Santa Clara University

Participant: Michael Petty S.J.
Aguada Guzman
Location: Argentina
Sector: Economic Development
Source: GSBI® Directors

Develops markets and enhances revenue opportunities for sheep-farmers in remote areas of Argentina.

Participant: Andy Lieberman
Asociacion Abj'atz Enlace Quiche
Location: Guatemala
Source: 2004 Tech Awards

Enables indigenous peoples to reach their full potential through the innovative use of information and communication technologies.

Participant: Tunde Fabunmi
Bee Conservation Project
Location: Nigeria
Source: Schwab Foundation

BCP preserves honeybees as an ecologically resource in Nigeria and as a source of livelihood for the urban and rural poor.

Participant: Adrienne Schatz
Book Trust
Location: USA
Source: GSBI® Directors

Book Trust utilizes existing school infrastructure to enable youth in poverty to choose and purchase books monthly throughout their elementary school career, building literacy skills and stronger, more positive educational culture within a high-risk demographic.  

Participant: Felipe Oliveira
Comite para Democratizacao da Informatica de Brasilia (CDI-DF)
Location: Brazil
Source: Global Junior Challenge

CDI-DF provides free computers, software, community-based training and technical maintenance through Information Technology Citizenship Schools. 

Participant: Ken Owens
Cognisense Labs, Inc
Location: USA / Worldwide
Source: 2004 Tech Awards Laureate

Enables land resources to be reclaimed for safe use through an integrated application of sensing and GPS software to locate and remove land mines from farmland.  

Participant: Helen Wang
e-Mobilizer
Location: China
Source: Reuters Fellow, Stanford University

Uses the existing cellular infrastructure and mobile technology to connect micro-entrepreneurs and small businesses to the online marketplace. 

Participant: Cordelia Salter-Nour
e-ShopAfrica
Location: Ghana / Africa
Source: Global Junior Challenge

Uses the worldwide web to preserve cultural artifacts and enhance livelihood opportunities (create sustainable business) for traditional African artisans.   

Participant: Pedro Mastrengelo
Frost Protection Corporation
Location: Paraguay / Worldwide
Source: 2004 Tech Awards Laureate

Provides environmentally and economically superior solutions for the global problem of frost damage for fruit growing producers.

Participant: Martin Burt
Fundacion Paraguaya
Location: Paraguay
Source: Schwab Foundation

Provides economic literacy, entrepreneurship training, and access to micro-loans to empower rural areas in the potential for sustainable livelihoods.  

Participant: Lisa Jobson
i-EARN
Location: USA / Worldwide
Source: Social Edge

Enables students to interact with individuals from different cultures (each other) over the internet to address environmental, cultural, and social issues including racism, intolerance, conflict, and human rights.

Participant: Joy Olivier
Ikamva Youth
Location: South Africa
Source: Global Junior Challenge

Broadens the tertiary and work transitions of South Africa’s youth through a focus on achievement and technical skill development.  

Participant: Dipak Basu
Anudip
Location: India
Source: 2004 Tech Awards Laureate

Provides financial, technological and managerial resources toward livelihood creation and conservation in marginalized and threatened areas of the world.

Participant: Suraiya Haque
Phulki
Location: Bangladesh
Source: Schwab Foundation

Provides low cost day care facilities in Bangladesh to enable women to achieve economic emancipation without sacrificing the well-being of their children.

Participant: Estella Villareal
Unidos
Location: Mexico
Source: Schwab Foundation

Enables communities to overcome the biased stigmas of disability by offering new models of hope and empowerment.

Participant: Jon Rodrigues
XayanIT
Location: Bangladesh
Source: Alliance Partner of OrphanIT, previous Global Junior Challenge