Millennials Fostering Peace in Bogotá, Colombia Awarded Grant from The Coca-Cola Company
January 19 2017 - 09:30AM
Business Wire
“Bakongo Paz” Named Grand Prize Winner of
Annual “Coca-Cola Shaping a Better Future Grant Challenge”
A summer camp created by millennials to foster peace and
reconciliation in conflict-torn areas of Colombia was awarded the
Grand Prize of the 2016 “Coca-Cola Shaping a Better Future Grant
Challenge.” The camp project, known as “Bakongo Paz”, was developed
by the members of the Global Shapers Community, a network of young
people around the world organized by the World Economic Forum. It
was one of five social programs receiving $10,000 each in
acceleration funding from The Coca-Cola Company.
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A counselor hugging a camper at the end
of their immersive peace and reconciliation experience at Camp
Bakongo in Colombia. (Photo: Business Wire)
The facility, known as Camp Bakongo, serves at-risk and
underprivileged children who have been impacted by conflict in
Colombia. Young Colombians and demobilized people cooperatively
staff and manage the camp. Camp Bakongo creates an environment of
peacebuilding, sharing and teamwork that gives the next generation
of Colombians a foundation for continued cooperation.
The Coca-Cola Shaping a Better Future Grant Challenge provides
acceleration funding to initiatives led by the Global Shapers
Community of the World Economic Forum. The grant awards five
$10,000 grants to accelerate the most promising and impactful
projects.
Daniel Buriticá Córdoba, Global Shaper of the Bogotá Hub and
Project Lead for “Bakongo Paz,” said, “One of the main challenges
for our country is to restore the social fabric that has been
broken after more than five decades of conflict. We are aware that
we, the youth, have to take a step forward and send a clear message
to our society that, despite all the wounds and pain, it is
possible to reconcile and peacefully coexist. Being selected as a
Coca-Cola Shaping a Better Future Grant Challenge Grand Prize
Winner is deeply inspiring for the Bogotá Hub. This recognition
opens the door to fulfilling our short-term dream: offering an
improved and strengthened version of ‘Bakongo Paz’ in 2017.”
Alfredo Rivera, President of Coca-Cola Latin America, said, “The
Coca-Cola system is committed to being a strong supporter of
Colombian communities. The Global Shapers of Bogotá, Colombia
remind us all of the importance of engaging young generations when
seeking to create sustainable solutions to the world’s most
challenging issues.”
The Bogotá Hub’s “Bakongo Paz” project won the popular vote of
members of the Global Shapers Community as a Shaping a Better
Future finalist, and as Grand Prize Winner by a high-level panel of
judges comprised of leaders from the public and private sector.
The Coca-Cola Shaping a Better Future Grant Challenge received
over 100 project submissions this year from Global Shapers Hubs
around the world. In addition to Grand Prize Winner Bogotá, four
other Hubs were selected as 2016 Winners:
- Ahmedabad, India, “Shaping Education” –
Providing alternative education options for marginalized youth in
India.
- Ho, Ghana, “The Water Purification
Project (WPP)” – Improving access to sustainable, clear drinking
water in Ghana.
- Joinville, Brazil, “Politize!” –
Improving political and civic education through fun, interactive
online games for schoolchildren in Brazil.
- Uyo, Nigeria, “Education for
Sustainable Development” – Building libraries and increasing access
to reading materials and education for youth in Nigeria.
About the Global Shapers
Community
The Global Shapers Community is a network of Hubs developed
and led by young people who are exceptional in their potential,
their achievements and their drive to make a contribution to their
communities. It is an Initiative of the World Economic
Forum.
About the World Economic
Forum
The World Economic Forum, committed to improving the state of
the world, is the International Organization for Public-Private
Cooperation. The Forum engages the foremost political, business and
other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry
agendas. (www.weforum.org).
About The Coca-Cola
Company
The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) is the world’s
largest beverage company, refreshing consumers with more than 500
sparkling and still brands and more than 3,800 beverage choices.
Led by Coca-Cola, one of the world’s most valuable and
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The Coca-Cola CompanyKatherine CherryInternational Public
Affairs Manager+1-404-823-3242kacherry@coca-cola.comorCoca-Cola
ColombiaJuan Sebastian EstradaPublic Affairs &
Communications Manager+573134490638jestrada@coca-cola.comorWorld
Economic ForumIsabelle Lecouls CarbonnierCommunity Lead,
Foundations Partnership Activation+ 41 (0)
228693569Isabelle.LecoulsCarbonnier@weforum.orgorBogotá Hub of
the Global Shapers CommunityDaniel Buriticá CórdobaBakongo Paz
Project Lead+57 31 74040992daniel@realhero.co
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