Social entrepreneurs projects that are currently supported in RISE Journey
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ALMANART
YUNUS SOCIAL BUSINESS BALKANS
INCUBATION RISERS
The team will inform about art & culture with 1 click. They want to promote of cultural activities in Albania through a daily calendar with information on activities. People will also be involved by giving information and their opinion on the activities.
Komunumo
IEC TEHNOPOLIS
INCUBATION RISERS
Komunumo, the name of the idea, in Esperanto - the language that will unite the world - means community. The team came up with the idea of Komunumo, which is a digital platform for learning the language of the country of destination and assessing the level of language knowledge, including a database of all migrants with a certain level of language acquisition, along with information about their education and work experience in order to increase their chances of employment.
ARTISTIC REPUBLIC
nešto više
The team will establish a publishing house for unknownunestablished artists and authors
AWEAR
ARNO
Awear is an art collective where entrepreneurs, poets, artists, musicians, actors, fashion designers, movie directors, and event managers, come together and co-create transcendental sustainable art so people can wear awareness wherever they are.
EUROPEAN PASSPORT
YUNUS SOCIAL BUSINESS BALKANS
They named themselves "European Passport" of an active youth to bring a new approach to the community at the time of Albania's integration into the European Union by informing/aware of every opportunity and practice with social impact for the youth of Devolli.
THE FREEDOM TO DREAM
BALKAN GREEN FOUNDATION
The idea is to improve the education system of Kosovo*. The team came to find out that people with disabilities are left behind, and their rights to a good education are not being heard. They, as a team, want to give them a new chance in life and help them get the education they dreamed of having.
BUS ON TIME
NEŠTO VIŠE
INCUBATION RISERS
The team wants to create an application to helps users of public transport to know in real time where the desired bus is located. It will contain an interactive map of the Tuzla Canton, on which the location of all buses of certain bus carriers is displayed in real time.
MINGLING
nešto više
INCUBATION RISERS
The team will organize group events of the old way of meeting and socializing among people without using the Internet and social networks.
DONE IT
nešto više
The team will fight against social exclusion by establishing a day center for the social inclusion of migrants.
SOCIAL SYMBIOSIS
YUNUS SOCIAL BUSINESS BALKANS
The team wants to create a relationship of mutual support between older and younger people. They will build this relationship based on housing, health care and social care.
Psihološko savetovalište
SMART KOLEKTIV
Team wants to raise awareness about the importance of mental health through various workshops, public forums and projects. Both members come from small communities where there is a stigma attached to going to a psychologist, as well as a large number of suicides.
HELP
YUNUS SOCIAL BUSINESS BALKANS
The team wants to assist in accessing the e-albania portal and receiving online services for vulnerable communities.
MELODY
YUNUS SOCIAL BUSINESS BALKANS
INCUBATION RISERS
Located in the rural area of Thumanë, the team wants to people rediscover agricultural activities but also the richness of the local culture - gastronomy, history, local and regional traditions - which are part of the local heritage.
Mitrovački soko
SMART KOLEKTIV
INCUBATION RISERS
This team wants to revive rural areas by organizing camps and other activities for young people. Young people from these areas are often isolated due to their social status and lack of activities in which they could be involved.
ME BUJT N'LEZH
YUNUS SOCIAL BUSINESS BALKANS
Their idea is to create an office whose main objective is to promote the values of Lezhë. Their inspiration came from the lack of information that tourists have about the wider recognition of Lezhë.
RECONNECT
nešto više
The team wants to establich eco educational camps for the improvement of rural tourism.
TREASURE BELGRADE
SMART KOLEKTIV
The team will organise tour that connects local artists and small manufacturers with tourists, while including childrend that live and work on the street. This would give them a chace to get to know other cultures and help them aquire skills necessary for a tour guide.
PANACEA
BALKAN GREEN FOUNDATION
INCUBATION RISERS
Their idea addresses the lack of engagement of women who do not have a professional background or have not continued their education by helping empower them. aloe vera is one of the plants most used in medicine, cosmetics, and other fields. They will be able to distribute this plant to these women and then create a collection center for medical treatment.
CLEANCARE
YUNUS SOCIAL BUSINESS BALKANS
The team will focus on cleaning maintenance of various businesses, buildings and apartments in the municipality of Tirana. They would ensure stable financial income so that this idea works and generates income in a systematic way. It would also systematically engage other women who are in need of work, who are from minorities or other needy groups who find it difficult to find maintenance of various businesses, buildings and apartments in the municipality of Tirana employment opportunities in the private market.
