Women-Led Local Impact Projects Showcased And Rewarded At 2016 e7 Pitch Day e7 Daughters of the Emirates conducted a pitching session for its 2016 class to display their projects and secure grants from primary sponsor Emirates NBD on June 18, 2016.
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own.
You're reading Entrepreneur Middle East, an international franchise of Entrepreneur Media.
Female empowerment, youth literacy, cultural education, environmental protection, and family counseling- these were just a few of the issues that took center stage at a projects showcase session of the 2016 class of e7 Daughters of the Emirates (e7) program. e7, the flagship leadership program of community platform Promise of a Generation, held a pitching session for its 2016 class (its second batch) to display their projects and secure grants from primary sponsor Emirates NBD on June 18, 2016. Since the commencement of the batch in April, the young women aged 18-25, with guidance from a network of e7 mentors, have developed and refined their ideas into workable solutions that allow them to both realize their potential and also give back to their respective communities.
Following the pitches, grants amounting to AED20,000 were awarded to four of the projects: Let's Lead, a project proposing creation of a support community of young women; Mootary, a project promoting participation of women in the automotive sector; Ghanmt, an idea aiming to create awareness of Emirati culture and heritage; and Masaari, an internship program for high school students.
