The SINA community in the Tongogara refugee camp in Zimbabwe was featured on the national TV for its innovative and creative plastic bottle house. Evode Hakizimana, the co-founder of Transformation Innovation Hub, explains why “waste is not waste until you waste it”. Together with other young people in the camp, they used upcycled plastic bottles […]
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Learning by Founding – SINA as a Case Study for Entrepreneurship Education in Refugee Camps
The FII INSTITUTE is a new global non-profit foundation and think Tank to advance Impact on Humanity. this month´s Spotlight Series is on refugees and how refugees can create a future for themselves through entrepreneurship. Titled “Learning by Founding – Social Entrepreneurship Education for Refugees”, the publication sheds light on the global issue and displays […]
Food Forest in SINA Mpigi
In our SINA Mpigi community (called Jangu International) a new project was planed and implemented for a “Food Forest”, which is agroforestry to create biodiversity and a healthy ecosystem for regenerative agriculture. For the kick-off, a big three day event was planned and successfully implemented:
SINA Case Study
Joan, Marjorie and Rebecca are inspiring social entrepreneurs and are changing lives through their innovative products and services. All three are alumni of SINA, the Social Innovation Academy. After Charles Holmes of CE Holmes Consulting had visited SINA in Uganda years ago and reconnected in 2021, he commissioned this Case Study to highlight the impact […]
SINA at the We Make Future Festival (June 2022) in Italy
We Make Future Festival (WMF) is a Digital and Social Innovation Festival from 16th to 18th June 2022 at Rimini Expo Centre in Italy. SINA has been invited and will be represented by Etienne Salborn. WMF has the goal to foster a better Future enhancing digital education and promoting innovation, meanwhile boosting cooperation among social, economical and institutional […]
Live radio panel discussion with German Development Minister Svenja Schulze
Within the Global Solutions Summit 2022 – The World Policy Forum, SINA Founder Etienne Salborn was invited for a live radio discussion round with the German Development Minister Svenja Schulze and other guests to discuss Global Solutions through international development. The discussion was broadcasted live on radioeins and the recording is accessible here (German only).
Global Solutions Summit 2022 and Young Global Changers Recoupling Awards 2022
We are excited that SINA has been chosen as one of the ten finalists for the Young Global Changers Recoupling Awards 2022, which will be held and given during the Global Solutions Summit on 27th and 28th March 2022 in Berlin. This high-level event is the world’s premier forum for transforming research-based insights into policy […]
Janet Aguti and Totya Platform part of SAGE (Survivor Advocates Globally Empowered)
SAGE is a selected group of 15 brave and powerful survivors of sexual violence in childhood from around the globe with the purpose of using the collective voice to speak out when there is silence and advocating for transformational change. The goal is to create a world where children and adolescents can grow up free […]
SINA in Cape Verde in Partnership with the TUI FutureShapers
ATTENTION: Extended application deadline till 31st March! The TUI Care Foundation together with SINA (Social Innovation Academy) is awarding scholarships for young Cape Verdeans to become the TUI FutureShapers and travel to UGANDA in May 2022 to learn how to build a community of people who want to change the world for the better through […]
SINA in the Book: “Adventures in Reinventing Work”
SINA (Social Innovation Academy) and its innovative approach towards educating marginalized youth to become social entrepreneurs through self-organization was featured in the book “Adventures in Reinventing Work – Tales of Pioneers from Around the World”. This book explores the personal journeys of pioneers, including Etienne Salborn, founder of SINA, who are creating and transforming organizations […]