Congratulations to Surabhi Govindarajan (BIC '18), this year's winner of the DezMax Scholarship! Her submission beautifully fulfilled the criteria of the award which asks BICsters to develop a project that champions a cause with persuasion, passion, and charisma. 

Surabhi's project is based on a simple, yet powerful truth: we all want to know where we come from. But what if you're a refugee who's been orphaned as a result of famine, war, or political upheaval? It is estimated that there are currently 143 million orphans and/or abandoned children in the world -- this number is equivalent to half the population in the United States. So Surabhi created "Belong" which proposes a partnership between UNICEF and MyHeritage to provide DNA testing to these orphaned children.

Her submission included a strategic framework, key stakeholders, a business model, as well as communications material to put the issue in the spotlight and make Belong part of the solution. The proposal demonstrated the type of social impact that would've made Desmond Maxwell proud.