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Designing Futures, Building Accessibility

Build Initiative drives progress through innovation, designing accessible futures where inclusivity thrives. We empower communities by breaking barriers in physical and digital spaces, ensuring equal opportunities for all.

About BUILD Initiative

BUILD Initiative commits to designing inclusive, accessible futures, ensuring everyone thrives, regardless of ability or background. We focus on advocacy, education, and collaboration to dismantle barriers and expand opportunities, transforming both physical and digital spaces to foster equality and empower every individual.

Innovations at Work

Discover our key projects like Greenmatch, NightOwl GPT, and Carbon Compass, driving innovation in sustainability, AI language tools, and carbon management solutions.

Volunteer with Us:
Shape a Future of Accessibility and Inclusion

Join Build Initiative as a volunteer and be part of impactful actions that shape accessible and inclusive futures. Make a difference today!

Insights and Updates

Explore the latest updates and expert insights shaping our quest for a more accessible and inclusive future

What We Stand For

Explore our advocacy efforts across diverse areas from digital inclusivity to sustainable development, and see how technology and collaboration drive systemic change.

Building a Barrier-Free Future:
Our Commitment to the U.N. SDGs

At Build Initiative, our commitment to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) drives every aspect of our mission. We design futures and build accessibility for everyone, envisioning a world where all individuals, regardless of their abilities or background, can thrive in inclusive, barrier-free environments. Through persistent advocacy, comprehensive education, and strategic collaborations, we actively dismantle obstacles and enhance equal opportunities. Our work encompasses transforming both physical and digital landscapes, empowering individuals across all spectrums of ability, and advocating for fair practices and expanded educational access. By partnering with stakeholders, influencing policy reforms, and fostering international cooperation, we are dedicated to making inclusivity a universal norm and a tangible reality for all, thus advancing the global agenda for sustainable development.

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Main Focus

  • Gender Equality

  • Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

  • Reduced Inequalities

  • Sustainable Cities and Communities

  • Climate Action

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Direct Contributions

  • Quality Education

  • Climate Action

  • Partnership for the Goals

  • Life on Land

ADVOCACIES.

PROJECTS.

GreenMatch

GreenMatch is a versatile platform accessible via mobile and web, designed to streamline the global trading of carbon credits through a user-friendly dashboard. It ensures secure, transparent, and real-time transactions by connecting buyers, sellers, and registries worldwide, with seamless integration through banks or direct access. With features like standardized transaction processes and detailed trade insights, GreenMatch empowers users to effectively manage their carbon assets and make a significant environmental impact.

Night Owl GPT

Night Owl GPT is an advanced mobile app designed to break language barriers in the Philippines. Fluent in Tagalog, Cebuano, and Ilokano, it aims to support all 170 local languages, enhancing AI accessibility for marginalized groups including indigenous peoples and persons with disabilities.

Carbon Compas

Carbon Compas is a cutting-edge app designed to help users worldwide, particularly in the Philippines, manage their carbon footprint. Leveraging AI, it tracks daily activities, travel, consumption, and energy usage, offering personalized insights and enabling effective carbon offsetting through global, verified projects.

MEDIA.

Build Initiative partners with UK’s The Climate Coalition

One of our main advocacies at Build Initiative is harnessing technology to promote climate action and sustainable development. In line with this, we initiated a partnership with The Climate Coalition (TCC), the United Kingdom’s largest group of people dedicated to action on the climate and nature crises.

Filipino Whiz Kid Creates AI Platform to Preserve Languages Nearing Extinction

“Hello! My name is Anna Mae Lamentillo, and I am proud to hail from the Philippines, a nation rich in cultural diversity and natural wonders,” shares Anna Mae, the dynamic founder and Chief Future Officer of Build Initiative Foundation. Speaking at IMPACT-WB24X at George Washington University, she highlights her roots in the Karay-a ethnolinguistic group, underscoring the unique challenges faced by non-English speakers in leveraging modern technologies.

Manila Bulletin and Build Initiative partner to enhance Night Owl GPT's coverage of Philippine current events

Manila Bulletin, the nation’s leading and most trusted news organization, is proud to announce a strategic partnership with Build Initiative, a non-profit organization dedicated to creating accessible and inclusive futures for all. This collaboration integrates Manila Bulletin’s reliable and comprehensive news data into Night Owl GPT, an innovative AI-driven mobile application developed by Build Initiative to bridge linguistic and digital divides across the Philippines.

Filipina developer creates AI app to fight language extinction in the Philippines

A Filipina developer is promoting language appreciation and fighting language extinction with an artificial intelligence (AI) platform called Night Owl GPT.

Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo launches Night Owl GPT to preserve Philippine dialects

Anne Mae Yu Lamentillo is a Filipina who pioneered the creation of Night Owl GPT, an artificial intelligence that aims to preserve the Philippine languages.

Filipina creates AI platform that preserves nearly extinct Filipino languages

Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo, founder and chief officer of Build Initiative Foundation and Chairman of the Build, Build, Build (BBB) Committee of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) under Secretary Mark Villar, is a 23-year-old Filipina Juris Doctor, academic, author, opinion columnist, philanthropist, and civil servant.

This AI platform promotes linguistic diversity of the Philippines

In a bold move to protect these linguistic gems and facilitate their integration into the digital age, former Information and Communications Undersecretary Anna Mae Lamentillo has introduced Night Owl GPT, an AI platform incubated under London School of Economics and tailored for the Filipino people, especially those belonging to various ethnolinguistic groups.

Filipina developer creates AI app to fight language extinction in the Philippines

A Filipina developer is promoting language appreciation and fighting language extinction with an artificial intelligence (AI) platform called Night Owl GPT.

VIDEOS.

SHORTS.

Reimagine Metro Manila: 15-Minute City Challenge with Anna Mae Lamentillo

Anna Mae Lamentillo invites you to reimagine Metro Manila as a network of 15-minute cities! Imagine a city where every essential is just a short walk or bike ride away.

Come with Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo to the LSE Festival

Watch as Anna Mae presents her research on carbon financing and transport infrastructure at the LSE Festival!

One-minute snapshot of the Philippines

Join Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo as she takes you on a rapid tour of the Philippines, showcasing its vibrant culture, stunning landscapes, and rich heritage—all in under one minute.

Inside London's 15 Minute City with Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo

Embark on a fascinating journey with Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo as she explores Paris through the lens of a 15-minute city.

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