging young leaders and entre-preneurs.

ICTs have the power to facilitate socio-political participation and inclu-sion on an internatsional and country level. Young people are key to harness exactly this power by creating innovative and socially relevant projects. Having been a partner of the World Summit Awards for many years, we are excited to see the Youth Award coming to Brazil in 2015 where we will take the world’s best to a global stage.

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Rodrigo Assumpção

President, DATAPREV, Brasil

Dr. Linamara BatistellaSão Paulo State Secretary for the Rights of Persons with Disability

“ “ ““ “ “Nora AbusittaVP Development and Public Responsibility Programs, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers

Economic, social and environ-mental development is dependent upon innovation and entrepreneurship. At UNI-DO, we believe that Inclusive and Sus-tainable Industrial Development (ISID) is instrumental for poverty eradication, the creation of shared prosperity and strong-er environmental safeguards. These ob-jectives can only be achieved with the contribution of courageous entrepreneurs who take the path of innovation and re-sponsibly create prosperity for them-selves and for their community.A good example of this process is given by the contribution of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to wealth creation in both developed and developing countries. ICT have great po-tential for reducing poverty, as they make it possible to overcome one of the great-est hurdles to broad-based development: the lack of access to information suffered by individuals, households and business, particularly by micro-, small- and medi-

um-sized enterprises. ICT also play an important role as a catalyser for success-ful business strategies, including im-proved productivity and access to essen-tial information and new markets.ICT and innovation are powerful means to defeat poverty, by creating shared prosperity while safeguarding the protec-tion of the environment. They are ulti-mately instrumental to achieving an in-clusive and sustainable industrial development.I am pleased to convey my best wishes and congratulations to the winners of this prestigious award. A Chinese proverb states, “A person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the man doing it”. As an entrepreneur and an innovator, you will certainly encounter people who have doubts about you. Don´t let those people get in your way. Instead, use their doubt as further motivation.

We continue to be impressed by the creativity and innovation that emerg-es on the Internet. So much of it comes from young, talented Internet citizens who see Internet and mobile technology as means to promote social benefit. We look forward each year to the World Summit Awards and World Summit Youth Awards, which bring to the world’s atten-tion some of this excellent work and the people who have created it. The Internet Society congratulates the impressive assembly of 2014 winners and all the participants in this exciting global initiative.

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Walda Roseman Chief Strategic Communications Officer,Internet Society

LI Yong

Director General of UNIDOUN Industrial Development Organization

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Our mission at Public Interest Registry has always been to empower, through the Internet, those who dedicate themselves to improving our world. The WSYA is giving a voice to young peo-ple with great solutions addressing social challenges. We are happy to collaborate with this ini-tiative and are looking forward to an out-standing event of knowledge franchising and networking in Brazil 2015.

“ “Brian CuteCEOPublic Interest Registry

WSYA

The WorldSummit Youth AwardSelecting & promoting young digital entrepreneurswho make a social impact

2015 marks the seventh edition of the World Summit Youth Award, the annual international competition for digital and social innovators under 30. Each year the number of applications has increased significantly. Until today, the WSYA has selected and promoted over 150 projects which contribute to the achievement of the United Nations Mil-lennium Development Goals (MDGs), raise awareness of local and global social challenges and take action on making a difference.The WSYA is promoted in all UN member states through the networks of the World Summit Award (WSA), participating UN Organisations and Agencies such as UN-ESCO and UNIDO, governments and NGOs, youth organisations, and many other committed partners.

Tunisia 2005 The first WSYA meeting was held in conjunc-

tion with the UN World Summit on the Informa-

tion Society (WSIS) in Tunis. In three categories,

3 winning teams had been selected out of over

300 applications hailing from 70+ UN member

states.

Mexico 2009With the great support of INDIGO BRAIN MEDIA

and the Knight foundation the winners’ event took

place in Monterrey. Participants from over 50

countries, among them ministers, UN representa-

tives and e-content experts, attended the four-day

event.

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TUNISIA 2005

AUSTRIA 2011

SÃO PAULO 2015

MEXICO 2009

CANADA 2012

USA 2010

SRI LANKA 2013

Sri Lanka 2013Together with the World Summit Award and host-

ed by the Sri Lankan ICTA, the 6th edition of the

Youth Award was a huge success. Unforgettable

are the welcome reception at the presidential sec-

retariat, the inspiring key-notes and the gala cere-

mony with fireworks at the beach.

WSYA Flashback

FlashbackThe WSYA Story

2005–2015

Mexico 2009With the great support of INDIGO BRAIN MEDIA

and the Knight foundation the winners’ event took

place in Monterrey. Participants from over 50

countries, among them ministers, UN representa-

tives and e-content experts, attended the four-day

event.

USA 2010The UN Millennium Review Summit was the

perfect framework for the WSYA Winners’

Event in 2010. Alongside meetings of high level

representatives of the UN member states, 40

winners and runners-up had been invited to

New York to celebrate

Austria 2011In a slight flush of homesickness, it was decid-

ed that the WSYA was going home to Austria.

Graz, UNESCO City of Design and Human

Rights, just seemed to be the perfect place for

a World Summit multimedia Festival. The 18

winners and 15 runners-up met here with rep-

resentatives of governments, NGOs, business

and the United Nations.

Canada 2012In the framework of WITSA’s 18th World Congress

on Information Technology, the WSYA was part of

this outstanding event as Young Digital Planet. As

WCIT’s youth track it featured speed meetings,

mind minglings, best practice presentations and

workshops, showcasing some of the most com-

mitted young producers from all over the world.

Tunisia, Mexico, USA, Austria and Canada: For ten years the World Summit Youth Award strives to act as a platform and international network for young social entrepreneurs who make a difference.In the framework of different high-profile events the WSYA offered its winners the opportunity to share ideas, debate, celebrate and present their projects in front of an international audience. Every WSYA program was designed for the uprising MDGs Pioneers to get to know each other and network with potential business contacts. Starting in 2005 with 3 winning teams out of 300 applications to 2014's 18 winners out of 2200 submissions from over 140 countries – the WSYA is a true success story in selecting and promoting the next generation’s innovations acting on the MDGs.

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It doesn’t matter where you come from.

What impact will you have on the world?

