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LAUNCHING!
THE FIRST EVER RAINFOREST CHALLENGE

The aim for launching the first-ever Rainforest Kids Challenge is to educate the children about the importance of the standing rainforests and encourage them to be part of a community that cares about the rainforests and takes action to restore them for a better world.

The Rainforest Kids Challenge is open for all children and teenagers who are committed to practical actions in order to save and protect our forests which are at risk due to climate change and widespread devastation of the ecology. Any group of students may take part in the challenge even if they don't have direct access to a forest in their territory, as long as they are mobilized to act on any problem that has a direct or indirect impact on the forest.

For example, actions from one's home, community or neighbourhood can make people aware of the importance of changing habits to reduce carbon emission, thereby contributing to saving our most precious natural lungs- the rainforests.

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, groups must respect the recommendations of health authorities and comply with social distance norms to carry out any of the actions involved in this contest in their country.

Top 4 winning stories

  • English

    Nature's Gift to Us (Dari Alam Untuk Kita)

    Kecamatan Bener

    RAI-ENG-737392467-2021

  • Português

    Onde está a Floresta ?

    Escola Mare

    RAI-POR-193193297-2021

  • Português

    Projeto Colibri

    ETEC Trajano Camargo

    RAI-POR-823794949-2021

  • Português

    Vamos polinizar essa ideia?

    Instituto Salesiano Dom Bosco de Americana

    RAI-POR-501336494-2021

RAINFOREST SOLUTIONS

  • English

    Nature's Gift to Us (Dari Alam Untuk Kita)

    Kecamatan Bener

    RAI-ENG-737392467-2021

  • English

    Recycle of plastic bottles to save plants.

    Bajaj Foundation Sikar

    RAI-ENG-1000507194-2021

  • English

    Forest Blitz

    RBK International School

    RAI-ENG-1092971026-2021

  • English

    Back to our green Nature

    GSSS Khandsa

    RAI-ENG-1103584884-2021

  • English

    Giving Our Trees a Break- Saving the Trees One Cloth at a Time

    VTOB Foundation

    RAI-ENG-177362068-2021

  • English

    Sustainable Housing for Urban Areas: Reducing the Carbon Foot-print

    Prakash Deep School for Underprivileged Children

    RAI-ENG-184176276-2021

  • English

    GROW YOUR OWN PORTABLE ORGANIC FOOD (GYOPOF)

    Prakash Deep School for Underprivileged Children

    RAI-ENG-233893953-2021

  • English

    Rain-forest Conservation

    Wisdom High International School

    RAI-ENG-255576100-2021

  • English

    Sacks our Treasure during the Monsoon- DFC Story of Changzhu PS

    Changzhu Primary School

    RAI-ENG-429509528-2021

  • English

    PAWS

    Engage Independent School

    RAI-ENG-506371592-2021

  • English

    My Waste My Responsibility

    Yurung Central School

    RAI-ENG-583977990-2021

  • English

    Effect of CFCs on Rainforests

    RSKV Mehrauli

    RAI-ENG-609412954-2021

  • English

    Reuse and Upcycle Plastic Bottles- CoR Broom

    Taba Lower Secondary School

    RAI-ENG-646399532-2021

  • English

    Save Ozone Layer

    GSSS Khandsa

    RAI-ENG-657818536-2021

  • English

    Rain Water Recharge Structure.

    Bajaj Foundation Sikar

    RAI-ENG-675476267-2021

  • English

    Rethinking Sustainability at ELC High

    ELC High School

    RAI-ENG-702115045-2021

  • English

    Green house earth

    Wisdom High International School

    RAI-ENG-703803111-2021

  • English

    “Upar Wala Dekh Raha Hai”

