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YONER-LIBERIA is on the fundraising campaign to raise the amount of US$300,000 for the construction of the first “Youth Entrepreneurship and Technology Innovation Center” in Paynesville, Liberia. Also, called a ‘Community Space’, will contain research and innovation labs, co-working, desk, office and maker spaces and meeting, events and conference facilities for the purpose of horning scalable entrepreneurship and technology social innovation and business concept solutions to form an inclusive “Community” in pursuit of supporting the U.S. Embassy Monrovia’s strategic goals of fostering inclusive economic development and improving Liberia's human development status and achieving Goals, 2, 4, & 7 of the SDGs. The Space aims to support and improve on the organization’s Entrepreneurship Program currently being implemented in partnership with the U.S. Embassy, the U. S. State Department’s GIST Program and the University of Delaware (USA) for youth empowerment, and to bridge the digital divide and focus on giving students and youth the advanced technological and entrepreneurial skills they need to transition into jobs in the knowledge economy. The “Space” will exploit the power of innovative approaches for effective, high quality education through technologies, internet, science, entrepreneurship in identifying, preparing and equipping students and young entrepreneurs with the relevant skills to shape their ideas into innovative and sustainable businesses, and expose them to opportunities that can scale up their ventures to solve pressing problems in Liberia while generating income. The organization envisages sustainability – will offer office, desk, meeting, and conference spaces to local entrepreneurship and technology stakeholders, students, young people and professional to rent and use for reasonable amounts. Additionally, the co-working and maker spaces will host growing organizations, students, and emerging and young entrepreneurs without office space. They will make a minimum payment for upkeep and use the space and its facilities thereof. The proceeds generated will contribute to the maintenance of the Space and support other aspects of our intervention, as well as paying staff and volunteers and facilitating programs. Also, the Space will utilize technologies and entrepreneurial innovation for an effective teaching and learning process for young people - managing and delivering resources, services and products to enhance beneficiaries - liberating time, human resource and accountancy; and training to focus on innovation and capacity building, effective teaching and learning; and interaction and networking.

*************It's our ingenuity that makes the difference between a bleak future and a bright one --- Bill Gate************* Clean Technology is about taking a firm stand in innovation to lower environmental impact starting with design thinking, to manufacturing production, to the usage and disposal of electronic products. The mission is to change both products and users to become more sustainable, and develop a new set of attitudes and thinking in all phases of innovation that will lower our environmental impact. I am requesting this grant to launch a new project for 2018 Earth day--Clean Technology Initiatives: Ewastes Collection Canavassing Week. The purpose is to encourage local communities to join efforts in minimizing energy consumption, water pollution, and electronic wastes. My goal is to address the importance on moving innovation forward, without placing further harm to our environment through creative community projects, advocacy, and youth leadership development---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The highlight of this project is a week-long Clean Tech and Electronic Waste Awareness week, where we will go door-to-door in Las Vegas to help seniors and people with disability with e-wastes collection. There will be a GreenUp Home Innovation Assessments, where we will evaluate the overall household innovation, waste consumption, and energy efficiency. We will visit 300 homes in Las Vegas during a week-long campaign targeting senior citizens and people with disability. Our goal is to conduct 150 GreenUP Home Innovation Assessments and recruit 50 volunteers for this community wide event. My aspiration comes from understanding that human activity is contributing to carbon emission that is affecting the health of children growing up in toxic and careless cultures. It is estimated that 20 million children in the world will have a higher chance in getting lung cancer living in an environment exposed to pollution. Another growing problem is the speed of innovation taking a toll on our environment, creating an overwhelming of electronic wastes that is crowding our landfill. These landfills are toxic with contaminants leaking into groundwater that causes health problems to both children and adults.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Currently, there are less than 5 organizations in Southern Nevada that collects electronic wastes. Las Vegas hosts a one-day community-wide recycling event where residents can dispose all of their wastes such as paper, appliances, old electronics, plastic and furniture for free. However, not everyone understands the importance of recyling, and it is difficult for senior citizens and the disabled to participate.-------------------------------------- I personally cannot live without my technologies, and I’m exhilarated when new innovation is discovered. Our world will only be moving faster, and our technologies will only create more wastes if we don’t act now. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As the sustainability model describes that we must start locally within our own community, before we can tackle bigger challenges globally, I decided to do something about this problem. I’ve been studying International Business, and was constantly reaching out for more sustainability work during my undergraduate studies. I have been inspired by the work of Nobel Laurate Vice President Al Gore and Dr. Muhammad Yunnus in fighting climate change and global poverty. I saw their power in getting people to change, and I’m finally seeing our society and policies taking off. I’m also inspired by global citizenship, that each and every one of us cannot do everything but can definitely do something. My goal with this project is to raise awareness, to bring people together and put into action on Clean Technology Initiatives. I am hoping this project can eventually turn into a full-scale non profit organization in the near future.