India CSR Network
No Result
View All Result
  • Login
  • Register
SUBSCRIBE
  • Home
  • CSR
    • Art & Culture
    • CSR Leaders
    • Child Rights
    • Culture
    • Environment
    • Education
    • Gender Equality
    • Health
    • Skill Development
    • No Poverty
    • Safety
    • Covid-19
    • Safe Food For All
  • Sustainability
    • Sustainability Dialogues
    • Sustainability Knowledge Series
    • Plastics
    • Sustainable Development Goals
    • Circular Economy
    • BRSR
  • Corporate Governance
    • Diversity & Inclusion
  • Articles
  • Interviews
  • Events
  • BOOKS
  • More
    • Technology
    • Lifestyle
    • Case Studies
    • Knowledge
    • Social Sector Leaders
    • Social Entrepreneurship
    • Philanthropy
    • Sports
    • Gaming
  • Prime
  • Home
  • CSR
    • Art & Culture
    • CSR Leaders
    • Child Rights
    • Culture
    • Environment
    • Education
    • Gender Equality
    • Health
    • Skill Development
    • No Poverty
    • Safety
    • Covid-19
    • Safe Food For All
  • Sustainability
    • Sustainability Dialogues
    • Sustainability Knowledge Series
    • Plastics
    • Sustainable Development Goals
    • Circular Economy
    • BRSR
  • Corporate Governance
    • Diversity & Inclusion
  • Articles
  • Interviews
  • Events
  • BOOKS
  • More
    • Technology
    • Lifestyle
    • Case Studies
    • Knowledge
    • Social Sector Leaders
    • Social Entrepreneurship
    • Philanthropy
    • Sports
    • Gaming
  • Prime
  • Login
  • Register
No Result
View All Result
India CSR Network
No Result
View All Result
Home More

Indian Organizations Win Big at Global Competition Aimed at Empowering Women and Girls in Asia Pacific

by India CSR Network
6 years ago
in More

India CSR News Network

SINGAPORE: Three young social entrepreneurs were awarded at the Project Inspire 2016 Grand Finals announced today at the Responsible Business Forum on Sustainable Development at Marina Bay Sands.

Applicants aged 18 to 35 were asked to submit a sustainable idea to improve the lives of women and girls in Asia Pacific for the chance to win a US$25,000 Grand Prize and a US$10,000 Financial Inclusion Award to implement their projects. Project Inspire: 5 Minutes to Change the World, a global social impact challenge aimed at improving the lives of disadvantaged women and girls in Asia Pacific, is co-organised by Singapore Committee for UN Women and Mastercard. The challenge saw 270 entries from across the world, with ten projects emerging as finalists to present their ideas live in Singapore at the Grand Finals.

The winning team, CareNx Innovations, represented by Co-founder and Executive Director, Aditya Kulkarni, took home Mastercard’s Grand Prize of US$25,000 for their project in India.

“We are very grateful towards the Singapore Committee for UN Women and Mastercard for giving us an opportunity to present ourselves and our work. This competition was a check to realize that we are working in the right way or an important problem. With this grand prize, we wish to scale our mobile pregnancy care solution to reach out to at least 2000 pregnancies and 20 women health workers in next 1 year. We have a dream to reach out to 2 million pregnancies in next 3 years and this prize would get us started,” commented Aditya Kulkarni.

Through CareNx’s CareMother Mobile Pregnancy Care, women healthcare workers will be equipped with a mobile pregnancy kit that enables door-to-door antenatal care services to pregnant women living in rural villages. Their project aims to reduce the high maternity deaths caused by pregnancy complications through early detection and increased health checks.

Project Inspire also presented a Financial Inclusion Award of US$10,000 by Mazars and Mastercard to Village Volunteers represented by Riyanka Ganguly. In the deliberation room, Yvette Oh, Executive Vice President, Market Development, Asia Pacific for Mastercard generously offered to include another prize as all the judges were very impressed by potential of one of the finalist teams. This new prize a Special Recognition Award of US$5,000 was awarded to The Global Women’s  Project.

Last month, Village Volunteers, supporting a project in India, secured the most votes from the public to win the People’s Choice Award through a crowdfunding campaign, courtesy of Crowdfunding Partner Impact Guru. The Village Volunteers’ crowdfunding was backed by 423 supporters, raising a total of US$12,693 in 30 days, guaranteeing their spot as one of the 10 finalists. Knowledge Partner, INSEAD, also awarded three representatives: Aparna Saxena from Colorss Foundation, Theresia Sembiring from A New Vision, and Riyanka Ganguly from Village Volunteers) with full scholarships to INSEAD’s Social Entrepreneurship Programme (ISEP).

Project Inspire’s 10 finalists arrived in Singapore on 21 November for a week-long boot camp, including one-on-one mentoring and workshops led by experts and thought leaders, finally culminating at the Project Inspire Grand Finals, which were held at the Responsible Business Forum on Sustainable Development. Each finalist was given five minutes to pitch their ideas live to the -strong audience, including members of the public, supporting organisations and a panel of esteemed judges and industry experts.