    Wisdom High International School

    RAI-ENG-813123141-2021

  • English

    Small steps for big changes

    Milind Vidyalaya

    RAI-ENG-823070030-2021

  • English

    Save Every Drop of Water

    Bajaj Foundation Sikar

    RAI-ENG-908941357-2021

  • Português

    BIODIGESTOR RESIDENCIAL: UMA PRÁTICA SUSTENTÁVEL

    PEI CELSO PIVA

    RAI-POR-1060010453-2021

  • Português

    APLICATIVO IDENTIFICADOR DE ÁRVORES

    PEI CELSO PIVA

    RAI-POR-16557112-2021

  • Português

    REVITALIZAÇÃO DO PARQUE LINEAR TRANSGUARULHENSE

    PEI CELSO PIVA

    RAI-POR-169477250-2021

  • Português

    Projeto semeAR

    Colegio Santo Agostinho

    RAI-POR-201967299-2021

  • Español

    Paws

    Engage Independent School

    RAI-ESP-463208294-2021

  • English

    Our environment

    SKV Aram Bagh Lane Paharganj New Delhi

    RAI-ENG-1107895555-2021

  • English

    Rainforest

    Wisdom High International School

    RAI-ENG-228756120-2021

  • English

    LESS CARS, MORE AIR & MOBILITY

    Aubrick Educação Bilíngue

    RAI-ENG-512711860-2021

  • English

    Bukhmari and berojgaari

    SKV Aram Bagh Lane Paharganj New Delhi

    RAI-ENG-533670100-2021

  • English

    How can we save our rainforests ?

    Wisdom High International School

    RAI-ENG-539350043-2021

  • English

    Conservation of Rainforest for Ecological Sustainability.

    Wisdom High International School

    RAI-ENG-643582657-2021

  • Português

    Caça óleo

    ANDERSON CLEITON DA CONCEICAO DOS SANTOS

    RAI-POR-558605694-2021

  • Português

    Projeto Vidar - vida e árvore

    Escola Stagium

    RAI-POR-725002969-2021

  • English

    Ressurecting rainforests

    Wisdom High International school

    RAI-ENG-1096072501-2021

  • English

    Miracle Corn

    Grace E Metz Middle School

    RAI-ENG-116344570-2021

  • English

    Girls warriors now ready to save rainforest .

    Agastya International Foundation

    RAI-ENG-138174152-2021

  • English

    Car-llution

    Wisdom High International school

    RAI-ENG-230322041-2021

  • English

    The magical barnowl

    Nir Haemek

    RAI-ENG-254668288-2021

  • English

    A Tale Of Survival Of The Rainforests

    Wisdom High International School, GOC

    RAI-ENG-368278844-2021

  • English

    Plant A Tree And Get Oxygen For Free

    Kotak Education Foundation

    RAI-ENG-555201609-2021

  • English

    PlantOx Project

    Student Council of DFC Global

    RAI-ENG-611160835-2021

  • English

    Rainforest, Our Life, Our Future

    SEKOLAH RENDAH AGAMA INTEGRASI SUNGAI CHINCHIN

    RAI-ENG-6382412-2021

  • English

    Waste management

    Agastya international foundation

    RAI-ENG-640125086-2021

  • English

    Heal the Earth as You Walk the Earth

    Revive Bhutan

    RAI-ENG-664731648-2021

  • English

    MushClean River Filtration System

    Treehouse Learning

    RAI-ENG-787389461-2020

  • English

    Building Shared Spaces: Gen Z and the Silent Generation

    Shahrit HTH High School

    RAI-ENG-80651860-2021

  • Português

    Spirulinas para defesa da conservação de Florestas, uma responsabilidade socioambiental de todos

    Colegio Farias Brito e ONG Primeira Chance

    RAI-POR-107596014-2021

  • Português

    Educando para a sustentabilidade da Serra do Japi

    Emeb Aparecido Garcia

    RAI-POR-1104049610-2021

  • Português

    Onde está a Floresta ?

    Escola Mare

    RAI-POR-193193297-2021

  • Português

    PROJETO VIDAR - VIDA E ÁRVORE

    Escola Stagium

    RAI-POR-428342528-2021

  • Português

    Vamos polinizar essa ideia?

    Instituto Salesiano Dom Bosco de Americana

    RAI-POR-501336494-2021

  • Português

    Projeto Amana Tykyra

    Escola Aleká

    RAI-POR-583101236-2021

  • Português

    Small hands can make a big difference

    Positivo International School

    RAI-POR-616457284-2021

  • Português

    Amigos da Natureza limpam a mata

    Ciencias CaJu

    RAI-POR-683901569-2021

  • Português

    Preserva Ambiente

    Colégio Militar Tiradentes 2.

