What makes you look back at 2017 and think “damn, that was awesome”? What story makes your eyes shine brighter and your smile become more sincere as you tell it? Maybe it’s a memory, a person, a moment or all of these things mixed together into a glimpse of the past in your mind. These [...] The post What did you do this year to make it count? appeared first on Youth 4 Global Goals ..read more

If, like me, you had no idea what the human rights day is or have minimal knowledge about it, this article is directed at you, my friend. Why? Because this is something that is extremely important for the development of our society and although it is not publicised enough, if you want to make a [...] The post What the hell is the human rights day?! appeared first on Youth 4 Global Goals ..read more

“How many times a day do you feel unconditionally useful without receiving anything in return?” This is the thought that brought Vitor Belota to start making a change in the world. He once also felt like he wasn’t sufficient to make a change enough, but instead of accepting that and moving on, he did something [...] The post Bringing light to the world, one bottle at a time appeared first on Youth 4 Global Goals ..read more

By the year 2050, two thirds of the entire world’s population, about 6.5 billion people will be living in urban cities. If we don’t have the capability of maintaining a sustainable society today, taking into consideration that the population of urban cities is currently much smaller than it will be in the future, we need [...] The post Be the youth that provides the future generations with more sustainable cities appeared first on Youth 4 Global Goals ..read more

On the last 24th of October, the United Nations celebrated its 72nd birthday! The organization first came into existence officially in 1945 after the second world war, replacing the failed league of nations with the purpose of maintaining peaceful and friendly relations in between the member countries. Since then, the UN has grown, lots of [...] The post Happy birthday, United Nations! appeared first on Youth 4 Global Goals ..read more

This week in SDG X is a novel writing initiative to keep the network and the blog’s loyal readers up-to-date with a brief collection of news directly related to the Global Goals. We live in a generation where people will share a post of a poor, starving child on Facebook and will later see someone [...] The post SDGx: It is time we stop ignoring the poverty issue appeared first on Youth 4 Global Goals ..read more

This week in SDG X is a novel writing initiative to keep the network and the blog’s loyal readers up-to-date with a brief collection of news directly related to the Global Goals. 131 million young women are currently out of school, according to a study done in 2016 by the Global Partnership for Education. This [...] The post SDG X: How your country can earn an extra billion every year appeared first on Youth 4 Global Goals ..read more

We’ve all seen the numbers; a billion or so of young people around the world, and 300 million of them unemployed. Awareness had been raised, stories have been shared, youth are struggling in the job market. Initiatives and solutions have sprung up to address this situation as using education as a tool; educating more girls, educating [...] The post SDG X: Youth Unemployment appeared first on Youth 4 Global Goals ..read more

Unemployed 20-year-olds lurking on the world wide web clicking their way into a job isn’t something new. On the contrary, it has become so common that you can almost assume it’s the new norm; spend thousands of dollars on good education, stay up all night writing papers, solving equations, building projects, throw your cap up [...] The post Our Share on Youth Global Employability appeared first on Youth 4 Global Goals ..read more

Moments of silence are observed as a sign of of respect for those who have died. Every year, a symbolic tradition takes place across the globe where a minute of silence is observed on the International Day of Peace; yesterday. I’d like to think that peace is alive amongst us, living through our mundane daily [...] The post A Minute of Silence for Peace appeared first on Youth 4 Global Goals ..read more