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Migration and exile deprive people of agency. Myra seeks to transform the experience of people on the move (migrants and refugees) to one in which they quickly become active contributors to the common good in their new home and homeland.

Maria makes reading a public matter, based on research that shows how reading is associated with creative and entrepreneurial thinking. Through her Seven Golden Rules and her organization, The Universal Reading Foundation, Maria is advancing collaborative work with key stakeholders promoting reading...

The lives of caregivers of persons with disabilities have been reduced to helping others, and their own needs and potential have been dismissed. Olga created a national network of support for caregivers to back them up and free their potential.

By reimagining farming as land stewardship and connecting it to a larger ecosystem committed to climate action, Bryan cultivates pride amongst farmers and catalyzes them to build social capital that bridges the rural-urban divide.

Dylan is using bottom-up innovation to secure universal access to safe water. He does this by putting rural communities at the center of designing, building, and spreading cutting-edge yet affordable systems to obtain clean water while also improving data on water issues to identify the most...

Chris is bringing a career readiness program to students of Government Colleges in India, thus preparing a large percentage of the population to be career ready, resilient, and successful for the job market.

Uma Chatterjee is putting survivors of trafficking at the center of India’s anti-trafficking movement. She is catalyzing them to become first-generation leaders, entrepreneurs and policy advocates who change the narratives and practices of their sector. These ‘survivor-changemakers’ are setting up...

Martín relies on the power of experimentation, innovation and community experiences as drivers to install a new approach to sustainability in formal and non-formal education in Latam.

Dr. Sunderrajan Krishnan works to tackle the myriad health issues stemming from widespread water contamination in India. In order to do so, he has created a movement that mobilizes citizens as changemakers in the form of custodians of safe drinking water sources, remediators of polluted sources, and...

Koen Timmers is building a global movement of young people and teachers to enable climate change curricula reform in schools around the world. Through a non-alarmist, solution-oriented approach, Koen is linking local climate action with global empathy-building processes. He empowers teachers to...