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The “Volunteering for Sustainability” Ideathon is a partnership between IAVE and Emirates Foundation, the UAE Ministry of Climate Change & Environment, and Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi, sponsored by General Motors.
Pitches from the competing teams are this Wednesday, 6 March, 16:00 UAE time (that’s 7:00 a.m. in New York). Judges will make their decisions and the three winners will be announced Wednesday at 18:15 UAE time (9:30 a.m. in New York).
→ Visit volunteers.ae/ideathon23 to learn more.
→ Watch the opening ceremony here.
→ Tune in live for the team pitches and winners announcement at 16:00 UAE time (GMT +4) Wednesday.
Over 270 teams from 77 countries registered for the virtual Ideathon. Here are the 15 finalists:
VOLUNTEERING TO PROTECT NATURE, LAND & OCEANS
- Climate Change Action—Botswana
- Ecogenia (www.ecogenia.org)—Greece
- Emirates Nature-WWF (https://www.emiratesnaturewwf.ae/en)—UAE
- Shelter Participatory Organization (https://spongopk.org/)—Pakistan
- Volonteurope (https://volonteurope.eu/)—Belgium
VOLUNTEERING FOR YOUTH EDUCATION & SKILLS
- Dividendo Voluntario para la Comunidad (https://www.dividendovoluntario.org/)—Venezuela
- Global Peace Foundation Nepal (https://globalpeace.org/category/country/nepal/)—Nepal
- Ingeniería Sin Fronteras Chile (https://isf-chile.org/)—Chile
- Serve Global Inc (https://www.serveglobal.org/)—Ethiopia
- Yes Empowerment services (https://yesempowerment.wordpress.com/)—Uganda
VOLUNTEERING FOR DISASTER RELIEF
- Alhaj Shamsul Hoque Foundation (ASHF) (https://shamsulhoquefoundation.org/)—Bangladesh
- Atados (https://www.atados.com.br/)—Brazil
- Bhumi (https://bhumi.ngo/)—India
- Padyarescue Incorporated GO BIKE Project—Philippines
- VIONet—Sierra Leone
Tune in live for the team pitches and winners announcement at 16:00 UAE time (GMT +4) Wednesday.
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