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Written by Theresa Fend
In the past weeks we have been bombarded with reports about melting arctic ice or forests burning in Brazil – climate change is felt around the world. This week, September 20-27, the global climate strike organized by Fridays for Future and multiple other organizations like WWF, Amnesty, Change.org, Greenpeace, Avaaz and Extinction Rebellion is taking … Continue reading “Contemplating the Climate Crisis in a Global Network”
Written by Theresa Fend
Part of my work is with the Gary Kirsten Foundation, a non-profit Sports Foundation which works in Khayelitsha, the largest township in Cape Town and one of its poorest areas. We build Cricket ecosystems with infrastructure and coaching for young players who have no other sport programmes to take part in. Starting in 2014, and … Continue reading “Visiting the Cricket World Cup with 13 young cricketers from Khayelitsha,Cape Town”
Written by Fadia Elgharib
Over the past four years #defyhatenow and its partners has strengthened the voices of civil society actors and helped building capacities to mitigate hate speech amongst South Sudanese civil society organisations. The project pursues and encourages collaboration with local civil society actors including diaspora groups, international organisations such as the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Uganda and … Continue reading “4 years #defyhatenow”
Written by Fadia Elgharib
I am planning a humanitarian innovation project in Greece with Field Ready and Soup & Socks (Habibi Workspace) starting in July. I am looking for contacts, networking opportunities, funding prospects and like-minded individuals who want to join. The short term goal is to build a lot of humanitarian items for refugees and poor people. While … Continue reading “Low Tech Humanitarian Innovation Project in Greece (planning phase)”
Written by Fadia Elgharib
I am involved in a project to look at increasing the value that waste pickers in Chennai, India can get from the plastic rubbish they collect. Would you be interested to join a working group under the MakerNet Alliance to share knowledge on ‘wealth from waste’ recycling projects? Contact [email protected] and we will connect you with Anna.
Written by Fadia Elgharib
We have finally found a home for iZone Hub in the city centre of Harare, Zimbabwe and we like to call it a ‘makerspace’ – a place where makers, innovators, creatives and small business people can become part of a community of like minded people. Our first activity was to start up a maker community … Continue reading “iZone Hub has a new address”
Written by Fadia Elgharib
The year 2017 was the growth and consolidation of the Procomum Institute in Santos, on the coast of São Paulo, Brazil. We are working as a network in the construction and promotion of common goods and using citizen innovation and free culture to improve people’s lives and solve local problems. Among other projects, we carried … Continue reading “Building the commons and working social innovation from the bottom up”
Written by Fadia Elgharib
In 2016, several GIG members came together to launch the MakerNet Consortium. Starting with a pilot project in Kenya, MakerNet explored how products needed for development and humanitarian purposes can be made locally by digital designers and hardware entrepreneurs, rather than being imported. From the work we’ve done so far, we know that this is … Continue reading “Join the global alliance of makers and local manufacturers”
Written by Fadia Elgharib
Thanks to a GIG meeting during re:publica 2016, Chinmayi SK and I met some folks from giz who funded the development of our Atlas of Innovation Spaces. With some mapping help from Bilal Ghalib, Lukonga Lindunda, Martín Restrepo, and Gabi Agustini, and beautiful graphics by Joséphine Lesaffre, we’re building a living, collaborative Atlas of all … Continue reading “Building a living, collaborative Atlas of innovation spaces worldwide”
Written by Fadia Elgharib
Nepal Communitere held a 2 day Human-Centered Design masterclass for our new I-Cube business incubation program cohort of young Nepali entrepreneurs on Dec. 19th & 20th. The launch and HCD workshop was developed by DSIL Global based in Bangkok, Thailand. SAVE the DATE: Nepal Communitere will be hosting the next Kathmandu Mini Makerfaire showcasing Humanitarian Makers to take place … Continue reading “Human-Centered Design in Nepal”
