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  • Frederic Is Leading A Team of 600 Water Entrepreneurs In Cambodia

    Frederic Is Leading A Team of 600 Water Entrepreneurs In Cambodia

    👋We had the chance 🍀to cross paths🚶 with Frédéric Dubois 👨, who leads a team of 600 water 💦entrepreneurs🚀. In rural areas⛏️, water contamination is the leading cause of disease🤒 and death ☠️. Does the association 1001 fontaines ring a bell?📣 An exciting 😃adventure around access to drinking water 💦in rural areas!

    They build👷‍♂️ turnkey water kiosks, which are donated 🎁to the villages. The kiosks are run by micro-entrepreneurs🚀, who handle the production and home delivery of water bottles🍶. Their system is 100% sustainable🌳 while providing quality water💧 at an unbeatable price💰: $0.40 for 20 liters!

    Every day☀️, 500,000 people 🏆✌️access drinking water through their network of 200 kiosks. Their goal🎯 is one million beneficiaries by 2020.

    🌟🌟🌟At Our Own Pace And Scale, Everyone Can Aspire To Change The World🌟🌟🌟

  • Benoit Created The Khmer Braille For Blind Children In Cambodia

    Benoit Created The Khmer Braille For Blind Children In Cambodia

    👋Do you know the life ⚕️expectancy of a Cambodian🇰🇭 child becoming blind in the 90’s ? 2 years! 😢Benoit is the founder👨‍💼 of Krousar Thmey (“New Family”) a leading NGO 🚀based in Cambodia supporting blind and deaf children👦👧. Becoming blind or deaf in Cambodia was like a death ☠️sentence because there was neither support nor infrastructure🏢 to address those problems🔃. Most of them were left behind or hidden in houses🏠.

    Benoit started his career 💼as a financial controller at Accor Hotel🏢 in Bangkok🇹🇭. He had a comfortable 🛋️and hassle-free life😀. However, everything changed in the early nineties when he visited a Cambodian refugee 🏚️camp in the eastern part of Thailand. Shocked😲 by the living conditions, he quit everything to launch🌠 Krousar Thmey 🌠and support Cambodian refugees in Thailand.

    After the peace 🏳️agreement, he relocated to Cambodia 🇰🇭to support abandoned children👦 with a focus on blind and deaf children. Education 👩‍🏫was the key priority. To face that challenge⛰️, they developed a Khmer version of braille and they started teaching sign language. After huge efforts💦, Benoit opened schools🔠 across the whole country and employed up to 🚀400 staff.

    This year, 2700 children have been supported by Krousar Thmey 😀😀including 300 young blind and 750 deaf children✌️. Today, they can be extremely proud because after almost 30 years of co-development with the Cambodian government, the prime minister of Cambodia👨‍💼 agreed to take responsibility for all the schools and teachers, the entire structure being transferred to the ministry of education👩‍🏫. It is a major success😋, a great example of real development being achieved with a national programme of education being started and developed by a private NGO 👍and being transferred to the government, which is now in charge of the continuation of those schools.

    🌠🌠🌠At our own pace and scale, everyone can aspire to change the world.🌠🌠🌠

     

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  • Cyrielle Hariel Impact Journalist and World Explorer – “Change Our Mind With Positive People”

    Cyrielle Hariel Impact Journalist and World Explorer – “Change Our Mind With Positive People”

    👋Are you fed up with gloomy 😒headlines from traditional media🗞️? If so, follow🌠 Cyrielle Hariel’s journey🤩. She is an enthusiastic 🔥& positive🌠 journalist🎙️ travelling 🧳the world 🌍with a clear objective: to showcase the positive impact🌠🚀 of citizens👨🧑, individuals and entrepreneurs. Since 2014, she has travelled 100,000 km and interviewed🎤 400+ change-makers, from the Dalai Lama, Muhammad Yunus and Robert Redford to Jane Goodall.

    Her limitless motivation ⛰️started with a song🎶: Man in the Mirror by Michael Jackson👨‍🎤. The line🌠🌠 “If you wanna make the world a better place, take a look at yourself, and then make a change”🌠🌠 was the trigger😀. In 2014, she decided to quit her job at C8📺 for a humanitarian project 💁in Bangladesh🇧🇩, where a heart defect♥️ was detected. After emergency 🏥surgery, her desire to create positive impact🚀 through her work was confirmed.💪 Her commitment became a lifestyle!

    Now a committed journalist, Cyrielle travels the world to promote these “change-makers”🌈 and to encourage us to engage with solutions to the humanitarian👫 and ecological 🌳crises we are going through. With her lion’s mane 🦁& big smile😄, she never turns down ambitious & impactful challenges⛰️. From travelling🧳✈️ deep into the Amazon jungle to engaging with powerful decision-makers at COP21, she goes for it!

