MakeGlow
The majority of low-income rural Indian communities still use kerosene for lighting purposes and haven’t made the switch to solar technology because of a high initial investment involved and lack of awareness. MakeGlow is a low-cost Do-It-Yourself solar lantern that addresses both these problems. MakeGlow is mainly intended for students from underserved schools in low-income … Continue reading “MakeGlow”
- Team Members: Nikitaa Sivaakumar, Vaishali Swaminathan
- Climate, Energy & Sustainability
- Texas A&M University, UC Davis
- 2017
ZestBio Orange Bottles
Each year, over 4 billion pounds of citrus pulp waste are produced by the juicing industry in the USA and Brazil. This waste has caused significant disposal problems, but could be repurposed as a polymer to account for all the plastic bottles required by the orange juicing industry. The ZestBio Orange Bottle project is a … Continue reading “ZestBio Orange Bottles”
- Team Members: Ryan Protzko, Luke Latimer
- Climate, Energy & Sustainability
- UC Berkeley
- 2017
DepART
Three-year-old Alan lying face down on the shore of the Mediterranean has become the iconic photograph of the Syrian refugee crisis. Photography and visual art are powerful and universal tools to foster human-to-human connection. Through partnerships with aid organizations permanently working in refugee camps, DepArt facilitates art workshops and the flow of art supplies into … Continue reading “DepART”
- Team Members: Dafna Bearson, Victoria Torres
- Art & Social Change
- UC Berkeley
- 2017
Movement Exchange: Free Education and a Stage for Cross-Cultural Understanding
There are over 100 languages spoken in San Diego, and its 1.3 million people population is majority comprised of minority individuals. However, there is a lack of knowledge and awareness about different cultures, especially in children from marginalized communities living in a political climate of divisiveness. Movement Exchange at UCSD is part of a global … Continue reading “Movement Exchange: Free Education and a Stage for Cross-Cultural Understanding”
- Team Members: Alice Lu, Li Yen Tan, Xiangdi Emily Zhang, Nitika Jain, Natasha Spivak
- Art & Social Change, Education & Literacy
- UC Berkeley, UC San Diego
- 2017
Spotlight on Hope Film Camp
Spotlight on Hope (SOH) Film Camp serves as a therapeutic outlet for cancer patients, where they gather together to create short films they want to produce. After the cast members have produced their finished short films, a grand red carpet screening is held for them, their families and friends. Public service is the main goal … Continue reading “Spotlight on Hope Film Camp”
- Team Members: Cassie Nguyen, Sara Leung, Jessica Tran, Christian Lugo, Mohammed Alhankawi, Phillip Adilukito
- Art & Social Change
- UC Riverside
- 2017
Chords for Progression
“There is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres.” Pythagoras appreciated these hidden potentials. Thinking in mathematical and musical concepts opens up a new understanding of the world. For adolescent Students with Limited or Interrupted Formal Education (SLIFE) coming from countries where poverty, disaster, civil unrest, … Continue reading “Chords for Progression”
- Team Members: Cecelia DiMino, Brenda Becerra
- Art & Social Change
- UC Berkeley
- 2017
MigRadio Podcast
Unauthorized migrants are now held in U.S. detention facilities in greater numbers than ever before. More than 40,000 people—a new record—are currently held by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Many unauthorized migrants report that they experienced human rights violations in prison ranging from severe overcrowding, inadequate healthcare and even sexual assault. President-elect Donald Trump has … Continue reading “MigRadio Podcast”
- Team Members: Levi Bridges, Manjula Varghese, Marcos Martinez, Angelica Casas
- Art & Social Change
- UC Berkeley
- 2017
Mama-OPE
The information obtained from listening to lung sounds using a microphone is limited. In order to reveal lung capacity and identify the different fluids that may be in a patient’s lungs, Mama-OPE is building upon software developed to analyze data and aid in the diagnosis of lung diseases. Health workers demonstrated the need to … Continue reading “Mama-OPE”
- Team Members: Besufekad Shifferaw, Olivia Koburongo, Rodney Sekate, Angella Namwase, Brian Turyabagye
- Scaling Up
- Makerere University
- 2016
Kids Write
Through Kids Write, Haitian students in grades 1 to 4 can grow their literacy skills by reading and writing in their mother-tongue language, Haitian Creole, for 30 to 45 minutes every day. Students use tablets to download and read books from a digital library, and to write their own books. Kids Write provides training and … Continue reading “Kids Write”
- Team Members: Sandra “Sora” Edwards-Thro, Nick Rance, Lydia Boike
- Scaling Up
- College of William & Mary
- 2016