Open List - Please add examples of interesting and relatively unknown projects in your country (not only in the cities) from leadership programmes through soup kitchens all the way to civic hacking. Basically anything that falls under employment, social protection or data.
This covers a lot of ground and can be anything these days. The key criteria is that they are grassroots driven, with little or no institutional support.
| Who and What? | Why do you think their work is important or interesting? | Description of what they do | City (or town/village), Country | Contact | Your name, Edgeryders handle |
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| Reffy - ريفي | Because they're introducing new healthy products to the Egyptian citizens like enormous kinds of bees honey, herbs and oils. |
They’re producing, packaging,marketing and identifying healthy Egyptian foods. Reviving the heritage of Egyptian food. |
Cairo, Egypt |
Address not available. Samar knows Youssef Essam, the founder. |
Samar Ali @SamarAli |
| Mwazna - موازنة | Because they simplify the government budget to the normal Egyptian citizens. | Making government budget available to everyone by explaining and visualizing it. | Cairo, Egypt | Tarek Amr and Amr Sobhy, the co-founders. | Samar Ali, @SamarAli |
| Priscilla Queen of Medina | They successfully engage local community and foreigners in art projects and provide an alternative accommodation for visitors of Marrakech. | This is an artist residency and performance/event space based in the Marrakech Medina, the owners engage the local community and visitors from all over the world to create art and more. | Marrakech, Morocco |
27 Derb el Ferrane, Azbezt, Medina Marrakech. The co-founders, Hanaa and Siyam |
Anna Kamay @Iriedawta |
| ANOU NGO | zThey give the opportunity to craftsmen in Morocco sell their own goods with fair prices without having to go through an intermediary. The craftsmen have their accounts from where they can upload each item they make and sell it at a price they desire.Anou represents a fundamental shift in the fair-trade industry. Instead of asking how organizations can help, we ask how can we build a resilient community of artisans where outside help and fair-trade organizations are no longer needed. | A community of artisans working together to establish equal access to the free market. | Various locations, Morocco | n/a | Anna Kamay @Iriedawta |
| Atlasnow | Angelo is a New York based artisit and pro skier that helps the local mountain guides get a professional training and qualification which is otherwise impossible for them to obtain. | Atla(s)now is a community platform for cross-disciplinary collaboration created by Angelo Bellobono (artist and ski coach) to explore the potential of art and skiing in defining creative placemaking to positively transform and enrich communities on the Higher Morroccan Atlas mountains. | Oukaimeden, High Atlas mountains, Morocco | Angelo - the founder | Anna Kamay @Iriedawta |
| Homeland Developement initiative Foundation | HDIF strives to enliven Armenian economy putting stress on developement of rural areas. They focus especially on women. A number of projects are run in regions: traditional hand-made dolls, chrochet, bags with traditional ornaments, woodworks, ceramics, etc. They are also organizing festivals in rural areas, like Taraz /clothes usually traditional ones/ fest, honey and berry fest, Golden wheat fest, etc. Thus, fostering the developement of tourism as well. A great case of social enterprise in Armenia. | ? | ? | ? | Amalia Kamalian, @Amalia Kamalian |
| Kolba Labs |
Kolba labs is a social venture incubator. They are identifying social challenges and helping those who have ideas how to be a positive change make their ideas come true. They are open for collaboration. |
? | ? | ? | Amalia Kamalian, @Amalia Kamalian |
| One Armenia | It's a community organization bazed in Yerevan and New York City. They are facilitating cultural and technological areas in Armenia. They are crowdsourcing 2-4 cultural and technological projects per year. And though they are focusing mainly on Armenia but also globally.Crowdsourcing, volunteering, creativity and invention are the keywords. | ? | ? | ? | Amalia Kamalian, @Amalia Kamalian |
| HeyMarie | it attempts to change mentalities in Romania about the young generation and values | a community of Millennials discussing the big issues of early adulthood in a time of uncertainty but also of great potential for autonomy and self-starter culture. | Bucharest, Romania | Alex Stef | @Alex Stef |
| Casa Jurnalistului | independent journalism | Bucharest, Romania | ? | @Alex Stef | |
| Claca | Bucharest, Romania | ? | @Alex Stef | ||
| ECOLISE | they support local communities across Europe in their efforts to build pathways to a sustainable future | European Network of Community-Led Initiatives on Climate Change and Sustainability | ? | ? | @Lili David |
| Leadership school in Armenia |
This school is really important for young armenian people it make them more independent, help to realise their ideas, develop their organizing, communicating creating skills, learn to love nature and other peoples, gives possibility to visite orphanages, nursing home organize events, games. |
? | Yerevan, Armenia | Congress Hotel (Yerevan) Address: Italy 1 str., Yerevan, 0010, Armenia. e-mail: info@leadershipschool.am phone: (37410) 559-126 | Zara, @zaraavi |
| Cairo Tech Map | Visualising information often reveals valuable otherwise-hidden information. The tech sector is rapidly expanding in Egypt, and the Tech Map shows its main Connector Nodes: Companies such as ItWorx or Sysdsoft. Mapping over time, TA telecom seems to be developing potential ahead of its time. | The Cairo Tech Map is a "comprehensive survey of the Cairo tech sector" by Mercy Corps Egypt and Endeavour Insight. | Cairo, Egypt | http://www.cairotechmap.com/ | Mohamed Hegazy, @Hegazy |
