Johan Juul Jensen
Johan is a serial social entrepreneur. Prior to launching Play It On and becoming a Resolution Fellow, Johan founded several other domestic NGO’s. Play It On is an international NGO that works with sports for development and intercultural exchange. Under Johan’s leadership, Play It On has grown from an organization working solely between Denmark and […]
Play it On
Play It On works to improve intercultural understanding through sports. The organization believes that sports and play is the ultimate facilitator of mutual bonds between people giving them a unique opportunity to connect. In the process of creating intercultural exchanges, Play It On also improves the conditions to play for children all over the world. […]
Gabrielle Wimer
Gabrielle Wimer received her BA in the History, Philosophy, and Social Study of Science and Medicine from the University of Chicago with a minor in Human Rights in June 2016. As a student she served as a researcher in the Department of General Internal Medicine and as a researcher for a project looking at the […]
Joyce Lu
Joyce Lu studied Anthropology and Biological Sciences with a specialization in neuroscience at the University of Chicago. She is especially interested in health and science education and making STEM fields accessible at an early age. She has worked with various groups at the planning, development, and teaching phases of education initiatives in a wide range of fields […]
MealFlour
MealFlour is a social enterprise that trains communities with high rates of chronic malnutrition how to build and maintain environmentally sustainable mealworm farms, and how to turn mealworms into a protein-rich powder. The participants in the trainings can incorporate the protein powder into existing local staple foods or sell the powder in local markets and […]
Elizabeth Frank
Elizabeth Frank is a fourth year at the University of Chicago. She is majoring in the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Science and Medicine, with a specialization in Global Health and a minor in Biology. Elizabeth is a co-founder of MealFlour, a social enterprise to build mealworm farms made from recycled materials that manufacture […]
Sulav Urja
Raunak Thakur is the founder of Sulav Urja, a social venture bringing biogas to rural households in Nepal. Through her venture, Raunak will provide households in rural Nepal with a biogas digester to help generate biofuel from organic household waste. Sulav Urja will reduce the harmful effects associated with indoor burning of firewood, reduce deforestation, […]
Raunak Thakur
Raunak Thakur is an undergraduate student at Berea College. She is an international student from Nepal and is studying computer science and mathematics. Her venture is called “Sulav Urja” and she plans to establish Bio Gas plant in southern plains of Nepal where most of the men are migrant workers. Growing up in Nepal it […]
Trash To Treasures
Manuel Angel Barrantes Duarte, founder of Trash to Treasures, will train members of a low-income community in Nicaragua to become micro-entrepreneurs. These entrepreneurs will create and sell upcycled products, thereby building job skills, increasing household income, and contributing to environmental sustainability.
Manuel Angel Barrantes Duarte
Manuel Barrantes was born in Managua, Nicaragua, and is 21 years old. He is a senior at Harding University majoring in global economics and Management. He is at Harding with the Walton International Scholarship Program (WISP) for Central America. His goal after graduation is to implement and offer low-income communities from Managua, new opportunities to engage […]
