Anantha Duraiappah is Director, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

Is Kindness the Secret to Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals?

A resident of Dabeiba, Colombia, is gifted a football at a match between former FARC-EP combatants and members of the Colombian Armed Forces, organized by the UN Verification Mission in Colombia. 19 June 2018. UN Photo/Jennifer Moreno Canizales.
Members of a Security Council delegation meet Rohingya refugees in the Kutupalong Refugee Camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. 29 April 2018. UN Photo/Caroline Gluck.

A call to action for global youth to increase and celebrate their acts of kindness is a powerful counterstroke to the daily dose of negative news and information we receive through our media platforms.