GLOBAL GOALS BLOGS

All of the blogs featured on this page have been written by students from around the world who have taken part in our GSL Global Goals Competition.

Every article tells a story of incredible young people who are creating positive social change in their communities. Click on a photo below to read the blog of your choice.

Lend a Hand

Our project ‘Lend a Hand’ was started with an aim to increase the quality of education for 128 students at the Udugama Primary School. Our initial reach was identifying many sentimental problems of the Udugama Primary community such as lack of motivation, no proper teaching and learning environment and high level of absentiseem.

Blue Green Revolution

Our project is named Blue Green Revolution as we want to make as many water bodies in our area crystal clear and our area rich in greenery. We noticed that many people tend to litter the beach which in turn harms many of the sea life.

(dys)LEXIA: Don’t worry, we understand you!

At least 1 in 10 people are dyslexic. These students, whose language learning difference causes a deficiency with phonological processing when learning to read, are often mistakenly labelled as having a learning disability. But opinions need to change, and support improved... as these great young minds can bring tremendous gifts to the world.

Seed bombers – Giving Garden

Hi! We are the Seed Bombers Giving Garden group. In this project, our passion is in reducing poverty and offering jobs and opportunities.

Circular… innovation

My project is about “Innovative Business and Circular Economy”. Throughout this project, I tried to indicate the great importance of innovation, sustainable development and circular economy for business in our era.

Green Castle: Towards a future with Zero emissions of Co2

Green Castle project started from a group of students that wanted to make a change. The roots of this project started to grow in summer of 2019, when more and more scientists confirmed that we were closer to climate change being irreversible.

The Earth does not belong to us, We belong to the Earth.

This world is really disrupted due to humans. Animal’s habitats are getting damaged and trees are getting cut.

Book to Remember

The main concern of our team is to improve the quality of education in underprivileged schools in Sri Lanka. For this year's project we have selected Iriyaminna junior school in Kurunegala district.

Raising awareness about three species of dolphins in Istanbul Strait and learning the effects of climate change and water pollution on life below water

Hello, we are Seaviors from Istanbul, Turkey. The sustainable development goals we chose are Life Below Water, Clean Water and Sanitation and Climate Action. In our project, we want to affect and warn people about water pollution and how water pollution has an effect on the sea creatures.

Making the Places Safe

Hi! We are Safe Place Makers from İstanbul, Turkey. Our aim in this project is to make safe places for children in Bahçeköy/Istanbul. Our goal is number 11 which is Sustainable Cities and Communities. Our problem was in Bahçeköy kids couldn’t play freely on the park and, couldn’t walk on the streets to their school safely because there was no sidewalk.

A WALK TOWARDS ZERO WASTE

We all do amass a large amount of food waste is what we perceive from our surroundings, and the action that follows this would be disposing it off in a normal manner, which is absolutely futile according to us. Hence we have come up with an effective new idea dubbed as A WALK TOWARDS ZERO WASTE.

A-Blog For A-Bridge

Our project name is A-Bridge. We named it A-Bridge since our project is about making the transition bridges short and sweet. The aim of project A-Bridge is to create a transition website that will help to decrease the stress levels of students who are transitioning in and out of KS3.

JOIN GLOBAL SOCIAL LEADERS

If you have any questions about our projects or how your school can join the GSL movement please click here to chat with our team or email social.leaders@future-foundations.co.uk.