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Social Entrepreneurship Competition

CADENA Initiative

Idea Competition

Cadena Initiative is a Contest of ideas where middle school children propose a solution to prevent or respond to a natural disaster or a humanitarian crisis in a more effective way.  It also allows them to empathize with a specific community in the world and propose a humanitarian intervention.

Young adults between the ages of 12 and 15 years old from around ten different countries propose a project. The focus of their proposal is to find a better way to prevent or respond to a crisis and, together with their school develop an idea that will be presented in front of an audience and judges.

By promoting skills such as research, analysis, and conflict resolution, we have been amazed by a broad number of impressive ideas that some of these Young Adults have proposed when it comes to helping vulnerable communities. The winners of the international contest receive advisory and financial funding to initiate the launch of their project.

CADENA Initiative offers different spaces for creative minds by involving, schools, students, and parents to actively improve the world.

CADENA Initiative

EVALUATION CRITERIA

PLANING

OBJECTIVE

DURABILITY

INNOVATION

RESEARCH

GLOBAL IMPACT

  • 10 Countries

  • 19 Cities

  • 41 Schools

  • 480 Projects

  • 1,435 Students per year

Un grupo de jóvenes ganadores de Iniciativa CADENA 2019 posa para una fotografía con Benjamín Laniado, Presidente de CADENA.

WINNERS

2019

S.A.L.V.A.S.

S.A.L.V.A.S. stands for Automatic Localizing Life System pre Earthquakes (the letters are the match for such word in Spanish). This is a device that counts how many people can enter into a specific space in order to be able to quickly know, in the event of an earthquake, how many people are trapped and in need of help.

Costa Rica · Instituto Dr. Jaim Weizman

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Vital Desk

2018

Is a desk that, in the event of an emergency, quickly transforms into a triangle so that people can protect themselves within it during an earthquake.

Colombia · Colegio Colombo Hebreo

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ISOLATING WITH FEELING

2017

This is a campaign aimed to collect recycled materials used to create warming and cooling devices.

México · Colegio Hebreo Sefaradí

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Stories with a Purpose

2016

This project intends to create stories for young children to learn what they should do in situations of crises or disasters.

México · Colegio Israelita Yavne

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SOUNDS OF LIFE

2015

Is an alarm used for flooding that goes off when there is an imminent rise in bodies of water. This alarm aims to alert the population to evacuate their homes, schools, and work as fast as possible.

México · Colegio Israelita Yavne

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FROM LITTLER TO ROOF

2014

This program is designed to collect Tetra Pak cardboard, cut them, and glue them on top of roofs to waterproof homes where people often endure flooding.

México · Colegio CIM ORT

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