Posts by Bill Young
May 4, 2011
Read information from MIT News on the 2011 MIT Global Challenge award winners here.
May 3, 2011
To watch a replay of the MIT Global Challenge Awards click here.
With a special shout out to Indian Mobile Initiative for winning in all three categories, this year’s winners are:
$10,000 Global Challenge Awards
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1. KOSIM WATER KEG
2. SOLAR AUTOCLAVE
3. PRACTICAL ENERGY NETWORK – winner of the School of Engineering’s Global Villages Challenge
4. INDIAN MOBILE INITIATIVE – congratulations on your sweep in all three award categories!
5. MAA-BARA – Winner of the Mohammad Yunus Challenge to Alleviate Poverty through Improved Agricultural Processes
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April 29, 2011
2011 IDEAS and MIT GLOBAL CHALLENGE AWARDS CELEBRATION
Monday, May 2 – 7:00pm at KRESGE AUDITORIUM on the MIT campus in Cambridge MA
CONGRATULATIONS to the 2011 IDEAS Competition and MIT Global Challenge teams! A record 45 MIT student-led teams entered their innovative public service ideas addressing underserved needs in water, sanitation, agriculture, education and much more. Many of undergraduate and graduate students have been hard at work for the last eight months to enter this year. The Salud del Sol and MIT IIH collaborative Solar-Powered Autoclave is one of the teams.
Meet all the teams at 7:00pm in the lobby. Celebrate their work. Learn which teams will win part of the up to $150,000 in awards this year. We’ll be joined by President Susan Hockfield, our keynote speaker Dr. Akhtar Badshah (MIT Alum) and other special guests.
April 8, 2011
On April 5, Dr Raj Shah, head of USAID, led a powerful discussion on the role of science and technology in the future of international development. Fresh coverage fresh from the MIT News Office here.
Later that same day, 46 teams of public service innovators led by MIT students entered final proposals into the 2011 IDEAS Competition and MIT Global Challenge. The Salud del Sol and MIT IIH collaborative Solar-Powered Autoclave was one of the teams. Twenty-four hours later, 84 judges from a range of disciplines began their reviews. And the Community Choice Award voting opened.
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August 4, 2008
Lori arrived in Nicaragua in June. Here are some photos from this summer, and a couple from her previous visit. Click on an image for a larger view.
July 27, 2008
Anna has been in Nicaragua since May. Here is a sampling of who she has been working and playing with. Click on an image for a larger view.
July 27, 2008
October 12-19, 2008
This course is an 8-day, condensed version of the Solar Culture Course, but focuses more on community development and sustainable lifestyle. It is open to everyone and offers working professional the chance to participate in a shorter course.
For more information about this workshop, email “info@grupofenix.org”. Or, if you speak Spanish, call Grupo Fenix in Nicaragua at (505) 278-3133.
July 26, 2008
January 5-15, 2009, Managua & Sabana Grande, Nicaragua
Come to the hills of northwestern Nicaragua to help build a dream. In the community of Sabana Grande, Totogalpa you can witness a wave of environmental change and perhaps see a transformation in yourself. This 11 day course allows you to be immersed in the daily life of rural Nicaraguans by living in homestays and working alongside locals in their vision to create a solar culture in their community.
This is a chance to engage your head, heart, and hands in the real work of the world. Discuss the theory behind both solar energy and the challenges of sustainable development with your instructors and other course participants over lunch. Spend your days learning from local community members how to construct solar cookers or install photovoltaic systems. Laugh along with your homestay family as you try to recall your High School Spanish or balance water on your head.
Course sponsored by Grupo Fenix, a Salud del Sol partner. Cost is $995. For more information about this workshop, email “info@grupofenix.org”. Or, if you speak Spanish, call Grupo Fenix in Nicaragua at (505) 278-3133. See link below for course brochure and information on travel, housing and local conditions.
July 20, 2008
Daniel will be leaving Sabana Grande on July 25. Enjoy these pics of his work and play this summr. Click on image for an enlarged view.
July 9, 2008
July 9, 2008, Managua, Nicaragua
Salud del Sol News
Lori Hanna, Salud del Sol’s Executive Director; Anna Young, Salud del Sol’s Director of Development; and Susan Kinne, Director of Grupo Fenix, met with MINSA, Nicaragua’s Ministry of Health on July 9, 2008 at El Complejo Nacional de Salud (The National Health Complex), named Concepción Palacia, in Managua. Dr. Jorge Orochena S., the Director of Services Organization, from the Health Services Department, and the team met for an hour. Dr. Orochena gave his blessings and endorsed the continuance of the Salud del Sol autoclave project.
In addition to this important step of gaining permission from the National Government, the meeting involved useful knowledge sharing. The team gathered other valuable statistical data on the clinics throughout Nicaragua. After the team’s technical explanation of the autoclave and it’s workings, Dr. Orochena praised the idea for its utility in health clinics without electricity—the great majority of the clinics in the country. He is only aware of about 10 of 935 clinics that do not have good access to direct sunlight. He readily acknowledged the environmental benefits of such a device and discussed ideas for the device itself, including the importance of an alarm or other method to verify sterilization.
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