Our Commitment to Youth Projects - Education, Creativity, Empowerment and Environment
Post COP28 the Beyond Bamboo team has been setting out 2024 commitments for creating more impactful planet-conscious change within our organisation and our value chains.
Our second commitment of 2024 is in support of two innovative and inspiring Youth Awards schemes.
THE GLOBAL YOUTH AWARDS
This year we will continue to support The Global Youth Awards as the main event sponsor. An event co-ordinated and hosted each year since 2012 by our sister company Round Table Global. The Global Youth Awards supports and showcases youth aged 11-25 world who are leading inspirational projects for social and environmental impact around the world. The awards are held in London in November (date tbc) and live streamed globally to reach the 74 countries that we have now received nominations from. We have created the awards to provide support, experiences, personal development and a global network of opportunities for all. This includes an invitation to become a RoundTable Global Change Ambassador for a minimum 12-months after the awards with access to all of our Ambassadors, for collaborations, events, mentoring and training.
The Mission: To create the largest global collaboration for youth empowerment and development the world has ever seen.
Nominations are already open for this year’s awards and you can nominate a young person here.
YOUNG SCIENTISTS TANZANIA
We are also supporting Young Scientists Tanzania. This unique and innovative programme in Africa, delivers two integrated and complimentary events in the Tanzanian secondary school academic year. The first is a comprehensive Science Outreach Programme covering all regions in Tanzania and the second is an attractive high profile Annual YST Exhibition and competition in which secondary students showcase their research. The Annual YST Exhibition component is based on the Young Scientist model in Ireland. In Tanzania the Annual YST Exhibition is used to showcase the success of the of the students involved in the Science Outreach Programme.
The Science Outreach Programme is an indigenous independent programme developed by YST to add value to the YST Exhibition and in doing so, develops a much-needed Science Culture in Tanzania. The Science Outreach Programme is the key component of YST as it builds much needed scientific capacity among young secondary level students and their teachers.
The Science Outreach Programme augments the Tanzania National five-year development plan as published by the Ministry Of Finance And Planning and the African Union, Continental Education Strategy Plan (CESA 2015-2025).
CESA 2015-2025, strategic objectives is to fully reorient African education and training systems towards the achievement of the African Union’s vision and Agenda 2063. It plans to achieve this by strengthening the science and math curricula in youth training and by disseminating scientific knowledge and culture in society.
Beyond Bamboo's participation at the 13th National Science & Technology Exhibition and Awards Ceremony at Serena Hotel on December 5th saw the ‘Beyond Bamboo’ Award for
Region: Unguja
School Name: Turkish Maarif Schools - Zanzibar
Project Title: Dermatological Significance Of Purslane Leaves Powder In Treating Acne And Its Antimicrobial Properties Against Staphylococcus Bacteria
Student Name 1: Ayman Ahmed Ali
Student Name 2: Juwairiya Juma Juma
We are excited to see what happens for the awesome young people involved in 2024. You can also get involved as Applications are now open.
