Join Bob Singha and Robin Lockhart at Marlborough House, London, for the Commonwealth Youth Awards 2019 (13/03/19).
This annual event raises the profile, acknowledges and celebrates the contribution young people make to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
WINNERS
African Young Person of the Year: Oluwaseun Ayodeji Osowobi
Oluwaseun is the founder of the ‘Stand to End Rape’ Initiative, which raises awareness of violence against women and girls through policy advocacy, prevention and support for victims.
🌟 Oluwaseun was also voted Commonwealth Young Person of the Year 2019. 🌟
Oluwaseun’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/ayodejiosowobi
Stand to End Rape: http://standtoendrape.org
Asian Young Person of the Year: Padmanaban Gopalan
Padmanaban is the founder of ‘No Food Waste’, a surplus food recovery system in India. The programme works with volunteers and local authorities to collect excess food from functions and restaurants and delivers them to ‘hunger spots’ around the country to feed hungry people.
Padmanaban’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/ag_padmanaban
No Food Waste: https://www.nofoodwaste.in
Pacific Young Person of the Year: Bobby Siarani
Bobby is an advocate for sustainable livelihoods in Honiara, setting up a bio gas initiative to address organise waste disposal and sanitation issues, and promote clean energy production, entrepreneurship and employment within the community.
Bobby’s LinkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobby-sia…
Caribbean Young Person of the Year: Johanan Dujon
Johanan is the founder of ‘Algas Organics’, an indigenous biotechnology company in the Caribbean. The company develops commercial agricultural products from harmful Sargassum seaweed, unblocking fish landing sites, reducing the harmful effects of the seaweed’s hydrogen sulphide emissions on local communities and providing jobs to employed young people.
Johanan’s LinkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johanan-d…
Algas Organics: https://www.algasorganics.com
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