It’s been a few years for the reason that final season of Now Go Construct. This time round we’re taking a barely totally different strategy. As a substitute of startups, we’re specializing in the inaugural class of the Now Go Construct CTO Fellows. 9 expertise leaders from social influence organizations who’re tackling a few of humanity’s hardest issues.
These are builders working in catastrophe zones, climate-affected areas, and underserved communities world wide. Proving each day that whenever you give sensible folks entry to good knowledge, the appropriate instruments, and area experience, they will create outsized influence utilizing expertise for good.
At the moment, we’re releasing the primary episode in a 5 half collection, which introduces every of the Fellows and the work they’re doing. The remaining episodes can be launched within the coming weeks, specializing in disaster mapping, AI and open knowledge, meals safety, and neighborhood empowerment. All episodes can be out there on All Issues Distributed and YouTube.
Let this be a name to motion. For those who’re a builder, your abilities are wanted. For those who’re a corporation engaged on international challenges, the instruments exist to amplify your influence. Let’s work collectively to place expertise within the palms of people who want it most.
Now, go construct!
Episode 1: Meet the Fellows
Meet the CTO Fellows working throughout catastrophe administration and local weather resilience, every bringing distinctive views on how expertise can deal with humanity’s most urgent wants. From disaster zones to neighborhood facilities, these builders present what’s potential whenever you mix technical experience with deep area data of humanitarian challenges.
Episode 2: Disaster Mapping
Many mapping companies solely map the components of this world which might be commercially attention-grabbing. Giant components of the world stay unmapped, which in instances of disaster can imply the distinction between life and dying. Petya from the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Group and Ola from Assist.NGO are altering that.
Episode 3: AI and Open Knowledge
Behind each humanitarian disaster are folks making split-second choices with incomplete info. Alicia from Mercy Corps, Kuldeep from ACAPS, and Fermín from CRIES are giving these decision-makers the instruments they should see round corners. Utilizing open knowledge from satellites and distant sensors, all the way in which all the way down to social media posts, to observe, predict, and take anticipatory motion earlier than a disaster happens.
Episode 4: Meals Safety
The disconnect between meals shortage and meals safety is a solvable drawback. There’s sufficient meals on the earth to feed everybody, nevertheless it doesn’t at all times find yourself the place it’s wanted most. Alicia from Mercy Corps, Ameesh from 412 Meals Rescue, and Ola from Assist.NGO talk about native and international options to assist stop meals shortage, and the necessity for a collaborative strategy.
Episode 5: Empowering Communities
International challenges want native options. Carlos from Inexperienced Xpo Lab, Clemence from Code for Africa, and Vijay from Watershed Group Belief perceive this. These three Fellows are utilizing distant sensing, AI, and knowledge analytics to drive change in civic, agricultural and environmental contexts – with communities, not only for communities.
