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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HélioPanel
One in ten people around the world do not have access to electricity. This means that when the sun sets, there are hundreds of millions of people who cannot study, childbirth happens in complete darkness, and many people do not have access to life saving medical equipment, simply due to where they were born.
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House of Udyog
At the onset of Covid-19, we recognised the urgency of creating a source of income for as many people as possible, while protecting the environment. Through House of Udyog, we leverage technology, such as social media and e-commerce to bridge the gap between environmentally-conscious consumers and local artisans, promoting socioeconomic diversity.
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Imperative Driving Course
The Imperative Driving Course is one that's been developed to stop traffic jams and traffic accidents, one that's curated to allow emergency vehicles to never be late to their destinations and to soften up the ability to cross the road for all those that are disabled, our project is one that we made with hope for a better future.