Reflections From Teens on How to Be Kind and Why

Be the Change: Creating a Kinder World Online Forum has come to a close yesterday. Eleven teams of teens representing 24 countries got together for five weeks to reflect on why we need to think about being kind, and how to be a change agent and create a kinder world no matter where we live.

We will showcase the teams' video presentations in the coming days, leading up to the Award Ceremony on Sunday, August 21. We hope that you enjoy what the students have to share. Here are three of the presentations, with more to come:

• Chiedza-Matipa Banga - Zimbabwean, based in South Korea - Branksome Hall Asia

• Nguyen Le Minh Long - Vietnam - Hanoi Academy

• Lily Melville - New Zealand - Green Bay High School

• Aahna Bahl - Indian - Genesis Global School

• Anahita Ziaei Nezhad - Iran - Towheed Iranian School for Boys

• Nour Hatimi - Moroccan/ Canadian - George Washington Academy

• Saaya Yoshida - Japan - Shonan Shirayuri Gakuen Junior High School (non-contributing)

• Anisa Shaban Pisheh - Iran - homeschooled.

• Suhana Singh Madia - India - Singapore American School (non-contributing)

• Madeleine Freeland - France and USA - Lycée Français de San Francisco

• Kalash Parekh - UAE and India - Gems International School (non-contributing)

Please stay tuned for more presentations to come.