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Presidente dos EUA, Bill Clinton e Prêmio Nobel Muhammad Yunus homenageiam vencedores do Desafio Global de Caso Hult em Nova York

Três ideias vencedoras para resolver a pobreza dividem prêmio de US$ 1 milhão


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NOVA YORK, 30 de abril de 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Carnegie Mellon, Hult International Business School e NYU Abu Dhabi foram homenageadas por seus compromissos de erradicar a pobreza no Desafio Global de Caso Hult em Nova York, organizado pela Hult International Business e a Clinton Iniciativa Global. As três equipes vencedoras derrotaram milhares de estudantes das melhores escolas de negócios do mundo para uma subvenção US$ 1 milhão e foram homenageadas pelo Presidente Bill Clinton.

Iniciado há três anos por Ahmad Ashkar, formado pela Hult, o Desafio Global de Caso Hult é a maior e mais respeitada iniciativa desse gênero. Aproveitando o poder do crowd sourcing, o Desafio Global de Caso Hult atraiu estudantes de 350 faculdades e universidades para fornecerem soluções aos desafios reais enfrentados pelas três organizações não governamentais. Elas são o Habitat para a Humanidade, que constrói moradias populares, SolarAid, que traz a energia renovável às comunidades carentes e One Laptop Per Child, que oferece computadores de baixo custo para crianças.

Um painel de jurados de alto nível, incluindo: o Prêmio Nobel da Paz Muhammad Yunus, o ex-governador de Nova York Mario Cuomo, o presidente da Unilever Michael Treschow, o empreendedor social Darell Hammond e os presidentes das três ONGs, selecionou os vencedores em educação, habitação e energia.

Educação

Vencedor: Carnegie Mellon

Para ajudar a One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) a colocar 10 milhões de laptops nas mãos das crianças em todo o mundo nos próximos cinco anos, a equipe da Carnegie Mellon apresentou uma abordagem inovadora para garantir a implantação simples de laptop e para criar uma marca global de software de fonte aberta da ONG.

"O Desafio Global de Caso Hult tem nos proporcionado muitas ideias para enfrentar o desafio do desenvolvimento da OLPC para permitir o aprendizado para as crianças pobres do mundo", disse Rodrigo Arboleda, presidente e CEO da One Laptop per Child Association. "Nós apreciamos a criatividade, paixão e esforço de todas as equipes de estudantes de todo o mundo que participaram na competição."

Habitação

Vencedor: Hult International Business School

O Habitat para a Humanidade tem a missão de fornecer casas para 50 milhões de pessoas nos próximos 10 anos. A solução vencedora da Hult concentra-se em controlar a inteligência dos que estão na base da pirâmide e equipá-los para resolver seus próprios problemas.

"O Desafio Global de Caso Hult é uma boa notícia para todos os envolvidos", disse Jonathan Reckford, CEO do Habitat para a Humanidade. "Os alunos têm a oportunidade de resolver desafios do mundo real e organizações como o Habitat beneficiam-se não só do prêmio em dinheiro usado para implementar a proposta vencedora, mas também das ideias que emergem a partir do crowd sourcing e das relações que desenvolvemos com os líderes de negócios de amanhã."

Energia

Vencedor: NYU Abu Dhabi

Muitos africanos ainda dependem de lâmpadas de querosene. A solução da NYU Abu Dhabi se concentra em criar uma rede de empresários e técnicos que irão vender e consertar as lâmpadas solares de forma sustentável.

Falando no apoio à solução da equipe vencedora, Steve Andrews, CEO da SolarAid disse: "Nosso objetivo é erradicar a lâmpada de querosene da África até o final desta década. Isso é simplesmente um desafio enorme, que só será possível com inovação maciça. Ter os melhores alunos de todo o mundo competindo para o surgimento de grandes ideias de como vamos fazer isso, é um impulso extraordinário. Já está mudando a nossa maneira de pensar e trabalhar."

Ahmad Ashkar, o fundador e CEO do Desafio Global de Caso Hult, disse: "Esta iniciativa tem como objetivo revolucionar a forma como pensamos sobre os mais graves desafios sociais do mundo. Com US$ 1 milhão em capital de arranque, os estudantes de todo o mundo têm uma chance de criar empresas sociais que alcancem resultados reais."

Parabenizando as equipes vencedoras, o presidente da Hult, Dr. Stephen Hodges acrescentou: "O Desafio Global de Caso Hult é uma parte importante do esforço da Hult de incentivar o empreendedorismo social entre os estudantes talentosos, independentemente do país de onde vêm. Através deste tipo visionário de crowd sourcing estamos dando às ONGs acesso a um manancial de novas ideias e perspectivas que os ajudam a crescer mais fortes."

Sobre a Hult International Business School

A Hult International Business School (anteriormente conhecida como a Escola de Administração Arthur D. Little) é a primeira escola de negócios global com campi em Boston, São Francisco, Londres, Dubai e Xangai. A Escola oferece um leque de negócios com foco em programas, incluindo MBA, Mestrado e Graduação. O programa MBA de um ano da Hult está classificado entre os 30 melhores do mundo pela revista The Economist e entre os 100 melhores pelo Financial Times. www.hult.edu.

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