    Her message 📨of peace☮️, solidarity ✊and humanity♥️ is clear. She wants everyone to understand that all of us can become change-makers 💪😄because every action in our lives can make a difference. We have the power🚀 to live in a positive society, but it is our responsibility🌠. #MakeABetterWorld

    🌠🌠🌠At our own pace and scale, everyone can aspire to change the world!🌠🌠🌠

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  • From Fashion with Tom Ford and Yves Saint Laurent To A Social Business Supporting 100 Women in Turkey

    From Fashion with Tom Ford and Yves Saint Laurent To A Social Business Supporting 100 Women in Turkey

    👋Have you ever been in a situation where you could not just stand by and do nothing?🤷 15 years ago, Izabela Szeliga started a promising 🚀career at Yves Saint Laurent👚, dealing with world-famous🌠 fashion designers such as Tom Ford and Yves Saint Laurent himself. However, after falling in love♥️ with a Turk🇹🇷, she decided to quit everything and start a new life 👍in Istanbul.

    After getting married👰, she had a high-risk pregnancy🚨. Without knowing if the baby would survive😟, she had to lie down🛌 as much as possible. To pass the time, she reconnected with an old passion: crafting cuddly toys🧸. The baby👶 was finally born in perfect health ⚕️and Izabela decided to create a small business with the launch of a direct-to-consumer toy brand.

    To hire her first employees👩‍💼, she posted a short ad📢 targeting mothers🤱 looking to work from home. The result was stunning🌠🌠… She received more than 3,000 applications by email 📧and over the phone☎️. Izabela discovered that thousands of women were desperately🙏 looking for additional income💰 to make ends meet. Izabela’s mission🚀 shifted from a profit-based business to a social one, providing sustainable jobs with fair pay to stay-at-home 🏘️mothers.

    That is how BebeMoss was born as a responsible toy brand✔️. Every toy provides a fair trade income to a woman in need. Today, Izabela employs more than 100 mothers🌠 in Istanbul, Turkey🇹🇷, including 28 refugees from Syria 🇸🇾who are working hard to provide necessities for their families👏 while they rebuild their lives in a new country. www.bebemoss.com

    🌠🌠🌠At our own pace and scale, everyone can aspire to change the world!🌠🌠🌠

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  • Mesut Is Disrupting The Scholarship System With a Cutting Edge Technology Platform in Turkey

    Mesut Is Disrupting The Scholarship System With a Cutting Edge Technology Platform in Turkey

    👋Did you know that in Turkey🇹🇷, 40% of young graduates 👨‍🎓👩‍🎓are unemployed? Many promising students work hard ⚒️to make sure they can get a job 👨‍💼👩‍💼after graduation. However, being accepted into a top Turkish 🇹🇷or international🌍 university is not enough. They need to pay💰 the tuition fees, and many of them cannot afford it😟. Every year, hundreds of thousands of Turkish students apply for scholarships.

    A few years ago, Mesut was a brilliant 🌠🌠student at Galatasaray University. His dream🚀 was to become a computer💻 science engineer, but he needed a grant💰. After many time-consuming & inefficient applications, he finally obtained one and successfully attended great 💪universities such as Galatasaray, La Sorbonne and Boğaziçi University😀. During that process, he noticed that every foundation or institution had its own internal process, which was complex and tedious.

    After graduating🎓, Mesut decided to digitize the scholarship system by launching a technology platform called E-Bursum, which seamlessly connects international 🌍donors with the most promising Turkish🌠 students. To make the process more efficient & trustworthy, he integrated artificial intelligence & machine learning. For example, the platform can run full background checks through government databases and calculate precisely how much a grantee really needs…

    ➡️And it works! 🌠300,000+ students are currently registered on E-Bursum. Since 2015, E-Bursum has distributed more than🌠 $5M to thousands of Turkish students. Mesut and his team are now targeting🌠 $10M by the end of the year.

    🌠🌠🌠At our own pace and scale, everyone can aspire to change the world

  • To Fight Pollution and Sanitation Issues, Odgerel Is Building Sustainable Community Infrastructures

    To Fight Pollution and Sanitation Issues, Odgerel Is Building Sustainable Community Infrastructures

    🙌Why do Hundreds of Children 👦👧die 😥every year in the Ger Areas around Ulan Bator in Mongolia🇲🇳?

    There are two major issues💥: Heavy pollution 🏭& Sanitation ⚕️issues due to the absence of public infrastructures🏨. 60% of the Ulan Bator population👨 live in Ger Areas which are disorganized housing🏘️ areas built with very limited urbanization facilities (limited electricity access, no sewer…) People still need to use coal⛰️ heating, dig toilets🚽 on their small parcels… Can you imagine what is happening during winter, when hundreds of thousand people switch on their coal heating at the same time? 💨💨💨You can not even see 15 meters in front of you👓 because of the heavy smoke which is very dangerous ☢️for young children👶.

    To fight⚔️ both challenges, Odgerel who is currently running a profitable company👔 selling & installing electrical portals decided to launch an NGO🌠🌠 called EcoTown which aims at building👷 sustainable community infrastructures. Due to the limited funding 💰access in Mongolia🇲🇳, Odgerel has made a choice. He is using the profits💵 he is making from his company to fully finance EcoTown😃.

