Supporting 140 innovators from 76 countries

Expo Live grants support innovative ideas to build sustainable and resilient societies

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On the occasion of World Cities Day, and with the launch of the Urban and Rural Development Week at Expo 2020 Dubai, Expo 2020 Dubai confirmed that the grants provided by the Expo Live program support innovative ideas to build sustainable and resilient communities, to make our living environments more resilient.

Expo Live supports 140 innovators from 76 countries, from the Middle East and Africa to Asia and South America.

From energy-efficient cookstoves to sustainable transportation, global innovators from the Expo Live Innovation Impact Grants program will discuss their creative ideas throughout Urban and Rural Development Week, with a series of impactful Expo Live sessions taking place at the Expo Live pavilion. "Creators for Good", from "Expo Live".

« Soil - Haiti »

A non-profit research and development organization that designs, tests and implements social business models to provide safe sanitation, and produces rich organic fertilizer as a natural resource for agriculture. This fertilizer helps severely depleted soils in Haiti and creates economic opportunities in some of the country's most scarce communities. In the world.

Currently, this organization assists more than 6000 urban communities in Haiti.

«Bamboo Palette - Costa Rica»

“Bamboo Pallet” was inspired by the idea of ​​making transportation bases, used in transporting goods, from bamboo, as an alternative to wood, as a main raw material. oxygen.

«Baladi Compost - Lebanon»

A Lebanese social company that develops solutions for homes, municipalities and development agencies to compost waste, such as the CubeX system, a home-based decentralized device for treating solid and liquid bio-waste.

«Ethes Crowd - Indonesia»

Develops and operates an Islamic real estate co-financing platform that allows a global community of 25,000 investors to pledge funds for affordable housing projects in Indonesia.

«Amal Work - Palestine»

It aims to build bridges that bridge the gap between contractors and workers, with a platform that allows both contractor and worker to see each other's file, and provides them with several filters, including evaluations, and both parties can track progress and receive reports, among other features and services.

Amal Work aims to help workers obtain suitable job opportunities.

«Fondfair - Venezuela and Colombia»

Established in Venezuela in 1996, the nonprofit provides investment and financial education opportunities to poor communities.

She pioneered the Pancomonal business model, which enables these communities to finance small private economic projects locally.

«Liter of Light - Philippines»

A global grassroots movement committed to providing affordable and sustainable solar lighting for people with limited or no access to electricity.

Letter of Light's open source technology has been recognized and approved by the United Nations for use in some UNHCR camps.

«Jan Bak - Pakistan»

JanPak provides cleaner cooking solutions and contributes to fuel savings in low-income communities, reducing respiratory diseases and significantly slowing the rate of deforestation.

« Mobility for Africa - Zimbabwe »

Mobility for Africa is looking to find community-based, off-grid renewable electric transport solutions that are affordable, efficient and environmentally friendly, providing electric tricycles and using a local distribution network that enables rural women to become entrepreneurs.

«Continue to Cairo - Egypt»

Transport for Cairo harnesses technology to improve public transportation by collecting data on Cairo's streets and traffic, and producing effective maps and applications for navigation and direction.

«Soyo - Colombia»

Soyo unlocks the social and economic value of formal ownership for low-income families through its technology-based services.