One of the most interesting outcomes of the pope's encyclical \u201cLaudato si'\u201d is the \u201cLaudato si' Challenge.\u201d Every year it launches a challenge and financial plans to improve the world. <\/p>\n
Its founder explains that last year he searched and found original ideas to battle climate change. This year they focused on forced displacement. They have set out to help at least 10 million refugees in a sustainable and ethical way. <\/p>\n
ERIC HARR <\/strong> Oscar Garcia is primarily responsible for one of the companies that has responded to the challenge. It's Uulala, it handles financial operations and payments over the Internet. <\/p>\n OSCAR GARC\u00cdA<\/strong> \u201cOpes Fund Italia\u201d has also responded by donating 30 million dollars to help companies run by refugees in Italy; and Weathertec Technology will invest to prevent drought in Africa and decrease forced displacements.<\/p>\n ERIC HARR <\/strong> OSCAR GARC\u00cdA<\/strong> The organizers of the \u201cLaudato si' Challenge\u201d are satisfied because already 12 companies have committed to contribute to this cause. This will allow them to work in 23 countries and directly help more than 12.5 million people. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" December 18, 2018. Already 12 companies have contributed. They will launch initiatives to end the drought, help economic transactions and support university studies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":26861,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[155],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/dF6_0FGh0_A","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/blaudatosichallengeeng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/blaudatosichallengeint.mp4","type":"rrp","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48584"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48584"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48584\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nCEO of Laudato si' Challenge
\n \u201cHis Holiness Pope Francis talks about 'our common home.' We are seeking to sustainably improve the lives of 10 million people who have been excluded from 'our common home.'\u201d<\/em> <\/p>\n
\nCEO of Uulala
\n\u201cIf you run away from a country because the situation is bad and you have to start your life over again, you shouldn't be treated like a non-human. You need dignity. One of the best ways to give dignity is give them access to financial capabilities, access to their money via Visa, Mastercard.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\nCEO of Laudato si' Challenge
\n \u201cThis is technology for humanity. And what good is technology if it is not helping people? So the theme of the challenge this year is 'building bridges.'\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\nCEO of Uulala
\n\u201cMy mom came into the country with nothing, worked hard to give us just food and I was able to take her dreams and expand them out and build multi-million dollar companies. Why? This is because of her work ethic, so we believe in the mission, we believe that migrants are human beings. We believe that we can change their lives.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n