Your heritage can help you fight climate change ♻️ Our Ambassador Diwigdi Valiente is drawing from their Indigenous heritage to fight climate change in Panama. Throughout their career, Diwigdi has been dedicated to researching and addressing critical issues such as climate change, conservation, and tourism. Their contributions extend beyond research, as they played a pivotal role in shaping national policies and laws for environmental protection in Panama. What climate-friendly practices have you adopted from your heritage? #OneYoungWorld #ClimateChange
One Young World
Non-profit Organizations
The global Community for young leaders. 2024 Summit: Montréal/Tiohtiá:ke
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One Young World is the global Community for young leaders. At the annual Summit, the brightest talent from every country and sector debate and devise innovative solutions to the world’s most pressing issues. They are counselled by influential business, political, and humanitarian leaders such as Paul Polman, Angela F. Williams, Hasina Safi, Terry Crews and Professor Muhammad Yunus, amongst many other global luminaries. One Young World offers an unrivalled platform to effect change at a global level, with 15,000+ Ambassadors in the network, driving innovation worldwide. Each year, the One Young World community sets the agenda, ensuring that topics are relevant, pressing and engaging. Delegates attend the annual Summit and leave as One Young World Ambassadors. These delegates are selected from partner organisations, attend independently, or are selected through scholarships. Ambassadors return from the Summit with the means and motivation to make a difference in their communities and organisations. Using the inspiration from the Summit, Ambassadors then have access to the power of the 15,000+ global network of young leaders to accelerate existing initiatives or establish new ventures. One Young World partners with over 190 global organisations, NGOs and educational institutions - boasting the largest corporate footprint in its sector. For every 1 USD invested, One Young World Ambassadors deliver 16 USD of SROI. The next One Young World Summit will be held in Montréal/Tiohtiá:ke, Canada (17-21 September 2024).
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http://www.oneyoungworld.com
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- 51-200 Mitarbeiter
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- Transparency & Integrity, Education, Global Business, Health, Human Rights, Leadership & Governance, Sustainable Development, Entrepreneurship, Gender equality, not-for-profit, and Corporate Social Responsibility
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Learn from the experts at #OYW24 🤩 We are thrilled to announce that we will be joined at the One Young World Summit Montréal//Tiohtià:ke by: Jamad Fiin, CEO and Founder, Jamad Basketball Camps Dr Sylvia Earle, President and Co-Chairman, Mission Blue / Sylvia Earle Alliance Tendai Mtawarira, South African Rugby Star and Regional Goodwill Ambassador, UNICEF Maria Ressa, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Co-Founder and CEO, Rappler Angela F. Williams, JD, M.Div, President and CEO, United Way Worldwide Who are you excited to hear from? Let us know in the comments! Our Counsellors play a crucial role at the Summit as they inspire our Community by sharing their expertise and experiences. Stay tuned for more Counsellor announcements.
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What does an inclusive community for racialized people look like? Alfred Burgesson is the founder and CEO of Tribe Network, and winner of our Lead2030 Challenge supported by Deloitte. 🎉 Alfred created Tribe Network to create an inclusive and resourceful community for Black, Indigenous and People of Colour. Tribe has created resources like capital and coaches for its members to enable them to create a larger impact in innovation, technology and entrepreneurship. We launched Lead2030 to fund projects by young leaders addressing pressing world issues in line with the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals. This challenge was set for SDG 4, ‘ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all’. With the support of our incredible partner, Deloitte, we can award Tribe Network with funding, access to the One Young World Summit, and mentoring to take his initiative to the next level and create even more of a positive impact. Learn more about his work here: https://bit.ly/4fMXOHm
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Increase your talent retention 🏆 One Young World partners boast an 81% graduate talent retention rate, which is 25% higher than the industry average. Give your top talent an opportunity to lead the charge for a better future, get in touch: https://lnkd.in/eX6EA2E4 #ChangeMakers #ProfessionalDevelopment #OneYoungWorld #OYW24
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According to the United Nations, it will take us 140 years to achieve equal gender representation in leadership in the workplace, 300 years to end child marriage, and 266 years to remove discriminatory laws against women worldwide. Our Ambassadors Soraya Fouladi, ⚡️Dora Palfi, and Koga Nakai are using tech to address these gender inequalities and drive progress towards UN SDG 5 - Gender Equality. - Soraya is the creator of Jara, a low-cost device that delivers educational content offline in any language to girls and children in underserved communities. - Dora founded imagi and created imagiCharm, a keychain accessory that makes coding accessible to girls. - Koga created Awababy, an app that helps parents understand the reason behind their babies’ crying. Learn more about their incredible work 👇 #Tech #Innovation #GenderEquality #SDG #SustainableDevelopmentGoals
