Calling All CUNY Students:
Take the Challenge and win a chance to work with UNICEF in the field!
Improving child survival requires innovative thinking and new approaches in a number of different fields. Every year, 6.9 million children under five die from causes that have known cures. While these fatalities are preventable, developing countries lack the needed access to healthcare services, professionals, and education.
UNICEF believes that the dynamic and diverse students at CUNY’s 24 colleges and schools are equipped to offer the type of creative thinking needed to design effective solutions. Challenge participants will have the opportunity to connect to UNICEF’s global network of knowledge and partners and gain valuable experience in human development and project design. The three winning teams will travel to a UNICEF program country and implement their proposed solution in the field.
Join us, learn about the problems, build a team, design solutions, and change the world! Are you in?
This Year’s Challenge
Over the past three years, the Hult Prize has taken on some of the planet’s toughest challenges. These have included Education, Energy, Housing, and Water. For the 2013 Prize, President Clinton has personally selected the challenge: the Global Food Crisis.
A detailed case study, narrated by President Bill Clinton, will be released to all selected participants in early January to set the framework for this year’s challenge. Competitors will then be asked to develop social enterprises that answer the President’s Challenge.
The global food crisis can be approached through multiple lenses, such as: distribution, manufacturing, production, technology and many others. Each, represents an opportunity for innovation. Nearly 1 Billion people in the World are Hungry, that is over 1 out of every 4 children. Ironically, our global economy produces enough food each year to feed everyone, however more than one-third of the food generated for human consumption continues to be lost or wasted.
College and university students from around the world are being called to action to compete in one of five regional rounds of competition held in: Boston, San Francisco, London, Dubai and Shanghai. Teams of 4-5 students will be charged with developing ideas for social enterprises that can conquer one of modern day’s most solvable global challenges – the food crisis. The global winner will receive US$1,000,000 in start-up capital to launch their new social enterprise!
In collaboration with President Clinton and the Clinton Global Initiative, a detailed case study has been published specifically for this year’s Hult Prize, which will be released on January 7, 2013 and can be found here.
Now that the Projects for Good pilot is underway, we’re thrilled to announce a competition with $5,000 in prizes for the strongest pilot projects. We’re confident these projects will have a lasting impact on the nonprofit clients, so take a minute to share your success stories for your chance to win!
To be eligible, follow these three steps:
1) Apply for a nonprofit consulting project on Projects for Good
2) Complete your project
3) Submit a case study through the Projects for Good platform
The case studies that demonstrate the strongest impact and plans for implementation will win a financial grant for the organization to implement the solution and a reward for the student consultant. Prizes will be allocated in the following categories:
Environmental organizations or environmental impact projects
-1 Grand Prize winner: $1500 for the organization, $500 for student
-1 Runner up: $500 for organization
Non-environmental organizations or non-environmental impact projects
-1 Grand Prize winner: $1500 for the organization, $500 for student
-1 Runner up: $500 for organization
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to email me at ldiez@netimpact.org
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an awesome Microsoft tech bundle, & more!
Ideas can be big or small, something brand new or something you’re already active in. Maybe you’re volunteering to tutor youth or trying to start your own organization. Whatever the idea, we want to hear it! Getting involved is easy; fill out a short form telling us what cause you care about and how technology can support your cause; you’ll even receive a $25 Give for Youth gift card to support a project of your choice just for entering!  The deadline to enter is May 24th. Change the world tomorrow by sending in your great idea today! Cheers, Sarah Coleman |
