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Eric Stinehart: Improving Underserved Youth’s Mental Health through Innovation

Mar 16, 2023 Posted by: George Romar All SDGs,  Eric Stinehart,  Seattle,  USA,  Washington
Eric Stinehart: Improving Underserved Youth’s Mental Health through Innovation

Eric: Glad to be with you, Spiffy! Hopelab strives to help create a world in which young people, in particular BIPOC and LGBTQ+ teens and young adults, are thriving, free from barriers to their mental health and well-being. As an impact investor at Hopelab Ventures, the majority of my time is spent thinking about how underserved youth’s mental health and well-being can be improved with scalable tech solutions, and taking action by finding who is best positioned to do so.

Yacob Berhane: Supporting the Next Generation of African Innovators

Mar 15, 2023 Posted by: George Romar Kenya,  Nairobi,  SDG 8,  Yacob Berhane
Yacob Berhane: Supporting the Next Generation of African Innovators
Yacob: Happy to be with you, Spiffy! At Pariti, we've built an entrepreneurial marketplace that supports the next generation of African entrepreneurs, investors, and talent. We believe that by facilitating access to capital and resources, we can help builders create innovative solutions that tackle the toughest challenges facing Africa and the world. We take a data-driven approach to everything we do. By using our data models to identify key issues in the ecosystem, we then design products and services that truly make a difference.

Transforming the Lives of Refugee and Migrant Youth Through Sport

Mar 14, 2023 Posted by: Anushree Nande CM,  Gerald Mballe,  Italy,  Milan,  SDG 3
Transforming the Lives of Refugee and Migrant Youth Through Sport
Gerald: Thank you, Spiffy! I work for the Special Olympics’ Unified with Refugees program, a global platform where athletes extend an invitation of friendship to refugees and migrants, supporting and bringing critical, community-based inclusive programming to a population in need of empowerment, protection, and support to break down barriers of exclusion. This platform is committed to ensuring that all refugee youths can benefit from the same opportunities as others, and continues to transform the lives of refugee and migrant youth—of all abilities—through sport and related programming.