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The Summit 2016 Ottawa: 28 September - 1 October 2016

From 28 September - 1 October, One Young World will be landing in Ottawa this year. Learn more here. 
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Attend the Summit

On 28 September, young people from 196 countries will descend on Ottawa for the One Young World Summit 2016. Find out how you can be one of them.
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Watch the highlights from the 2015 Summit in Bangkok
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Environment Summit

The One Young World Environment Summit will be taking place at the University of Arizona Biosphere 2 on 19 - 21 May 2016 

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One Young World Summit 2015 Highlights

One Young World Summit 2015 Highlights

March 3

Professor Muhammad Yunus at the Opening Ceremony of the One Young World Summit 2015

Professor Muhammad Yunus at the Opening Ceremony of the One Young World Summit 2015

January 27

Changing the world one purchase at a time: SocialGiver

Changing the world one purchase at a time: SocialGiver

December 11

Vaccinating 1/3 of the world's children: Vibin Joseph, BiOZEEN

Vaccinating 1/3 of the world's children: Vibin Joseph, BiOZEEN

December 11

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THOUGHT LEADERSHIP & BLOGS

Education is the best weapon in the fight against poverty

Charles Olusegun demonstrates the importance of providing education and support for young orphans.

April 7

Where do #IBELONG?

Valeriia Cherednichenko shares the stories of stateless persons around the globe and discusses the hardships they face each day.

March 31

Uganda's elections make a mockery of democracy

Raymond Mungujakissa discusses the recent election in Uganda and its problems of democracy. 

March 29

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Top News

Meet the Ambassador developing African healthcare one app at a time

Ambassador Nickson Nyakambi is creating innovative apps to help detect and prevent cervical cancer in Kenya and other health issues in the African healthcare system.

April 6

Caribbean Ambassadors from 8 countries rally support for West Indies cricket

For International Day of Sport for Development and Peace, Ambassadors rallied for a Windies Revival.

April 6

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GLOBAL REACH

One Young World has a network over 7,000 young leaders running impactful projects in all 196 countries.

This map shows the size of delegations representing each nation since the first One Young World Summit in 2010.

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What is One Young World?

One Young World is the preeminent global forum for young leaders aged 18-30 and gathers the brightest young leaders from around the world, empowering them to make lasting connections and develop solutions to some of the world's most pressing issues.

We stage an annual Summit where the most valuable young talent from global and national companies, NGOs, universities and other forward-thinking organisations are joined by world leaders.

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