Teach A Man To Fish 2022 Trash to Cash Challenge for Young People Worldwide

The Trash to Cash Challenge is a new programme developed to encourage young people to become eco-preneurs: to do some good in the world and develop life skills through a short business challenge with an environmental focus.

• Table of Content
• About Teach A Man To Fish
• Trash to Cash Challenge
• Aim and Benefits of Trash to Cash Challenge
• Requirements for Trash to Cash Challenge Qualification
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About Teach A Man To Fish

Around 71 million young people all over the world are currently unemployed and 156 million young people are trapped in "working poverty". Lack of skills is cited as a primary cause. Since 2006, Teach A Man To Fish has provided young people from around the world with the opportunity to develop 21st century skills through our school-business model. Inspired by Fundación Paraguaya's San Francisco school, Nik Kafka began the charity to enable teacher and student teams to set up and benefit from a school business. The model used is designed for schools all over the...... continue reading

Trash to Cash Challenge

Aim and Benefits of Trash to Cash Challenge

• There are 4 prizes worth USD $1,200 in total.
• In addition, every participant that completes the submission form by the deadline will receive a Certificate of Participation!

Requirements for Trash to Cash Challenge Qualification

• Open to all young people, aged 25 or younger, in any country.
• The participants must be 25 or younger, but teachers of all ages are welcome to support the participants.
• You can participate individually or as a team of up to 5 people with friends, classmates or siblings.
• Teams may submit a maximum of one entry.

Technical Requirements

• Submissions are encouraged to contain the following:
  • Photographic evidence of 1) the amount of trash collected, 2) the product(s) you created from the trash collected, 3) you selling the product(s) and 4) your sales records, showing how many products you sold, the price(s) you sold them for and the total income generated.
  • The posting of an original video clip on social media is required to participate in the Public Choice prize. The video must last 2 minutes or less, and it must show the waste collected, the product created and the process of selling it. Only one video is permitted per individual or team, but you can submit through the Submission Form up to 20 links of the same video posted in your own social media accounts on different platforms (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and TikTok). The video posted in social media must be set to public mode using the #TrashToCashChallenge. On Instagram, the video must be posted as a reel or a video displayed in the feed, not an Instagram story.
• You must have full copyrights to the submitted material, including sound effects and music if used. Competition submissions must not include any obscene, violent, racist or defamatory content.

Application Deadline

How to Apply

There are 3 simple steps:

• Get prepared: Create a product(s) you could sell out of materials that would otherwise go to waste e.g. plastic bottles, waste paper etc. Remember to weigh the amount of trash you collect.
• Sales Day: Sell as many of the product(s) as you can on the Sales Day: Saturday, July 2. You have 1 day only to make as much money as you can!
• Submit your entry: Create a short video of your experience and share it on your social media. Complete the simple submission form – tell them how much waste you saved, what product you created and how much money you made, with a link to your video and photos.

The actual submission form will be available from July 2, 2022. Here is an example submission form

For more details,visit TMF website