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Delta Corporation Limited in collaboration with the BOOST Fellowship have organized a ‘Social Innovation Competition’ running under the name Delta- BOOST Social Responsibility Program (Make A Difference ) which is an essential component of Delta Corporation Limited/Enactus long standing partnership .
The competition calls on young innovators from Zimbabwe’s tertiary institutions to design business solutions that respond to their community needs and aims at empowering young people by providing them with a platform to utilize their skills and ideas to support the achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Zimbabwe.
Delta Corporation Limited continues to demonstrate its commitment to corporate social responsibility as it rolls out sustainable community development programs nationwide.
This year Delta Corporation Limited has continued with its partnership with The BOOST fellowship through the program that has a presence in 13 tertiary institutions in the country.
The program seeks to address challenges associated with waste in communities through innovative and profitable waste management practices that generates income and create employment for youth and women which are key developmental target groups.
The 2022 program was launched in Harare in February with a workshop where students and university mentors from institutions of higher learning were trained in Business and Sustainable Environmental Management practices to equip them with necessary skills to implement their initiatives in their local communities.
The students were tasked to implement profitable waste management models that promote a clean and safe society for all while empowering livelihood’s in the process.
Since the launch, the teams have been running environmental awareness campaigns, and have established businesses running for the past year.
This now culminates in a showcase on 18 November 2022 at Manna Resorts where the teams will demonstrate their impact.
The event will feature an anti-litter awareness march in the morning in the Central Business District, exhibitions by the teams and their project participants, as well as business pitches to judges who shall decide which projects are worth investing in.
A total of $20000.00 USD investment grants will be up for grabs for teams who demonstrate scalability and profitability.
The event is a result of the partnership between Delta Corporation Limited and BOOST Fellowship under the theme MAD “Make a Difference” nurturing and shaping talented student leaders who have a mind for business and a heart for the world.
The aim of the program is also to contribute to Delta Corporation Limited Sustainable Development imperatives for a Cleaner World while contributing to the Sustainable Development Goal framework in particular goals 5,8,11 &12.
BOOST is an acronym for “Building Opportunities On Student Talent”.
The program is for university students who are keen on leadership, entrepreneurship and community development.
The program promotes experiential learning by offering practical skills, which complement the classroom experience.
The BOOST Fellowship and Delta Corporation Limited are committed to a cleaner world through recycling and sustainable waste management.
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