community-led innovation

  • 100% for the Children is an international NGO working with local communities in Kenya to improve education, child protection, health and climate resilience. In Kibera, many families rely on irregular, low-paid work, making it difficult to build financial stability and provide secure futures for their children.

    The challenge explores how waste can be transformed into products, services and local businesses that create more stable incomes and greater financial independence for caregivers, while supporting a cleaner and more climate-resilient community.

    Challenge track winner: Team Phoenix

    Student teams’ solutions to the challenge:

    From Scraps to School Plates

    Team Phoenix

    Emma, Lanelle, Leo and Mai.

    The BLUE ZONE Project

    Team Wone

    Sára Júlia Eszik, Mia Blackwell Gonzalez, Anmol Agarwal and Letícia Nakada.

    Waste to Wealth

    Team Waste to Wealth

    Augustina, Sebastian, Julius, Mohd. Mahdiussaman, Johanna and Shetu.

    Connecting Kibera – One Bead at a Time

    Team Kibera ReBeads

    Nityapriya Hari Krishnan, Hanna Larios, Ashraf Mahmoud and Alicia Kelpert

    FoodNet

    Team Waste for Taste

    Jose Manuel Martinez Soriano, Maria Gaito, Mona Hein Larsen and Dumitru.

    Plastaka: Building modules

    Team Plastaka

    Pamela Roldan, Sama Lasheen, Natalia Rojas C., Sourav Dehury and Lourdes Salazar.