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Global Youth2030 Challenge

Youth2030, the UN System's first overarching strategy on youth, guides joint UN action with and for young people globally.

For the 2026 Edition, we witnessed meaningful youth engagement reflected in

  • 78 Countries

  • 11,500+ Submissions

  • 108,000+ Minutes of Curated Global Goals Content

About 
The 
Challenge

Co-sponsored by Bloomberg Philanthropies and University of Pennsylvania, the Challenge invites young people aged 15–24 to submit a 1,000-word orally narrated video story inspired by real-world events which collectively advance the UN SDGs.

Co-hosted by the Multi-Literacy Project, entries should dynamically shape the future direction of meaningful, inclusive youth engagement in decisions that align with UN’s Youth2030 strategy.

GLOBAL FINALIST

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Anthony Zheng

HONG KONG SAR

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Mabel Gyasi

GHANA

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Michelle Zhang

UNITED STATES

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Narith Tep

CAMBODIA

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Kaiwen Tao

SINGAPORE

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Lucía Benítez

ECUADOR

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Jerry Wang

UNITES STATES

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Nahid Afrin

INDIA

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Alice Zhao

CHINA

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Charmaine Fong

HONG KONG SAR

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Samuel Kisembo

UGANDA

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Hao-Ran Hsu

UNITED STATES

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Cayden Zhang

CANADA

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Henrique Lopes

TIMOR-LESTE

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Naledi Mokwena

SOUTH AFRICA

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Lorelyn Schroeder

HONG KONG SAR

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Maphis Huang

UNITED STATES

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Gabriela Costa

BRAZIL

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Shahad Al-Yami

SAUDI ARABIA

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Atip Sookruksawong

THAILAND

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Nicolas Brenninkmeijer

SWITZERLAND

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Zidong (Duke) Zhao

UNITED STATES

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Liam Naidoo

SOUTH AFRICA

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Emilia Chi Ying Hsu

TAIWAN ROC

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Shereen Fares

EGYPT

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Noah Carter

CANADA

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Kaylee Zhu

UNITED STATES

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Justin Wang

UNITED STATES

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Kamau Njoroge

KENYA

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Prae Pothanun

THAILAND

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Valerie Hei Tung Wong

HONG KONG SAR

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Gauranshi Sharma

INDIA

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Tengyue Pan

UNITED STATES

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Zixuan Ryan Chen

UNITED STATES

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Ayanda Gwala

SOUTH AFRICA

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Yiquan Seven Zhang

SINGAPORE

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Felicja Marek

POLAND

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Chanel He

CHINA

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Tyla Tsang

UNITED STATES

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Albert Luo

UNITED STATES

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Omar Khalfan

UAE

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Hana Motokura

SINGAPORE

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Shelton Cheung

HONG KONG SAR

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Nikolai Myrstad

NORWAY

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Advaith Krishnakumar

UNITED STATES

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Denzel Fraser

AUSTRALIA

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Faith Lee

UNITED STATES

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Olumide Bakare

NIGERIA

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Jayden Tu

UNITED STATES

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Khalid Al-Dosari

KUWAIT

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Ava Li

SINGAPORE

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Shania Febrianti

INDONESIA

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Jana Haddad

JORDAN

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Bright Yang

UNITED STATES

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Daniel Persky

UNITED STATES

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Shiyu Chen

SINGAPORE

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Amahle Mthembu

SOUTH AFRICA

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Ariel Hidalgo

ECUADOR

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Luna Saad

UNITED STATES

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Samantha Dizon

PHILIPPINES

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Zhaohua Chen

UNITED STATES

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Tairan Yuchi

SINGAPORE

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Santiago Herrera

VENEZUELA

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Nakato Brenda

UGANDA

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Natalie Yue

HONG KONG SAR

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Max Zhuang

UNITED STATES

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Eshani Lohia

UNITED STATES

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Houda Merie

LEBANON

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Samantha McKinnon

AUSTRALIA

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Jamie Chiang

TAIWAN ROC

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Nannalin Pornprasertsom 

THAILAND

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Lang Shi

UNITED STATES

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Wong Mei Ling

MALAYSIA

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Kartik Verma

INDIA

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Tianhua Liu

SINGAPORE

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Zihang Chen

CHINA

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Cristofer Tenorio

ECUADOR

SEMI FINALIST

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Caleb Thilmun

SOUTH AFRICA

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Suri Dong

UNITED STATES

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Arjun Kumar Raj

MALAYSIA

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Vinisha Umashankar

INDIA

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Satara Uthayakumaran

AUSTRALIA

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Chua Yi Fie

CHINA

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Gabriela Montalvo

ECUADOR

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Lesedi Sambo

SOUTH AFRICA

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Mikaela Soriano

PHILIPPINES

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Daniel Tran

VIETNAM

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Elite Zichen La

CANADA

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Matheus Lima

BRAZIL

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Zainab Bello

NIGERIA

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Shalini Devi

MALAYSIA

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Mia Donnelly

AUSTRALIA

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Nanda Pratiwi

INDONESIA

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Reema Al-Qahtani

SAUDIA ARABIA

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Olivia Naidoo

SOUTH AFRICA

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Júlia Fernandes

BRAZIL

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Asiimwe Gloria

UGANDA

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Chansy Vann

CAMBODIA

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Liew Zi Yang

MALAYSIA

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Avery Collins

UNITED STATES

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Andrea Quishpe

ECUADOR

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Hessa Al Mazrouei

UAE

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Aisha Suleiman

NIGERIA

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Naly Sisavath

LAOS

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Olivia Bennett

CANADA

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Ceren Şimşek

TURKEY

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Sovann Kim

CAMBODIA

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Nadia Puspitasari

INDONESIA

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Ethan Wallace

CANADA

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Lerato Tlale

SOUTH AFRICA

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Elias Alves

VENEZUELA

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Zeynep Yılmaz

TURKEY

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Manolatthida Litthiboulom

LAOS

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Allan Moses

BOTSWANA

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Amelia Thompson

AUSTRALIA

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Jacob Wilson

CANADA

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Li Xinyi

CHINA

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Caio Fernandes

BRAZIL

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Mireille Mbarga

CAMEROON

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Jana Al-Majali

JORDAN

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Warit Phanich

THAILAND

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Olivia Bennett

AUSTRALIA

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Daniela Ramírez

COLOMBIA

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Léa Morin

CANADA

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Saanvi Reddy

INDIA

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Zakaria Bensalem

ALGERIA

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Nadine Rahme

LEBANON

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Christian Flores

PHILIPPINES

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Yan Jinye

CHINA

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Ivan Vargas

COLOMBIA

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Brian Mwangi

KENYA

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Aya Suleiman

JORDAN

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David Muñoz

COLOMBIA

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Grace Taylor

AUSTRALIA

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Martina Pereira

URUGUAY

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Camille Pelletier

CANADA

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Meera Malhotra

INDIA

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Reza Maulana

INDONESIA

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Ahmet Ozan Yilmaz

TURKEY

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Tumelo Kgosidintsi

BOTSWANA

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Daniel Harris

AUSTRALIA

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Karan Malhotra

INDIA

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Qu Chenyang

CHINA

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Emma Laurent

CANADA

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Efua Mensima

GHANA

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Oriana Shi

UNITED STATES

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