It’s been a few years because the final season of Now Go Construct. This time round we’re taking a barely totally different method. As an alternative of startups, we’re specializing in the inaugural class of the Now Go Construct CTO Fellows. 9 expertise leaders from social affect organizations who’re tackling a few of humanity’s hardest issues.
These are builders working in catastrophe zones, climate-affected areas, and underserved communities around the globe. Proving on daily basis that whenever you give good folks entry to good information, the correct instruments, and area experience, they’ll create outsized affect utilizing expertise for good.
At this time, 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 shall be launched within the coming weeks, specializing in disaster mapping, AI and open information, meals safety, and neighborhood empowerment. All episodes shall be accessible on All Issues Distributed and YouTube.
Let this be a name to motion. Should you’re a builder, your abilities are wanted. Should you’re a corporation engaged on international challenges, the instruments exist to amplify your affect. Let’s work collectively to place expertise within the fingers of those 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 tackle 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 information of humanitarian challenges.
Episode 2: Disaster Mapping
Many mapping providers solely map the elements of this world which can be commercially fascinating. Massive elements of the world stay unmapped, which in instances of disaster can imply the distinction between life and loss of life. Petya from the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Staff and Ola from Assist.NGO are altering that.
Episode 3: AI and Open Information
Behind each humanitarian disaster are folks making split-second selections with incomplete data. 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 information from satellites and distant sensors, all the way in which all the way down to social media posts, to watch, 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 downside. There’s sufficient meals on the planet to feed everybody, however it doesn’t all the time find yourself the place it’s wanted most. Alicia from Mercy Corps, Ameesh from 412 Meals Rescue, and Ola from Assist.NGO focus on native and international options to assist forestall meals shortage, and the necessity for a collaborative method.
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 information analytics to drive change in civic, agricultural and environmental contexts – with communities, not only for communities.
