QUEM SOMOS
Jaxi’s platform was born from a challenge suggested by NASA’s Space Apps Hackathon. The challenge’s goal was to provide information that could bring the world closer from one of the SDGs, the Sustainable Development Goals from the UN. Therefore, in two days, a six-member team called HanTerra developed the initial idea for a platform that could connect those who can help to those who need help.
Today, Jaxi’s platform exists due to the voluntary collaboration of several people working together against starvation in the country. All over Brazil, developers, facilitators, NGOs, suppliers and donors are willing to help in the best way they can. Jaxi is a plural platform from a collective work towards a more egalitarian world.
Humberto, 24 years old. Student of Chemical Engineering at UEM, passionate about social impact, energetic and very curious. He is involved in entrepreneurship initiatives, case resolutions at Enactus and he is in the ProLíder Program, always believing in the power of entrepreneurship.
Hugo, 26 years old, from São Paulo. He has a degree in financial management and is studying Environmental Engineering. He is looking for solutions to promote humanity's consciousness about the fact that nothing is everlasting and one day just ends, so sustainability is the solution for the future generations. He always has in mind Mahatma Ghandi's famous sentence: "Be the change you want to see in the world".
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Maria, 21 years old, a typical girl from Curitiba. Studies Administration at UFPR. She is always involved in volunteer programs, student bodies and was involved for two years in AIESEC, an organization that promotes leadership through exchange programs. She is passionate about people, leadership and very interested in technology.
Maíra, 23 years old, student of International Economics Relations at UFMG. Interested in making the difference in the world she has always been involved in social projects and seeks to expand her knowledge in areas such as management, leadership and digital marketing.
Karrô, 25 years old. She has a major in Social Sciences and is passionate about energetical policies and SDG. Participated as a delegate at the United Nations Assembly for Young Leaders in New York. Nowadays she lives in Washington DC where she studies the implementation of sustainable energy policies in developing countries. She likes data analysing and competitive debates. Loves to travel through Asia whenever she can.
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Victoria, 23 years old. Studies Aerospace Engineering at UFMG and is very interested in digital marketing. Always has been an active participant in volunteer programs, since social actions targeting young people in a vulnerable situation to developing nano satellites with an educational purpose. She is passionate about the paths that astronautics has open to humanity and thinks that knowledge, when not shared, is lost.
OUR MOTIVATION
Jaxi came to light from the will of giving purpose to data in order to create a different reality in Brazil. We were inspired by one of the firsts sources of data that mankind has ever had: the Moon. Our first satellite helped us develop calendars, plant and harvest and guide ourselves around the world. “Jaxi” is one of the variations for the moon’s name by the tupi-guarani’s tribe, a name as brazilian as our project. Today, we search and analyse different forms of data, mainly provided by NASA, and use them to make the world a little bit better.
Jaxi’s platform intention is to positively impact people’s lives, and we seek to do so by going after the UN's Second Sustainable Development Goal. The SDG 2 is all about ending hunger, achieving food security and improved nutrition and promoting sustainable agriculture, and our platform aims to contribute to this.
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Goal 2.1: By 2030, end hunger and ensure access by all people, in particular the poor and people in vulnerable situations, including infants, to safe, nutritious and sufficient food all year round.
Indicator: 2.1.1 - 2.1.1 Prevalence of undernourishment