By Becca Iverson | Development Manager, Captain Planet Foundation
We are proud to announce that more than 160 secondary school students from Nairobi, Nakuru and Uasin Gishu counties in Kenya submitted project proposals for this year’s InChallenge. They proposed tangible solutions to problems affecting their communities. The proposals demonstrated passion and drive that make us very excited for the future of Kenya. This year, we selected nine projects from 55 project proposals based on sustainability, feasibility, innovation and impact. Each finalist team has been invited to a three-week workshop at CEMESTEA from April 13th to May 2nd, 2015 where they have been working with GMin to make their project ideas a reality!
Our youth innovators have made a lot of progress on their prototypes. Our design-thinking workshops, mentors, guest speakers and field trips have all heavily shaped their projects, and most of them will be ready to test their prototypes in their communities over the next few weeks. They faced challenges, including finding the right materials, development time, and understanding user expectations, but with the support of their peers, they have been able to overcome many of them. The prototyping process has been incredibly empowering for our youth. The freedom to experiment, design and shape an idea so rapidly (which has become a reality) is a completely new experience for most. The next step is creating presentations to pitch their prototypes this week.
Thank you for your amazing support- please check back for another "update from the field" in July!
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