About Mrs. Sabrina Bittencourt in Wikipedia
[memory of some of the projects developed in the last years of life by Sabrina Bittencourt and her team]
WILBrasil and Waterlution Foundation are forever grateful to have had the opportunity to connect with, learn from, and be inspired by Sabrina Bittencourt when she joined us as a Mentor for WILBrasil 2017. Sabrina made a tremendous impact on us all with her incredible ability and commitment to provoke, encourage and support positive change-making in the world. Her presence and passion continue on.
Mentoring to young entrepreneurs
For water startups in São Paulo, Brazil for the Waterlution Foundation, from Canada
Mentoring to the French entrepreneur Gaspard Durieux, from NuSens
(Low-cost sensor for water quality analysis)
January 2018
Interview for French TV
Sabrina Bittencourt receiving the
Honoris Causa Doctorate for the 20 year celebration of the UNESCO Cathedra in Barcelona
November 2016, celebrating among social activists, artists, the ambassadress of Brazil, researchers, teacher and scientists
Prize at Shark Tank (Sony) to
Dr. Rocío Gutiérrez - México, 2016
Co-founder of Dilo en Señas (Sign-Language made easy)
Testimony of Dr. Rocío Gutiérrez – Information Systems Engineer & Dr. in Inclusive Education
México, 2016
Mentoring · Advisor
Crowdfundig Campaigns · Seed Capital
at
Micromentor · Startup Weekend · Socialab
Lab del Futuro · Camp Posible 2015 · MIT · Standford University
University of Monterrey · UPC/Barcelona · USP/São Paulo
Academic Audience
Seed Capital + Mentoring
Ecoplaso Mexico
“We earned 1 out of the 50 spots worldwide in MIT to potentiate “Ecoplaso”, which is a project that proposes alternatives to the use of leather and plastics.”
ecoplaso México
Seed Capital + Advertising Support
Mexico
“We are going to inspire more than 10,000 university students to design innovative solutions to social problems in more than 15 campus in the State of Jalisco.”
México
Seed Capital - Crowdfunding
“Help change a life! You can make the life of a differently abled child easier, with your support we are able to build and donate cutlery that stimulates their independence”
México
Seed Capital - Crowdfunding
“The world of technology is spearheaded by men, and we want to change it. Technology as a tool for girls and women to achieve their dreams!”
Seed Capital + Crowdfunding
“Binding scientific research to social commitment to link low-cost/high-functionality technologies to people with disabilities”
México
Seed Capital - Crowdfunding
“Customizable wheelchairs through parts-swapping that adapt to the disability, economic background and necessities of the user.”
México
Mentoring - Mexico 2015
EDUCATION
Jóvenes Transformadores (Young World-Shapers)
Latin America & Spain
Creation of the first Course on Exponential Technologies, Social Innovation & Arts for youths from 14 to 20 years old
+ 15.000 participants between 2016-2018
Training & Artistic intervention to 1000 teachers from the Educem education network
México 2017
Jóvenes Transformadores at the Forbes special edition
México 2016
The Councillors of the Federal Council, on behalf of the Brazilian Lawyers Association, come with this note to deeply regret the death of the social activist Sabrina Bittencourt, who dedicated her life to the fight for Human Rights and in particular to combating all forms of violence against women.
Despite her short life, Sabrina left a legacy with her story: a woman who transformed the pain of the rapes she suffered in her childhood into the strength needed to help other victims.
Sabrina dedicated her life to humanitarian causes, and worked in the search for missing children in Brazil, in support of blind and deaf children in African countries, and in defense of indigenous people.
She was one of the founders of the COAME movement - (Fighting Abuse in the Spiritual Context), which aims to focus on the denunciation of sexual violations committed by priests, pastors, gurus and spiritual leaders in general.
Unanimously elected in 2007 to a position on the board of Partners of the Americas, one of the world's leading volunteer organizations, she was one of the pioneers of social entrepreneurship that seeks to enable the social sector to be self-sustaining.
In a country where human rights are violated in the light of day and an average of 164 violations are officially recorded every day, it is necessary to celebrate the life and mourn the death of women like Sabrina. May we, like her, transform the pain, now of her so early departure, into strength to continue her struggles, necessary for us to dream of a more just and egalitarian society.