    To address the coal heating issue, Odgerel is developing🔎 new isolation materials in partnership with international 🌍universities 🎓to reduce coal consumption. On average, each family👨‍👨‍👦‍👦 consumes around 3 tons of coal per winter❄️. Regarding the lack of urbanization infrastructures, Odgerel is creating sustainable community models for the Ger area districts. For example, with his team, he had just finalized a community building where local people could meet, organize workshops, grow fruits 🍎& vegetables.
    🌠🌠🌠At Our Own Pace And Scale, Everyone Can Aspire To Change The World!🌠🌠🌠

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  • Belinda – From Slum To a Career of Professional Footballer

    Belinda – From Slum To a Career of Professional Footballer

    👋Now a professional 🏟️footballer⚽, Belinda has not forgotten🔙 where she came from. Every day, she goes back to train🏃‍♀️ with her former team🏁.

    Based in Kibera🇰🇪, the largest urban slum in Africa, she wants to empower and teach younger kids👦👧. Belinda is 19 years old and the third of four children👨‍👨‍👧‍👦. When she was younger, she did not want to waste🙇 her time doing nothing. That is why she started playing football🏟️.

    When she heard about Carolina for Kibera’s Queens team, she joined! CFK is a local 🌠NGO that uses sport 🌠as a powerful 💪tool to build community resilience and prevent violence💥. It builds social skills and establishes positive🌞 social norms that protect adolescents from negative influences.

    From Monday to Friday📅, they train. On Sundays, the girls attend talks about their interactions with the community👩‍🏫. For example, they are taught what to do if they are raped💥.

    Last year, CFK took part in a tournament 🏟️where Belinda was identified as 🌠a great talent🤩. After a strict selection process, Belinda was offered a professional contract🚀 and a place as a full-time player with the Mathare United team.

    Every day, Belinda goes back to train with her former teammates to share her skills and show that it is possible to make it! Only 19 years old, and she has already made giving back a priority!

    🌠🌠🌠“At our own pace and scale, everyone can aspire to change the world”🌠🌠🌠

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  • Faith – 17 Years Old, Mother, Student and Young Leader in the Largest Urban Slum in Africa

    Faith – 17 Years Old, Mother, Student and Young Leader in the Largest Urban Slum in Africa

    👋How would you react if a 17 years old joyful girl👧 tells you that few years back, she wanted to kill☠️ herself because of her pregnancy👶? It was a Thursday at 5.30am. After a 20 minute walk across metal sheets barracks, Faith welcomed🙂 us in her tiny 12m2 family house🏠. While washing her daughter clothes, Faith described the discovery of her pregnancy after 7 months, the father’s refusal to recognize his twins, the rejection of her friends, the death of one of the twins & her desire to commit suicide…

    But that was before! 😀🌠Then, she met with an impactful NGO called Carolina for Kibera which empowered her, gave her confidence back & supported her to go back to school.🚀 Her most important learning 👩‍🏫was to be able to say NO! She became an 🌠inspiring young woman🌠 fighting for her daughter. She told me: “I am working hard because I do not want my daughter to suffer” She also became class representative at school. What’s really struck me was when she took me aside before I left. She asked me support for one recurring challenge: sanitary napkins for her classmates. Her only request was not even for herself but for her classmates… 17 years old and she is already an inspiring leader!💪😀 .

    👉”At our own pace and scaler, everyone can aspire to change the World!”🌠

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  • Aleksandar Co-Founded the Largest Bulgarian Media For Positive and Inspiring News

    Aleksandar Co-Founded the Largest Bulgarian Media For Positive and Inspiring News

    👉Who is fed up with reading news🗞️ every morning 🥐about violence💥, sex 🔞 and drugs 💊across the world🌍?

    Personally, I am!😐

    Especially when I know that so many inspiring known & unknown leaders are fighting⚔️ to make the world🌐 a better place! In Bulgaria 🇧🇬, I spent an evening🍺 with Aleksandar, the 🚀co-founder of Uspelite🚀, the largest media outlet 🗞️in Bulgaria for positive😎 & inspiring✌️ news. He is trying to reverse the trend & it is working💪! 👉Their mission is to share the inspiring stories of 🌠successful people🌠 in Bulgaria 🇧🇬 and deliver good news every day. While informing 📬their growing audience👂, they also advocate 📢& challenge national channels 📻 to include more positive news in their programming. Launching an independent media outlet is not only ambitious 💪but also challenging. If you are not a top-tier media outlet, you do not attract large advertising campaigns. Then came a brilliant idea😀: Aleksandar & his team created 🚀Nosia, a direct-to-consumer👚 fashion brand inspired by Bulgarian folklore, to finance💰 their media activities. Smart, right? 😎✌️Moreover, to spot the latest scoops across the country every day, they have built⛏️ an efficient network of freelancers & partners who share the same values🔜.

    👉Mission-driven people are everywhere, even in the media! http://uspelite.bg/ 💪😀

    🌠🌠🌠“At our own pace and scale, everyone can aspire to change the world”🌠🌠🌠