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).
Sharing Excess Toronto

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Sharing Excess Toronto

Awardee Hunger Canada
Sharing Excess Toronto is a youth led non-profit organization that aims to reduce food waste and combat food insecurity in Toronto.
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Shelving the Future

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Shelving the Future

Awardee Education Canada
Unlike typical book drives, our project goes beyond simply collecting donations.
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Śhikshā

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Śhikshā

Awardee Education India
Śhikshā is a student-led initiative that operates within local Nilgiri communities, where we systematically collect partially used notebooks, extract usable pages, and rebind them into fully functional notebooks for redistribution.
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Shoeless Ones

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Shoeless Ones

Awardee Consumption and production Nigeria
The Shoeless Ones is a youth-led initiative that collects and redistributes gently used athletic shoes to underserved communities in the United States and Nigeria. Inspired by the contrast between children playing soccer barefoot and the unused shoes many athletes accumulate, the project works to reduce waste while expanding access to sports.
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SIFT INNOVATION (SALUD, INNOVACIÓN, FÉRULA Y TECNOLOGÍA)

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SIFT INNOVATION (SALUD, INNOVACIÓN, FÉRULA Y TECNOLOGÍA)

Awardee Consumption and production Perú
Estamos abordando la dificultad de los pacientes del Hospital María Auxiliadora en Lima, Perú, que padecen secuelas en las extremidades superiores debido a los Accidentes Cerebro Vascular (ACV), facilitándoles el acceso a férulas mediante un método innovador.
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Smart Rubbish Bin Project

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Smart Rubbish Bin Project

Awardee Sustainable cities Chile
This project is about creating smart recycling bins.
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Solar H2O | A sustainable solution

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Solar H2O | A sustainable solution

Awardee Water and sanitation Kenya
My project, Solar H2O, aims to revolutionise access to clean water by implementing solar-powered water filtration systems in underserved communities.
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Solar-powered RO system using micro-algae

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Solar-powered RO system using micro-algae

Awardee Health and Well-being India
This project presents a solution to lack of potable water in developing countries by effectively using natural resources (algae, sunlight).
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South Asian Marrow Initiative

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South Asian Marrow Initiative

Awardee Health United States
My project, South Asian Marrow Initiative, is a non-profit organization that provides cures for patients suffering from blood cancer and other blood diseases.
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