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Meet the award-winning young leaders amplifying youth voices in their governments 🎤 We are pleased to announce that Elena Sofia Motta Kolleff, Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, Kamal Khera and Ryyan Alshebl as the winners of our Politician of the Year Award 2024. Our four exceptional winners are spearheading change and ethical leadership by using their public offices to amplify youth voices and positively impact communities and countries. We look forward to welcoming Elena, Hana-Rawhiti, Kamal and Ryyan to Montréal/Tiohtià:ke for the One Young World Summit 2024 where they’ll be presented with their awards. Learn more about these incredible winners: https://bit.ly/3WSQUHO #LeadershipAwards #Politician #YoungLeaders #Inspirational #Leadership #AwardWinners #GlobalCommunity
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The countdown to #OYW24 is on! ⏰ In just one month we will be in Montréal/Tiohtià:ke, inspiring action on five global challenges: Indigenous voices: how can we put Indigenous voices at the heart of global decision-making? The climate and ecological crisis: how can we protect the world’s water systems? Artificial intelligence: how can humanity make AI a force for good? Health equality: how can we eradicate gender inequality in healthcare? Peace: how can we support young peacebuilders to deliver lasting peace? Let us know in the comments which challenge you are most excited to take on! #OYW24 #IndigenousVoices #ClimateCrisis #AI #HealthEquality #Peace #OYW
The countdown to #OYW24 is on!
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Can AI save our food? 🌾 Esther Wanjiru, CEO FarmerLifeline is the CEO of innovative AI technology company Farmer Lifeline, and winner of our Lead 2030 Challenge supported by Deloitte. Farmer Lifeline uses solar-powered AI and machine learning-enabled cameras to detect crop pests and diseases, which are decimating crops at an alarming rate due to warming temperatures caused by the climate crisis. Once detected, the device sends timely notifications to the farmers via text message, along with the solutions they should use. To date, farm yields using Farmer Lifeline have increased by up to 40% and crop losses have reduced by up to 30%. We launched Lead2030 to fund projects by young leaders addressing pressing world issues in line with the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals. This challenge was set for SDG 13, taking urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts. When pests or diseases are detected, the device sends timely notifications to the farmers via text message, along with the solutions they should use. With the support of our incredible partner, Deloitte, we can award Esther with funding, access to the One Young World Summit, and mentoring to take her initiative to the next level and create a positive impact. Learn more about her work: https://bit.ly/3X3lShA #Lead2030 #SDGs #SDG13 #OYW #Kenya #Farming #Agriculture #ClimateSolutions #GlobalCommunity
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Developing tech that is climate-savvy, cost-effective and purpose-built! Meet Hamza Farrukh, Founder of Solar Water Project (Bondh-E-Shams), and winner of our Lead2030 Challenge powered by Reckitt. 🎊 Having faced the dangers of contaminated water firsthand, Hamza founded the Solar Water Project to deliver clean and safe drinking water to underserved communities worldwide. They have developed the OASIS box, a portable solar-powered water filtration system that removes 99.9999% of bacterial and arsenic contamination in water. Each OASIS box can be assembled in just seven minutes and provides clean water to 5,000 people every day. To date, the project has successfully implemented its solutions in 175 villages across six countries, positively impacting over 175,000 people. We launched Lead2030 to support young entrepreneurs addressing pressing world issues in line with the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals. The SDG6 challenge seeks to accelerate solutions enabling access to clean water, sanitation and hygiene in communities around the world Powered by our incredible partner, Reckitt, we can award Solar Water Project with funding, access to the One Young World Summit, and mentoring to take his initiative to the next level and create a positive impact. Learn more about their work: https://bit.ly/3yw3yEG #Lead2030 #SDGs #SDG6 #OYW #Cleanwater #GlobalCommunity #OYW24
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Is the UN effectively listening to the voices of young people? 🔊 As we race towards the year 2030 we need to be listening to the voices of young people and including them in policy-making decisions now more than ever. The UN launched #Youth2030 in 2018 to harness the potential of young people in the fight to achieve the 17 SDGs. Five years on, they have published the UN Youth2030: Progress Report to analyse how much change has been made and what more needs to be done. Read the blog to find out the critical findings from the report: https://bit.ly/4fGKPqA #GlobalGoals #YouthLeadership #OYW #UN