CSRBooks.com CSRBooks.com CSRBooks.com

The annual competition, now in its sixth year, received close to 270 proposals from the region working on women’s and girls’ safety and security.

The competition had three stages beginning with the launch of the sixth edition of Project Inspire on 31 March 2016. Out of the 270 proposals received from 109 countries, 20 made it to the Semi-Finals stage and took part in an international crowdfunding campaign, courtesy of official Crowdfunding Partner, Impact Guru. The winner of this stage was granted the ‘People’s Choice Award’ and was guaranteed a spot in the Grand Finals. Nine other finalists were then selected among the semi-finalists and all ten teams received an all-expenses-paid trip to Singapore for the Grand Finals Week.

Project Inspire is co-organised and co-founded by Singapore Committee for UN Women and Mastercard. Knowledge Partner, INSEAD and Strategic Partner, Bain & Company have been long-term supporters of the initiative. Mazars joins the competition for 2016, in support of women’s empowerment and social entrepreneurship. This year, the initiative also welcomes returning Program Partner, Independent Project Analysis, new Program Partner, Own Your Brilliance, and Crowdfunding Partner, Impact Guru.

Prior to shortlisting finalists, 20 projects were vying for a finalist spot during the competition’s semi-finalist stage – a crowdfunding contest courtesy of official Crowdfunding Partner, Impact Guru. The online fundraising was introduced to increase exposure for semi-finalists. Village Volunteers, supporting a project in India, was voted as People’s Choice Award by the general public, leading the crowdfunding campaign with 423 supporters and total raised amount of US$12,693 in 30 days, guaranteeing them a spot as a finalist.

Piyush Jain, Co-Founder and CEO, Impact Guru said, “The crowdfunding stage for Project Inspire was a tremendous success with approximately US$40,000 raised from more than 1,100 supporters from over 30 countries. Indian organizations have bagged the top 2 prizes totaling US$35,000, highlighting that Indian social entrepreneurs stand at the forefront of innovation in generating social impact across Asia and the Pacific.”

Tags: Impact GuruPeople’s Choice AwardProject InspireResponsible Business Forum on Sustainable Development
ShareTweetPin

India CSR Network

India CSR is the largest tech-led platform for information on CSR and sustainability in India offering diverse content across multisectoral issues. It covers Sustainable Development, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Sustainability, and related issues in India. Founded in 2009, the organisation aspires to become a globally admired media that offers valuable information to its readers through responsible reporting. To enjoy the premium content, we invite you to subscribe it.

Related Posts

Union Budget 2022: Tax Rebates in Budget for Realty Vital for Salaried Class
More

Union Budget 2022: Tax Rebates in Budget for Realty Vital for Salaried Class

January 19, 2022
India’s Veteran journalist Vinod Dua passes away
More

India’s Veteran journalist Vinod Dua passes away

December 5, 2021
Meet a NGO Leader who digs up dirt to set right system
More

Meet a NGO Leader who digs up dirt to set right system

August 10, 2021
More

Republic or Democratic?

January 22, 2021
Brand Identity of India CSR Network
CSR

Nomination invited for India CSR Professional of the Year Awards

August 4, 2021
More

Value of Books in Life

August 4, 2021
More

Google generates its 83% of revenues from the display of ads

August 4, 2021
More

Reliance Foundation Hospital rewarding medical staff with extra pay

August 4, 2021
CSR

Covid-19: ITC’s Paperboards and Specialty Paper Business lend its support to the needy in Telangana

August 4, 2021

Discussion about this post

Popular Stories

  • Lupin Terminates 300 Staff

    Lupin Terminates 300 Staff

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • What is liberalization?

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • 7 Reasons Why Smartphone Can Make Your Life Easier

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • QNET CSR Arm Supports Electrification Project to light up the lives of 470 villagers in Meghalaya

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • MCA amends Schedule III of Companies Act on disclosure norms in financial statements and Details of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
India CSR Network

  • Home
  • About Us
  • Team
  • Partnership
  • Contact
  • Terms of Use
  • Subscribe

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • CSR
    • Art & Culture
    • CSR Leaders
    • Child Rights
    • Culture
    • Environment
    • Education
    • Gender Equality
    • Health
    • Skill Development
    • No Poverty
    • Safety
    • Covid-19
    • Safe Food For All
  • Sustainability
    • Sustainability Dialogues
    • Sustainability Knowledge Series
    • Plastics
    • Sustainable Development Goals
    • Circular Economy
    • BRSR
  • Corporate Governance
    • Diversity & Inclusion
  • Articles
  • Interviews
  • Events
  • BOOKS
  • More
    • Technology
    • Lifestyle
    • Case Studies
    • Knowledge
    • Social Sector Leaders
    • Social Entrepreneurship
    • Philanthropy
    • Sports
    • Gaming
  • Prime
  • Login
  • Sign Up
  • Cart

Welcome Back!

Sign In with Facebook
Sign In with Google
Sign In with Linked In
OR

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password? Sign Up

Create New Account!

Sign Up with Facebook
Sign Up with Google
Sign Up with Linked In
OR

Fill the forms below to register

All fields are required. Log In

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In