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WSYA 2014/15 in Numbers18 Winners have been selected out of 1896 applicants from

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1. Fight Poverty, Hunger and Disease 622. Education for All 893. Power 2 Women 244. Create your Culture 535. Go Green 226. Pursue Truth 16

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Africa 81Arab Countries & Middle East 33Asia 84Europe 31Latin America & Caribbean 24North America & Oceania 13

WSYA Jury

Meet the WSYA Jury 2014/15

Diversity is key. 39 jurors from 26 countries have dedicated

their time and expertise to evaluate this year’s WSYA applications and select the best and

most promising projects addressing UN MDGs.In two rounds of online evaluation they chose 3 winners and 2 runners up in each category

based on the following criteria:- Content

- Design- Innovation & creativity

- Interactivity- Sustainability

+Strategic value

(Effectiveness in putting the MDGs into action)

We thank all of them for their indispensable contribution to the

success of the WSYA 2014!

Alloysius Attah Co-founder & CEO | Farmerline Ghana

Simone Bernstein Co-founder & President | VolunTEENations USA

Thomas Biebl Director, Marketing & Communications | Salzburg Global Seminar Austria

Tony Connor Director of Marketing | Public Interest Registry USA

Ferhan Cook Co-founder | mSpark UK

Jennifer Corriero Co-founder & Executive Director | TakingITGlobal Canada

Pooja Dharan Co-founder | Lil'MDGs USA Ehssan Esfehani Chairman | Vista Samaneh Asia Iran

Luis Fernandez CTO | XumaK Guatemala Bernhard Goeschlberger Researcher & Mobile Software Developer | Research Studios Austria FG Austria

Hira Hafeez Co-founder | Youth Dividend Pakistan

Iqbal Hariadi Co-founder | Lendabook Indonesia

Ahmed Hassan Al Lawati Information Security Officer | Information Technology Authority Oman Oman Anush Hayrapetyan Founder & Executive Director | "Use Art" social venture Armenia Alex Hung Co-Founder | Crossover International Co. Ltd. China

Abbas Ibrahim Founder | Morsi Meter, Zabatak Egypt Ravi Karkara Global Advisor on Youth | UN Habitat | Millennium Campaign USA

Eileen Knowles Executive Director | Education Generation Canada

Marcus Lavorato Institutional Relations Manager | Cetip Financing Unit Brazil

Carina Lima Institutional Relations Manager | Cetip Financing Unit Brazil

Joannie Marlène Bewa Women Leadership Activist Benin Nathan Masyuko Chief Executive Gamer | NexGen Ltd. Kenya

Marvin Mathew Leader | BridgeSport USA

Maryam M. Majareh Project Coordinator eEducation | ictQatar Qatar

Ramiro Murguia CEO | Latinomics Mexico

Paula O'Malley IACC Series & Global Initiatives Project Manager | Transparency International Ireland Denise Paulsen Assistant of President | Dataprev Brazil

Alberta Pelino President | Young Ambassadors Society Italy

Rapelang Rabana Founder | Rekindle Learning South Africa

Thomas Röhlinger Founder & Editor in Chief | Radijojo World Children's Media Network Germany Prukalpar Sankar Co-Founder | Social Cops India

Bikramjit Singh CEO & Group Managing Director | Glotera Malaysia / India

Davide Storti Information Knowledge Manager | UNESCO France

Anshul Tewari Founder and Editor in Chief | Youth Ki Awaaz: Mouthpiece for the Youth India

Véronique Thouvenot Head | Millennia2015 "Women and eHealth" International Working Group Chile

Nkemdilim Uwaje Director | Future Software Resources Nigeria Ltd. Nigeria

Juan Valera Global Youth advocate | MY WORLD Mexico

Chris Worman Director of Program Development | TechSoupGlobal Poland

Jury President: Franz Josef Allmayer, Vamed Engineering GmbH & Co. KG, Guatemala / Austria

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StatementsWSYA Jury 2014/15

“All the projects I evaluated were very interesting and creative. I liked how these projects provided innovative solutions for serious problems that the world faces to-day.”– Pooja Dharan Lil´MGDs, USA

“Seeing and evaluating those projects from all around the world gave a lot of inspirations and hopes; that by internet and mobile technology, youths can create so-cial change and positive impact to society.” – Iqbal Hariadi Putra Co-Founder, Lendabook, Indonesia

“As usual I had great fun judging the projects. This is my 6th year as a juror and overall I think it's very posi-tive to see that young people all over the world are working on projects focused on implementing the MDGs.” – Nkemdilim Begho Future Software Resources Nigeria Ltd., Nigeria

"Be presented to so many projects well intentioned and recognize some really bright from young people moti-vated to positively impact the world, is a work that’s worth."– Carina Lima Cetip, Brazil

“Judging the WSYA gave me hope for humanity to see so many young innovative entrepreneurs from all over the world working to tackle problems in education, poverty, health etc.” – Ferhan Cook mSpark, UK

"I never tire of sharing and applauding the innovative ICT projects that come from our global community of this competition. Hope the participants can help to spread the important message of Millennium Develop-ment Goals (MDG)."– Alex Hung Crossover International, China

"It was great to see all the excellent ideas and efforts by young people all over the world, united in the spirit to make a change for a more fair, healthy, inclusive and friendly world. This is what we need." –Thomas Röhlinger Radijojo World Children's Media Network, Germany

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Nawaf Abdulrahman President |Bahrain Internet Society Information Security and Quality Assurance Manager |Al Baraka Banking Group Bahrain

Ehssan Riazi Esfehani Chairman | Vista Samaneh Asia Iran

Jennifer Corriero Co-founder & Executive Director | TakingITGlobal Canada

Alex Hung Co-Founder | Crossover International Co. Ltd. China

Titi Akinsanmi Committee Member | ICANN South-Africa

Andrew Gakiria CEO | Kenya e-Learning Center Kenya

Nkemdilim Uwaje Director | Future Software Resources Nigeria Ltd. Nigeria

Zawan Al-Sabti Projects Specialist | Information Technology Authority (ITA) Oman

Franz Josef Allmayer Project Engineering/Medical Equipment Planning | VAMED Engineering Guatemala

Sebastian Bustamente CEO | VerdeATE.com Colombia

Abdullah Mosaad Founder and General Coordinator | What's Up Youth Online Channel Egypt

Anshul Tewari Founder and Editor in Chief | Youth Ki Awaaz: Mouthpiece for the Youth India

Eileen Knowles Executive Director | Education Generation Canada

Carina Schmid Co-founder and CEO | The Global Experience Germany

Mathias Haas CEO | SuperSocial Austria

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Rapelang Rabana Founder | Rekindle Learning South Africa

Francesca Ronchi E Content Award Italy Italy

Stephan Hamberger Product Manager Web | Red Bull Media House Austria

Adam Itzkowitz Co-Founder | Greenlighted.com USA

Dylan Mahalingham Founder & Executive Director | Lil´MDGs; Chief Strategist | Under the Acacia USA

