Get to know the Mahallae Challenges finalists!
As you may know, more than 40 ideas were submitted to the Mahallae Challenges.
The ideas were evaluated by a panel of judges and 15 most successful ideas received green light to move on to the next stage. As the Mahallae team, we supported the teams of the winning ideas to develop their vision into full blown concepts. Concepts are basically ideas developed more elaborately, with longer descriptions, a budget and teams behind them.
You can now view all the concepts on Mahallae here. Simply click “Support a Concept” next to each category, and you can view ideas in detail, make comments, and provide support through endorsement and/or by offering/donating resources to each concept until June 12th, 2014. The winners will be selected by a panel and announced on June 19th.
See a short summary of each idea selected to go forward into the second (Concepts) stage below; click each project to see it in further detail.
1. i-Vee proposed by Maged and Maria
A mobile game app for encouraging volunteerism in Cyprus and Egypt, i-Vee foreesees the gamification approach would have benefits for behavioral and attitude change related to volunteerism.
2. Project MUSED proposed by Nikos, Michael and Desislava
A platform to help youth interested in digital storytelling find the right partners for project collaboration, Project MUSED aims to create a community through synergies.
3. Skill Market proposed by Mertkan, Mustafa, Berfu, Paraskevi, Akis, and Kasım
Skill Market is an app, the main aim of which is to address the problem of youth unemployment. People using the app will be able to exchange skills costlessly, and access opportunities to meet with people based on shared interests or skills from different communities.
4. Stars Club proposed by Cicek, Didem, Faika and Eminay
StarsClub is a mobile platform that informs users when there is a need/motivates users to donate to NGOs. Says Gockun of her idea, “One of the biggest problem of civil society organizations (CSO) in Cyprus - especially in the Turkish Cypriot community - is difficulties in securing national donors.”
5. EAT proposed by Jonathan, Gabriel and Roberto
EAT aims to establish a Test Greenhouse in Cyprus for the purpose of evaluating the three main Aquaponic growing systems to find the best suited crops for local production in Cyprus.
6. YuBiz proposed by Panayiotis, Michalis, George, Alessandro and Moyses
YuBiz is an online platform that offers a collection of tools and services designed to help young entrepreneurs to create their business, promote their ideas, find support and establish relationships.
7. STEP proposed by Efi, Eleni, Panayiotis and Marios
STEP is an online platform where undergraduate and graduate students alike will be able to get real life work experience by completing projects as part of NGOs while still in school.
8. WE-ME WoMEnPower proposed by Antigoni, Giwrgos, Christina and Maria
Womenpower will be a community platform/mobile app that provides resources and advocates active involvement of women in promoting equal rights in life and workplace. The platform will link women mentors and mentees together to build networks and nurture skills development.
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9. Socialholic Typewriter proposed by Louiza Mallouri, Ali, Constantinos and Louiza Kaimaki
A web platform for ‘micro-fiction,’ typewriter would bring together writers and artists from different communities to collaboratively tell stories.
10. Neighbour to Neighbour proposed by Hatice, Mehmet, Spyros, Caghan, Emine and Susie
A Web platform for information exchange between communities, categorized by different job sectors, allowing people from different communities to create a virtual neighborhood based on solidarity and assistance.
11. Learning Greek with Hasan Tuna proposed by Sami, Özker, Enis and Ali
The first of its kind, Ozuslu’s idea foresees a Greek language course-program that will be produced and broadcasted via TV, satellite and mobile apps, making language learning more accessible and contributing to a culture of peace on the island.
12. Pathways to Peaceful Coexistence proposed by Meltem, Alexandros and Ahmet
An online platform/mobile app which will allow Cypriots to express their values, policies and dreams for a unified Cyprus.
13. Hands on Famagusta proposed by Esra, Emre, Nektarios, Socrates and Munevver
An interactive hybrid platform to engage people in developing a future vision for Famagusta. The team aims to use both online and offline techniques to achieve their goals.
14. Tag’n’Fix proposed by Ali, Doğuş and Suphi
An app that allows anyone who encounters unpleasant problems witin their surroundings, such as potholes on the road and broken sidewalks, to report it by taking a geotagged photo and posting it through the app.