Awardees & Projects
We are honored to be supporting young people all over the world to take action around issues that they care deeply about.
With the Global Youth Action Fund (GYAF), IB is proud to award micro-grants to support young people’s innovative ideas and projects addressing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
We are happy to have announced and celebrated two cohorts of awardees from 2023 and 2024 representing over 400 youth from 60 countries.
GYAF is an award open to any student or student group ages 12 through 19 who has a project or idea they believe will make an impact in their community. Each project must be aimed to support one of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).
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A Cup of Milk
I aim to work with a rural Sri Lankan community to develop community scale milk pasteurization techniques, so each local community can safely provide 1 cup of milk per child each day, to local schools. This will greatly enhance the nutritional value of the food programme I am already involved in.
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Access Frame
The Access Frame product is an adaptive seating and support system that is intended to provide accessibility and independence to people with lower body mobility impairments. While most mobility aids are designed to accommodate the needs for movement, the Access Frame is centered on interaction with the environment.
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Adictos a Todo
“Adictos a Todo” is a youth-led initiative focused on raising awareness about modern forms of addiction among young people. While substance use remains important, our project expands the conversation to include digital dependency, social validation, performance pressure, and emotional avoidance.
