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).
Penchick Online Math Olympiad

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Penchick Online Math Olympiad

Awardee Education Philippines
The Penchick Online Math Olympiad (POMO) is a series of math contests that aims to map the entire contest math pathway for elementary to high school students.
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Period101

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Period101

Awardee Poverty United States
Period101 is a US 501(c)(3) dedicated to fighting period poverty - the lack of access to menstrual hygiene products.
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Petals with Purpose

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Petals with Purpose

Awardee Consumption and production India
Petals with Purpose uses a multi-faceted approach to tackling global irresponsible consumption and production, by reducing waste, sustainably recycling, and promoting healthier consumption practices.
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PlaFlourished

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PlaFlourished

Awardee Consumption and production People's Republic of China
We envision the workshop to be a combination of CAD and plastic recycling, and anyone who signed up could participate. We would like to inspire our community by setting up workshops, and marketplaces on campus, and providing plastic products to our school.
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PLANET or PLASTIC

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PLANET or PLASTIC

Awardee Life under water Turkey
We started this project called ''Planet or Plastic'' because we saw the immense amount of plastic pollution happening in Dalyan seashore and how it was affecting the lives of Caretta caretta's.
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Plastic factory

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Plastic factory

Awardee Consumption and production India
Plastic factory is a mini assembly line which converts waste PET bottles into a filament which can be fed into a 3D printer.
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Poly Citra Bricks: An Ecofriendly Construction Solution.

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Poly Citra Bricks: An Ecofriendly Construction Solution.

Awardee Sustainable cities India
Poly Citra Bricks is an initiative committed to turning environmental waste into sustainable, affordable building materials.
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Praakruti

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Praakruti

Awardee Consumption and production India
Plastic has become a global crisis, contaminating our soil, water, and even organs.
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Premier Outreach Club; Drought Outreach Kenya

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Premier Outreach Club; Drought Outreach Kenya

Awardee Water and sanitation Kenya
Our plan is three-fold: First, we are set to boost morale and invigorate fundraising efforts at our Academy by contributing $1,000 to internal initiatives.
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