UNLEASH enables young people to create solutions, become leaders, and drive networks to help reach the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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Last year, 130+ UNLEASHers hosted 29 UNLEASH Hacks across 22 countries, tackling issues from climate adaptation to gender equity. Are you eager to bring UNLEASH to your community? Express your interest by March 31: unleash.org/host-an-unleash-…
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2025 kicked off with 3 Hacks in January! The latest in Kampala was led by UNLEASH and hosted by @UNDPUganda. It brought together UniPod reps and university students to tackle education and the future of work in Africa. This Hack was part of a collaboration with @timbuktooafrica✨
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Your 2024 Wrapped… UNLEASH Edition! This year, we not only turned ideas into action across continents, but also came up with new ways to ensure changemakers around the world can drive impact in their communities and beyond. 💡✨
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In 2024, nearly 30 Hacks across 4 continents engaged over 750 Talents. From supporting small businesses in Yemen to driving indigenous climate action in Bolivia, 130 Facilitators and 130 Organizers made a global impact. Stay tuned for what's next in 2025! 👏✨🎬
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Under the theme ‘Technology for Economic Recovery,’ 40 young innovators developed solutions focused on operational efficiency, market access, and customer engagement at UNLEASH Hack Yemen. Read more: unleash.org/tech-solutions-f…
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In Uganda, 20 Talents with mental health and refugee backgrounds came together for an UNLEASH Hack to ideate solutions including using digital tools and community champions to increase access to mental health services for refugees! Read more: unleash.org/mental-health-fo…
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Two years ago, UNLEASH India brought together 1,000 changemakers to design innovative solutions for a sustainable future!
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Do you want to have a more active role in creating more impact, but you’re not really sure how to make it happen? Do you need help turning all your ideas into a project? Join our next workshop to design your impact journey. Register now: linktr.ee/unleashlab
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Ready to design your impact journey? Join us on Nov 27 and Dec 4 at 14.00 GMT for a two-series workshop introducing the UNLEASH Innovation Hub, a program to help you turn ideas into action! 🚀 Register now: linktr.ee/unleashlab
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Whether you’re dreaming of your own project or want to drive sustainability, join our Design Your Impact Journey workshop on Nov 27 at 14:00 GMT to get started. Don’t miss it! 🔗 Sign up here: us06web.zoom.us/j/8200347474…
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Ready to turn your passion into impact? We’re launching the UNLEASH Innovation Hub, a hands-on program designed to help changemakers like YOU make a real difference! 🌍
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To address challenges related to the impact of climate change on cities, young people came together for UNLEASH Hack Kigali, to innovate around building climate resilience in urban areas. 🍀
Read more: unleash.org/building-climate…
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At UNLEASH Hack Bolivia, participants leveraged their collective imagination to frame problems and ideate solutions to the impact of climate change, by learning from those with expertise and lived indigenous perspectives. Read more: unleash.org/catalyzing-indig…
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It was also the first time we launched UNLEASH Plus, with 25 teams from the UNLEASH Community who joined the program to scale their solutions. That very first edition included iconic UNLEASH initiatives like OneDay Health, @Novfeed_tz, Permalution, @slamoutloud, and so many more!
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Can you believe it’s been 5 years since #UNLEASHChina?! In 2019, 1.000 Talents from 162 nationalities gathered in Shenzhen to tackle challenges around the SDGs. From that Innovation Lab came solutions like @whering__!
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In Uganda, cultural heritage sites and historic landmarks are increasingly threatened by the effects of climate change. At UNLEASH Hack Kampala, participants focused on problems relating to climate change and Uganda’s heritage. Read more:
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World Cities Day calls for changemakers to take local action for sustainable urban areas. In Lusaka, where there are climate-related shocks to food security, 19 young people came together for an UNLEASH Hack to address these issues. Read more: unleash.org/building-climate…
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In September, UNLEASH Hack Pakistan brought together 30 brilliant minds to address small businesses and entrepreneurs' challenges in scaling their growth. Read more about the cool solutions coming out of it in our newest blog post unleash.org/accelerating-eco…
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Youth unemployment is a global challenge preventing young people from realizing their full potential. In Malawi, where more than 30% of the population faces this challenge, 21 young people participated in UNLEASH Hack Malawi to find solutions. Read more: unleash.org/disrupting-youth…
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While we were in the Amazon, UNLEASHers around the world were bringing the UNLEASH Methodology to their local communities through Hacks! Read our latest blog post about a cool UNLEASH Hack that happened in the Philippines: unleash.org/tackling-food-se…
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🔌 LUZ DO LAR developed a biodigester connected to an energy generator to supply the basic needs of Ribeirinhos in São Paulo Do Açú who don’t have access to electricity.
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💻 MOVICENTRO designed a co-working space that can go around the city of Manaus to allow youth from the periphery to access a space to study and work comfortably.
