PSI Pakistan in collaboration with National Incubation Center, Karachi organized the “Make Space Hackathon” – a 48-hour long online competition. The competition began at 6:00pm PKT on Friday, August 6 2021, and adjourned at 6:00pm PKT on Sunday, August 8 2021. The aim of the competition was to empower people with a passion for impact and change in creating solutions to make Family Planning / Birth Spacing more accessible to people in Pakistan.
More than 200 applications were received from all over Pakistan, out of which 45 teams were shortlisted to pitch their solution on one of the four following Challenge Sets:
Family Planning Awareness for Newlyweds
Counseling and Accessibility
Advocacy – Negative and Positive Advocates
Male Engagement
The competition gave a chance to all participants regardless of their age or gender and to any and all sorts of solutions as long as they cater to the chosen challenge set. Whether it is creating an app, website, educational program, YouTube series, workshop or more, the underlining goal should be that the solution adequately addresses the given challenge sets.
After the initial idea pitching phase, 14 teams have been taken forward to the final assessment on the solution of the problem set. The top four winning teams selected by a panel of independent judges have been awarded a seed grant of PKR. 525,000/=. The four winning teams are:
Bridge the Gap – PKR 300,000/=
Baithak – PKR 150,000/=
Expert Outreach PKR 75,000/=
Team Spirit PKR...
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