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    Climate Change Innovations  I am   29   year old   Yacouba   Toussaint   from the village of River   Sallee ,   St.Patrick,   Grenada.   I attended the Mac   Donald   College   high school   (1997-2002), and then   moved on to T.   A.   Marryshow   Community   College (2002-2004) where I studied Electronics.    My primary business is agriculture. I run a farm in   my village that specialises in the growth of Scotch Bonnet hot peppers. My farm is set up to run on   a sustainable renewable energy system. The irrigation system   is all electronic, powered by solar panels and wind turbine generators which generate power to an electrical pump   which sends   water to a storage tank. The water is   then distributed to the crops via drip irrigation lines.     The energy conservation measures which I applied to my   irrigation   system can be applied to various other systems which require electric power,   for domestic and commercial   usage.    This form of innova
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----- ORGANISATION PROFILE  ---   Name of organization – DYNAMIC YOUTHS OF GRENADA BUSINESS HUB Country - GRENADA Name of designated Hub Coordinator – MRS. LISA LEWIS Background of organization –       Dynamic Youths of Grenada Business Hub is  a youth livelihoods organisation focused on:                                    Helping young out of school males and females of Grenada make decent work for themselves through entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial means.  Helping young males and females to find decent waged employment.                            Assisting young males and females to find skills, professional and personal development avenues through internships, apprenticeships, vocational training, fellowships, exchanges and cross border knowledge sharing.   Exposing young males and females in schools i.e. pre-schools, primary, secondary and tertiary, to entrepreneurship as a career choice using creative avenues.     Dynamic Youths o