125 young people from around the world have been awarded scholarships to participate in The AFS Youth Assembly, thanks to generous sponsorship from bp, a global integrated energy company.
These scholarships support the participation in this incredible professional development experience, as well as hotel accommodations, some meals and a travel stipend.
The scholars include 50 alumni of AFS Global STEM programs (a suite of full-scholarship STEM and social impact study abroad programs); 50 young educators keen to infuse intercultural learning and sustainability in their classrooms and beyond; and 25 climate entrepreneurs engaged in innovative solutions towards a just and more sustainable energy transition.
Meet the scholarship winners and the Program Tracks they will join:
Changemakers
The Changemakers track introduces participants to some of the fundamental methods for creating and testing new ideas for social innovation, in the style of a team-based hackathon. Participants collaborate in a small group and develop a plan for a prototype to key challenges, and present their projects at the culminating event. The Center for Social Impact Strategy at the University of Pennsylvania is the official Partner for the Changemakers Track of the 28th AFS Youth Assembly.
- Brazil- Igor Longo Rocha
- China – Xia Hanzhang
- Egypt – Ereeny Adel Dahy Nageeb Hozain, Nouran Mohamed Mansour, Tasnim Gomaa, Yara Eissa
- Germany – Elif Nisa Isabella Rosati
- Germany/South Africa – Zoe Foale
- Indonesia – Ayesha Humayra Fayyaza
- Ireland/South Africa – Reece Slade
- Malaysia – Vimal Raj Vivekanandah, Rasheka Mahendra
- Mexico – Oscar Ochoa Sánchez, Iker Landeros Da La O, Bárbara Nicole Novelo Alviso
- South Africa – Bongolethu Mlenzana, Makgothoma Milton Seleka, Thabelo Nekhavhambe
Climate Entrepreneurship
Participants in the Climate Entrepreneurship program gain first-hand and theoretical knowledge of founding, financing, and growing a startup in climate change-focused sectors, providing Delegates with an intensive, hands-on entrepreneurship education and leadership development training covering a range of climate-focused areas. New York University (NYU) – School of Professional Studies Center for Global Affairs is the official Partner for the Climate Entrepreneurship Track of the 28th AFS Youth Assembly.
- Albania – Artens Lazaj
- Australia – Oliver Shu Wei Pang
- Benin – Karimou M Sakiratou
- Canada – Julia Tazzeo, Masooma Tahir
- China – Hanyuan Jiang, Li Mingze
- Egypt – Moemen Mohamed Sobh
- Ethiopia – Meaza Haregewoin Fiseha
- Germany/Colombia – Juan Esteban Sanabria
- Germany/Switzerland – Samuel Peter
- Ghana – Kwamena Addo Nhyira Hammond
- India – Akshat Totla, Akanksha Tiwari, Umang Atulkumar Jasani
- Indonesia – Nor Anisa
- Italy – Leonardo Cangelmi
- Kenya/Tanzania – Winnie Godlove Msamba
- Lebanon – Sara Badran
- Mexico – German Velazquez Ramos
- Nigeria – Etim Monic Monday
- Peru – Andrea Belen Vega Talledo
- Rwanda – Ghislain Irakoze
- Rwanda/United Kingdom – Julius Kaliisa
- South Africa – Fergus Eoin Nowicki Turner
- Sri Lanka – Natasha Danushki Mamuhewa
Global Educators Workshop
The Global Educators Workshop at the Youth Assembly is a hands-on program track designed to assemble a motivated, international cohort of fifty young educators to engage in interactive learning and skill-building around global citizenship education. In a special full-day workshop preceding the AFS Youth Assembly, Global Educators will develop their own intercultural and global competencies as they explore how to foster them with their learners and communities beyond.
- Argentina/Uruguay – María Paz Fourmantin
- Azerbaijan – Roman Gojayev
- Belgium – Lomme Vanderhoydonck
- Brazil – Ana Cláudia Mendes de Menezes, Jonas Vieira
- Canada – Laurence Côté,
- Chile – Regina Trinidad López Atala
- China – Chengyuan Bian, Lihao Wang, Yi Sun, Yue Wang, Zhenyu Yang
- Colombia/Ecuador – Cristian Rios, Laura Sofía Ríos Velez, Nancy Katerine González López
- Dominican Republic – Jaison Jimenez Inoa, Luis Daniel Matias
- Egypt – Mario Gamal Shafik Hermina
- India – Anushka Anbhule, Mohammad Shadab
- Italy – Angela Travierso, Magda Crescentini
- Malaysia – Lee Jia Mi
- Nigeria – Abdulkadir Bashir Yahaya
- Paraguay – Alma Camila Ocampos Irala, Daysi García Escobar
- Philippines – Gerald B. Morandarte, Ilan Enverga
- Poland – Aleksandra Klaudia Oleszkiewicz, Barbara Kobisz, Karolina Agnieszka Koźmin
- Switzerland – Barbara Elisabeth Fritschi, Corina Heinrich
- Tunisia – Asma Grissa
- United Kingdom – Mariam Dawood
- United States – Angela Scavone, Bailey Gerard-Custodio, Collin Crose, Connor Loechner, Daniel Jackson, Hannah Arrington, Kara Meyer, Katherine Moore, Lucas Helton, Mason Smith, Megan Greene, Michael Huynh, Nicholas Stuart, Sofia Randazzo
- Zimbabwe – Jacquelline Nyakunu
International Affairs
The International Affairs track engages Delegates in understanding major issues within international affairs and sustainable development, and in learning directly from principal actors in the field, such as the United Nations and country missions to the UN. As such, track participants begin conversation and planning on the role of youth in tackling these challenges.
- Brazil- Gabriel Couto Schelbauer, Leandro Fontes Corrêa
- China – Lin Peng
- Egypt – Adham Samy Saad Mahmoud ElAsfar
- Germany – Adele Medina, Feleknaz Aldadak, Livia Mai, Andre Cedric Onguene
- India – Saau Nitin Madane, Sanchit Nanda, Tarandeep Singh Dadyala
- Italy – Serena Amato
- Mexico – Guillermo Alejandro Rodríguez Moguel, Sergio Alfonso de Alba Sánchez, Yunuen Chávez Mendoza
- South Africa – Danyal Sookool, Nadine Valerian Maselesele, Khabo Thandiwe Masanabo
- Turkey – İpek Çakıroğlu
- United Kingdom – Oreoluwa Esther Sajo
- United States – Brizhay Tenia Patrick, Jace Worth Nations, Cayden Reed Dauphine