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📚 SEMEADORES DE SONHOS created an education curriculum that enhances playful and participatory environmental education practices in rural elementary schools.
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🌳TERRA DE MAKUNAIMA: REFLORESTANDO A AMAZÔNIA came up with a mapping platform for restoration chains in the Amazon, to address the inadequate reforestation in Traditional Communities.
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🌴TUCUMANZEIRO NA PORTA DE CASA addressed the growing shortage of Tucumanzeiro, a palm tree used by Traditional Communities by coming up with a preservation and planting plan through a seed capsule.
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KUNAY MODA COM PROPOSITO won the Sustainable Economic Development and Bioeconomy SDG Track for their fashion training program. It supports Indigenous and Traditional Amazon youth, promoting cultural identity, breaking stereotypes, and fostering authentic representation in fashion
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TURIMPACTO won the Environmental Protection and Responsibility SDG Track. The project addresses the lack of job opportunities and rural exodus in Riverside communities of the Legal Amazon by creating cultural exchanges where tourists share knowledge and experience local life.
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Participants from #UNLEASHAmazon decided that the winner of the People’s Choice Award was RORRAM, a team who aims to prevent the extinction of manioc species in the north of the Brazilian state of Roraima, where 70% of species are now extinct.
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Tomorrow, they’ll pitch their solutions, showcase their prototypes and wrap up the week at our Closing Ceremony, where the 8 finalists will pitch at the Pitching Finals!
Stay tuned to know who the 3 winners of UNLEASH Amazon are! 😲
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and crafted innovative solutions for the Amazon’s future under the themes of Environmental Protection and Sustainable Economic Development and Bioeconomy.
Today, they finally submitted their ideas and celebrated their hard work with some carimbó and axé music 💃🏻🕺🏽
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It’s the final day of the Innovation Process at UNLEASH Amazon, and what a transformative journey it’s been!
Over the past week, our Talents have learnt new skills, connected with people from all around the Brazilian Legal Amazon +
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Stay tuned as these incredible minds continue to build toward impactful solutions for the Amazon region. 🌍💪
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Building solutions for challenges that our Talents’ communities face every day requires a lot of empathy and trust in one another, and it has been incredible to witness how everyone is leaning on each other to move forward. 🌱
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Today, teams passed their first gates, refining their ideas and pushing their solutions forward under the guidance of Facilitators.
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Stay tuned as they progress through the innovation process and start brainstorming solutions! 🌍🌟
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Talents have begun framing the problems they want to solve for, diving deep into challenges that shape the future of the Amazon region.
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The #UNLEASHAmazon Facilitators finally met today for the first time, when they had a final deep dive into our Innovation Methodology and got ready for the exciting week ahead!
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We’ve got an incredible lineup of speakers and performers who will get us inspired for the week ahead, sharing their experience as part of the backbone of the Amazon’s sustainable development. Stay tuned to know everything about our very first Innovation Lab in South America!
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The UNLEASH Amazon Opening Ceremony is in just 2 days!!!!!!!!! 💥 We can’t wait to kick off a week of innovation for the sustainable future of the Amazon!
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In just a few of days, we’ll welcome young changemakers from all over the Brazilian Legal Amazon to Manaus!
We’re very lucky to host the Opening and Closing Ceremonies, as well as the Solutions Festival, at the iconic Palacete Provincial! 🎤🎉🪩
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At UNLEASH Hack Germany, Talents worked together to address inequality issues within diasporan communities who often face challenges relating to administrative integration, social isolation, and limited access to civic participation. Read more: unleash.org/empowering-diasp…
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A couple of weeks ago, 60 young minds – more than half of whom are women – gathered at the Gambia College in Brikama for UNLEASH Hack AGRO YOUTH. They worked together to tackle challenges in The Gambia’s agri-food sector. Read more: unleash.org/empowering-innov…
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As we gear up for #UNLEASHAmazon, we’re thrilled to introduce a few more incredible Talents ready to tackle the region’s biggest challenges. 💡🌍 Their journey begins soon—stay tuned as we kick off this transformative experience next week! 🔥
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🌟 1 WEEK TO GO! 🌟
The countdown is on! In just one week, #UNLEASHAmazon kicks off! ❤️🔥😱 We can’t wait to welcome everyone in Manaus and co-create solutions for the Amazonian communities’ most pressing challenges. 🌍💡
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Last week, 40 young people took part in UNLEASH Hack India, which was organized by UNLEASH Alumni in the locality. The Hack focused on co-creating solutions to help rural communities adapt to renewable energy sources and access clean water. Read more: unleash.org/renewable-energy…
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#DidYouKnow Participatory voting is tied to Brazil's innovative history as the birthplace of participatory budgeting in Porto Alegre? At #UNLEASHAmazon, participants will also vote for the ideas they believe have the most potential. Read how on our blog: unleash.org/unleash-amazon-w…
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