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).
ArthiEase

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ArthiEase

Awardee Health and Well-being Jordan
ArthiEase is a multifunctional assistive tool designed to help arthritis patients perform daily dressing tasks with ease and independence.
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Arts & Smarts

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Arts & Smarts

Awardee Education United States
Arts & Smarts is a free art program implemented in after-school programs of low-income schools.
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Astrid's Oozey Gooey Brownies

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Astrid's Oozey Gooey Brownies

Awardee Reduced inequality Thailand
Astrid's Oozey Gooey Brownies is a student-led social enterprise and advocacy mission dedicated to enhancing community understanding on the topic of neurodiversity. As a team, we are inspired by the resilience of Astrid, who navigates the world with autism, epilepsy, and visual impairment.
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Atlantic Pacific at Atlantic College Ocean Revival Project

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Atlantic Pacific at Atlantic College Ocean Revival Project

Awardee Life under water United Kingdom
We at AP@AC are a non profit organisation, working with students in Atlantic College in Wales with a project called the Ocean Revival Project aiming to recycle and reuse plastics that are littering our oceans.
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AUTOMATED HOUSING SYSTEM

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AUTOMATED HOUSING SYSTEM

Awardee Energy Ghana
Our project, developed by the EduTech Pioneers team, is a saltwater-powered automated housing system designed to promote sustainable living in off-grid communities.
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Automated Smart Street Lighting Model

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Automated Smart Street Lighting Model

Awardee Sustainable cities India
The Automated Smart Street Lighting System is a huge step towards a fully sustainable future.
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Awn ka barika

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Awn ka barika

Awardee Water and sanitation Mali
Notre projet a pour objectif d’améliorer durablement l’accès à l’eau potable dans plusieurs communautés rurales au Mali, où l’eau propre reste difficile d’accès. Aujourd’hui, de nombreuses familles dépendent de sources d’eau non sécurisées, ce qui entraîne des maladies, des difficultés quotidiennes et un frein au développement local.
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Bacto Crop

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Bacto Crop

Awardee Hunger Bangladesh
The main motive of our project is to possess the microbial fertilizers and biocontrol agents, as conventional and acceptable to the general farmers.
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Bags to Beds

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Bags to Beds

Awardee Poverty Canada
Bags to Beds is a student-led initiative I founded in December 2024 to address both homelessness and plastic waste in our community.
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