Alexander Ojo Co-Founder and CEO | FreelancePro.Me Ghana

Nathan Masyuko Chief Executive Gamer | NexGen Kenya

Fungai Machirori blogger, researcher and creative writer | Fungai Neni / Her Zimbabwe Zimbabwe

Momal Mushtaq Founder and Executive Director | The Voice of Youth Pakistan

Jithin Krishnan Director | Make A Difference India

Bistra Kumbaroska Master candidate: International Business | University of Ljubljana; Network Coordinator and Co-founder | Mladiinfo Macedonia

Sébastien Bourdu Co-founder and CTO | Leeftr.com; Member | MakeSense France

Renato Martins Dornelas Head of International Affairs | React & Change Organization; Youth Ambassador | US Department of State; Global Changemaker | British Council Brazil

Muthoni Njuguna Systems Administrator and CSLT Facilitator | Jesuit Refugee Services Based in Kakuma Kenya

Shareef Shaik Khasim Founder | friends2support.org India

Maninder Singh Bajwa Managing Director | iScuela India

Gloria Silas Mangi Founder | The African Queens Project; Media and Communication Director | Maanisha! Limited Tanzania

Analy Paz Special Needs educator | Paz Joven Guatemala

Muhammad Iqbal Hariadi Putra Co-Founder | Lendabook Indonesia

Roberto Ruz Sahrur Founder | You Are What you Post – Eres lo que publicas Mexico

Vintagesam Okoroafor Co-Founder | Opinion Nigeria; HR and Business Strategist | Globalplux Consulting Services Nigeria

Ana Pantelic Founder | The LISTA Initiative Colombia / Serbia

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SDGs

The road to dignity by 2030: ending poverty, transforming all lives and protecting the planet

“The year 2015 offers a unique opportunity for glob-al leaders and people to end Poverty and to trans-form the world to better meet human needs and the necessities of economic transformation, while pro-tecting our environment, ensuring peace and real-izing human rights. […]

Young people will be the torch bearers of the next sustainable development agenda through 2030. We must ensure that this transition, while protecting the planet, leaves no one behind. […]

We must invest in the unfinished work of the Millen-nium Development Goals, and use them as a spring

board into the future we want, a future free from poverty and built on human rights, equality and sustainability.

This is our duty, and it must be the legacy we strive to leave for our children. […]”

Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nation, reports on the post-2015 sustainable development agenda.

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The sustainabledevelopmentgoals (SDGs) … a new, universal set of goals, targets and indi-cators that UN member states will be expected to use to frame their agendas and political poli-cies over the next 15 years.

If member states agree the draft set of 17 SDGs at a UN summit in New York in September, they will become applicable from January 2016.

Six “essential elements”: dignity, prosperity, justice, partnership, planet, people.

More on sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdgsproposal

The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGS)

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JOIN THE GLOBAL CONVERSATION on www.worldwewant2015.orgFor more info on the UN Millennium Campaign www.endpoverty2015.org→

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Fight Poverty, Hunger and Disease! Content and applications addressing is-sues of extreme poverty and hunger, of-fering solutions for those whose income is less than $ 1 a day, supporting the re-duction of diseases and fighting the spread of HIV/AIDS and malaria.

Power 2 Women!

Content and communities which pro-mote gender equality and empower women, eliminate gender disparity in ed-ucation and at work places, facilitate ac-cess of women to all levels of political decision making and strengthen wom-en’s contribution to the peaceful resolu-tion of conflicts

Go Green! Applications and content addressing the natural environment, promoting environ-mental sustainability, integrating the principles of environmentally sustainable development into policy programmes, re-versing the loss of environmental re-sources and biodiversity, reducing the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and im-proving the lives of slum dwellers.

Education for All! Content, platforms and solutions to give boys and girls everywhere in the world a full course of primary schooling, to ad-vance training for personal development and jobs, and to achieve a high level of understanding and knowledge of the global information society and its prom-ises, challenges and opportunities.

Create your Culture! Online platforms, applications and con-tent expressing young people’s aspira-tions, ideas and values, sharing their news, enabling their participation in deci-sion-making processes, strengthening social justice, promoting the knowledge of many languages and cultures, support-ing multilingualism, creating contempo-rary forms of culture and preserving in-digenous knowledge and traditions.

Pursue Truth! Journalism using Internet and Mobiles to cover the MDGs and to report on issues related to them, to their realization or fail-ure to be realized; addresses content ex-cellence in terms of a fair, accurate, con-textual pursuit of truth and the success in publishing the content using digital, in-teractive media platforms; invites young journalists and citizens to share their news and become active participants in the public interest of their community and country.

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WSYA Winners

Category 1: Fight Poverty, Hunger and Disease! OMOMI Charles Immanuel Akhimien, Emmanuel Owobu, Raman Anurag Nigeria, play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobicure.omomi

RFIShoe Xi Liu, Ruoqing Sun, Jiachen Zhu China, youtube.com/watch?v=3F3GSWXbkUk

Project Annuit Walk - PAW Marcos Oliveira da Penha, Emily Schuler, Jalingson Assis, Higgor Leimig, Everton Meirelles Brazil, annuitwalk.com

Category 2: Education for All!

SmileUrbo Aleksandra Zemke Spain, smileurbo.com

Zaya ClassCloud Rahul Dsouza, Mr. Neil Dsouza, Priyamvada Tiwari, Cliffton Fernandes, Shivi Mishra, Gopal Ojha India, zaya.in

Sterio.me Christopher Pruijsen UK, sterio.me

Category 3: Power 2 Women!Ladybug Maryam Ansari, Arash Zad, Mehrnoosh Bagheri Iran, ladybug.io

ChatSalud / TextHealth Lauren Freda Spigel, Nishant Kishore, Phil Gonzalez Nicaragua, lspigel.wordpress.com/chatsalud

I Decide Armando Benjamín Cush Guatemala, pazjoven.org/#!yodecido

Category 4: Create your Culture!CityBugs Arman Atoyan, Hovhannes Aghajanyan, Tatevik Markosyan Armenia, yerevan.citybugs.am

Minkay Tomas Fabian Gonzales Olavarria, Liz Moyer, Francisco Javier Cespedes Vinuela Colombia, minkay.org

Online Model United Nations (O-MUN) Zohaib Ahmed, Alia Ali ElKattan Qatar, onlinemodelunitednations.org

Category 5: Go Green!rideIT Rahul Mani Jacob, Genoveva Galarza India, rideit.in

Indonesia Gardening Idnul Fitriya, Ayu Sukma Adelia, Maria Ulfa, Andi Ilmi Utami Irwan, Putri Octarina Indonesia, indonesiaberkebun.org

Green is the New Gangsta Joi Michelle Sears USA, greenisthenewgangsta.com

Category 6: Pursue Truth!The Slum Challenge Mikkel Cantzler Christensen, Jonas Unmack Larsen Denmark, slumchallenge.dk

VOICE OF R Rohayl Varind Pakistan, voiceofr.com

Broken souvenirs Eman Osama Mohammed-Darkhalil Palestine, emanmohammed.com/#/broken-souvenirs

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OMOMI Mobile health care info and monitoring tool for mother and child

the app – provides a secure platform for mothers, with online discussion boards to crowdsource answers to mothers’ ques-tions concerning their health and that of their children, as well as to get advice from medical personnel. OMOMI is the first app worldwide that addresses all of the World Health Organi-zation’s (WHO) Childhood Survival Strat-egy, developed to help reduce child mor-tality and promote maternal health. OMOMI looks beyond Nigeria, targeting cooperation with governments and inter-national organizations, so as to improve child health across Africa.

