{"id":21423,"date":"2024-10-07T07:43:55","date_gmt":"2024-10-07T07:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/?p=21423"},"modified":"2024-10-07T07:44:44","modified_gmt":"2024-10-07T07:44:44","slug":"nigerian-youth-win-the-canon-young-champion-of-the-year-award-at-global-good-awards-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/2024\/10\/07\/nigerian-youth-win-the-canon-young-champion-of-the-year-award-at-global-good-awards-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian Youth Win the Canon Young Champion of the Year Award at Global Good Awards 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"

Amara Nwuneli, a Nigerian founder of the youth-led climate education NGO \u2018Preserve Our Roots\u2019<\/strong>, won the Under 17\u2019s category; Shri Akshayaa Lakshmikumar, the founder of \u2018HERglobal\u2019<\/strong>, an international nonprofit working to destigmatize women’s health, primarily in Uganda, won the Under 25\u2019s category.<\/p>\n

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Amara Nwuneli, <\/strong>Shri Akshayaa Lakshmikumar and<\/strong> Jahaan Arora have been named the winners of the Canon Young Champion of the Year Award at this year\u2019s Global Good Awards <\/strong><\/p>\n

The announcement of this year\u2019s Global Good Awards was made at the awards ceremony which took place at BMA House, headquarters of the British Medical Association in London, amongst the 17 categories Company of Year, which went to Octopus Energy and Wild World, going to South West Peatland Project.<\/p>\n

For the fifth consecutive year, the Canon Young Champion category of the Global Good Awards, the only youth dedicated category, recognised inspiring young leaders from across the world. The category was originally inspired by the Canon Young People Programme\u00a0(http:\/\/apo-opa.co\/3TUTs7Q<\/a>), which gives young people the knowledge, skills and confidence to tackle the sustainability issues that matter to them using creativity and critical thinking.<\/p>\n

To determine this year\u2019s Canon Young Champion of the Year Award winner, an inspiring panel of judges gathered in London, including Executive Director at UN Global Compact Network UK, Steve Kenzie, 2023 Canon Young Champion of the Year finalist Jodie Bailey-Ho, and photographer and Canon Ambassador, Laura El Tantawy. In addition to her judging position Laura will provide a masterclass in storytelling for this year\u2019s winners, helping to support the photography and communication of the initiatives young leaders are running.<\/p>\n

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Each finalist has set up at least one programme or a series of programmes to combat issues that affect their community and their peers<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

This year\u2019s Canon Young Champions will each receive a Canon EOS R50 Content Creator Kit and will take part in a masterclass with Laura. Shortlisted finalists will also receive certificate, sustainably made medal and a joint masterclass with Laura.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is essential for organisations like Canon to play their part in supporting and recognizing the personal development and progress of young changemakers and by collaborating with the Global Good Awards, we work to achieve this goal. Something that stood out to me in the Canon Young Champion applications this year is that each finalist has set up at least one programme or a series of programmes to combat issues that affect their community and their peers. I congratulate this year\u2019s Canon Young Champions for their exceptional work supporting their communities across the world.\u201d <\/strong>Adam Pensotti, Head of the Canon Young People Programme and Social Initiatives<\/strong><\/p>\n

Under 17\u2019s category winner, Amara Nwuneli<\/strong><\/p>\n

Amara from Nigeria is the founder of Preserve Our Roots, a by-youth, for-youth NGO and Social Movement engaging a global audience in climate education and action. Waking up to find her home flooded in Lagos, Nigeria, motivated Amara to support the rebuilding of schools damaged by floods and engage in fundraising drives for marginalised communities lacking access to climate education. Amara said \u201cI am not just a climate activist. I am not just a Philanthropist or student. I am not just a daughter, dancer, poet, or avid nature freak. I am a representation of my natural world and my ancestors that once inhabited it. I truly believe in the power of youth because I have seen with my own eyes the change, I have been able to make through my story and the stories I help tell. have been blessed with the opportunity to see the magnitude of which a simple idea can positively impact people\u2019s lives.\u201d<\/p>\n

Under 25\u2019s winner Shri Akshayaa Lakshmikumar<\/strong><\/p>\n

Shri, joint winner of the Under 25\u2019s category, is the founder of HERglobal, an international nonprofit dedicated to destigmatising women’s health on an international scale. Her focus is primarily on cervical cancer prevention and screening through educational awareness campaigns with major hospitals, access to free screening in rural communities, free HPV vaccination for young girls, and empowering women to take action of their health. So far Shri\u2019s work is primarily in Uganda, but HERglobal is rapidly expanding to other countries. HERglobal takes a unique, hands-on approach to women’s health advocacy and ensures that our method of communication and initiative is accessible, inclusive, and beneficial to the women we work to support.<\/p>\n

Under 25\u2019s winner, Jahaan Arora <\/strong><\/p>\n

Jahan was recognised as the joint winner of the Under 25\u2019s category. He launched multiple initiatives, including the 1 Million meals programme, where 6,000 children collected grain donating half a million meals to 1000 orphans in his local village in India. He said \u201cI was so touched at our last school visit, where a child wrote and recited to me a poem about hunger and another shared how a 8 year old child like him can now make a difference to hunger. Its quite overwhelming, and empowering.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Amara Nwuneli, a Nigerian founder of the youth-led climate education NGO \u2018Preserve Our Roots\u2019, won the Under 17\u2019s category; Shri Akshayaa Lakshmikumar, the founder of \u2018HERglobal\u2019, an international nonprofit working to destigmatize women’s health, primarily in Uganda, won the Under 25\u2019s category.   Amara Nwuneli, Shri Akshayaa Lakshmikumar and Jahaan Arora have been named the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21426,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21423\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}