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T-Mobile and the T-Mobile Foundation Announce 2021 Changemaker Challenge Winners - Seite 2

• Changemaker Quality assesses preliminary work already put into each idea.
• Creativity measures each idea’s degree of innovation.
• Commitment determines level of devotion to seeing a project through and ensuring a lasting impact.
• Connection determines each team’s ability and openness to working with others in their community.

T-Mobile and the T-Mobile Foundation are partnering with Ashoka because for the last 40 years, Ashoka has supported social entrepreneurs as they bring new ideas to systemically address the world’s biggest challenges. Ashoka works around the globe with partners like the T-Mobile Foundation to support youth by developing core competencies of empathy, teamwork, collaborative leadership and changemaking skills.

For more information about the T-Mobile Changemaker Challenge, visit t-mobile.com/changemaker, and join the conversation on social with #TMoChangemaker.

Winners of the 2021 Changemaker Challenge

For more details about each winning project, check out the 2021 Changemaker Challenge Lookbook.

Technology
Top Category Winner
Operation Serenity (Rochester, MN)
An app that gives pediatric patients preparing for surgery peace of mind through kid-friendly simulations

Environment
Top Category Winner
Aquapods (San Jose, CA)
A 100 percent plant-based, biodegradable sponge that combats water waste and leads to more fertile soil

Education
Top Category Winner
Medicine Encompassed (North Brunswick, NJ)
A student-run non-profit organization working to solve the problem of underrepresentation in medicine

Family Challenge Category Winner
Terracan (Bellevue, WA)
A smart trash can and app that calculates your waste footprint to help reduce garbage

Additional Winners

Technology
The Tuberculosticks (Redmond, WA)
A low-cost tuberculosis test that leverages the same technology as pregnancy tests to deliver instant results

Guardial (Coppell, TX)
An app that empowers users to proactively take control of their safety

The Neptune Project (Woodside, CA)
Using machine learning and a litmus paper test to identify communities at high risk for lead poisoning

Solar Education Center (Lafayette, CO)
A solar-powered bus bringing technology-based education to rural school districts

Environment
Linens N Love (Yorba Linda, CA)
An organization that donates linens that would otherwise be discarded by hotels to animal shelters, homeless shelters, etc.

MYCOGEAR (Melrose Park, IL)