We are GIG
Written by Theresa Fend
Careables is a community of makers and users of open-source, collaborative hardware innovations that can be easily replicated globally via 3D printing and other forms of fabrication. The aim of our work package in Olinda is to engage stakeholder communities, bring these existing communities together and connect them in the field of open source healthcare … Continue reading “Careables Olinda Diary: Our first 15 days”
Written by Theresa Fend
On March 14th, Lab Procomum will celebrate the 2019 cycle ventures of our social entrepreneurship school, A Colaboradora – Empreender e Transfomar (Entrepreneurship and Transform). The event will take place at the headquarters of LAB Procomum and marks the end of a one-year training, developing and mentoring process with 25 social impact entrepreneurs from Baixada … Continue reading “Celebrating the creativity and the transformation of social entrepreneurship”
Written by Theresa Fend
On February 5, the Careables America Latina was launched in Olinda, Recife State, Brazil. The project is an international cooperation between the Brazilian organizations Casa Criatura, Centro Cultural Coco de Umbigada, Coletivo 3D, Grupo de Pesquisa TAPIOCA/UFRPE, Instituto Procomum and Secretaria de Saúde de Olinda and IRD (France) and Global Innovation Gathering – GIG (Berlin). … Continue reading “Careables 2020: Innovation, Collaboration and Free Technologies for People-Centered Health”
Written by Theresa Fend
The Careables Latin America open event on February 5th 2020 in Olinda, a UNESCO World Heritage site, was a vibrant evening gathering. The event opened with CASA CRIATURA (@casacriatura) collective – the event and Lab.i Olinda host – presenting their strategies for the restoration of heritage buildings while reinvigorating and strengthening the city we love … Continue reading “Careables Olinda Opening Session”
Written by Theresa Fend
Careables is a community of makers and users of open-source, collaborative hardware innovations that can be easily replicated globally via 3D printing and other forms of fabrication. Careables is an international platform collaboration that enables citizens to co-design and deliver people-centred health products through means of digital fabrication The aim of the work package of … Continue reading “Careables goes Olinda”
Written by Theresa Fend
LAB Procomum is a citizen innovation laboratory maintained by Instituto Procomum since 2017 in Santos, São Paulo State, Brazil. In partnership with Bela Baderna the Lab produced a short video capturing some of the core projects and stories. Find out what it’s like to build a citizen innovation laboratory dedicated to the promotion of commons, … Continue reading “LAB Procomum: Creating a citizen innovation Lab to promote the commons”
Written by Theresa Fend
Amnesia is a network of free radios, web sites and itinerant radio experiences that believe in access to media production and content dissemination as a tool to achieve the fundamental rights of life in society, especially for indigenous and original communities. We aim to build a secure and private communication network for the thousands of … Continue reading “Radio Amnesia: Support Indigenous Communication in Brazil”
Written by Theresa Fend
Over the course of the past six months we implemented our project “Young Innovators: Using Digital Media to inform about Regular and Irregular Migration Issues”. Together with our partner organisations Kumasi Hive, Impact Hub Accra and Wikimedia Ghana User Group and with the support of the Federal Foreign Office of Germany, we aimed at improving … Continue reading “#BorgaLife: Our Innovators and Migration project is coming to a close”
Written by Theresa Fend
At DOTS. The Impact Summit that took place in Nakuru, Kenya from December 5-7, we used the power of a gathering to co-create and kick off long-term projects that offer collaborative solutions to systemic problems in different localities. Here come some of the outcomes: Data Sensitivity (with Tactical Tech) Tactical Tech is an international NGO … Continue reading “What’s Next: Outcomes from DOTS. The Impact Summit”
Written by Theresa Fend
Climate change, economic inequality and political divisions are only becoming more pressing challenges in the whole world. As a network of networks, hubs and innovative individuals, we want to jointly implement change through concrete and tangible projects. At DOTS, we used the power of a gathering to co-create concrete projects that offer collaborative solutions to … Continue reading “This was DOTS. The Impact Summit!”
