Kaweesi Edwin
Kaweesi Edwin is currently a student at Makerere University pursuing an undergraduate degree in social work and social administration. He is a co-founder of Kwesa Organic products which is waste management venture in the slums of Kampala based in Namuwongo slum. Edwin’s goal is to see his community changed and that is why he is […]
KWESA- Organic Products
Kwesa Organic is dedicated to empowering communities to manage and reuse their waste, reduce improper disposal, and protect the environment. Through education and sensitization programs, we conduct workshops in both schools and communities, and engage children and parents in clean-up activities, equipping them with the knowledge and skills for effective waste management and reuse. In […]
Green Shift
Green Shift will address environmental issues in Tripoli, Lebanon by creating a database system to practical guide and organize all information related to solid waste management in cities and rural areas. The project aims to implement sustainable strategies in various sectors, including solid waste management and clean water, promoting a green, healthy lifestyle among the […]
Salam Helwany
Salam Helwany was born in Tripoli, Lebanon in 1997. She studied at the Saint Elie des Pere Carmes, Tripoli then, in 2015, received a full scholarship from MasterCard foundation to pursue environmental health studies at American University of Beirut. Since 2016, she is working on a medical research volunteer program at AUBMC. She is an […]
Ruth Ainebyoona
Ruth is a student leader in her 2nd year at Makerere University pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Journalism and Communication. As an enterprising lady, she held different leadership positions in her high school and won entrepreneurship awards. As a proponent of human rights and women empowerment, Ruth has been involved in community service activities to […]
Touch One Reach All (TOORA)
Touch One Reach All (TOORA) will seek to address unemployment by providing hands-on skills training in weaving, crocheting, and sewing of high demand products to women with few economic opportunities. The venture will also provide them with capital and look for markets to empower them economically.
Levi Tukundane
Levi Tukundane is a journalist turned farmer, Resolution Fellow (Class 14), and former President of the MasterCard Foundation Scholars at Makerere University. After graduating in 2022, he resigned from his job to dedicate himself to empowering vulnerable individuals in his community. He founded Touch One Reach All (TOORA), a Resolution-funded Community-Based Organization addressing critical social […]
Smile Waste
Smile Waste collects agricultural waste, such as corn husks and shea nutshells, from local farms in the city of Parakou, Benin, and recycles them into sustainable biofuels to reduce the number of trees that are felled for fuel, remove the agricultural waste products from the community, and create a new revenue stream for farmers who […]
Marguerite Zannou
Marguerite Zannou is a Mastercard Foundation scholarship holder, currently in the third year of her degree at the Institute for Training and Research in Computer Science in Computer Security. She is very passionate about computers and always wants to improve in this field. She is a network administrator in the making. She is also interested […]
Bruno Gbodjivi
Bruno Gbodjivi is a third-year student in Renewable Energies and Energy Systems at the University of Abomey-Calavi. Passionate about social entrepreneurship, he has been a Mastercard Foundation Scholar at UAC since 2019. This scholarship allowed him to turn social problems into profitable business ideas. Enthusiastic about the recovery of waste into energy, Bruno creates with […]
