Starts with Y Zein Hindawi

Following a trip to India in 2017, Arissa was shocked to learn about the lack of access to education amongst youth and decided to use this experience to make an impact at home and abroad. It is for this reason that she created Project Power Global (or PPG), a global organization dedicated to bringing light to lack of access to education by connecting students from different parts of the world to learn from each other, to foster a friendship and support one another.

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https://www.projectpowerglobal.org/

Sisters, Olivia and Eloise make up the Davisville Chalkgrams initiative in hopes of spreading joy and positivity throughout their community by writing inspirational and celebratory chalk messages in front of people’s homes (from birthday messages, wedding proposal, “dog of the months”, retirement celebrations and more). To continue to spread light and love with their initiative, the girls also decided to donate 20% of profits to Sick Kids Hospital that work to save lives, find new cures and to provide world-class care for sick children.

Y not learn more and support Olivia and Eloise’s initiative:
https://www.instagram.com/davisville.chalkgrams/?hl=en

With mental health being a predominant issue that is impacting young people from across the globe, 16-year-old Eva started The Letter Help Project in hopes of developing a platform that prompts youth into situations that encourage dialogue and critical thinking about their own mental health well-being. The goal of her initiative is to instil a sense of connectedness in youth through peer-to-peer support.

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https://letter-help.com/

We all know that water is an essential part of life. It supports vital functions our body, plants rely on it to survive, it is constantly being recycled in a closed loop, the water cycle system, therefore being a finite source. It really is an extremely important substance and it is for this reason that 17-year-old youth activist, Apoorv, started the Jal Organization, his mission is "to stand for water, with water”.

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https://www.instagram.com/jal_organization/

As per their mission statement, the heart of the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM) is rooted in justice and liberation. These factors motivate members of this remarkable organization to take an active role in the national struggle for the liberation of Palestine and its people. Maysam and Elias, representatives of the Toronto chapter of PYM join us this week to discuss the ways in which this remarkable grassroots organization is working hard to mobilize Palestinian youth through youth workshops aimed at developing leadership skills and critical analysis, commemorating the Palestinian culture and heritage, developing third world solidarity allies and much more.

In light of the devastating news of what is currently happening Sheikh Jarrah -that has been continuously happening across the country- we thought this educational episode would be incredibly important for our listeners to open their hearts and minds to the people of Palestine.

Y not learn more and support the Palestinian Youth Movement:
palestinianyouthmovement.com

With all the change and uncertainty in the world today, our remarkable guest Sarah continues to spread positivity and joy in the world around her. Her passion and determination to create positive change in the world is ultimately what led her to start the Positive Change Project in 2020. Her website provides ideas on how to spread kindness within ones' own community and also invites folks to send inspirational quotes to her "Bookmark Project" that mails inspirational bookmarks to various charities and organizations to spread love and hope those that need it most.

Y not learn more and support Sarah's initiative:
https://www.positivechangeproject.net/