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Nancy Kisangau
Nancy Kisangau is a fourth year student at Kenyatta University pursuing a Bachelor degree in Law. Prior to this, she worked in the Kenya National Human Rights Commission as an attaché in the Reforms and accountability department. She has also worked in the government sector as an intern in the National Housing Corporation, a state parastatal committed to effectuating housing rights for Kenyan citizens.
Nairobi
Kenya
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania
United States
After graduating with a BA in Economics and English, Amanda worked for the Chilean Ministry of Education as an English teacher in Chile. While there, she volunteered for an urban development NGO that was carrying out 24 community projects and helped draft Frutillar, Chile’s successful application to the UNESCO Creative Cities Network. During her career, she has worked with international youth on educational programs sponsored by the British Council and the U.S. Department of State. She is a former White House intern and an incoming Fulbright Scholar.
Felix Mmeka
Port Harcourt
Nigeria
Felix is currently a National Youth Service Corp member serving his country, Nigeria at Ministry of Works, Uyo, Akwa Ibom. He graduated from Swansea University, with a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering in 2014 and went on to complete a Master’s degree in Civil Engineering in 2017. Felix developed a strong devotion to Youth Empowerment and giving back to his Community during his time at Swansea University from various leadership roles e.g. Sports Officer and Trustee of Swansea University Students’ Union, Treasurer of 2 societies etc. These experiences gave him an appreciation of how initiatives can significantly impact people’s lives.
Harun Momanyi
Nairobi
Kenya
Harun Momanyi is a youth empowerment expert, a socioeconomic development journalist and an entrepreneur. He is passionate about the SDGs. Originally from Kenya, Harun currently works as the Head of Kenya with Reform Africa Group, a Pan-African organization focusing on creating solutions to help youth realize meaningful employment and tackle life challenges better. In 2014, he was finalist in the Haller Prize for Development Journalism, became and ambassador for the NUHA Foundation Global Blogging Prize in 2015, a Forbes Africa 30 Under 30 nominee in 2018 and was shortlisted for the BBC World News Service Komla Dumor Award in 2018.
Victor Musa
Abuja
Nigeria
Victor is an Engineer and a problem solver. He is passionate about education and poverty eradication. Victor currently works as Cofounder and facilitator of Tech the girl Child Africa (TGC) an outreach program that seeks to engage over 10,000 girl child, especially in Africa with STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics).
Victor is also serving as Director of sales and marketing at Mingcart, a company he cofounded in 2016 to unify Africa through culture and traditions.
Victor has received a number of prestigious National Merit Scholarship awards for his dedication to education. He hopes see everyone educated someday.
Ezinne Uche
Ezinne is a youth passionate about issues pertaining to inclusive growth, sustainable development, climate change and the enormous transformations taking place in especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. She seeks to earn a doctorate degree in Development Economics and her career goal is to be a development economist in an international development organization.
Lagos
Nigeria
The Global Schools Program aims to incorporate sustainable development into schools globally by training volunteers to advocate for the incorporation of the SDGs and global citizenship education into schools in their local communities.
- Former Secretary-General of the United Nations
Ban Ki-MOON
Role of Schools
Schools are the core foundations of our society, and the world is relying on schools to prepare children for the future, while empowering them to create a better world. Today schools and educators are rethinking their role in the 21st century, and redefining their purpose as agents of change. Schools not only have the responsibility to create better societies through educating their students, but also to significantly improve the academic skills and wellbeing of their students. From the United States to India, schools are taking on leadership roles and creating new pedagogical content, finding innovative ways to engage students in education for sustainable development (ESD), and setting an example within their community.
Global Schools Network
Our network of schools encompasses 1,500 school communities in our global community of practice. On the map below, you will see the network of schools that have signed the Global Schools Pledge, known as the "Schools Commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals."
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Click on the blue icons to see school's names
"Our Primary Years Program (PYP) as part of the International Baccalaureate (IB) curriculum seamlessly integrates aspects of sustainable change, encouraging one to think and act about this, instead of allowing it to take a backseat in our lives. That is where the Global Schools Program comes in and helps us to strengthen the school ecosystem and beyond.”
— Dr. Valik, Principal of Bombay International School. Mumbai
Join the Network & Sign the Pledge
​We encourage you to complete and submit the Global Schools pledge in order to show your institution's commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals and to express your interest in joining our network! By signing the Global Schools pledge, you are committing to joining an active global network of schools, teachers, and educators, working towards the SDGs. Schools that are accepted into the network will receive a signed membership certificate from our Program Director to showcase their commitment to the sustainable development goals.
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It is required that a school leader or administrator signs the pledge, and also includes the school email address or website to facilitate communication with you! Please read the guidance note before signing the pledge for helpful information. To access the questions on the form in pdf format, please click here.
Partnership with International Baccalaureate
The International Baccalaureate (IB) is an international educational foundation headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland and founded in 1968. The IB offers an education for students from age 3 to 19, comprising of four programmes that focus on teaching students to think critically and independently, and how to inquire with care and logic. The IB prepares students to succeed in a world where facts and fiction merge in the news, and where asking the right questions is a crucial skill that will allow them to flourish long after they’ve left our programmes. The IB is supported by IB teachers and coordinators who develop and promote the IB’s curriculums in almost 5,000 schools globally every day, in over 150 countries around the world.
OUR COLLABORATION
#GenerationIB​
#GenerationIB is an online campaign, as part of IB's 50th anniversary celerbation, held until 21 September, encouraging students to work locally or in global groups to showcase the ways they are working to find solutions for humanity's greatest challenges. Read more
IB WORLD STUDENT CONFERENCE
SDSN Youth and Global Schools Program team members gave keynote speeches at the IB World Student Conference 2018 in Washington D.C. and Hong Kong.
