Subject: CARE Presents 2018 Awards for Innovation
From: "CARE USA" <[email-masked]>
To: "R. Biden" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2018 16:04:27 -0600

At CARE, we are committed to finding the best new ideas to solve the
world's greatest challenges. In a pioneering step, CARE launched
the Scale X Design Accelerator, an incubator to identify and expand
the most promising innovations to end poverty. Teams from around the
world were invited to pitch their ideas and win funds to scale them.
Following is an update on this year's winners and their exciting
programs.
http://my.care.org/site/R?i=P-FMS1nQ4u5sVeOuV-7wPQ

CARE welcomed the second cohort of the Scale X Design
Accelerator to the stage this month at events in both Atlanta and
Silicon Valley and hosted two incredibly successful pitch night
celebrations.
http://my.care.org/site/R?i=dFPIGHlEEKxZ7MoxNcsFZw

Fourteen teams from around the globe came together to pitch their
innovations that address the needs of the world's poorest people,
especially women and girls. Audiences from coast to coast joined
Michelle Nunn, president and CEO of CARE, alongside our expert panel
of judges, to determine the winners of over $400,000 in grant money.
The winning teams will use that grant money to bring their programs to
scale, continuing CARE's mission of saving lives, defeating poverty
and achieving social justice worldwide.  

Meet the Winners - Atlanta

$50,000 Audience Vote Winners

A-Card - Bangladesh

Smallholder farmers are gaining access to loans to
improve their livelihoods via a cash-less digital financial product
with lower interest rates and long repayment periods.

More Info

http://my.care.org/site/R?i=tj_Pv4pBC7fGWdL56NO_IQ

Circles of Change - Egypt

Men and boys are turning into champions of ending gender
based violence through a holistic approach and creative methods
including art therapy.

More Info

http://my.care.org/site/R?i=bIhn4UUa-9nWNTkjH_LrXw

$100,000 Winners

UptakePreneur - West Bank/Gaza

Entrepreneurs are starting new businesses and turning
barriers into opportunities, enabling economic growth in an
environment of constant political instability and insecurity.

More Info

http://my.care.org/site/R?i=u9_FbF6P-5utRmGYQOqczw

Nyeleni - Mali

Women are being empowered through equitable engagement in
sustainable agriculture to create a nation of expert women farmers.

More Info

http://my.care.org/site/R?i=R7FtdHicsUS-HtBhFXpVKw

Meet The Winners - Silicon Valley

$25,000 Audience Vote Winner

Making Treasure from Trash - Ghana

Women are creating biogas businesses by providing biogas
for cooking and biofertilizer to fertilize their crops.

More Info

http://my.care.org/site/R?i=vCXtcVuxpz61kTmLaE6AZQ

$75,000 Judges Vote Winner

link to The Cooperative Fund - Georgia

Farmers are gaining access to finance through revolving,
repayable grants, to address systematic causes of poverty and the
unequal division of resources and development.

More Info

http://my.care.org/site/R?i=HXcMgcBU9EHR-94ERSy6Xw

$50,000 CISCO Vote Winner

link to Teachers Resource Labs - India

Women and Girls are reaching their full potential in STEM
related careers through a lab model that builds teachers'
capacities in science, math, and language.

More Info

http://my.care.org/site/R?i=V9FniYBR1zEdQGKUSZbbnA

Interested in getting involved with CARE and Scale X Design?

CONTACT

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Relive the Excitement

link to See the SXD 2018 Challenge Highlights

http://my.care.org/site/R?i=JzCPQMVEPenBQOpmR4Y4Kg

link to Listen to SXD Playlist on Spotify

http://my.care.org/site/R?i=8raSMqwVTwhRWIDIpFkfUQ

link to Donate To End Poverty

http://my.care.org/site/R?i=XRCSd1dHt0lDvjky3NxDoQ

link to Support with Pro Bono Skills Investment

http://my.care.org/site/R?i=8IwTRH0UHKnzd6z6ZaY3wg

 

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