Spring 2013 Projects

Check out our first-ever crowdfunding class with its diverse and powerful set of projects that uplift and support whole communities around the world. Help make the visions of our powerful female innovators real with a donation today. Inspire yourself!

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Faiza Hajji

Jumpstarting a green economy in Morocco

In Berkane, one of the most polluted towns in Morocco, Faiza dreams of building the Dar al Amal – a mega eco-center with an educational vegetable garden, community center, cafe, art gallery, incubator, park and playground. Dar al Amal will jumpstart a local green economy and stop the flood of plastic bags in her hometown.

  • 3% Funded
  • $1325.00 Pledged
  • 8 Days to Go
Celeste North, Founder, NuFlick

Promoting Latin American culture with innovative video-on-demand platform

Celeste gives visibility and voice to Latin American filmmakers. With her online streaming platform, NuFlick, she is beginning to turn the mainstream Latin world on its head and expand the kinds of stories that are being told by and about the peoples of Latin America.

  • 2% Funded
  • $600.00 Pledged
  • 8 Days to Go
Sasha

Investing in community innovators from Uganda and Rwanda

Sasha believes Uganda and Rwanda are the next hot beds of social innovation in Africa. So she travels around both countries providing small grants – from her venture Spark Microgrants – to help locals implement big ideas for social change and build a new Africa.

  • 5% Funded
  • $1200.00 Pledged
  • 8 Days to Go
Laurin Hodges, founder, Mission: Launch, Inc.

Turning former inmates into entrepreneurs and innovators

Laurin will not give up until the 10,000 prisoners released in the U.S. every week are given an opportunity to contribute to society through entrepreneurship and innovation. Laurin’s mother was once an inmate, and she knows these often dismissed people can offer powerful contributions to society.

  • 6% Funded
  • $3155.00 Pledged
  • 8 Days to Go
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Transforming a Filipino weed into high eco-fashion

In their native Philippines, the Jacinto & Lirio (J&L) team take destructive water hyacinth weeds and transform them into something beautiful – high-end handbags, journals and tablet covers. Repurposing the weeds is not only good for the environment but also good for local industry, creating jobs for rural Filipino women in the south.

  • 5% Funded
  • $1175.00 Pledged
  • 8 Days to Go
Founder, Black Girls Code

Disrupting tech norms equals Black Girls Code

Kimberly’s Black Girls CODE encourages girls of color to become masters of their technological futures by providing them with training in computer programming and technology. She believes the world’s next big tech innovators will have names like Kadijah, Aisha and Ximena.

  • 1% Funded
  • $235.00 Pledged
  • 8 Days to Go
Aarti Naik

Giving slum-based girls in India a brighter future

Aarti’s SAKHI Girls Learning Centers are committed to educating every single slum girl struggling to get an education in urban centers throughout Mumbai. Aarti, who grew up in a slum in Mumbai, is a one-woman army, leading slum girls to greater possibilites for their lives.

  • 4% Funded
  • $1060.00 Pledged
  • 8 Days to Go