Zayed Sustainability Prize

Health

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doctorShare

doctorSHARE is an Indonesian NPO dedicated to expanding healthcare access in remote and inaccessible regions of Indonesia using barge-mounted floating hospitals. Their floating hospital initiatives include Dr Lie Dharmawan 2 (the smallest floating hospital) and Nusa Waluya 2 (a barge hospital). Additionally, their Flying Doctors programme ensures healthcare access in areas beyond the reach of floating hospitals. Since 2009, Yayasan Dokter Peduli has provided care to over 163,053 patients in remote Indonesian communities.

Food

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Gaza Urban

Gaza Urban & Peri-urban Agricultural Platform (GUPAP) is a Palestinian NPO that is contributing to a more resilient agricultural sector in Gaza by facilitating access to locally produced food and empowering women agriprenuers. They promote locally produced food through collaborations with local women's NGOs in the Gaza Strip. GUPAP's work has benefited over 7,100 people in Gaza, providing them with access to fresh, nutritious food and supporting the local economy.

Energy

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Ignite Power

Ignite Power is a Rwandan SME that specialises in providing clean electricity to the most rural, last-mile villages across Sub-Saharan Africa. Through cutting-edge technologies and complete digitalisation of operations, Ignite has achieved unprecedented levels of affordability and transparency. Currently, Ignite positively impacts over 2.5 million people and prevents over 600,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions.

Water

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EauEtVie

Eau et Vie is a French NPO that offers individual taps to the homes of urban residents, ensuring access to clean water in impoverished areas. Their customised approach includes weekly door-to-door consumption-based payments and microcredit options, if required, allowing payments to be spread over 18 months without interest. Eau and Vie's work has brought clean water to over 50,000 people in poor urban areas, transforming lives and improving health and wellbeing.

Climate Action

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Kelp Blue

Kelp Blue is a Namibian SME that contributes to the restoration of natural ocean wilderness and the mitigation of excess CO₂ in the atmosphere. They achieve this by establishing large-scale giant kelp forests in deep waters, effectively reducing the risk of re-releasing CO₂ emissions. The kelp can be harvested up to three times a year and used for sustainable products. Kelp Blue is on track to sequester 100,000 tonnes of CO₂ annually by 2030, making a significant contribution to the fight against climate change.

Global High Schools

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The Americas

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Colegio De Alto

Students at Colegio De Alto Rendimiento De La Libertad have proposed a project to improve the irrigation channel "La Mochica" through phytoremediation (a process that uses plants to clean water), which will benefit 35,000 inhabitants of the district of Laredo. The project will train 30 students and 6 teachers in environmental management, phytoremediation, and leadership.

Global High Schools

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Europe & Central Asia

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Northfleet Technology

Students at Northfleet Technology College have proposed a project to establish an Ethical Entrepreneurship Program that will oversee the management of a bee farm which will produce honey and wax for creating sustainable products. The sale of these will provide a source of income for the maintenance of the bee farm. The surplus money will be used to develop smaller school sites to produce food crops, solar systems and environmental monitoring, to benefit 6,000 pupils across 10 schools. The remaining surplus will be donated to community groups involved in sustainability projects.

Global High Schools

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Middle East & North Africa

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International School

Students at International School have developed a project plan to improve the school's energy, water and food quality, and students' overall health, by converting seaweed and algae into edible food, organic fertiliser and biogas fuel. Students will build a plant where biogas is produced from algae waste that is transformed through a fermentation process to biopesticides. The algae would then be used in agriculture to prevent the evaporation of water after irrigation. The edible algae would be used to improve the nutritional quality of the meals given to students in the canteen.

Global High Schools

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Sub-Saharan Africa

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Gwani Ibrahim

Students at Gwani Ibrahim Dan Hajja Academy have proposed a project to construct a solar dryer for smallholder farmers to prevent post-harvest losses and increase their income. The project aims to train 300 students and 50 teachers as Solar Green Ambassadors. Students expect that 13,000 smallholder farmers and 200,000 community members will be directly impacted by the project. Farmers are expected to increase their income by 40%.

Global High Schools

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South Asia

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KORT Education

Students at KORT Education Complex have proposed a project to promote water conservation, healthy eating, and overall well-being. The project will encourage nutrition and positive change through the implementation of a school garden, as well as awareness campaigns and workshops focused on physical and mental health, fitness, and sustainability. Water-saving fixtures will be installed to reduce water consumption by 40%.

Global High Schools

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East Asia & Pacific

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Beijing No 35

Students at Beijing No. 35 High School have developed a novel way to produce solar cells with a lifespan of 30–35 years using zero water and oxygen. Their innovative solar cells offer thermal and sound insulation while generating electricity, and can be applied to buildings' facades to provide electricity and also insulate heat. This project aims to replace the windows in their school building with these transparent solar cells, which are expected to save the school 600,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity per year, and reduce coal usage by 73.5 tonnes annually.