Building With Bottles
Brett Perl received his Resolution Fellowship for the venture, “Building With Bottles.” In Haiti, Brett sought to create a design solution to the problems that he observed, notably an overabundance of trash and a marginalized population of individuals who were disabled. Brett worked with the Afya Foundation, an organization focused on bringing much-needed medical supplies, and therapy […]
Brett Perl
Brett graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a degree in Architecture in 2015. While enrolled at Carnegie Mellon, Brett worked with the local Pittsburgh community as a brother of the Penn Theta chapter of the Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity. Prior to co-founding the venture, “Building With Bottles,” Brett became involved with STAND, the student-led division of Genocide Intervention Network, as a Regional […]
Jean Paul Laurent
A native of Haiti, Jean Paul arrived in the United States in 2004 with a suitcase and a dream to excel. Since his arrivival, he has taken charge of his academic and professional development while remaining committed to achieving his dream. Jean Paul’s approach to addressing the challenges facing Haiti after the earthquake is to […]
Katie Guidera
Katie Guidera is a senior at Duke University studying Global Mental Health through Duke’s Program II major. She is particularly interested in the intersections between global health, social entrepreneurship, and human rights. She is a co-founder of One Sun Health, an organization which works in rural HaMakuya, South Africa to create pathways of change through […]
Calabar Youth Council for Women’s Rights Leadership Program
Kennedy Ezekie-Joseph is launching the Calabar Youth Council For Women’s Rights (CYCWR) Leadership Program in Calabar, Nigeria to help teenage victims of female genital mutilation and domestic abuse reintegrate into society and become leaders by providing them with a year-long leadership training program, pairing them with mentors, and granting them access to volunteering and internship […]
Kennedy Ekezie-Joseph
Kennedy is a 19-year-old youth activist from Nigeria. As a budding global leader, he constantly seeks to liberate disadvantaged individuals and groups through positive, empathic social activism. He is currently a student at the Department of Philosophy at University of Calabar, Nigeria, and is the founder of the Calabar Youth Council for Women’s Rights; a […]
Marling Garcia
Marling Garcia is a passionate, dedicated, and enthusiastic student from Northcentral Technical College in Wausau, WI. She was born in the community of Las Macias, Teustepe, Boaco, Nicaragua. Since she was a child, she experienced the lack of clean, potable water needed to supply the basic needs in her home. Due to that hardship, she always wanted to […]
Well for Wellbeing
Presently, there is no source of clean water is available within the community of Las Macias, Teustepe, Boaco, Nicaragua. Water from an open well must be carried over a mile to each home, taking time, leaving risk of contamination, and stressing the community and its health and wellness. Marling and her team will create a […]
One Sun Health
One Sun Health was co-founded by three students hailing from different universities and multidisciplinary backgrounds, who met in South Africa while completing research on global health issues in 2011. Their experience and interactions with communities in the region of HaMakuya, Limpopo Province sparked a passion to return the area to work with local stakeholders to […]
Sarah Cox
Originally from San Francisco, Sarah Cox earned her BSBA in 2013 from the University of Miami in Health Sector Management and Policy, minoring in Mathematics and Dance. She studied with the Organization of Tropical Studies (OTS) in 2011, focusing on community perceptions of tuberculosis and infection control in the Khavhambe region, HaMakuya, South Africa. This […]
