TOGETHER, we can

I have been a core team member for GCED Youth Network since 2019. I attended the 3rd Youth Leadership workshop on GCED in 2017 in Jeju, South Korea. My area of interest are Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR), Human Rights and Climate Change

• Country of Residence: Australia
• Country of Origin: Bhutan
• Areas of Expertise/Study: Digital Marketing
• (Website management, social media marketing,video editing, content marketing, designing)
• Contact: zangmotshering93@gmail.com

We are all made by me, you, us and the other

I've been involved in GCED initiatives for a long time, since my teenager years. But I did not know that it was called that. I attended the 3rd Youth Leadership Workshop on GCED in June of 2017. Later on I joined the GCED Youth Network in 2018 as part of the Core Team. I studied Political Science, International Relationships and Journalism. I'm currently completing my master degree in Development Studies. I've been involved in civil society organizations for several years. Profesionally I have experience in working in local and international development organizations mainly around youth development programing.

• Country of Residence: Sweden
• Country of Origin: Guatemala
• Areas of Expertise/Study: Political Science, International Relations, Development Studies, International Development, Knowledge Management. Youth training, advocacy, educators training.
• Contact: dmanrique967@gmail.com

Think globally, do locally

Hello! I am Valeriia. After facing war at the age of sixteen, I received help from community organizations which raised a belief in myself that being Global Citizens we make a better world. Since then, I have never lost that belief and by promoting GCED in my local community and advocating GCED on a global level, I make my local and global communities more invoilved in SDGs, and more caring about others. As a faciliator and Young professional, I like implementing practical and creative approaches to promoting GCED.

• Country of Residence: Ukraine
• Country of Origin: Ukraine
• Areas of Expertise/Study: Peacebuilding(mediation, simulation), community transformation, conflict resolution, social entreprenership, NGO/donor accountancy and (non)-financal reporting and audit, media literacy, approaches to education and material development, AIDs and Global health and Wellbeing(consulting on material development, promotion.
• Contact: Valeriia.Moroz@watsomn.is / Valeriya.moroz110498@gmail.com

Every action matters

I am a theatre practitioner and cultural entrepreneur from Lahore. I am the co-founder of Tamasha, a project of The Little Art, and ASSITEJ Pakistan that aims to empower youth through theater and performing arts. Being a gender equality activist, I have worked with UNESCO, UN-Women Pakistan, Swedish Embassy Pakistan, Women Deliver and EU in Pakistan on various projects to raise voice for girls and empower domestically abused and acid survivor women of Pakistan. I focus on SGDs 4 and 5.

• Country of Residence: Pakistan
• Country of Origin: Pakistan
• Areas of Expertise/Study: Culture & Development Sector, Performing Arts, Trainings and Large Scale Events
• Contact: umair@thelittleart.org

Think big, Start Small, Act now

started my professional work as a volunteer for NGOs, had my radio talk show about youth problems at the National Radio of Moldova and acted as a member of the Children Parliament. Since 2009 till 2016 represented youth voice at United Nations in Moldova and at the international level, working with regional and head quarter offices of UN Agencies and acted as Eastern Europe and Central Asia Youth Representative on Education at the United Nations, within the initiative of eighth Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, called UN Global Education First Initiative. In 2016, together with my colleagues and support from UNESCO HQ and UNESCO APCEIU, initiated the international youth network on Global Citizenship Education and acted as facilitator for youth advocacy workshops organized for youth by UNESCO APCEIU. At the national level I founded one of the largest youth peer to peer education networks in Moldova, I did community organizing, adult civic education and organized several Get Out The Vote campaigns. I do love people and I find everyone to be special and interesting if they know how to develop their strengths. I am co-author of two guides about youth advocacy tools and helped hundreds of young people around the world to start changing their life and become leaders in their communities.

