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...
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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...
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David is creating a new approach for fighting corruption in which high school and university students, especially from poor backgrounds, play a new role as watchdogs for public spending in the education system while they develop new skills and aspirations as changemakers.
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Despite being a well-developed democracy, Germany still struggles to include everyone in politics and set and maintain a long-term political agenda for the most critical societal issues. Maximilian aims to shake the whole system from the bottom up by training and involving young people and diverse...
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Isidora is building a new feminist movement with and for Romani women across Europe to not only reclaim history but also to become part of building the future. This new movement rewrites history from women’s perspective and prepares the young Roma women for the future by equipping them with the...
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Stefan is driving a cultural shift towards open government in Germany by changing the power dynamics between the citizen sector and government. With FragDenStaat, he combines an easy-to-use tech platform to file FOI requests with lobbying, awareness and political campaigns in order to make...
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Chérif is challenging conventional knowledge of how to help improve under-resourced schools by building an adaptable, virtual education system.
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Alison Tickell, founder of Julie’s Bicycle, focuses on the ecosystem of culture as a central, vital driver in the fight against climate change. A multi-billion-dollar industry, culture is also a profound framechanger, influencing the minds, beliefs, and behaviors of millions of people – and its...
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Rebekka Dober, following the motto “if it is about them, don’t do it without them,” is bringing Austrian youth’s voices into the spaces where decisions are made about their future. Besides following a very methodological process of youth participation, she is shifting mindsets amongst decision...
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