    RAI-POR-71189793-2021

  • Português

    Projeto Colibri

    ETEC Trajano Camargo

    RAI-POR-823794949-2021

  • Español

    Plan Vida Verde

    Ludoteca Padre Victor Grados

    RAI-ESP-1108761672-2021

  • Español

    Sembremos futuro. Un árbol, por tí, por mí, por el planeta.

    Institucion Educativa Guillermo Valencia

    RAI-ESP-53493694-2021

  • Español

    Mi huerta casera y medicinal como estrategia de auto sostenibilidad en tiempos de pandemia.

    IER NUEVA BENGALA

    RAI-ESP-583234142-2021

  • Español

    HUERTOS ESCOLARES EDUCATIVOS EN PANDEMIA Y A FUTURO- IMPORTANCIA DE CUIDAR LA VIDA Y SENSIBILIDAD FRENTE AL CAMBIO CLIMÁTICO

    Institución Educativa Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe

    RAI-ESP-734128184-2021

  • Español

    SISTEMAS AGROPECUARIOS

    Institucion Educativa Rural Jorge Eliecer Gaitan

    RAI-ESP-876501984-2021

  • Français

    Lutte contre la pollution : Mise en place des poubelles au marché Bazar Be

    Alliance Française de Tamatave

    RAI-FRA-909602913-2021

  • Français

    LUTTE CONTRE LA POLLUTION : MISE EN PLACE DES POUBELLES AU MARCHÉ BAZAR BE

    Alliance Francaise de Tamatave

    RAI-FRA-983801755-2021

The Design for Change stories are judged based on the following variables:

Easy to replicate | Innovative | Subject to technological development | Scalable | Sustainable | FIDS framework

The DFC judges look for stories led by children, where they choose to tackle challenges that directly bother them. The judges also look for evidence of children who engage with the people directly affected by the challenge at hand and who understand their needs and perspectives to design a solution for that challenge.

Due to the difficulties imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, social distancing and the interruption of classes, the Rainforest Kids challenge 2021 will select ongoing initiatives in which students have already carried out at least a couple of actions to transform the problem chosen by the team.

MESSAGE FROM THE MENTORS

  • SHEEBA SEN

  • BHEKA MUNRUDUKU

  • WRI INDONESIA

  • CARLOS NOBRE

  • OLIVER SALGE

  • JORGE LOPEZ DORIGA

  • PEDRO SOARES

  • ESTELA KUMARUARA

  • SAULO KUMARUARA

  • IAGO HAIRON

  • CAROLINA RAMÍREZ

  • CHRISHEN GOMEZ

4 WINNING SOLUTIONS WILL GET A CHANCE TO WIN PRIZES WORTH 2000 USD PER PROJECT.

A maximum of 4 solutions will be chosen. Each winning solution will earn $2,000.00 (two thousand USD) as an award which will be split in two ways. $1000 will go directly to the winning project as a cash prize and the other $1000 will be donated on behalf of the team to an NGO working for the cause of saving and protecting the Rainforest.


The $1,000.00 cash can be invested in two ways:

(I) Approximately $ 500 (five hundred USD) to be used as a celebration with team members [party, outing or any other alternative that students and the educator may choose as long as they respect the restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic]


(II) Approximately $ 500 (five hundred USD), as a financial investment for the continuity and improvement of the awarded project.
This decision must be taken by mutual agreement between the project members and the educator. The amount in question will be delivered to the educator who will be responsible for the recommendation mentioned above. The teams will send us pictures to share what they have done, so that the same can be shared on social media etc.

PARTNERS

  • An international movement in 65+ countries that cultivates an I CAN Mindset in children, by offering them a framework with the tools to empower them to make their world a better place.

  • The US$ 10 million XPRIZE Rainforest is four-year-long competition open to everyone interested in developing technologies that can affordably map the full biodiversity of tropical forests. This inventory list will be useful in developing innovative solutions that can accelerate the bioeconomy and strengthen the people of the forest.

  • Alana Foundation is an independent philanthropic organization that supports initiatives in the areas of environment, inclusive education, and health science research through grants and co-funding partnerships. She is the sponsor of the XPRIZE Rainforest | Alana, a challenge created to accelerate the innovation of autonomous technologies needed for biodiversity assessment that will reveal the true potential of the standing forest in order to accelerate the development of a new, just, and sustainable bio-economy.