OMOMI – meaning “my child” in the Yor-uba language – is an android-based mo-bile application designed with the child’s health needs in mind, making access to health care and medical expertise easier for parents. The apps’ unique features enable parents to monitor their children’s health at the touch of a button. The app has a vaccina-tion reminder, a child growth monitor and a GPS locator to find the nearest hospital in case of emergencies.OMOMI also has vital information on breast feeding, family planning, food sup-plementation and dietary options for ba-bies, as well as the home management of symptoms, such as diarrhoea. Further-more, a very vibrant MOTHERS COMMU-NITY section – the most popular part of

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Dr. Charles Immanuel Akhimien

Dr. Emmanuel OwobuMr. Raman Anurag

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RFIShoe Inclusion and accessibility with intelligent shoes and a virtual mouse application

requirements. The customizable settings include the preferred primary foot, the amount of pressure exerted by the user’s feet (affecting the sensors’ pressure threshold level), and the user’s preferred method of simulating mouse clicking. The RFID-tag also features an auto-login function and a customization tool for modifying information and storing changes in the tag. The efficiency and accuracy offered by RFIShoe beats assistive products cur-rently available. With 5.2% of the Hong Kong SAR population living with a disa-bility, RFIShoe sets social responsibility above commercial profit, at the same time closing the “digital divide” for people with disabilities.

RFIShoe is a virtual mouse application for disabled people using a pair of RFID and bluetooth-based Intelligent Shoes. The app targets people with upper limb disability, who cannot use a regular mouse. Each shoe, deriving from an intel-ligent footwear system designed by the Institute of Textiles and Clothing at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, contains eight sensors for detecting pressure from different positions of the feet. Thanks to RFID technology, RFIShoe can be easily customized to suit each user, making it possible to control a mouse cur-sor with small feet gestures, for instance, by tapping with the toe or heel against the floor. RFIShoe uses a RFID tag at-tached to the shoes to store the user’s personal profile reflecting their specific

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Mr. Xi Liu

Ms. Ruoqing SunMr. Jiachen Zhu

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Project Annuit Walk-PAWImproving quality of life with smart glasses and object detection

PAW’s main idea is to promote the social inclusion of blind people, estimated at 6.5 million in Brazil, giving them more com-fort and safety while walking. According to research, the visually im-paired do not feel comfortable with exist-ing products for mobility. People surveyed express more confi-dence in using a technology like PAW, since it offers greater detection and also recommended routes, thus improving the quality of life.

Project Annuit Walk - PAW is a project helping visually impaired persons to walk safely in cities, offering an alternative to canes which risk hitting someone or get-ting hurt when the cane fails to detect objects affecting the upper body. The PAW solution offers smart glasses for the visually impaired with a focus on ob-stacle detection. Using ultra-sonic sensors at an angle of 120°, PAW glasses identify all possible obstacles coming up. The user is then notified of these obsta-cles by means of bracelets with vibra-calls, indicating the best way forward. Data on the quality of the streets, their accessibility and a recommended route offered by social networks enhance the glasses.

annuitwalk.com

English

Mr. Marcos Antonio Oliveira da Penha

Ms. Emily Schuler Mr. Jalingson Assis Mr. Higgor Leimig,

Mr. Everton Meirelles

BRAZIL

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2. Education for All!

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SmileUrbo Providing easy access to interactive educational content

day, an investor comes to town with a proposal to build a hotel. What would be best for the community? Realizing the effects of their actions caus-es the players to accept responsibility for the well-being of the community and un-derstand how life in the village is inter-connected. SmileUrbo is a practical ap-plication of group decision-making giving users the opportunity to participate in democratic processes, learn cooperative strategies for community development, while becoming a conflict-resolving member of the community.

SmileUrbo is an interactive, role-playing game that encourages players to deliber-ate issues and to cooperate in order to facilitate development in their communi-ty. The setting is a small village surrounded by mountains and nestled beside a lake in a developing country facing tough times. The unemployment rate soars while young people emigrate in search of a bet-ter future. The objective is to save their village, us-ing an online interface throughout a game that tracks the well-being of the vil-lage and each individual. As a member of the village board, each player learns how to find a balance be-tween personal and communal benefit as they vote on what actions to take. One

smileurbo.com

English / Catalan

Ms. Aleksandra Zemke

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SPAIN

Mr. Neil DsouzaMr. Priyamvada TiwariMr. Cliffton FernandesMr. Shivi MishraMr. Gopal OjhaMs. Deepa ManichanMr. Nikhil Bangera

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Zaya ClassCloud Effective teaching and learning with a cloud in the class room

teachers who curate digital content and update it to the ClassCloud. Each group of students moves across four modes of learning, including learn-ing with technology; learning in small groups with teachers; peer learning; and individual homework. The rotation mod-el frees up the teacher’s time to focus on smaller groups with the right set of ac-tivities. ClassCloud offers a tool to overcome the crisis of students lagging behind their grade levels and dropping out, by allow-ing even semi-professional teachers to be effective in the education field and to deliver world class learning to every child.

ClassCloud is a portable battery operat-ed WiFi device that teachers can carry into the classroom and use to diagnose the learning levels of every child in Maths and English. ClassCloud lets the teacher prescribe high quality digital content for students in underserved areas regardless of inter-net connectivity. The ClassCloud creates a “local cloud” in the school through which any WiFi enabled device, including desktops, lap-tops, tablets, or smartphones can access the content on the device. It collects a wealth of data on student performance to help teachers focus their efforts and closely measure outcomes. The platform divides students into four groups, generating activities for teach-ers to engage with students. The lesson plans are scripted by expert

zaya.in

English

Mr. Rahul Dsouza

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INDIA

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Sterio.meInteractive audio content to provide free and accessible education

feature phone, without requiring inter-net access. There is a big need for early school leav-ers to access educational materials such as English language and business train-ing, especially in formats other than text for those struggling with literacy. The Sterio.me solution focuses on audio, thus opening up a wider market. Teachers save time marking and distrib-uting homework; are able to measure and track learner progress and assess teaching quality; share their lessons and access the lessons of other teachers for free; and compare learner results across individual, regional and national levels. Cooperation with ministries of educa-tion and corporate training initiatives is on the way.

