2022 Youth ACCELERATOR GRANT Winners
We are delighted to announce the 2022 Youth Accelerator Grant winners! From Canada to Argentina, Peru, and Colombia, YCSA delegates submitted impactful project proposals to be considered for funding for sustainable programs that positively impact local communities across the Americas.
First Place: EYAL WEINTRAUB, ARGENTINA
Alerta Celsius
Eyal’s mission is provide quality education for communities across the Americas. Alerta Celsius is a Tech-Ed initiative that fuses digital tools with environmental education to fortify the ecosystem of environmental education in Argentina.
Second Place: Cyrielle Noël, Canada
Eau daCité Swim
Cyrielle Noël’s Eau daCité Swim is an innovative experiential education program that endows students with the skill of swimming, while simultaneously informing them about the local environment. By creating a space where thoughtful content can be shared and a productive dialogue nurtured, Eau daCité Swim offers a holistic and inclusive initiative for swimmers across Canada.
Third Place: Raul Briceño Brignole, Peru
La Firme
Raul Briceño Brignole makes architectural and engineering services accessible and affordable for families in Latin America through his project La Firme. Our mission is to reach the over 2 million families across the region who, each year, build their own homes without proper guidance and planning. We will help them translate the biggest investment of their life into a safe home for present and future generations.
Fourth Place: Witiman Andrés Canacue Ortiz
Aquaponics for Life
Witiman and his team are developing a 200 m2 aquaponics system for medium commercial production of healthy products and organic vegetables like onion, lettuce, chard, tomato, cucumber; and fish like tilapia and Pacu. Aquaponics for Life’s mission is to make healthy farm products accessible to our community because, firstly, organic products are 250% more expensive than regular products, and secondly, because traditional farming products in Colombia have a lot of chemical pollutants and have traveled a lot of kilometers from outer towns to our country and cities.
