Coastal communities in the Pacific depend on the sea to thrive. Without healthy coral reefs, these fishing communities risk losing a vital source of food and income. Naomi Longa, Director and Coordinator for Sea Women of Melanesia (SWoM) has been leading young women in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands underwater to protect their …
Asha Hollis is the creator of the ‘SOLVE Mystery Toolkit’ which is a free, ready-to-use programme for middle school teachers to educate their students on the risks of vaping and to help students make safer choices. The toolkit has been used by over 3000 students across North America and has been licensed to the Heart …
Striving not to be a success but rather to be of value Read More »
Sasha Middleton is one of 20 finalists for this year’s Commonwealth Youth Awards. She is the CEO of Antigua and Barbuda Marine Ecosystems Protected Area Trust Inc., one of several National Conservation Trust Funds in the Caribbean. The project’s mission is to actively fundraise and work with multi-sectoral partners to support the protection, recovery, and …
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Kasha Slavner is the founder of the ‘Global Sunrise Project’, a youth-led social enterprise which creates media content and workshops to empower youths to make positive impacts in their local and global communities. The workshops have reached over 500 youths and Kasha’s first feature-length documentary ‘The Sunrise Storyteller’ has screened internationally at 60+ festivals and …
As founder and CEO of ‘Little Dreamers Australia’, Madeleine Buchner is working towards an equal world for young carers, providing internationally recognised programmes focusing on health, wellbeing, social connectedness, financial capacity, education and employment opportunities. Little Dreamers supports thousands of young carers each year through online and in-person peer support, holiday programmes, mentoring, tutoring and …
Edward Yee is the co-founder of Givfunds Social Ventures, a non-profit organisation which provides sustainable and low-cost capital to neglected social enterprises using data from local communities. The organisation has impacted over 45,000 lives directly, over 900,000 lives indirectly and has helped many social enterprises raise multimillion-dollar funding from a range of high-profile funds. But …
Achare Elvis Ayamba, one of 20 finalists in the 2022 Commonwealth Youth Awards, has dedicated his life to solving issues related to Cameroon’s agriculture and environment. His ‘Environment and Food Foundation’ promotes sustainable protection and management of marine and freshwater ecosystems, mangroves and oceans. It also tackles deforestation. Commonwealth Correspondent Promise Forsuh spoke with Ayamba …
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South Africa is grappling with inefficiencies and inequalities in its education system, brought to light by the COVID-19 pandemic. As of February, students have finally been given the opportunity to return to school on a full time basis. While some will likely continue their education smoothly, others will be struggling to catch up, and many …
Women are under-represented in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). This is even more true for women who are part of ethnic minority groups. But if representation is important to achieving equality for all, then girls must see others like them doing things they might never have imagined. It’s why Toshaunae Norris, a 19-year-old correspondent …
As the world marks International Women’s Day, two parades in Pakistan – the Aurat March and Haya March – are scheduled to happen and the same time and same place. The problem though, as Pakistani correspondent Sarmad Shahbaz points out, is that these groups have radically different approaches while claiming to share the same goal. …
Pakistan’s Paradoxical Phobia Against Gender Equality Read More »