The percentage of Africa’s illiterate youth stands at 29%. Not only is in-class learning deficient, leading to early school abandonment, but reaching learners outside the classroom is diffi-cult due to technological constraints and supervision of afterschool learning is lacking. Classes are often crowded, with 40-150 learners per teacher. In addition, school fees can consume more than 25% of a poor family’s income. Taking into account these factors, Ster-io.me addresses learners outside the classroom. A “Sterio” is a pre-recorded interactive audio lesson delivered via a USSD/sms-triggered inbound voice call to the learner, reinforcing content and making it more engaging. Free for educators and learners, Sterio.me is accessible to any learnes with a

sterio.me

English

Mr. Christopher Pruijsen

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UNITED KINGDOM

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3. Power 2 Women!

Winner

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Ladybug Training women in the use of ICTs

the executive team targets particular groups of Persian-speaking women in Iran with campaigns and advertising, as well as online and offline training. Com-bining role-modelling, mentoring and skill development, Ladybug uses profes-sional women in IT to train and guide its members, while empowering them in their professional, financial and manag-ing ambitions. Members of the Ladybug Club benefit from online courses covering general and professional topics. The initial suc-cess of the project has attracted many volunteers and a strong professional network by promoting female IT pio-neers. In the long-term, members will be able to create their own start-ups or en-ter tech companies thanks to the Lady-bug women’s network.

Ladybug is an Iranian start-up for a new generation of women enthusiastic about and active in different technological fields. Partnering with well-known web-sites and blogs, the project encourages women to enter the IT world. Ladybug has a young team of managers all under thirty living in Iran. In only 12 months, like-minded partners came to-gether and invested in video-making, promotional photos and the overall de-sign, leading Ladybug to successfully catch the attention of the public. Being online and enjoying exceptional public-ity, Ladybug aims to reach a wide female audience and to become easily replica-ble, by assisting women to develop skills in IT whether using smartphones or pro-gramming on computers. With short-term and long-term goals,

ladybug.io

Persian

Ms. Maryam Ansari

Mr. Arash ZadMs. Mehrnoosh Bagheri

IRAN

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ChatSalud / TextHealthProviding youth with sexual and reproductive health informationand local health services via mobile phones

gardless of socio-economic status. It is a completely automated system, powered through a mobile platform on a local server connected to the mobile carrier through a VPN. Arising from a collaboration between public and private groups including Peace Corps Volunteers and the Nicara-guan Red Cross and harnessing the ubiquity and anonymity of mobile phones, ChatSalud currently covers themes such as HIV/AIDS, safer sex and gender violence, with plans to expand content to address family planning methods and sexually transmitted infec-tions. ChatSalud empowers young men and women to take charge of their SRH, as well as to be responsible partners into adulthood.

ChatSalud is an opt-in SMS system con-necting Nicaraguan youth to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) information and local health services via mobile phones. Studies show one in four ado-lescent girls will become pregnant be-fore the age of nineteen, while the prog-nosis rises to one in three in rural areas. Many adolescents avoid conventional health centres due to a perceived lack of confidentiality. Using a number of research methods to ensure a participatory design process, ChatSalud developed content which is more interactive, dynamic and attractive to a youth audience. With nearly 90% of Nicaraguans having access to a basic cell phone, a public-private partnership with a cell phone carrier makes Chat-Salud free to the user and accessible re-

lspigel.wordpress.com/chatsalud

Spanish

Ms. Lauren Freda Spigel

Mr. Nishant KishoreMr. Phil Gonzalez

NICARAGUA

I Decide / Yo Decido Education on sexual and reproductive health for Mayan youth

With the support of local leaders, Mayan volunteers take action on behalf of youth. Young women and men are both sensi-tized to take action on behalf of gender equality. To date, a total of about 2800 youth are among the direct beneficiaries of Yo decido, many of whom are under eighteen years of age. Participative methodologies, such as musical activi-ties, are part of the strategy. Paz Joven promotes and generates opportunities for the training, education and political participation of young people, as well as inclusion in decision-making locally and nationally. Yo decido has been imple-mented through a network of organized groups whose volunteers contribute to the development of the local communi-ty.

Yo decido –I decide– an initiative of the Guatemalan youth organization Paz Joven, works to reduce teenage preg-nancies among Mayan young people by utilizing strategies such as investigative participation and IT to educate and in-form. Many Mayan communities live in pov-erty without access to schooling or computers. However, most Mayan young people do have a cellphone, so Yo Decido focusses on teaching Mayan youth to produce videos using their own footage. Video presentations are shared in local movie theatres and schools, showing what youth think about the psycho- social problems that contribute to teenage pregnancies, thus breaking through tabus making it difficult to talk about sexual and reproductive health.

pazjoven.org/#!yodecido

Spanish

Mr. Armando Benjamín Cush

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Winner

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4. Create your Culture!

Winner

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4. Create your Culture!

CityBugs Let’s make our city a better place to live

structure for disabled people, missing zebras or lighting in streets to name just a few. Using Community Action Groups (CAGs), CityBugs activates youth to overcome apathy and low self-esteem, to learn volunteerism, open up career paths and discover the value of action for the common good, while improving services. CAG members collect bugs, verify the importance and reality of so-cial issues, track the bug solutions, check and investigate how bugs are cat-egorized and at later stages, provide pic-tures and reports on solved bugs. Own-ership of the process by community residents is the key value for the plat-form. Initiated in Yerevan, CityBugs has spread to four other cities in Armenia.

CityBugs is a social platform targeting young people aged 18-30 developed to raise awareness of and find solutions for critical issues in the local community. Using the slogan “Let’s make our city a better place to live” and a participatory approach, every citizen is invited to take responsibility for change by reporting the “bug” in their community and track-ing solutions to reported problems. The “bugs” are filtered according to their thematic affiliation and reported to the Mayor’s office for solutions. A two-way communication design allows users to contact local authorities and to investi-gate the results. Citizens can access CityBugs through the web platform or by mobile app. Any-one can report any issue pertaining to garbage removal, traffic lights, health care problems, non-supportive infra-

yerevan.citybugs.am

English / Armenian

Mr. Arman Atoyan

Mr. Hovhannes AghajanyanMs. Tatevik Markosyan

ARMENIA

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MinkayExchange services with the alternative currency “time”

the amount of time taken to complete the task. With the hours earned mem-bers are able to acquire other services offered by fellow Minkay members. Through a well-established review sys-tem, members can make informed deci-sions about who to interact with and to expand consumption opportunities. Minkay targets individual users in order to become a global social network of in-teractions, incentivizing people to share their unique set of skills and giving com-munities the opportunity to cultivate social capital and social cohesion. With-in the framework of the Millennium De-velopment Goals, Minkay offers an inno-vative approach to advance several goals, especially economic opportuni-ties and skills development, information and communications accessibility and gender equality.

