Cross-posted from the Google Australia blog
Today at Google Australia, ten non-profits pitched their ideas to a panel of judges in a bid to secure one of four Google Impact Challenge grants. Congratulations to the following non-profits who will each receive AU$500,000 in funding and support from Google:
Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience (AIME), for an online game to inspire young Indigenous students to learn maths and science
Engineers Without Borders Australia, for biodigester toilets to provide sanitation and energy in Cambodian communities
Infoxchange, for an app to connect homeless people with social services.
And the winner of the public vote, with more than a quarter of a million votes cast online over the last fortnight, is...
The Fred Hollows Foundation, for a low-cost mobile camera to detect and prevent blindness caused by diabetes.
We were so impressed by the quality of all the finalists’ projects that we decided to award them AU$250,000 each. Congratulations to these six organizations:
Thank you to everyone who voted and a huge congratulations to all ten organizations. We look forward to working alongside you to support your projects and help create a better world, faster.
Posted by Maile Carnegie, Managing Director, Google Australia
Today at Google Australia, ten non-profits pitched their ideas to a panel of judges in a bid to secure one of four Google Impact Challenge grants. Congratulations to the following non-profits who will each receive AU$500,000 in funding and support from Google:
Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience (AIME), for an online game to inspire young Indigenous students to learn maths and science
Engineers Without Borders Australia, for biodigester toilets to provide sanitation and energy in Cambodian communities
Infoxchange, for an app to connect homeless people with social services.
And the winner of the public vote, with more than a quarter of a million votes cast online over the last fortnight, is...
The Fred Hollows Foundation, for a low-cost mobile camera to detect and prevent blindness caused by diabetes.
We were so impressed by the quality of all the finalists’ projects that we decided to award them AU$250,000 each. Congratulations to these six organizations:
- Asthma Foundation NSW, for sensors and a mobile app to access and report real-time air quality data
- Alternative Technology Association, for solar lighting for remote households in East Timor
- Penguin Foundation, for magnetic particle technology to remove oil from contaminated wildlife
- University of New South Wales Aspire, for online educational and career development platform for disadvantaged students
- University of Technology Sydney, for sensors to detect and report excessive groundwater depletion in arid regions
- Zoo and Aquarium Association, Australasia, for an app to crowdsource data from travelers about the illegal wildlife trade.
Thank you to everyone who voted and a huge congratulations to all ten organizations. We look forward to working alongside you to support your projects and help create a better world, faster.
Posted by Maile Carnegie, Managing Director, Google Australia
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