Bee the Change
Dawn, Hayley, and Nora will bring beekeeping skills and supplies to economically-disadvantaged people in the United States and beyond. Dawn, an experienced beekeeper, and her team will bring standardized apiary designs that can be built from simple wood and mesh to communities in need of job creation and economic empowerment. Five beehives, with associated equipment […]
Maja Felicia Falkentoft
Maja has previously completed studies and internships in both Montréal and Dakar, and is currently finishing her BSc in Global Studies and International Development Studies at Roskilde University in Denmark. Since very young, Maja has been strongly interested in processes of global social and political change, which to several community involvements in both Denmark and […]
Johan Juul Jensen
Johan is a serial social entrepreneur. Prior to launching Play It On and becoming a Resolution Fellow, Johan founded several other domestic NGO’s. Play It On is an international NGO that works with sports for development and intercultural exchange. Under Johan’s leadership, Play It On has grown from an organization working solely between Denmark and […]
Play it On
Play It On works to improve intercultural understanding through sports. The organization believes that sports and play is the ultimate facilitator of mutual bonds between people giving them a unique opportunity to connect. In the process of creating intercultural exchanges, Play It On also improves the conditions to play for children all over the world. […]
Gabrielle Wimer
Gabrielle Wimer received her BA in the History, Philosophy, and Social Study of Science and Medicine from the University of Chicago with a minor in Human Rights in June 2016. As a student she served as a researcher in the Department of General Internal Medicine and as a researcher for a project looking at the […]
Joyce Lu
Joyce Lu studied Anthropology and Biological Sciences with a specialization in neuroscience at the University of Chicago. She is especially interested in health and science education and making STEM fields accessible at an early age. She has worked with various groups at the planning, development, and teaching phases of education initiatives in a wide range of fields […]
MealFlour
MealFlour is a social enterprise that trains communities with high rates of chronic malnutrition how to build and maintain environmentally sustainable mealworm farms, and how to turn mealworms into a protein-rich powder. The participants in the trainings can incorporate the protein powder into existing local staple foods or sell the powder in local markets and […]
Elizabeth Frank
Elizabeth Frank is a fourth year at the University of Chicago. She is majoring in the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Science and Medicine, with a specialization in Global Health and a minor in Biology. Elizabeth is a co-founder of MealFlour, a social enterprise to build mealworm farms made from recycled materials that manufacture […]
Sulav Urja
Raunak Thakur is the founder of Sulav Urja, a social venture bringing biogas to rural households in Nepal. Through her venture, Raunak will provide households in rural Nepal with a biogas digester to help generate biofuel from organic household waste. Sulav Urja will reduce the harmful effects associated with indoor burning of firewood, reduce deforestation, […]
Raunak Thakur
Raunak Thakur is an undergraduate student at Berea College. She is an international student from Nepal and is studying computer science and mathematics. Her venture is called “Sulav Urja” and she plans to establish Bio Gas plant in southern plains of Nepal where most of the men are migrant workers. Growing up in Nepal it […]
