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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Vidya
VIDYA is a student-led initiative focused on designing sustainable community learning spaces in rural areas. It began through field visits to government schools, rural communities, and juvenile homes, where I observed that while access to education existed, the quality of learning environments often constrained student engagement and well-being.
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Visually Impaired Friends - Parallel World
Literature’s magic should be universally felt, not just seen. Our immersive event reimagines a classic literary work for visually impaired audiences through multi-sensory creativity. Students compose original music rooted in the text’s themes, translating emotions into soundscapes that deepen the narrative.