With an unemployment rate of 9.7% (WBO, 2013) and a GINI coefficient of 0.587 (CIA, 2014), Colombia is an excel-lent place to start Minkay, a favour-swapping platform targeting under-served communities, starting with low-income communities and expand-ing after the public launch to college students and young professionals. The pilot program uses an online forum and SMS text messaging for community members to exchange services with the alternative currency “time.” Redefining wealth and social welfare – Minkay emphasizes that everyone has something to offer and that an empow-ered community can provide support for itself. After registering, the member receives a profile with which to advertise the ser-vices they offer or need. When a service is completed, the member receives “credit” in the form of hours based on

minkay.org

Spanish

Mr. Tomas Fabian Gonzales Olavarria

Ms. Liz MoyerMr. Francisco Javier Cespedes Vinuela

COLOMBIA

Winner

Online Model United Nations (O-MUN)Digital platform to experience problem-solving and consensus-buil-ding, while fostering leadership and positive engagement

tions, improve their debating and com-munication skills and expand their horizons. O-MUN democratizes the availability of the Model United Nations experience, en-gaging students in the collaborative pro-cess of problem-solving and consensus-building, while fostering leadership and positive engagement. Organized in time-zone regions, each region holds one de-bate per month, in addition to the month-ly global debate. Although started as an English-language program, O-MUN now includes Arabic and French, encouraging young people across different cultures and vast geo-graphic distances to come together and establish lasting friendships and under-stand many perspectives.

Online Model United Nations or simply O-MUN is a non-profit organization run by young people from all over the world. O-MUN has become the online branch of THIMUN, The Hague International Model United Nations, one of the most prestig-ious MUN conferences. In a world where freedom of speech and expression are still being curbed in so many countries, O-MUN serves as an outlet for young people to express their views about international issues and discuss possible solutions to the world’s most pressing problems, all in an online environment. Most work in O-MUN is done by youth. The executive leadership team is made up of high school students (grades 9-12), while assistant directors are university students. Acting as delegates, students are given the op-portunity to learn about the United Na-

onlinemodelunitednations.org

English, Arabic, French

Mr. Zohaib Ahmed

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Ms. Alia Ali ElKattan

QATAR

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5. Go Green!

Winner

rideITSafe and easy carpooling within corporations

their route. By integrating Google Maps API into the carpool search engine, rid-eIT shows users the most relevant car-pool routes in its database. Registration is limited to employees of major companies, providing a reliable level of safety as employers verify the authenticity of users. rideIT also facilitates women-only car-pools. Carpooling leads to fewer cars on the roads – some 450 cars were taken off the road thanks to rideIT – while offering financial savings for car poolers and helping the environment. With support from government depart-ments and major corporate associations, rideIT is on the verge of creating a car-pool movement in India.

rideIT targets 4.5 million working pro-fessionals in India who travel to work and back home on a daily basis. The ur-ban social initiative aims to reduce noise and air pollution, as well as fossil-fuel consumption, by reducing the number of cars on the road. The lack of good public transport cou-pled with fast-growing populations in Indian cities has increased dependency on personal vehicles and auto-rick-shaws, creating huge inefficiency in the transport system. rideIT is an inter-company carpool matching service facilitating ride-shar-ing in four kinds of vehicles: car, motor-bike, auto-rickshaw and cab. rideIT reduces wasteful empty seats in all these modes of transport by introduc-ing users to colleagues travelling on

rideit.in

English

Mr. Rahul Mani Jacob

Ms. Genoveva Galarza

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5. Go Green!

INDIA

Category Winners

Indonesia GardeningMobilizing “urban farmers” with social media

Indonesia Berkebun is committed to ecological principles: organic gardening, waste recycling and water filtration are part of the program. Educational initia-tives include gardening classes and so-cial media outreach with information and public discussions about organic farming. A third economic prong aims to create sustainable organic gardening activities for personal consumption or professionally managed production for distribution to town markets and restau-rants. Since its launch in 2010, the Indonesia Berkebun twitter account @Idberkebun has won 73.142 followers who share tweets about gardening, stories or pic-tures from their own gardens, while making urban farming simple, fun and rewarding.

Indonesia Berkebun is a non-profit vol-unteer urban farming movement work-ing through social media, including twitter, facebook, youtube and the web-site www.indonesiaberkebun.org. Indo-nesia Berkebun’s activists, composed of socially diverse enthusiasts from 32 cit-ies in Indonesia and 8 campuses, all share the vison of building environmen-tal awareness through urban farming. Gardening can be a tool for learning, community building and recreation, es-pecially for children, while also provid-ing public green spaces in the city. The program turns vacant urban land into productive plots with economic value for gardening, food security, health and greening. Thanks to social media, half of garden activists are under thirty years of age.

indonesiaberkebun.org

English / Indonesian

Ms. Idnul Fitriya

Ms. Ayu Sukma AdeliaMs. Maria UlfaMs. Andi Ilmi Utami IrwanMs. Putri OctarinaMs. Diah Puji LestariMr. Moch Miftachur RizqiMr. Ardiansyah

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INDONESIA

Winner

and business to adopt environmentally friendly, ethical and sustainable business practices. The e(co)-commerce platform offers crea-tive, eco-friendly, ethical, and sustainable “social goods,” inspiring individual con-sumers to make educated purchasing de-cisions with a positive impact on their health, the environment and the human rights of all people. Green is the New Gangsta is geared to-wards empowering the community to take an active role in the environmental justice movement and encouraging so-cial/creative entrepreneurs and business-es to adopt environmentally friendly, ethi-cal and sustainable business practices. With a quizzical turn of phrase, Green is the New Gangsta makes “green” the new currency of cool.

