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Global Young Voices’ mission is to give a voice to young people, in order to promote the values of multi-culture, social inclusion and internationality. GYV SDGs Cup, a project in partnership with RadiciGroup, represents for us a way to give special value to our mission. In fact, through this initiative, we want to give visibility to your stories and do our part in raising awareness about the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals among young people. Confident that we will receive many applications, we offer you an additional push to start acting to make a difference:

““And now it’s your turn - the time to answer the greatest challenge of our existence on this planet is now.””

— Leonardo DiCaprio

Alberto Curnis
Sustainability Project Lead

ABOUT THE PROJECT

Objective

The initiative consists in a competition between projects, foundations, non-profit organizations or start-ups (already founded or in the process of being launched) run by young people who aim, through their work, at reaching one or more of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals. The winner of the competition will receive a prize of € 1,000 that can be used to finance his or her initiative.

Requirements

Age: Applicants must be below the age of 30.
Content: only initiatives that aim clearly at reaching one or more UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Deadline: Applications will be accepted until October 12th 2019. Evaluations will be examined on a rolling bases so we encourage early submissions. To apply, please complete the form below.

Evaluation Criteria

After having collected all the applications, we, together with our partner RadiciGroup, will select the most valuable ones, complying with all the parameters of the competition. Those applications will be the finalists, competing for the prize. As such, they will be edited and then published on our social media platforms and website, gaining wide visibility.

From then, our audience will be the judge. Facebook is for Global Young Voices the most successful platform, with more than 90,000 followers. Therefore, the application that receives the most likes (or any other positive emoticon) on Global Young Voices’ Facebook page will be the winner of the competition. Voting will be possible up until December 20th 2019.

Name *

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Last Name

Age *

Email Address *

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Describe your initiative or idea *

What’s your mission? Which topic do you address?

How did you get the inspiration? *

Describe which experiences and facts instilled in you the desire to take action. Which is the spark that led you to act?

How does your initiative meet the UN 2030 Agenda and which SDGs are you trying to help achieve? *

Explain which SDGs you are committed to and how your initiative supports them

What is the impact your initiative produces or is expected to produce? *

Describe the positive impact that you’re generating or you predict to generate. Whether if it is from a social, environmental or economic point of view

If you won the competition, how would you use the economic grant? *

Suppose you’re the winner of the GYV SDGs Cup 2019, how do you predict to invest the monetary price to foster your initiative?

Link to Google Drive with supporting documents

Documents may be: certificates, awards, speeches, NGO registration, photos, videos and any other item that may reinforce the impact of your work.

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Social Media link of your initiative

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Social Media link of your initiative

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SUSTAINABILITY

Since 2016, Global Young Voices has been affiliated to RadiciGroup. Together we have been promoting the stories of global youth who are undertaking impressive initiatives to create a more sustainable world.

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🚨GYVSDGsCup FINAL ALERT🚨 Time to vote is officially over ⌛ Now, with no further adue, it’s time to finally ANNOUNCE THE WINNER of the competition. Based on the number of likes received, the winner is 🥁🥁🥁 @samuel_teah_wantoe with his story on environmental preservation in Liberia. CONGRATULATIONS! 🎉 Regardless of the result, we still want to thank everyone who participated in the competition and the entire GYV community who voted. It has been a real pleasure! 🙏🏻

🚨 GYVSDGsCup Contestant Alert 🚨 Wantoe Teah Wantoe is a finalist from Liberia, Africa, who, through blogs and youth initiatives 👫, wants to promote peaceful and inclusive societies 🕊, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels. If you want this Finalist’s story to be the winner of the competition, go to our Facebook page to read the article and simply LIKE 👍 or put a POSITIVE REACTION 😍: that will be your vote!

🚨 GYVSDGsCup Contestant Alert 🚨 Finalist Sankalp Mohan Sharma is an incredible young advocate from India, who is fighting ✊ to raise awareness about climate change, water conservation 💧 and sustainable development to all strata of the society, progressively expanding his work from India to other countries of the world 🌏. If you want this Finalist’s story to be the winner of the competition, go to our Facebook page to read the article and simply LIKE 👍 or put a POSITIVE REACTION 😍: that will be your vote!

