The Hub: Food security education in a changing climate

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).
InclusiFold

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InclusiFold

Awardee Reduced inequality Jordan
All in all, my project is to plan, develop, and create a foldable flat-pack ramp that can easily be dismantled into a proportionate size that is cost-effective, easy to transport, durable, and reliable.
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Info4Air

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Info4Air

Awardee Health and Well-being Mongolia
Info4Air is a youth-led digital initiative designed to help communities in Ulaanbaatar city of Mongolia to respond to severe winter air pollution. In one of the coldest capitals in the world, extreme temperatures drive widespread coal burning for heating, causing dangerous smog levels that directly impact public health.
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Informal Economy Index

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Informal Economy Index

Awardee Reduced inequality India
The Informal Economy Index (IEI) is a youth-led social innovation that identifies and reduces economic vulnerability among informal workers.
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Instituto Merzenich

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Instituto Merzenich

Awardee Education Brazil
The ´´Instituto Merzenich´´ is on a mission to revolutionize education by championing equal opportunities for all individuals.
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Intelligent Wheelchair

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Intelligent Wheelchair

Awardee Health and Well-being Indonesia
Our project is a wheelchair fully controlled by the face that is planned to help and facilitate people with disabilities with spinal cord injuries or paralyzed patients.
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International Model United Nations

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International Model United Nations

Awardee Education Malaysia
Since IntMUN's inception, I knew I wanted to focus on supporting beginners who wanted to try MUN, and increase MUN accessibility world-wide.
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International Youth Model United Nations

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International Youth Model United Nations

Awardee Education Australia
When we think about diplomacy, too often it feels like a distant concept—something reserved for capital cities, elite schools or people in suits.
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İyilikte Buluşan Kalpler ( Hearts United ın Kindness)

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İyilikte Buluşan Kalpler ( Hearts United ın Kindness)

Awardee Education Turkey
*Hearts United in Kindness* is a student-led initiative dedicated to supporting children with intellectual disabilities by providing them with essential educational materials and creating meaningful social connections.
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iZhureq

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iZhureq

Awardee Health and Well-being Kazakhstan
iZhureq - a volunteer organization aimed at supporting children with special health needs through creative activities as art therapy, as well as covering related topics at the public level.
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