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).
Jaago

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Jaago

Awardee Education India
Project "Jaago" (meaning "Wake up") focuses on enhancing our democracy through empowerment of citizens, particularly the youth who will shape the nation's future.
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JalSathi: Water Companion

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JalSathi: Water Companion

Awardee Water and sanitation India
Our project, "JalSathi," aims to address the pressing issue of clean water access in underserved communities around Mumbai by providing them with sand and charcoal water purifiers that effectively filter and purify water, making it safe for drinking and daily use.
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Janam

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Janam

Awardee Health and Well-being India
Project Janam is a youth-led initiative that transforms old shipping containers into fully equipped, mobile birthing clinics to bring safe childbirth facilities to rural and underserved communities.
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Jembatan Digital Project (in english: Digital Bridge Project)

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Jembatan Digital Project (in english: Digital Bridge Project)

Awardee Education Qatar
The "JEMBATAN DIGITAL" project tackles the crucial issue of educational inequity by empowering underprivileged students with access to quality education in Indonesia, regardless of their location.
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Jugalbandish

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Jugalbandish

Awardee Education India
Starting in 2023, Jugalbandish has been a passionate endeavour to merge music and philanthropy by hosting a vibrant inter-school Battle of the Bands at Pathways School, Gurgaon.
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Kalahari Experience Education Project

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Kalahari Experience Education Project

Awardee Education Germany
The Kalahari Experience Education Project is a service group at Frankfurt International School, created in 1991 when apartheid restrictions in South Africa started to loosen.
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Katoogo Development Project - Hands of Hope

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Katoogo Development Project - Hands of Hope

Awardee Education Uganda
Promoting inclusive, equitable, and quality education, along with the promotion of lifelong learning opportunities is one of the many UN Sustainable Development Goals.
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Kavach

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Kavach

Awardee Health and Well-being India
Kavach is a safe space empowering adolescents with relevant self-help strategies, knowledge, and resources so that they have the skill and strength to navigate through their wellbeing issues like burdening academic competition, increasing social media pressures, substance abuse (vaping), cyberbullying, insecurity etc.
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Kikli Foundation

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Kikli Foundation

Awardee Industry and innovation India
Kikli Foundation is a youth-led initiative tackling the digital literacy crisis in India.
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