Well done: Commitment Award presented to three student projects

After the keynote speech by Anna-Maija Mertens, Managing Director of Transparency International Germany, three prizes were awarded for the following projects:

"Ed-Tech for the Special Child" by Priscilla Appiah:
With her project, Priscilla Appiah wants to support primary education for children with special learning needs in Ghana. Despite the progress the Ghanaian education system has made in recent years, this group of pupils is still underserved. Resources are lacking and teachers in these schools still use the same traditional teaching methods as in secondary schools, which, however, are not very promising in developing the skills of children with special learning needs. To change this, the initiative will provide ed-tech toolkits with tablets, headsets and customised apps and software for children with learning disabilities.

"Go-Women - Preneurs Initiative" by Chukwudi Okolo and Ebele Odinachi:
The project aims to empower Nigerian women, especially mothers who are the breadwinners of their families. They are to be supported in their business ideas and provided with small loans to get started. Because: 100 euros are demonstrably enough to start a small business in Nigeria or other developing countries.

"Happy Periods" by Pius Fozan, Shuma Banik and Souvik Bandhapadhyay:
The project aims to raise awareness about menstruation and not only provide people in India with information about it, but also facilitate their access to menstrual hygiene. To this end, the initiators plan to work not only with affected persons, but also with public institutions and teachers, in order to sensitise political decision-makers to the issue and to combat menstrual poverty in India.

All three projects will receive start-up funding of 1000 Euros each. We say "Congratulations" and wish all winners success in implementing their ideas!