Joy Egbe is one of 20 finalists in the 2022 Commonwealth Youth Awards. As the co-founder of NewDigit, she runs a cleantech start-up providing zero emissions energy to low-income households in Nigeria. The company’s “Just Add Water” device uses electrolysis to produce hydrogen gas from water which is then used for cooking and electricity. Commonwealth …
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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 …
Lilan Dayananda is a co-founder and the CEO at Elzian Agro. His organisation has been tackling world hunger through award-winning smart agronomy solutions. These innovations provide soil and weather monitoring systems to farmers who are affected by extreme weather changes and pests and who also have limited resources to service their farms. 25-year- old Commonwealth …
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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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Supriya Paul from India is one of the 20 finalists for this year’s Commonwealth Youth Awards. This young woman is the co-founder of Josh Talks, India’s largest regional platform that offers inspiration, soft skills and growth opportunities to youths living in India’s developing and underdeveloped cities. Sola Abe, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Lagos State, Nigeria, …
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Cancer ravages the body of young people with the disease but it doesn’t stop there it also takes a toll on their minds, emotions and social well-being. The hair loss, amputations and stomas, fatigue, poor concentration, and a decline in sex drive that results from the disease can cause severe psychological distress for patients writes …
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Exceptional young people can now submit entries for the 2021 Commonwealth youth awards to win prestigious titles and cash grants. The awards recognise and reward young people whose work has made a major impact on people and communities in their country. Regional categories Young leaders from across the 54 Commonwealth countries can enter five regional …
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