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Five Egyptians among 100 winners of UNESCO-SEVENTEEN youth creativity grant scheme
Five Egyptians were named among 100 winners of the UNESCO x SEVENTEEN ‘Going Together – For Youth Creativity and Well-Being’ grant scheme, which included three main categories; promoting youth confidence and resilience through music, arts, and sports, building creative communities together with youth and supporting youth mental health and well-being.
Four Egyptians were named winners under the category of building creative communities together with youth; namely Ahmed Saad for Creativity and Innovation in Education Program, Ebram Tawfik for Empower Her Arts, Mohamed Ghanem for Unify and Nada Fayed, for Al-Arish Castle Revitalization Project in North Sinai
Also, Egypt’s Esraa Sayed Abd Elgaber, Lazhu, was named winner under the category of Supporting youth mental health and well-being.
UNESCO and SEVENTEEN, Goodwill Ambassador for Youth, launched a call for innovative youth-led projects across the globe as part of the ‘Going Together – For Youth Creativity and Well-Being’ initiative. One hundred proposals from young leaders, entrepreneurs and youth organizations were selected by a jury to help them create and implement solutions on the ground.
The call reached over 2300 applicants from 140 countries. This clearly shows young people’s commitment to social engagement and their need for support to achieve their goals and create change.
Upon their nomination as the first-ever UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for Youth in June 2024, SEVENTEEN donated $1 million to support this joint grant scheme.
This program will help participants reach their full potential. Each participant receives a grant together with training sessions and mentoring throughout the development of their projects. The program starts with a capacity-strengthening phase to support the grantees to make a significant impact with their projects.
The one hundred best proposals were selected by a global jury composed of representatives of UNESCO and five young leaders from around the world.
The one hundred grantees will implement projects aiming to address challenges related to the aforementioned three main categories.
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