The Green is the New Gangsta project, an initiative of Free People International, fuses online and offline action in an effort to spread awareness about important en-vironmental issues, promote a more eco-conscious, ethical lifestyle, and inspire collective, creative action. It consists of five platforms, seamlessly working together to be a driving force be-hind environmental change: a communi-ty based arts programming and educa-tion project, a green consulting initiative, a crowdfunding platform, an e(co)-com-merce platform and a fully integrated so-cial marketing campaign. The arts platform offers online/offline events, art exhibitions, workshops, lec-tures, performances, online courses, pop-up shops and creative place making pro-jects. The green consulting platform encourages social/creative entrepreneurs

greenisthenewgangsta.com

English

Ms. Joi Michelle Sears

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Green is the New GangstaSpreading awareness about important environmental issues& promoting a more eco-consciou and ethical lifestyle

USA

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6. Pursue Truth!

Winner

The Slum Challenge A tangible experience how life is in a slum

such as collecting garbage and playing street basket. A background interview with Chris Rollo from the Philippine UN office takes the viewer out on a tour of the slums and explains the five slum indica-tors. Viewers can also meet a family whose house in the slums is flooded several times a year. TSC literally brings the slum at eye level to the target group – teens aged 13 to18 – making them think about the consequences for young people of growing up in slums.

The Slum Challenge (TSC) is a documen-tary project about life in slum areas, home to more than one billion people world-wide. In the megacity of Manila, a third of all people live in densely populated slums. The core of TSC is an interactive plot filmed in point of view through the eyes of a Filipino boy in the Ulingang slum. The storyline unfolds in fifty-four unique inter-connected sequences. Using gamification, the viewer decides what will happen next by selecting from the options placed at the end of each se-quence. Along the way, pop-up icons appear, giv-ing the viewer more insight into the di-lemmas and choices of life in slums. Different formats allow views of child workers collecting nails, a typical job for many children here, or other challenges

slumchallenge.dk

Danish / English (in the future)

Mr. Mikkel Cantzler Christensen

Mr. Jonas Unmack Larsen

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DENMARK

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VOICE OF RAn online platform to raise awareness and motivate young Pakistani to take action

freedom of expression and focusing on human rights. Citizens across the country can connect across the barriers of socio-economic class, religion and ethnicity. Participants write thought-provoking articles on cur-rent issues, such as genocide, rape or honour-killings. VOR also takes pride in showcasing Paki-stani talent, interviewing artists as an im-portant strategy in confidence-building. Other activities include the organization of social events and a venture into print publishing and news making.

Voice of R (VOR) is an online forum cre-ated primarily for Pakistani youth in times where ethnic prejudice, misogyny, pover-ty and corruption threaten the democrat-ic foundations of society, according to VOR founder. 25.5% of males and 57.5% of females in Pakistan suffer from depression due, as the producer suggests, to prevailing fun-damentalist thinking of all kinds. VOR is designed to challenge acceptance of the status quo. The VOR platform engages Pakistanis to bring awareness to young people and to motivate them to take charge of their lives and develop activism for positive so-cial change. A primary focus is the devel-opment of online discussions promoting

voiceofr.com

English

Mr. Rohayl Varind

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PAKISTAN

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Broken souvenirsCapturing reality to stop manmade destruction

Telling very detailed and sensitive stories, broken souvenirs examines the ongoing trauma and agony of violence faced by relatives, loved ones, friends and survi-vors themselves, regardless of their reli-gion, colour, race or nationality. At the same time, the archive highlights the devastating impact of war and armed attacks on children and the old. Far from succumbing to despair, however, the por-traits gathered by broken souvenirs show the aspects in common for humankind, the similarities between pain, conflict, struggle and longing for peace. Broken souvenirs is not only a reminder of present injustices, but a wakeup call to stop manmade destruction.

Broken souvenirs is a symbolic archive of portraits showing the lasting aftermath experienced by survivors of war once the shooting is over. Born out of frustration with the increasing power of extremists to wage war around the world, the project focuses on past and present conflict countries.The idea is to depict the way the families of victims choose to express their loved one’s absence and their own loss, an al-ternative kind of storytelling. Based on the notion that pain has no nation, broken souvenirs expands its gaze from Gaza to countries that have experienced war some time ago or currently continue to record rising casualties, places like Su-dan, Iraq, Afghanistan, Chechnya and Pa-kistan.

emanmohammed.com/#/broken-souvenirs

English

Ms. Eman Osama Mohammed-Darkhalil

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PALESTINE

FIGHT POVERTY, HUNGER AND DISEASE! ICT For Agriculture Mr. Sibjan Chaulagain Nepal thenationsmiles.org/?page_id=37

Totohealth Mr. Felix Kimaru Kenya totohealth.org

EDUCATION FOR ALL!

Mladiinfo International Mr. Stefan Alijevikj Macedonia mladiinfo.eu

Kezakoo Mr. Youssef Ghalem Morocco kezakoo.com

POWER 2 WOMEN!

The Voice of Women Initiative Ms. Aya Chebbi Chebbi Tunisia vowinitiative.wordpress.com

PowerMama Mr. Joseph Mathias Mulagwanda Tanzania powermama.org

Create your Culture!

National Student Network Ms. Jacqueline Ha Canada nsncanada.org

BogotArt Mr. Leonardo Párraga Colombia bogotart.org

Go Green!

Sikremut Commuter Train Ms. Ade Kurniawati Indonesia play.google.com

Go Public Mr. Genta Indra Winata Indonesia sonnylab.com/gopublic.web.id

Pursue Truth!

Finding Care Ms. Yana Kunichoff USA tarbell.recoveredfactory.net/findingcare

Wiki Niaja Mr. Emmanuel Chukwuebuka Nigeria wikinaija.com.ng

WSYA 2014/15 Runners-Up

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FIGHT POVERTY, HUNGER AND DISEASE! ICT For Agriculture Mr. Sibjan Chaulagain Nepal thenationsmiles.org/?page_id=37

Totohealth Mr. Felix Kimaru Kenya totohealth.org

EDUCATION FOR ALL!

Mladiinfo International Mr. Stefan Alijevikj Macedonia mladiinfo.eu

Kezakoo Mr. Youssef Ghalem Morocco kezakoo.com

POWER 2 WOMEN!

The Voice of Women Initiative Ms. Aya Chebbi Chebbi Tunisia vowinitiative.wordpress.com

PowerMama Mr. Joseph Mathias Mulagwanda Tanzania powermama.org

Create your Culture!

National Student Network Ms. Jacqueline Ha Canada nsncanada.org

BogotArt Mr. Leonardo Párraga Colombia bogotart.org

Go Green!

Sikremut Commuter Train Ms. Ade Kurniawati Indonesia play.google.com

Go Public Mr. Genta Indra Winata Indonesia sonnylab.com/gopublic.web.id

Pursue Truth!

