Ambassador distributes vital cleaning supplies to community & more

Check out some of the One Young World Ambassador news that you may have missed this week:

 

Ambassador responses to COVID-19

Achaleke Christian Leke and his team have produced 500 bottles of hand sanitiser to distribute to their local community. Learn more.

Stan Karpenko, founder of GiveVision, created a program which matches young volunteers with isolated & visually impaired elderly people from his network for weekly phone calls. Learn more about GiveVision here.

My Mind Matters Too, lead by Meg Zeenat and Damian Zabielski, is reaching out to student and educators to check-in on their mental health. Learn more here.

Raghu Appasani and his team have launched the F the Virus campaign, selling bracelets to help fund additional resources and supplies for medical workers. Learn more here.

Arash Bordbar released a statement from the Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network (APRRN), which urged the international community to have an inclusive response to COVID-19. Learn more here.

Gregory Rockson launched "Mutti Keep My Price" so that patients with chronic illnesses can still get their medication at an affordable price. Learn more about mPharma here.

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Kate Robertson - co-founder of One Young World - was invited to review the day's headlines on BBC's Worklife segment and address the looming uncertainties of COVID-19 on communities worldwide.

Achievements

Salam Al-Nukta was selected as one of UN Women's leaders for #GenerationEquality. More here.

Salimatou Fatty was featured by We Make Change as a 2020 Global ChangeMaker. Discover more here.

Netherlands Enterprise Agency and Shazeeb M Khairul Islam's YY Goshti have teamed up to fight poverty, youth unemployment and carbon emissions in Bangladesh. More information here.

Emadeddin Badi has joined Atlantic Council's Middle East Program as a non-resident Senior Fellow, focussing predominantly on Libya. Learn more here.

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OYW Counsellor, Leomie Anderson

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OYW Ambassador, Solomon Elliott

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OYW Ambassador, Chris Eigeland

OYW Counsellor and Ambassadors were featured on Forbes' 30 Under 30 Europe 2020 list.

Read the full list here.

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