Sheik Ahmed Sesay, Sierra Leone
Sheik Ahmed Sesay is currently furthering his Association of Chattered Certified Accounting (ACCA). He serves as the Youth Commonwealth Correspondent Sierra Leone. Millions of people living in rural and urban Sierra Leone rely on water wells or boreholes for their daily water needs. The general objective of this project is to provide fifty boreholes to schools, hospitals, Orphanage homes, and deprived communities in five districts with safe drinking water. This project will help to enhance the lives of the people living in these areas, thus uplifting their standards of living through pure, dignified, and safe drinking water.
Salah El Sadi, Palestine living in USA
I have a Master's in Water and Environmental Science, a Bachelor's in Industrial Chemistry, a High diploma in leadership and teaching from a Fulbright scholarship, and a diploma in Entrepreneurship. The aim of the Blue Filter project is to address the global challenge of clean water scarcity and pollution, with a focus on providing sustainable solutions to communities in need.
Mwenda Mutopola, Zambia
I am a 26-year-old Zambian male that recently graduated with a degree in medicine and surgery. Green Wing Co-Op is a community led waste management initiative. that empowers the residents to take ownership of their waste by collecting and segregating their own organic waste. The enterprise provides residents with eco-friendly bins in which they put their organic waste.
Fareed Ullah, Pakistan
I am a WYSE - ILP 2014 Alumni, a humanitarian professional with a MA degree in international Relations and degree in civil technology. Participatory Rural Development Society serves the vulnerable communities and poverty-stricken people and Afghan Refugees in remote and neglected areas, the organization has assisted more than 1.2 million vulnerable beneficiaries and successfully completed 49 projects of humanitarian relief and development across Pakistan.
Aneeba Rashid, Pakistan
Dr. Aneeba Rashid, an environmental scientist and educator based in Lahore, Pakistan, specializes in bioremediation and wastewater treatment. The purpose of this project is to clean up wastewater (thrown in combined drainage due to poor sanitation) so that it can be used again in nearby areas in Pakistan's Punjab region for crop irrigation. By putting in place cutting-edge biological treatment systems, we turn wastewater into a useful resource that supports local farmers' livelihoods, conserves freshwater, and advances sustainable agriculture.
Alex Alexandre, Brazil living in USA
I'm someone that studied environmental engineering and sustainable sciences in university and got into software and data because of market conditions. I have an idea of creating a platform for Environmental Professionals to help them automate the boring parts of their work. Already implemented a working solution that has been used for over 3 years by a company genetaring thousands of reports per year.
Taniça Mazoio, Mozambique
I am an Environmental Engineer, passionate about community work and sustainability. Kutsunsiwa is a social project in the area of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, that emerged as a way to solve the problems related to the lack of basic services of water, sanitation and hygiene, empowering women to be agents of change.
Nompendulo Shabangu, Botswana
I am a communicator of note who considers herself a global citizen. My project is a 10 episode talk show highlighting ways in which Batswana (people) and Botswana (the country) are contributing toward clean water and sanitation and hearing ways in which some people are impacted due to not having yet attained this goal
Mbom Benis Bi, Cameroon
I am a nurse, sexual and reproductive health educator and a community health educator. I'm passionate about improving health of adolescents most especially girls, adolescents living with HIV AIDS, adolescents with disabilities and adolescent mothers in the communities of Bamenda North West Region of Cameroon.
Kampame Allan, Uganda
I am a public health worker passionate about building resilient and sustainable health systems that benefit the population directly. Currently, I am tackling a water shortage challenge in my community and I am working on providing potable water to the community through a community based funding.
Abubakar Amidu, Nigeria
I am a graduate of geology, a professional manager and an impact entrepreneur in the making. Water Sanitation and Hygiene in Takalafia (WASH-IT) project is aimed at providing safe, clean and sustainable water, sanitation and hygiene practices in Takalafia Community in Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, Nigeria.
Rangana Chandranayak, Sri Lanka
I am the Production Manager at Serendipol Pvt Ltd, worldwide first producer of organic and fair trade coconut oil. Serendipol currently consumes 13+ million litres ground water/year. We treat it biologically and discharge for irrigation purpose in the factory’s garden.