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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Pacific Sister Project
The Pacific Sister Project is a youth-led initiative from Aotearoa New Zealand that empowers young people to respond to the growing threat of illicit drug use across the Pacific. Founded by secondary school students, the project combines education, advocacy, and action to protect vulnerable communities -especially girls and young women in Fiji.
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Pass The Plate
Pass The Plate was started by 6 DP 1 students, we share a passion for cooking and a desire to give back to their community. This project began as a school cooking club idea but was transformed into a project that prepares and distributes meals from different cultures to less fortunate individuals in our community.
