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Promote Africa (Students)
Promote Africa is an international nonprofit run by UGA students, whose basic aim is to raise funding via an
Art Social Business (selling handcarved Namibian bracelets, frames, etc) to support and empower entire African communities
(by funding projects upto $1,000 via our Bright Ideas Grant).
Promote Africa (Professional)
Promote Africa is an international nonprofit run entirely by volunteers whose goal is to empower communities
by providing seed capital for health, education and community development projects. We make grants to the best project ideas we can
find via The BIG Competition. We also take projects into our own hands, such as a social business in African art and helping
distribute virtual textbooks through the Global Text Project.
Bright Ideas Grant
Promote Africa host an annual competition calling for small project proposals (<$1000 USD) that target underserved health,
education, economic, and environmental needs in communities across sub-Saharan Africa.
The best 3 are funded on the spot with our Bright Ideas Grant (BIG). We fundraise for our finalists on
and heavily promote it among friends, family, and anyone interested to raise grassroots funding and allow the people to
decide which projects get funded.
By offering guaranteed prizes of upto $1000, we can attract high-quality project ideas and dedicated partners.
If you help sponsor a grant, your donation will not only fund the very best projects--it is also what makes the entire
competition work: bringing together great projects, prizes, and people. We need your help.
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Promote Africa markets Namibian Oshiwa wooden frames, ostrich eggshell jewelry, and gorgeous PVC bracelets made
from salvaged and recycled plastic--all on behalf of disadvantaged artisan cooperatives. This is a non-profit social business endeavor
with many positive impacts on people and their environment, where the profits are put back into the pockets artisans and projects which
improve their community.
(As a business solution, it requires no donations to fuel it.)
++ PVC is not biodegradable and would encourage landfill crowding, soil leaching, and methane emission.
We want to encourage this rare business model which has a positive effect on the environment (and its people).
Featured Past Project: Ongandjera Solar Ovens
Last year we funded an initiative to provide a solar oven and food garden to help sustainably
feed an elementary school of 350 young learners.
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