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Kuir Akech: Empowering Youth through Study-friendly Spaces

May 04, 2023 Posted by: George Romar Bor,  Kuir Akech,  SDG 16,  SDG 4,  South Sudan
Kuir Akech: Empowering Youth through Study-friendly Spaces

Kuir: Happy to be with you, Spiffy! I began by working on the Community Peace Initiative, which uses educational programs such as debates, workshops, radio programs, and writing competitions to bring about durable peace and stability in South Sudan. The Community Peace Initiative became my Rise Project too, part of a global initiative by Schmidt Futures. In 2021, my purpose expanded, and I started “Edupower Youth Foundation” and merged it with the Community Peace Initiative to serve my community at a broader scale. Its mission is to empower youth in education through the creation of study- and research-friendly spaces (like libraries) to promote shared learning, curiosity, and diversity among students and communities. Our initiatives include voluntary service, back-to-school programs, entrepreneurial leadership, and libraries.

Tom Casson: Transforming Lives through Sport

May 02, 2023 Posted by: George Romar Manchester,  SDG 10,  SDG 16,  SDG 4,  SDG 8,  Tom Casson,  UK
Tom Casson: Transforming Lives through Sport
Tom: Glad to be with you, Spiffy! Special Olympics Great Britain (GB) is a non-profit organization and the largest provider of year-round sports training and athletic competition in summer and winter sports for children and adults of ALL abilities who have intellectual disabilities, also known as learning disabilities. Special Olympics GB is so much more than just a sport organization—we genuinely transform lives. Through sport we provide opportunities for our athletes to make friends, learn social skills, feel part of a community, increase confidence and self-esteem, realize potential, develop physical fitness and mental well-being, demonstrate courage and experience joy and pride. And, above all, we provide a chance for both athletes and their families to have some FUN!

Gargi Sharma: Developing Wildlife Conservation Interventions in India

Apr 14, 2023 Posted by: George Romar Bengaluru,  Gargi Sharma,  India,  SDG 15,  SDG 16,  SDG 17
Gargi Sharma: Developing Wildlife Conservation Interventions in India
Gargi: Glad to be with you, Spiffy! I work as a project manager with the Counter Wildlife Trafficking project of WCS-India. I broadly develop conservation interventions to address illegal wildlife trade (IWT) that happens at and through the northeast region of India. This region falls under the Indo-Burma biodiversity hotspot and is home to several commercially sought after species, many of which are endemic! IWT brings with itself several critical issues such as local extirpations of species, introduction of zoonosis, threat to national security, etc. I work in partnerships with relevant stakeholders such as enforcement agencies, local communities, and educators to raise the profile of IWT, to build their capacity to counter IWT, and develop research to better understand IWT.