Google revealed the names of the five winners of the 2016 Social Impact Challenge Grand Prize, a competition organized by Google.org to identify innovative projects that use technology for social change. The NGOs and selected projects are:
ITS-Rio (Southeast region): platform to empower citizens in the debate and creation of public policies
Brazil Vector (Midwest region): portal to connect young people to high-impact public positions
Round (Southeast region): solution to transform every purchase into a donation opportunity for NGOs
Amazon IPAM (Northern region): platform to help indigenous communities adapt to climate change
Transparency Brazil (Northeast region): project to monitor public spending on school infrastructure
The announcement took place at an event in which 10 finalist NGOs, selected from more than 1000 applicants, presented their ideas to a panel of judges made up of personalities from the non-profit world, from the artistic and cultural sectors: actress and presenter Regina Casé; Denis Mizne, CEO of the Lemann Foundation; Walela, who came to represent his father, Chief Almir, leader of the Paiter Suruí indigenous people; Adriana Varejão, Brazilian plastic artist and Jacquelline Fuller, Director of Google.org. The judges announced four winners who will receive R$ 1.5 million each. Soccer star Marta, who was unable to attend the event, also participated in the selection of winners.
The fifth Grand Prix was chosen by the public in an open voting held at the site of the Challenge between the 23rd of May and the 13th of June. With more than one million votes, the award was given to Transparência Brasil for the development of an application that monitors public spending in the Northern region on school infrastructure.
the five finalists the rest also don't go home empty-handed. Each will earn an amount of R$ 650,000 to put their projects into practice. Are they: Themis (South region), app that provides knowledge and tools for domestic workers.; WWF-Brazil (Northern region), collective screening project to prevent the spread of diseases such as Zika and dengue; Inovagri (Northeast region), a system that teaches farmers not to waste water; Earth Alliance (Midwest region), a tool to connect small farmers to the information they need to improve their businesses; and Hot line (Southern region), an app that makes emotional support accessible for people in difficult times.
All ten organizations will receive technical assistance from Google, as well as mentoring from PonteAponte, a social company specializing in project development. This is the second that the Challenge is held in Brazil. "The result was surprising. Enrollments grew by 40%, proving that technology-based solutions are being developed everywhere to innovatively tackle a wide range of problems," celebrates says Jacquelline Fuller, director of Google.org.
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