Karma Tribe Announces Winner of International Video Contest to Inspire the World

JACÓ, Costa Rica, July 20, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Costa Rican start-up, Karma Tribe, announced this past Sunday, July 16, 2017, live on Facebook, the winner of their first international online video contest that was open to submissions for 40 days from around the world beginning June 1, 2017. The winner of the Giant Heart or El Corazonaso, Video Contest is Los Amigos Del Rio Torres or Friends of the Torres River from San José, Costa Rica, and will receive promotion of their video on Facebook to reach one million views. The winning video, which tells the story of a community effort to save an inner-city river can be seen here.

The contest official rules stated that "the video must serve to inspire the viewer to take action to make the world a better place." Karma Tribe received support from five corporate sponsors and lined up five celebrity judges: Emily Gussoni of the Costa Rica National Surf Team, Diego Delfino, a journalist, Mariola Fumero, Director of Lifting Hands Foundation, Marianne Hütt, a cancer researcher, and Stephen Brooks, an ethnobiologist. Submissions were free, could be in English or Spanish, and were limited to two minutes in length.

Founded last year by Canadian Dave Grillot in Pochotal, Costa Rica, Karma Tribe is a new addition to the technology landscape of Latin America, having already grown to a network of over 2,600 members in 49 countries. Through Karma Tribe's online gift economy platform, members give and receive everything from recipes and language instruction to travel advice and computer help. "What is difficult for one person can be easy for another. Each of us has the capacity to make a tremendous impact in the lives of others, so, we wanted the video contest to reflect that theme. The judges were unanimous that the winning video was enormously inspiring as it reflected the power of solidarity within a community when confronted with an environmental crisis," said Grillot.

About Karma Tribe

Karma Tribe is a global network of people willing to help each other for free. In the spirit of a gift economy, Karma Tribe members can offer and/or request free services. The basic premise is that good deeds come back around and generosity inspires. To learn more visit www.karmatribe.com.

Contact: Dave Grillot
Phone: Within Costa Rica (506) 8323-5197
Phone: Within N. America (512) 221-2279
Email: [email protected] 
Website: http://karmatribe.com/ 
Contest Details: http://karmatribe.com/giant-heart

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