POP Projects

The focus of the programme is to strengthen vulnerable families to face the Covid-19 threat by promoting their food self-sufficiency and improving their health by turning towards agro-ecology. The plan is to choose families in a vulnerable situation, integrate them into the program, and help them produce enough plant foods to cover their basic vegetable food needs. A percentage of the produce will be shared with other people or families in a vulnerable situation. ‘Healthy Family Modules’ are designed for growing organic food, ensuring that the work is done safely, easily and efficiently, while preventing pests or protecting from adverse weather conditions. During the time the program lasts, technical advice and educational material on organic crops will also be provided. The program has already engaged with two families, helping over 8 persons that are learning about agriculture and food self-sufficiency. The pilot modules have helped to further review and develop the design of the module.

The initiative is a micro-irrigation project developed for the benefit of 31 families in the town of Cadush for an area of 6 ha. The plan is to install a photovoltaic module in order to provide access to water to the farmers in the region and to strengthen the food security of these families who depend heavily on this essentially subsistence agriculture. It also focuses on creating additional income and new jobs in the community. The project aims at integrated rural development by making better use of solar technology in the productive sector of the country, which is primarily agriculture based, in order to accelerate development at the local level. The goal is to decrease www.thepopmovement.org 30 quarrying in the surrounding area which represents an environmental hazard, combat food insecurity and increase agricultural production by making water available in the plots.

The presentation gave a detailed overview on the International Student Festival that was organized in Bursa, Turkey. The aim of the festival is to develop collaborations among student organizations in various countries while also strengthening unity and developing intercultural dialogue. The 2021 edition of the festival will follow the theme of ‘Unity for Justice.’ The 10-day festival aims to host 150 students next year.

Currently, gender violence and discrimination against minorities have been intensifying, these issues being highly discussed on social media. That is why our project will be focused on creating a support system for these people that includes a telephone number and a place to go in search of protection (with a dining room, facilities where to spend the night and direct contact with the police).

This project is aimed at providing food and medicines to the most needy communities in Venezuela and spreading awareness about existing inequality, creating recycling facilities, and so on.

The Smart Neighborhood Program is one of the civil protection plans of the state of Sinaloa and collaborates in part with the Municipal Development Plan. The program works in collaboration with the Universidad Autónoma de Occidente, with civil society associations and socially responsible companies. It is implemented through the transmission of knowledge about the global theoretical framework, including international treaties and conventions, as well as national legal instruments and techniques, official Mexican standards, local and municipal laws, as well as state pacts. The team seeks to promote the achievement of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) proposed by the United Nations in the 2030 Agenda. The program specifically focuses on SDG 11 and SDG 13, which seeks to make cities and communities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable (SDG-11), and to take urgent action to tackle climate change and its impacts. (SDG 13). The team works with environmental engineers available in the community and uses their experience to promote sustainable development in Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico

This initiative encourages dialogue on the protection and defence of the natural environment for a better quality of life among indigenous communities and looks for strategies to ensure a sustainable diet from existing resources. It will also promote the exchange of ideas on how indigenous communities can defend their rights that have been violated by capitalism, devastating their natural environment.

This initiative seeks to emphasize the importance of the relationship that exists between intelligent communities and stray animals, specifically dogs and cats, that have increased in number during the COVID-19 pandemic. It attempts to reduce the number of stray dogs and cats, through promoting adoption and preventing abandonment and animal abuse.

Haaziq Kazi presented his innovation, Ervis the Ship, which has been designed to capture waste and clean the oceans. The ship is essentially a large boat with various compartments and saucers surrounding the ships. The working of waste collection is based on some basic physics concepts like – Centripetal Force, a multi stage cleaner which uses size-based separation to separate different size of waste, and a compactor to compact the trash. Haaziq is super passionate about ocean and the plastic pollution problem and he is highlighting the magnitude of the plastic waste problem, how it is affecting life in general including humans and his solution of ERVIS which he envisages will help clean the oceans of plastic pollution. Haaziq has also established a NGO, the Ervis Foundation, through which he aims to inspire the youth of today to be the proponents of change for a sustainable world.