| Cairo Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences | CI-LAS currently has ~40 students enrolled in its one-year liberal arts study programme. Its education is unique, both focusing on a liberal arts curriculum encompassing a wide array of fields in the Humanities; as well as a discussion and application based learning methodology. Both are currently unique within Egypt's largely stagnating educational sector. CILAS is currently preparing their third enrolment year. | The Cairo Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences CILAS invites students from diverse socio-economic and cultural backgrounds to engage with the liberal arts through a pedagogy of discovery. CILAS hosts a dynamic, discussion-based learning environment conducive to creative inquiry, self-reflection, and civic engagement. Co-creation of knowledge at CILAS is fostered through classroom discussion and debate, workshops, musical performances, guest lectures, field visits, cooking, laughing, and listening. | Cairo. Egypt | 36 Al-Muiz Al-Din Allah Al-Fatimi Street, Islamic Cairo, Egypt | Mohamed Hegazy, @Hegazy |
| SEKEM | Sekem started on an empty desert land in 1977 with a vision of sustainable agricultural development based on biodynamic farming principles. Today SEKEM employs more than 4000 farmers on its reclaimed farm, in addition to a multitude of companies, associations and educational institutions. | SEKEM's goals are to "restore and maintain the vitality of the soil and food as well as the biodiversity of nature" through sustainable, organic agriculture and to support social and cultural development in Egypt. They locally and globally advocate for a holistic approach to sustainable development." | SEKEM main farm | SEKEM main Farm | Hegazy, @Hegazy |
| Utopian Lab | A community of independent professionals - programmers, designers, game developers, translators, writers etc. - who share a workplace to share facilities, ideas and our daily inspiration. | Coworking space in Yerevan. | Yerevan, Armenia | Address: Hanrapetutyan 67/48 (entrance from Tpagrichner street) Coordinates: 40.178541,44.518993 Email: hola@utopianlab.am, XMPP: utopeanlab@spyurk.am Phone: 055 822 445, 055 420 027 | @inge |
| Meeting Point | Meeting point is a flexible platform, designed and dedicated for various open air artistic expressions, events, exhibitions, experimental theater plays, dance, movie screenings etc. | They are open for everybody when they host events, and they welcome collaboration ideas and provide space and ground for artists | Jrvezh, Yerevan, Armenia | Lilit Paravyan - the founder |
Anna |
| Alternative art and education/community center | This is the only art education program in Armenia offering experimental syllabuses and it is led by a faculty of key theorists, curators, artists and arts managers operating in Armenia. | Yerevan, Armenia | Nvard Yerkanian - program manager @ ICA |
Anna |
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| Tumo Center for Creative Technologies | Tumo is a new kind of after-school learning environment where students aged 12-18 are in charge of their own learning. | Guided by skilled educators and mentored by media professionals, students navigate through their personal learning plans via the Tumo World, a special learning interface that prepares them for hands-on practice. Specialized workshops, guest lectures and community events give students a chance to apply their knowledge and skills to the world around them. | Yerevan, Armenia | Marie Lou Papazian and some of the teachers |
Anna |
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Kind Rovar (Добры Ровар) |
They activity helps to engage new people for cooperation and making common deals together using newmedia and crowdsourcing technologies. | Free bikerenting System |
Minsk, Belarus |
Kirill Kudravets |
Mikhail |
| Cinema Perpetuum Mobile | These guys create opportunity for local alternative moviemakers to present their work over all country. | International Film Festival | Belarus |
Lina Miadzvedzeva |
Mikhail |
| Freemarket | This is more than place for different stuff exchange. It is place for exchanging ideas and platform for different grassroot projects | Different types of free market (books, schools, clothes, bikes etc) | Belarus |
Ksyusha Malyukova |
Mikhail |
| Dar el Hanane | Healthcare in Morocco is inaccessible to poorer communities, and many families in Marrakech cannot afford hospital bills. By providing minor urgent care to those who cannot usually access it will keep many of the population healthier and help alleviate poverty. In turn, working with local communities and doctors the new healthcare centre will provide better working environments. | The centre will provide excellent and affordable healthcare to underprivileged patients presenting with minor emergency care needs. | Marrakech, Morocco |
Clare Minejem +212 (0) 643168708 |
Cara Mulholland |
| Dar Bellarj Foundation for Moroccan Culture | With not many opportunites for Marrakech locals, children and adults alike, to get involved with art and music this foundation provides an open space to exaplore and promote their culture. With exhibitions and events regularly held the space brings together local and foreign people to appreciate Moroccan culture. This is important in providing a lively, dynamic and safe area in the centre of the old city. | The foundation promotes a lively and dynamic cultural space. They run art and music workshops for adults and children, and provide a space for groupwork or performances. | Marrakech, Morocco |
Maha Elmadi - Director |
Cara Mulholland |
| ALC Community Service Club | As a student led group reaching out to people in less advantageous situations this is a great example of young people wanting to make change. The club members gain invaluable experience for their CVs, but also contribute to building safer, more open, cohesive values in the greater Marrakech area. | The CSC Community Service Club is a club which is run by students from the American Language Centre who want to make a contribution and a difference to the community in a variety of ways. They work within Marrakech city, but also surrounding towns an neighbourhoods, supporting projects and organisations such as orphanages, schools, hospitals or community work. They do this through fundraising and outreach activities. | Marrakech, Morocco | Open Facebook Group |
Cara Mulholland |
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