Commonwealth Innovators

2021
Innovation
Awards Pakistan

Samar Minallah Khan, Pakistan

Samar has pioneered the use of truck art to address social issues in Pakistan. Billboard on wheels with messages and images drawn from local culture and...

2021
Innovation
Awards Cyprus

CyprusInno, Cyprus

Steven W. Stavrou & Burak Berk Doluay co-founded CyprusInno, an island-wide entrepreneurship ecosystem working to connect entrepreneurs in Cyprus...

2021
Youth
Awards Samoa

Maselina Iuta

Sustainable Development Goal 3 - Good Health and Well-Being Maselina Iuta is the Project Assistant and Founding Member of the Deaf Association of Samoa;...

2021
Innovation
Awards Solomon Islands

Pacific Islands Chapter, WYCJ, Solomon Islands

In 2019, 27 law students from the University of the South Pacific started the initiative to take climate change to the International Court of Justice...

2021
Youth
Awards Australia

Tim Lo Surdo

Sustainable Development Goal 10 – Reduced Inequalities. Tim Lo Surdo is the founder and national director of ‘Democracy in Colour’; a racial...

2021
Innovation
Awards Canada

Joy Xu, Canada

Joy Xu is the founder and CEO of STREAM Syndicate, a charity which promotes educational accessibility for students across Canada through interdisciplinary...

2021
Youth
Awards Grenada

Bevon Chadel Charles

Sustainable Development Goal 2 – Zero Hunger. Bevon Chadel Charles is the founder of ‘Akata Farms’; an organisation that aims to create sustainable...

2021
Innovation
Awards Australia

Green Connect, Australia

Green Connect is a not-for-profit social enterprise in Wollongong, Australia that employs young people and former refugees to do environmental work, including...

2021
Innovation
Awards United Kingdom

Teach2030, United Kingdom

The Commonwealth Education Trust is a leading institution for the promotion of educational resources in lower income Commonwealth countries. Today,...