Hello everyone.
Well, Antonella already shared with you the reasons I am here to talk.
I don't now if you remember me,
but I have been here last year with a group of 16 students,
ready to participate in a school for innovation for postgraduates.
This is me.
Our challenge was something we thought it was very interesting, namely,
what could be done to reuse the food restaurants throw away?
We thought it was interesting, but we wanted to do it at a bigger scale.
We wanted to have a better understanding
and consider all solutions that could be found
in the area of social entrepreneurship and linked back at food.
This is how we got to visit The Food Bank,
we got to know more about all kinds of social enterprises,
we found out more about ecologic agriculture,
and alternative ways of food distribution,
only to finally realize
that what interested us most was the act of eating in itself.
There is something about eating
that is closely linked with current tendencies
about the eating act we all are part of.
It is a social act where we can share things.
It's an experience in a world where we prefer
to live and share things rather than own them.
And all that in the Spanish society
that we all know is very supportive.
Our country is the second most generous in donations in the world.
This is how Givo was created,
as a way for everyone to create their small social enterprise
by starting with something we all are so familiar with: food.
Givo is a web platform where you can cook
meals and dinners together with friends and total strangers.
It's very easy: you access the page, create an event,
decide on the number of participants, how much you want to get paid,
and all the money you raise will be donated to the cause you most care for.
It's a way for everybody
irrespective of their economic power to be truly supportive.
And also a way to transforming something that we all usually do,
such as inviting friends over dinner, into something more special.
We need your help to promote this project and see it succeeding;
we also need a programmer.
So, if anyone is interested,
or just wants to know more about the project,
please look for us, we'll be around and very glad to tell you more about it.
Thank you very much.
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