Welcome to July! Our Young Person of the Month is Dilanka Sanjaya from Sri Lanka!..

oana is an entrepreneur, and the Co-founder and partner of Casa Origem, the 1st zero-waste chain restaurant in Brazil, that aims to show the world that it is possible to be a profitable company that changes the world positively.

Babatunde is the co-founder of The R.E.T.I.N.A (Restoration of Eyecare Through Innovation and Awareness) Initiative. A youth-led non-profit organization that promotes primary eye care towards the eradication of preventable blindness in underserved African communities.

Muhammad is a doctoral researcher from Universitas Syiah Kuala working in the wide range of the chemistry field. He is currently initiating many research projects involving young researchers from various fields: biology, chemistry, environmental sciences, medicines, etc.

Stanley is the Founder of ArtecHubs Nigeria, which is a leading tech skill acquisition company for young minds in southeastern Nigeria. He is an award winning Creative technologist and storyteller by Johnson and Johnson champions of science, fallingwalls finalist and Google creative campus fellow 2020. Stanley was the first place winner of the OD Impact Challenge 2021!

Maria Pilar Lorenzo is a PhD candidate at Ghent University’s Center for Higher Education Governance. She is a researcher, scholar, educator, and a development professional.

Erick Crispin is a passionate youth development expert with over 8 years of experience in youth work and development. He is skilled in project management, organizing workshops and working groups, in development planning and management at large.

Damilare is a Library Advocate and Librarypreneur. He is the Co-Founder & Chief Executive: Library Aid Africa, a not-for-profit organisation that focuses on advocacy and also supports the resuscitation of libraries in schools.

Kpenseme Sophy is an elder-care advocate. She is the Founder and Executive Director of the Sophys Ovie Foundation; a non profit organization that empowers and promotes the well-being of vulnerable older people through welfare intervention programs that ensures they age with dignity.

Welcome to September! Our Young Person of the Month is Stella Chen from the United..

Lilian is a self-taught artist and creative. She does pencil art, charcoal art and string art which she regularly posts on her Instagram page, @hettie_lillie.

Siddhant Sarang is a climate activist and the founder of a youth-led organization, ‘Youth Frontliners’, committed to educate, rehabilitate, and empower youth to speak up and take direct action against climate change. He is a 2019 Diana Award recipient.

Matthew is a software developer with the City of Calgary, a former innovation analyst in the financial sector, the #1 ranked solver on the global crowd solving website MindSumo, and the winner of the 125th Award for Engineering Excellence from Queen’s University.

Esther is the Founder of Beauty Business Hub, a creative hub offering beauty therapy services. She is a self-driven entrepreneur with a passion for mentoring girls and young women in beauty therapy skills.

Rebecca is a social entrepreneur, sign language interpreter/ tutor and a former classroom teacher. She is the Founder of CODAH Enterprise, where she works to promote the linguistic identity of the deaf community, promote their culture, and foster their inclusion in the society.