10 things the world can learn from resilience

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10 things the world can learn about resilience

@HerGeekyness - community builder @SheilahBirgen - director, m:lab EA

Resilient kids

DJ Focus,15 - Self taught engineer, built a radio station from items from items found in trash.

Sierra Leone

Richard Turere; 12 - winning solution to lion-human conflict. Kenya

Malala, 14 - Defied Taliban for an education (for girls including herself). Pakistan

Chamas

We bank in each other!

Africa, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan

Technology for physical restoration

David Sengeh: pain-free prosthetics using 3D printing. Sierra Leone

Roy Ombatti: healing 3D printed shoes for jigger-deformed feet. Kenya

Serendipity cities

Edible cities (Cidades Comestiveis), Ricardo Ruiz, Brazil

Olabi maker space in the favelas - Cultura de Gambiarra. Brazil

Ice hubs - green innovation and social entreprenuership. Egypt, Ethiopia

Fighting cultural injustice

Kakenya Ntaiya - had to undergo FGM to get an education. Kenya

The coding Pocahontas

Fairy tale, or real life?

Kamila Brito: real life pocahontas. Amazonian woman

Is it a boat? Is it a hub?

The Iraqi makers

Nawres and Oday, pharmacists turned makers

motion sensing arm

Fighting institutionalized injustice

Syeda Ghulam Fatima; risking death to break bondage labor in Pakistan

Green energy: enabling millions

mKopa: pay-as-you-go solar

Strauss energy: solar panel roofing tiles

Massive economic turnaround through technology

Ethiopia Commodity Exchange

Dr. Eleni Gabre-Madhin, initiator - Ethiopia Commodity Exchange

Asante, በጣም አመሰግናለሁኝ

@HerGeekyness, @SheilahBirgen