Rasha Abu Safieh is Catalyst2030 Aotearoa New Zealand chapter co-chair, Edmund Hillary Fellow, Time Magazine Next Generation Leader 2018, co-founder of the first IT impact-sourcing social enterprise in Palestine, social entrepreneur, innovator, change-maker, mother,...
Catalyst 2030's
Catalysing Change Week 2024
Building the Social Innovation Sector
6 - 10 May 2024
Education: crowdsourced knowledge the Metaverse and Human Sustainability
We will briefly discuss the issues of education (unfair access to education, limited access to the latest knowledge in certain regions, biased evaluations and consequently limited access to better opportunities) - intro to decentralized systems - intro to the wisdom...
Viewing child development through the prism of intersectional identities
The childhood years spent in a school setting are arguably one of the most significant time periods of a person's life; it is where one develops a sense of identity, worth and ways to engage with the larger world around them. Across our world, there are a range of...
Taking back my PEN!
Experiences of girls who got pregnant during the COVID-19. Some or many were forced to drop out school and into early marriages. Our role in fostering a growth environment for the girls. Providing equal opportunities for social economic development.
Turning Your Education Into Decent Jobs
My session will be a hands-on one that will help participants finally discover their hidden stories, skills and unknown personal assets (awareness). Then how to sharpen, groom and develop their skills and talents (grooming). Lastly, they will learn how to connect...
Teaching Tips for Social Entrepreneurship
What will we be talking about? Building on the lessons and advice received in moving online in 2020, ANSES: African Network of Social Entrepreneurship Scholars together with Hubble Studios developed a teaching pack, which focuses on the processes of teaching social...
Social empowerment in fragile contexts
The purpose is to question, to listen, and to analyze. As simple as that, as complex as that. These three words convey how the discovery will be seen and elaborated. When we think of acting, helping, and supporting people in fragile contexts, we want above all to...
The bicycle hub – creating social bicycle enterprises in sub-Saharan Africa
Velafrica has been exporting bicycles since 1993. At the beginning, we shipped 1-2 containers to loose networks of small local bicycle trader. From 2015, we developed the “social bicycle hub model” with local bike-pioneers to growth and develop the bicycle market in...
SDG Youth Wave
An Australasia/Kenya/USA collaboration proposal for the 2022 Catalysing Change Week, inspired by the Mexican Wave, to highlight our global young changemakers. Youth groups from chapters would present their SDGs initiatives to a wider audience and then pass the baton...
Icons who impacted education transformation
Many of those who want to transform the education system and are working to make it equitable and accessible to all, have been inspired by someone who became their role-model or hero. In this 60 minute session we will hear from social entrepreneurs in the field of...