Where: Global
Solutions: Climate adaptation and resilience, Education and advocacy, Involvement of local communities and Indigenous peoples
Green Hope Foundation is a youth led not-for-profit registered in Canada and with operations in 25 countries. They use Education for Sustainable Development as a transformative tool to empower youth and adults alike, providing them with the knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviors to think and act for a sustainable future. The issues that they focus on are Climate Justice, Social Upliftment, Land Degradation, Clean Water & Sanitation, Sustainable Consumption and Production, Peace and Nuclear Disarmament, Gender Equality, Biodiversity Conservation, Clean Energy, Future Justice and rebuilding better through the creation of local circular economies.
Green Hope Foundation has directly impacted 130,000 young people in 25 countries. They have conducted more than 250 workshops and conferences, planted 142,000 trees, conducted 208 community cleanups, recycling over 2000 tons of waste. They have regenerated several thousand square kilometers of mangrove ecosystems in the Middle East, Suriname, India, Bangladesh and Indonesia. They have improved the lives of over 100,000 refugees and marginalised communities affected by Covid through skills-based education on sustainable agriculture and creating local circular economies.
They saw changes in the following areas:
- Mangrove conservation and habitat protection in Sunderbans forest in India and Bangladesh
- Mangrove regeneration in Suriname , the Middle East , Indonesia
- Improved health, hygiene, sanitation as well as sustainable farming livelihoods to Covid affected villages in Bangladesh , impacting over 5000 people
- Using solar power to electrify villages in Liberia that elevated the lives of over 2000 people
- Conducted 225 sustainability workshops that educated over 130,000 young people
- Policy changes in Canada to include environmental education in schools - Green Hope is now an environmental education partner for many school boards
As a youth group, they faced cyberbullying, threats and abuse from local entities in their efforts to educate marginalised communities, especially girls and women. Access to regular funding is a challenge. They are overcoming these problems by partnering with local actors and regional governments. For fundraising they are collaborating with corporates to be a part of their CSR programs.
Photos provided by Green Hope Foundation
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