🚨 GYVSDGsCup Contestant Alert 🚨 Sabrina Qistina is a young finalist from Malaysia who, inspired by the importance of a sustainable world 🌏, co-founded an independent school newspaper 📰, made for teens by teens, that amplifies the voices of Malaysian teenagers at a national level. If you want this Finalist’s story to be the winner of the competition, go to our Facebook page to read the article and simply LIKE 👍 or put a POSITIVE REACTION 😍: that will be your vote!

🚨 GYVSDGsCup Contestant Alert 🚨 Finalist Priyanjali Datta is a doctor 👩⚕️ from India, who, pushed by her own personal experience, decided to start an awareness campaign about the importance of early detection in order to fight breast cancer 🎀. If you want this Finalist’s story to be the winner of the competition, go to our Facebook page to read the article and simply LIKE 👍 or put a POSITIVE REACTION 😍: that will be your vote!

🚨 GYVSDGsCup Contestant Alert 🚨 Finalist Parth Patel is an Indian doctor 👨⚕️ who is currently residing in Malawi, Africa, who is trying to provide screening services to Malawian people, who still die due to the lack immediate medical care 💉. If you want this Finalist’s story to be the winner of the competition, go to our Facebook page to read the article and simply LIKE 👍 or put a POSITIVE REACTION 😍: that will be your vote!

🚨 GYVSDGsCup Contestant Alert 🚨 Nicole Chinuntdet is a young finalist from the US, who was inspired by her modeling career 👠 to create a blog where she was able to teach young boys and girls 👫 to build their own self-confidence and to find inspiration in themselves through love and kindness 🤝. If you want this Finalist’s story to be the winner of the competition, go to our Facebook page to read the article and simply LIKE 👍 or put a POSITIVE REACTION 😍: that will be your vote!

🚨 GYVSDGsCup Contestant Alert 🚨 Neeshad Vidyanagar Shafi is a finalist from Qatar who founded the very first platform in his country for discussing 💬 climate change and fostering environmental education, awareness and advocacy 📢 for youth. If you want this Finalist’s story to be the winner of the competition, go to our Facebook page to read the article and simply LIKE 👍 or put a POSITIVE REACTION 😍: that will be your vote!

🚨 GYVSDGsCup Contestant Alert 🚨 Maeve Masterson is a young finalist from the US, who re-connected her school with the environment by building a greenhouse 🌱 where students grow organic fruits 🍓 and vegetables 🥦 that they can all share in the cafeteria. If you want this Finalist’s story to be the winner of the competition, go to our Facebook page to read the article and simply LIKE 👍 or put a POSITIVE REACTION 😍: that will be your vote!

🚨 GYVSDGsCup Contestant Alert 🚨 Libin Varghese is a brilliant finalist from India who designed an innovative, intelligent and cost-effective device that monitors electric power usage 💡 in the house and can save up to 30 percent of electricity consumption 🔋. If you want this Finalist’s story to be the winner of the competition, go to our Facebook page to read the article and simply LIKE 👍 or put a POSITIVE REACTION 😍: that will be your vote!

🚨 GYVSDGsCup Contestant Alert 🚨 Finalist Kennedy Ekezie is a young activist ✊ from Nigeria, Africa, who founded a non-profit organization that advocates for the rights of women and girls 🚺 in the areas of female genital mutilation, gender-based violence and rape. If you want this Finalist’s story to be the winner of the competition, go to our Facebook page to read the article and simply LIKE 👍 or put a POSITIVE REACTION 😍: that will be your vote!

🚨 GYVSDGsCup Contestant Alert 🚨 Jung Won Park is a finalist from Korea, who perceives education 🤓 as the absolute foundation of every child’s physical and mental wellbeing and is therefore providing awareness about the importance of a quality education 📚 for all. If you want this Finalist’s story to be the winner of the competition, go to our Facebook page to read the article and simply LIKE 👍 or put a POSITIVE REACTION 😍: that will be your vote!

🚨 GYVSDGsCup Contestant Alert 🚨 Halima Layeni is a brave finalist from Nigeria, Africa, who, pushed by her own experience, is fighting to build a world where every child 👦, regardless of race, gender or social upbringing, is free 🙌 from sexual abuse and domestic violence 👊. If you want this Finalist’s story to be the winner of the competition, go to our Facebook page to read the article and simply LIKE 👍 or put a POSITIVE REACTION 😍: that will be your vote!

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