Topic: "Knowledge Vending"
Category: Public Welfare Entrepreneurship
Recognition: Silver Awards

Social enterprise has always been the cornerstone of the prosperity of society. With passion and dedication, Kelly and Serene initiated a social innovation project called ‘Knowledge Vending’.

Knowledge Vending is an electronic interface which aims at promoting global citizenship. It provides students with stunning statistics and photos of global issues. The machine would be installed in the residential halls in campus. While utilizing the idle time of waiting lifts, students can play interactive quizzes and receive A5 fact sheet concerning that global issue.

‘How did we come up with this idea? We discover that during the hustle-and-bustle university life, students could hardly squeeze time to absorb knowledge about global issues. Thus we would like to invent Knowledge Vending, such that students could get a grasp of social know-how bit-by-bit in their daily life.

We are more than grateful to have this precious opportunity to compete in this grand National Final. Engaging ourselves in the idea exchange with mainland young entrepreneurs was fruitful and rewarding. We were impressed by their well-designed and sophisticated charitable projects!

Knowledge Vending has gained various recognitions. It is now a team in CUHK PI Centre, entered into the National Final of Challenge Cup and is supported by various funding schemes. With our unremitting effort, we pledge to turn no stone unturned in bringing Knowledge Vending into fruition.’

Kelly LAU, Serene TSANG (both are 2015 intake)

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