KRAVAJA MARKETING
YUNUS SOCIAL BUSINESS BALKANS
The team wants to build a portal where every citizen of Kavajë can have access. They will promote digitally businesses and professions using digital techniques to increase the city's economy.
VREMA ZA PRAVU šANSU
SMART KOLEKTIV
"Time for real chance", the team wants to help the reintegration of ex-prisoners into the jobmarket through work in an shelter for abandoned animals.
BLATOLOGIJA
SMART KOLEKTIV
INCUBATION RISERS
The team wants to improve education by using natural materials and earth building and educate people from rural areas on preserving rural buildings.
COFFEE MATES
Yunus Social Business Balkans
INCUBATION RISERS
Coffee Mates targets the problem of coffee waste by giving a second chance to coffee waste by producing organic fertilizer and other products contributing to the circular economy.
REBEL
ARNO
INCUBATION RISERS
REBEL combines ecology and crafting by reusing and recreating unwieldy waste into usable and unique state of art furniture by employing craftsmen and promoting craftsmanship as a profession.
REUSE
BALKAN GREEN FOUNDATION
INCUBATION RISERS
The team wants to buy a plastic recycling machine and to produce filaments, which is the key element in recycling. The main point which they want to contribute is recycling of plastic itself. In Kosovo*, there are no companies that create filaments so they want to be the first ones.
API MONDIAL
BALKAN GREEN FOUNDATION
The team wants to prepare and produce of bee health products. With healthier bees and greater pollination in agricultural products, consumer will benefice heathier products. Also gradual application of packaging that is easily degradable in nature, unlike endless plastic that comes as final waste
ARCADE
BALKAN GREEN FOUNDATION
The team wants to create eco-friendly toys that will raise awareness to the young generation towards sustainability and educate them in making sustainable choices.
NATURAL REVOLUTION
BALKAN GREEN FOUNDATION
Three high school students who want to cooperate with nature in developing environment-friendly and social businesses in a small local community by using renewable resources and making organic matter-hummus and helping people to grow organic food.
MEDICAL MUSHROOM GARDEN
ARNO
Medical mushroom garden is a different type of garden and the first of this kind in Macedonia where we grow and educate young unemployed people on how to grow medical mushrooms in domestic and controlled conditions, using the model of the circular economy.
PIECE-OUT
IEC TEHNOPOLIS
Their idea is to create an app where you can buy/rent second-hand clothes and shoes and find a local tailor/craftsman to repair them. Customers would not have to leave their homes, someone would pick up the garment or shoe, take it for repair and then return it.
SECOND MALL
IEC TEHNOPOLIS
"Second Mall" is an online shopping center where all users will be able to open their profile (mini store) through which they will sell used clothing, in order to primarily protect the environment.
RADIONICA
SMART KOLEKTIV
Radionica will be a woodworking workshop that offers classes and let people borrow power tools and use space to do repairs of their belongings.
PILATES & CHILL
IEC TEHNOPOLIS
INCUBATION RISERS
Pilates&chill is a unique platform in Montenegro and beyond, which offers one-time online fitness packages lasting four weeks, individual and semi-individual online training, as well as free webinars and meetups, intended for women from 50-70 years old and women recovering from cancer.
ACTIVE WORKPLACE
ARNO
Active Workplace will help rejuvenate workers on a day of back-to-back meetings. It is a unique program for employees that can contribute to ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all and all ages.
BLEGERSKINCARE
YUNUS SOCIAL BUSINESS BALKANS
Blegerskincare is an organic skincare line that will help Albanian women/men to make their own skin care products with a high quality and economical price. The brand is formulated and realized by professionals in the field of medicine and bears the Made in Albania logo. The final products everywhere they go bring a piece of Albania based on the name they have, but the quality is at international brand levels.
GRASP
ARNO
The team wants to conceive educational and dietary program. It will educate and inspire young people to eat healthily. Grasp wants to teach the youth how to have a firm grasp on their eating habits by using different approaches to diet and choosing the one that fits them the best.
KLINIKA JONË
BALKAN GREEN FOUNDATION
Klinika Jone will be a medical platform, where people could go to read simple and short articles about their symptoms and diseases that are written by medical professionals in their language. These articles would also be accompanied by videos, and through the website, people could ask questions and get recommendations for doctors in their area.
PET GROOMING
NEŠTO VIŠE
the team wants to open Pet Grooming salon for pets and abandoned animals.
GREEN BEAUTY
YUNUS SOCIAL BUSINESS BALKANS
Green Beauty will product chemical-free cosmetic products using plants from the Puke area as raw materials.