Cleaning Up the Future: Youth-Led Environmental Action in The Gambia with Sarra Baldeh

On this episode of the Young Collaborators Podcast Series, we’re exploring the fight against littering and waste mismanagement with a very special guest, Sarra Baldeh! Sarra is the Vice President and Co-Founder of Jama Youth Organization, a youth-led group in The Gambia, Africa working to promote environmental sustainability through community clean-ups and sanitation education. Today, he’ll be sharing more about himself, the work of Jama Youth, and how young people are leading the charge for a cleaner future.

Learn about the Jama Youth Organization: Jama Youths Association J.Y.A | Facebook

About the host: Aarin Bothra is a 15-year-old high school student from Aurora, Illinois. He is an inventor, innovator and the Co-Founder and Director of Seeds of Hope, an environmental nonprofit. Aarin speaks English, Hindi, Japanese and Spanish. Aarin is the Growth and Social Media Intern for Innovation World and a regular co-host and translator for presenters at the Global Innovation Field Trip.

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Join Aarin Bothra on the Young Collaborators Podcast Series as he interviews Alex Grab, Director of Offsite Programs at the Space Foundation.

Learn about space education, the Space Sustainability Competition (reg by Feb 14), National Space Day (May 2), and more!

About the host: Aarin Bothra is a 15-year-old high school student from Aurora, Illinois. He is an inventor, innovator and the Co-Founder and Director of Seeds of Hope, an environmental nonprofit. Aarin speaks English, Hindi, Japanese and Spanish. Aarin is the Growth and Social Media Intern for Innovation World and a regular co-host and translator for presenters at the Global Innovation Field Trip.

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The Young Collaborators Podcast Series welcomes Mr. Girish Ballolla, Founder and CEO of Gen Next Education, hosted by young innovator Aparajita Lohmor.

Girish Ballolla has dedicated his career to bridging gaps in global education. From leading impactful initiatives like College Genie to inspiring young minds worldwide, Mr. Ballolla’s work is a testament to the power of innovation in education.

About the podcast host: Aparajita Lohmor is a high school junior from Delhi, India, interested in STEM (Artificial Intelligence), finance, economics and music.

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Dior Maryam Mbodj is a grade 3 student from Connecticut who was an award-winning innovator at the Connecticut Invention Convention, the National Innovator Challenge and the Global Innovation Challenge. Dior invented the DMM007 Detector. “The problem my innovation is trying to solve is that there are viruses and bacteria that make people sick. These germs are very small and hard to detect. I wanted to create an invention that could search, detect, alert, and disinfect these harmful germs. My goal is that my invention will help keep people safe and healthy.”

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The Innovation World Young Collaborators Podcast Series host Ruth Gelaye, a high school student from Walter Johnson High School in Bethesda Maryland interviews Taylor Quinn (Tailored Food), who partners with ambitious local nutrition entrepreneurs in designing and selling food products to families hardest hit by malnutrition.

Taylor Quinn is an inspiring innovator and changemaker dedicated to ending global hunger by 2030 in alignment with UN global goal #2. He does this by designing food systems that are not only nutritious but also affordable and sustainable. Taylor’s impactful work spans the globe in over 30 countries, where he collaborates with farmers, local entrepreneurs, and global organizations to create tangible change in communities facing food insecurity. As the founder of Tailored Food, he is a recognized leader in the fight against malnutrition, with over 7 million meals produced and distributed to those in need. Taylor’s journey is one that offers both powerful insights and great inspiration to anyone who wants to drive change in the global fight for food security.

About the host: Ruth Gelaye is a co-founder and president of Novasta, an organization aimed at alleviating food waste and food insecurity by redirecting food that is left over at restaurants at the end of the day to homeless shelters. What makes Novasta unique is their triple focus on food waste alleviation, food insecurity alleviation, and policy and advocacy.

Learn more about Tailored Food: Tailored Food

Learn more about Novasta: https://linktr.ee/novastaboston

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Host of the Innovation World Young Collaborators Podcast Series, Suchita Srinivasan, a junior from Cheshire High School in Cheshire, Connecticut interviews Aarin Bothra, a junior at Oswego East High School in Oswego, Illinois.

Aarin shares about his non-profit organization, Seeds of Hope, which teaches the community and provides seeds at local library set ups in an effort to restore the prairie plants necessary to protect the environment Illinois. He will also share about Algae Air, an invention he and his high school teammates created to combat poor air quality. The Oswego Algae Air team was selected by Lemelson's InventTeam as one of 10 teams to provide funds to and year-long mentoring.

Aarin is a multi-talented 15-year-old. In addition to the exceptional things, he is doing at school and outside of school he is also volunteers for Innovation World as their Growth and Social Media Intern, Editor-in-Chief of the Innovation Insider Magazine, frequent podcast host, Global Story author, Lead Host on the Global Innovation Field Trip 24-hour event and language translator as needed.

About the host: Suchita is also a multi-year award-winning inventor, flutist, avid reader, and a podcaster.

Learn more about Seeds of Hope: https://www.ourseedsofhope.com/

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Innovation World Young Collaborators Podcast Series was honored to interview Gideon Koffman, inventor of Skirmish-Battle-War and his dad David Koffman at People of Play’s Young Inventor Challenge on November 9, 2024.

The mission of the Young Inventor Challenge® (YIC) is to inspire the next generation to use creativity, critical thinking, and STEAM skills in the invention and innovation process and to connect professionals within the toy and game industry to mentor these young innovators in their design process.

​The annual Young Inventor Challenge® provides an opportunity for children ages 6 to 18 to develop and pitch their original inventions to major toy and game companies, industry professionals, members of the media and general public. This unique and educational experience ignites imagination, creativity and presentation skills like no other, providing a means of taking these inventions to greater heights, with professional critiques from People of Play industry experts.

Many of the winning inventions have been licensed by these global companies and can be found on store shelves today!

For more information about the Young Innovator Challenge visit: https://www.chitag.com/yic

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Innovation World Young Collaborators Podcast Series was honored to interview Emily Kowalski, 3rd grade Teacher of Play’s Young Inventor Challenge on November 9, 2024.

The mission of the Young Inventor Challenge® (YIC) is to inspire the next generation to use creativity, critical thinking, and STEAM skills in the invention and innovation process and to connect professionals within the toy and game industry to mentor these young innovators in their design process.

​The annual Young Inventor Challenge® provides an opportunity for children ages 6 to 18 to develop and pitch their original inventions to major toy and game companies, industry professionals, members of the media and general public. This unique and educational experience ignites imagination, creativity and presentation skills like no other, providing a means of taking these inventions to greater heights, with professional critiques from People of Play industry experts.

Many of the winning inventions have been licensed by these global companies and can be found on store shelves today!

For more information about the Young Innovator Challenge visit: https://www.chitag.com/yic

Listen to more young innovator podcasts: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1589629
Learn more about Innovation World: https://innovationworld.org/