Finding Care Ms. Yana Kunichoff USA tarbell.recoveredfactory.net/findingcare

Wiki Niaja Mr. Emmanuel Chukwuebuka Nigeria wikinaija.com.ng

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Winners' Event

WSYA Winners' FestivalSÃO PAULO, BRAZILJUNE 15-17, 2015THE WORLD´S BEST IN SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP & DIGITAL INNOVATION

Exceptional | Inspirational | Transformative

EVENT HIGHLIGHTS• Opening Inauguration at MASP• Galadinner and Award Ceremony at The São Paulo State Secretariat for the Rights of the Person with Disability

• Interactive Workshops and Discussions at Red Bull Station • Visionary Keynotes, Interactive Discussions• Casestudies from globally successful entrepreneurs

Opening Event | Conference | Gala Ceremony

It’s all about the right format! For many of the young entrepreneurs it is the first time to be on stage and pro-mote themselves. Creating an environ-ment where creativity and innovative spirits rule is key. The WSYA Winners´ Festival offers various formats of interactive sessions such as the Business Matching World Café, a form of business speed dating, or the Fishbowl and many other engaging set-ups.

A unique insight of what is happe-ning in terms of socially relevant content on a global scale

PROJECT PRESENTATIONS The toughest challenge for the WSYA winners: pitching their products to the international Expert Jury with a chance to become the WSYA Global Champion 2015.

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...was created by young people con-cerned with the participation of Brazil-ian youth internationally. It seeks to dis-seminate and create relevant content to inform, empower and engage those young people in the context of interna-tional negotiations, and effectively in-crease their participation in these spac-es. This process is made through training and collaborative actions of empower-ment and our work is focused in three areas: social and sustainable develop-ment, climate change and gender equality.Our next challenge is to help bring WSYA to Brazil.

As young people working with other young people, we know how important it is to have our work recognized and to inspire and be in-spired by others.

For us it has been a great pleasure get-ting to know all these entrepreneurs and we look forward to see the results that will come out of this event. We are spe-cially glad that the WSYA is taking place in our hometown in this important year, a year for changes and hopes. National governments, the United Na-tions as well as civil society already know that if we continue to develop in an unsustainable way, the negative im-pacts that we are already experiencing will increase in an irreversible way, until we can no longer deal with its conse-quences. 2015 is key to try to change this scenar-io. The Sustainable Development Goals and the new climate agreement to be signed at COP21 are a required start for this change to be achieved.

We, young people, are agents as well as recipients of this new agendas, and as WSYA has been showing, we have the tools, power and abilities to help come up with solutions for our current chal-lenges.

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São Paulo

... is a global network promoting the creative economy ecosystem through connections between entrepreneurs with world change ideas and investors in order to ensure the best opportuni-ties in terms of value proposition and to shape a more innovative, human and sustainable future.

Recognizing the incredible potential of WSYA to generate innovative ideas that can really make positive impact on people´s quality of living, ProjectHub joined the co-organization team of the WSYA 2015 edition in Brasil. 

The initiative constitutes an important incentive for producers of digital con-tent throughout the world and gener-ates a high level recognition for groups of  motivated and future-oriented me-dia professionals, whom significant-ly contributes to the development of quality information society.

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February, 2016 | Singapore | ASIA

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■ GLOBAL NETWORK of Start-ups, Entrepreneurs, Mentors, Jurors, IT Experts, Governments and International Organisations IN 178 UN MEMBER STATES.

■ Organized IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE UNITED NATIONS World Summit on the Information Society (UN WSIS) supporting the United Nations Post-2015 Agenda on the Sustainable Development Goals.

■ Diversive, democratic, inclusive and highly competitive award system: 1 Nomination / Country / Category.

■ Encouraging young entrepreneurship, innovation and digital creativity.

■ More than 50 local, regional and global events throughout the year

■ Narrowing the digital divide through innovation for development and bridging the content gap!

GET IN TOUCH:office@worldsummitawards.orgwww.worldsummitawards.orgwww.wsa-mobile.orgwww.facebook.com/worldsummitawardwww.twitter.com/WSAOffice #WSA15

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Welcome to Brazil &São Paulo!With a population made up of almost 12 million inhabitants, 70 nationalities, and with over 15 million tour-ists received annually, São Paulo is a global city that unites customs and culture.

Trends and styles setter with options for leisure, business and entertainment for many different tribes, from intellectuals to athletes through clubbers, religious, hipsters and workaholics, São Paulo is tuned absolutely different. Known for its versatility, São Paulo surprises in every way. You can take a bike ride, visit one of the famous and numerous shopping malls or enjoy the varied gastronomy with more than 51 different types of cuisine! - all in one day!

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Paulista Avenue: Located in the heart of the city and near the upscale neighborhood of Jardins and funky Rua Augusta, Aveni-da Paulista is a major financial and cultural center of the capital. The avenue gathers thousands of people a day, and the atmos-phere of hurry and work it breathes during the week becomes festive and relaxed on Saturdays and Sundays. Besides several options of stores and restaurants, it stages great events and is home to several shopping malls. With over 120 years, the avenue became the symbol of the city’s economic history. Former home of the coffee barons, it is still possible to observe on the way some architectural examples of the era, such as the “Casa das Rosas”. Among the modern buildings you can find the tranquility of the Parque Trianon, and a lot of culture in the MASP, FIESP Cultural Center and Itaú Cultural.

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Vila Madalena Neighborhood: In the 1970s, Vila Madalena was the place of choice for artists and stu¬dents, since it was within easy access to the University of São Paulo and rents were low. From this point on the district acquired a rep-utation for bohemian life in São Paulo. Besides the nightlife, several town¬houses shelter workshops, galler-ies, bookshops, cafés and other nooks and crannies for cool shopping. The Beco do Batman is the most famous graffit streets on town, don’t miss it!

Ibirapuera Park: the most important and visited park in the city has a variety of entertainment options for the entire family. It has areas for physical activi-ties, lakes, bike paths, place for bicycle rentals and many important cultural centers: the Museum of Modern Art (MAM), the Bienal Pavilion, the Pavilion of Cultures, the Ibirapuera Auditorium, the OCA, known for hosting prestigious exhibitions, the Afro-Brazil Museum and the Japanese Pavilion, a space for oriental culture. Right beside the park, you can still visit the Museu de Arte Contemporânea (MAC) and the Obelisk, Mausoleum to the Heroes of 32, recently reopened.

Municipal Market: Considered one of the largest supply centers in the city, it is famous for having a wide variety of fruits and vegetables, and othertypes of goods such as cheeses, spices, seafood, exotic meats and wines. The building, with stained glass windows and an architectural style that charms, is a great place for a snack or lunch. On the mezzanine there are restaurants with delicious delicacies, the most fa-mous being the bologna sandwich and the cod fish “pastel” (fried pie).

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