By Mhea Bardouille
WePlanet Inc., a social enterprise in Dominica, has emerged as finalists and second-place winners for the 2023 Technovation Changemakers Award, receiving $3000 USD to help scale their impact.
WePlanet Inc. was recognized for its innovative use of technology to address the challenges of climate change in Dominica. The non-profit social enterprise has developed a number of social impact initiatives, including:
- A mobile app that encourages and provides incentives for individuals to make eco-friendly actions in their daily lives.
- A platform that allows businesses to advertise environmentally friendly products and services and integrate social and environmental concerns into their business operations and interactions with stakeholders.
- A platform that provides education on sustainability and environmental issues.
“We are honoured to be recognized for our commitment to positive environmental impact, this is definitely a full circle moment for the team as we began this WePlanet Inc. journey by taking part in the Technovation Girls programme, where we emerged as Semi-Finalists in 2021” said Christianna Paul, Director & Chief Operations Officer at WePlanet Inc.
The prestigious Technovation Alumnae Changemaker Awards is intended to recognize Technovation alumna who has worked to solve a gender equity or environmentally related problem in the past year. Technovation is the global tech education nonprofit that inspires girls to be leaders and problem solvers in their lives and their community.
WePlanet acts on its motto ‘Small Actions.Big Change.’ by developing innovative, incentive-based solutions that tackle environmental issues and raise environmental consciousness amongst citizens in Dominica and the Caribbean by extension. The social enterprise values learning, earning, and making an impact! One of these solutions is the creation of a progressive mobile web application to encourage and reward citizens for living eco-friendly lifestyles.
WePlanet Inc.’s board of directors currently include Christianna Paul, Chief Operating Officer and Founder, Kyra Edwards, Co-Founder and Chief Financial Officer, Kyanna Dyer Co-Founder and Chief Relations Officer, Mhea Bardouille Co-Founder and Chief Information Officer and ZebadiJah Maxwell Co-Founder and Chief Research Officer.
Individuals interested in learning more about WePlanet Inc. or how to partner with this organization are asked to visit WePlanet’s Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/weplanet767 or install the web app at https://www.weplanet.app/ . Feel free to reach out via email at [email protected] or call or message (767) 225-1747.
