Hellen is the founder of EcoCiclo, an organisation that developed the first biodegradable pad in Brazil with the aim to provide a more sustainable and healthy product for women, as well as create employment opportunities for vulnerable women. Additionally, they provide training to corporate leaders and employees on menstrual health to help companies become more inclusive and conscious of women's needs, while promoting a more sustainable, inclusive and fair future for women globally. Through education with the use of technology, EcoCiclo also contributes to increasing the organisations' ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) indexes. EcoCiclo was also present at COP27 in 2022.

As of May 2023, EcoCiclo has impacted the lives of 5,000 menstruators with menstrual and sexual health education, trained 300 women sustainability entrepreneurs in business practices and 950 menstruators on the benefits of menstrual cycle alignment for their professional lives. It has become an international reference in products and menstrual education, with Hellen having lectured at the universities of Michigan and Minnesot. She has received important awards from organisations such as the International Development Bank, McKinsey and Co. and the Z Zurich Foundation for the work she's done with the project. In her home country of Brazil, they have partnerships with governments and schools to implement menstrual access and education.

Ulyana is a co-founder and Member of the Board of Directors at Enkidu Global, which aims to facilitate donations for procuring medicine and medical equipment. Within their platform, institutional donors and charities can find information regarding the process of reviewing the humanitarian needs from government and verified civic society organisations to select the procurement orders they want to fund and support, pay directly to suppliers and track logistics in one place.

The Enkidu platform, which is free to use for organisations and charities and available globally, offers numerous features, including a secure data room and a donations history that provides charities and corporates complete transparency on the procurement process and reporting. Most importantly, Enkidu provides a unique flow where charities pay suppliers directly or corporates work with their trusted charities to pay for goods and services required. Their main partner has been the State enterprise "Medical Procurement of Ukraine" for project initiation and procurement. They have facilitated donations of more than $3.4 million.

Andrea Jaimes is currently a Nutrition Officer at the World Food Programme in Venezuela. Andrea is an active member of the Global Shapers of the Caracas Hub, an initiative of the World Economic Forum. She has more than six years of experience in humanitarian and community interventions in nutrition, health, food security and WASH practises. In her role, Andrea provides technical advice and support on the development and implementation of the nutrition strategy and nutrition-sensitive activities in the different projects to be developed by the country office.

Throughout 2022, she supported the implementation of their food assistance School Meals Program, reaching approximately 440,000 children, people with disabilities, indigenous communities and school staff per month across more than a 1,918 primary and special schools in the country. The WFP School Meals Program is expected to reach 1 million children per month by the end of 2023. Andrea will now help the country office with the launch of their strategic plan targeting goals within SDGs 2 and 17.


 

Stephen created The Royal Guardian Healthcare, a level 2 healthcare facility in Kenya offering primary healthcare services to the local community. Within The Royal Guardian Healthcare, they have four programmes: The Royal Guardian Healthcare Mentorship programme, the Non-Communicable Disease (NCD) programme, The Early Childhood Development (ECD) centre malnutrition programme and the RG+ Medical electives programme. Additionally, RG+ Medical electives program is a platform that connects medical students to the available elective centres in Kenya.

Through the ECD centre malnutrition programme, they have screened over 36,000 children who are below five years for malnutrition and link the ones with severe malnutrition to care. Through the Mentorship program, they have mentored 550 medical students at the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT). Through the NCD program, they provide screenings for diabetes and hypertension, and offer health education through community outreaches. He is the co-author of the book 'Victoria paediatrics casebook', a clinical book that has become a core book in the teaching of paediatrics and child health at the JKUAT university.

 

Bevon is the founder of Akata Farms, a company that has focused on sustainable agriculture through tailored farm building in rural communities in Grenada since 2016. Through its non-profit branch they focus on skills development in partnership with the government, providing education on crop development, climate change adaptation measures, and job opportunities. Akata Farms also harvests vegetables, fruits and spices through various agricultural systems, including hydroponics, greenhouses and traditional methods.

Akata Farms has built a network of over 1,500 farmers across the Caribbean region. The organisation has assisted ten farmers to successfully obtain grant funding, and has provided technical support to an additional five people to start their own farms. Through its production side, Akata Farms feeds over 10,000 households annually and sells its produce to supermarkets and hotels across Grenada. In 2023, Bevon and her team’s main goal is to create at least 10 new enterprises working on sustainable agriculture, employ 100 new people, and train an additional 100 on farming techniques.