• Country of Residence: Moldova
• Country of Origin: Moldova
• Areas of Expertise/Study: Civic Education, Health Education, Advocacy, Youth Rights, Leadership. Community Organizing, Citizens participation
• Contact: annasusarenco@gmail.com

I'm a citizen of the world before anything else
and I should fight for it's good

Hi :D Professionally, I work as an Emergency medicine doctor, but I have been involved in GCED activities long ago, from starting an initiative to fight climate change in middle school till working as a team leader and project coordinator for different NGOs in the later years. I have participated in the 4th youth leadership workshop on GCED in 2018 and have been a core team member of the network since 2019. I'm an internationally certified essential skills trainer as well, I have delivered more than 100 hrs to participants from almost 30 countries on topics like advocacy, leadership, capacity building, activity design, innovation, communication & presentation skills and project management.

• Country of Residence: Egypt
• Country of Origin: Egypt
• Areas of Expertise/Study: Medicine, Education, Public and Reproductive health, Gender equality and filmmaking.
• Contact: dnetelkenawi@gmail.com

There is no social transformation
without personal change

As a first-generation student, I have embraced diversity, culture, and most importantly the spirit of education as a force to unite and transform communities. I have a Bs. in Communication for Development from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru and during the last years, I have been involved in Youth Engagement, Gender Issues, and Civic Dialogue programs with national and international organizations such as UNESCO, USAID, Youth Opportunities, America Solidaria NGO and Partner of the Americas. Member of the Peruvian Community of U.S. Exchange Alumni and Indonesia BDSC Program. Last year, I participated in the 7th Youth Leadership Workshop on GCED becoming a current GCED Online Campus Youth Ambassador. From 2021 until now, a fellow from the Ban Ki-Moon Centre for Global Citizens and the founder of the GCED Peruvian Laboratory platform where I implement the Ñuqanchik: Youth Digital Voices for SDGs Project.

• Country of Residence: Peru
• Country of Origin: Peru
• Areas of Expertise/Study: Communication for Development, Education in Global Solidarity, Youth-Led Community Transformation, Civic Dialogue, Social Project Design, Youth Leadership, Strategic Partnerships, International Development, Youth Mentoring, Scholarships, Grants
• Contact: kellyquispe03@gmail.com

"Ubuntu" I am because we are

I believe in the value and sanctity of all human life, and that every human deserves respect at the barest minimum. This philosophy has guided my interaction and given purpose to my life; developing competence in intercultural communications, peace-building and community development. As an undergraduate I started as a volunteer for local NGOs, grew in this area and began working as the founder of a volunteer initiative promoting literacy for children in underserved public schools. Simultaneously, I worked full-time as a Project Manager for a Foundation using arts to drive education and community development. After a eureka moment in 2018, I realized the power of stories and pivoted to video production and documentary storytelling, which led me on a journey of learning, and growth. On this journey I have documented ‘socially responsible’ stories through ‘The Identity Project’; a social enterprise I currently lead. Our aim is to build bridges and points of human connection between people of diverse backgrounds through stories, shared humanity, empathy and understanding.   

• Country of Residence: Netherland
• Country of Origini: Nigeria
• Areas of Expertise/Study: Communications, Video Production & Editing, Storytelling, Human Rights, Volunteerism, Peacebuilding & Conflict Resolution, Project Management, Community building
• Contact: inioluwaodekunle@gmail.com

Transforming Individuals into Communities of Care

I am a Peace Education, Sustainability and Development practitioner from Sri Lanka. My interests fall under the intersections of transformative and critical pedagogy, community-based solutions and people power, social empowerment, transdisciplinary research, and decolonization. As an advocate in grounded social justice and peace, I strongly believe inalternative approaches to development, justice and healing, the power of play and local wisdom in indigenous practices. I am an alumnusfrom the 05th Youth Leadership Workshop on GCED and a 2022/23 Asian Peacebuilders Scholarship Scholar, graduating from the University for Peace (UN-Mandated) and Ateneo de Manila University. I was also awarded with the UNESCO APCEIU Global Citizen Award for my contribution in GCED and EIU best practices in 2021.

• Country of Residence: Sri Lanka
• Country of Origin: Sri Lanka
• Areas of Expertise/Study: Peace Education, Education for Sustainability, Conflict Transformation, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Nonviolence, Community Action Research, Decolonization, Restorative and Indigenous Practices, Alternative Development, Emerging Technologies and Foresight
• Contact: ogunathilake@master.upeace.org