Youth Leadership Award 2024

The first Globethics Youth Leadership Award was launched in our 20th Anniversary year to recognise, honour and empower young leaders from around the world striving for positive, ethical change in their community, institution, society, nation, region or even globally.

Youth Leadership Award 2024 Winners

Having received almost 150 applications from young leaders from 38 countries, we are delighted to announce the three winners of the Youth Leadership Award 2024, who presented their projects and were awarded prizes at the Global Ethics Forum 2024.

Event attendees, both onsite and online, voted for the finalists to win first, second and third places during the programme.

Learn more about the 2024 winners, pictured below with their mentors and members of the Globethics leadership team who awarded their prizes.

Aishworya Shrestha with Ravi Tissera and Christoph Stueckelberger — Aishworya Shrestha with Ravi Tissera and Christoph Stückelberger

First prize winner: Aishworya Shrestha (Nepal) is the founder of the NGO Heart of Nepal, with eight years of experience as a social worker, including roles as a wheelchair basketball coach, adult literacy trainer for adult entertainment workers, and researcher. Heart of Nepal empowers Dalit families through holistic programs in education, livelihood, and leadership.

Stanley Anigbogu with Dietrich Werner and Ariane Jaubert

Second prize winner: Stanley Anigbogu (Nigeria) is the Founder & CEO of LightEd, a company that recycles electrical and electronic waste to provide energy solutions to rural families. He is deeply committed to using technology to help mitigate climate change and create a world where everyone has equal access to clean, affordable energy.

Maluyane Titus Abongdoh with Fadi Daou and Maria Lucia Uribe

Third prize winner: Maluyane Titus Abongdoh (Cameroon) is the founder of e-Mentor, an immersive VR educational platform aimed at democratizing access to affordable quality education for internally displaced students in conflict-affected regions. e-Mentor's overarching goal is to enable one million students to regain access to education by 2030.

Globethics Youth Leadership Award 2024 Mentors

The Globethics Youth Leadership Award jury was composed of three independent members, selected to reflect diversity of geography, gender and other factors. Following the Youth Leadership Award ceremony, the three jury members are now mentors accompanying and supporting the award winners in the growth of their changemaking initiatives.

Youth Leadership Award 2024 Mentors

Ariane Jaubert

Ariane Jaubert is the Leadership Portfolio Manager at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP). She specialises in designing and implementing highly experiential leadership and management programs and is a certified Executive Coach (PCC, CPCC). Ariane leverages her 20 years of international experience and her passion for leadership development and training to inspire positive organisational change.

Ravi Tissera

Ravi Tissera is a young Sri Lankan lawyer. He has served in the International Movement of Catholic Students (IMCS) Pax Romana in the capacities of Coordinator for the Asia Pacific region (2016 – 2019) and International President (2020 – 2023). He is currently pursuing a Master's degree in Management of Development at the International Training College of the International Labour Organisation (ITCILO).

Maria Lucia Uribe

Maria Lucia Uribe has been the Executive Director of Arigatou International office in Geneva since 2013, heading the strategic implementation and expansion of the Ethics Education for Children Initiative in more than 30 countries. Among other responsibilities, she is also convener of the International Consortium on Nurturing Values in Early Childhood for the Prevention of Violence; serves on the Executive Committee of Child Rights Connect, and is a member of the G20 Interfaith Forum Working Group on Education.

The 2024 awards

As well as achieving recognition for their pioneering work and benefiting from the support of a mentor for nine months, the 2024 award winners also receive financial support to upscale and to multiply the results of their project.

1^st prize: USD 15,000
2^nd prize: USD 10,000
3^rd prize: USD 5,000

Youth Leadership Award 2024 Sponsors

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