Congratulations to the Young Peace Activists

On August 31, 2024, international educators and students celebrated the participants who worked the hardest and kindest throughout the past several months in the Coexistence: Case Study on Peace & Change Buddies Without Borders Online Forum. (Click here for a full list of participants)

We appreciate all the panelists, advisors and voters for believing in a more peaceful and just world. (Click here for a full list of Advisors, Panelists and Coaches in this forum)

Here are the winners:

Best Representative: (voted by all the forum participants among the Top Finishers)

Nora Franka Vastag -  Green Bay High School, New Zealand

Pioneer Award Winner: (chosen among all nominees by the team coaches)

Aya Samson Desie - International School of Kigali, Rwanda.

The Best Team and the People's Choice Award Winner: (ranked by panelists and voters based on their idea's creativity, feasibility and potential impact)

Team KRA -

• Ayush Sankaran - Jamnabai Narsee International School, India

• Chen Pin, An - Taipei Private Tsai Hsing School, Taiwan(ROC)

• Riko Hashimoto - Shonan Shirayuri Gakuen Junior and Senior High School, Japan

Top Finishers: (ranked by points earned through research, collaboration and participation throughout the forum)

• Aya Samson Desie - International School of Kigali, Rwanda

• Ayush Sankaran - Jamnabai Narsee International School, India

• Nora Franka Vastag - Green Bay High School, Green Bay High School

• Alexandra Campos - the Walker School, USA

• Angélica Regalado - Unidad Educativa Particular Rosa de Jesús Cordero, Ecuador

• Vaishnavi Mukhi - Strawberry Fields High School, India.

Pioneer Nominees: (nominated by team coaches and are qualified to lead a Buddies Without Borders Club in their country)

• Brazil: Isabela Alves David - The British School of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

• Ecuador: Angélica Rebeca Regalado Ramírez - Unidad Educativa Particular Rosa de Jesús Cordero, Ecuador

• Japan: Riko Hashimoto - Shonan Shirayuri Gakuen Junior and Senior High School, Japan

• Jordan: Joelle Steve Akroush - Amman National School, Jordan

• India: Arnav Ghai - Strawberry Fields High School, India

• India: Ayush Sankaran - Jamnabai Narsee International School, India

• Norway: Sriya Ramesh - Blindern Videregående Skole, Norway

• New Zealand: Matilda Jane Aprea - Epsom Girls Grammar School, New Zealand

• Rwanda: Aya Samson Desie - International School of Kigali, Rwanda

• Rwanda: Rabia Murtaza - International School of Kigali, Rwanda

• USA: Alexandra Campos - The Walker School, USA

• USA: Tara Purushothaman - Johns Creek High School, USA

Please join us in congratulating all the young peace activists! Join us to speak up and make a global connection in the next Buddies Without Borders Online Forum: AI's Impact on SDGs.