Reinhold works as a Program Officer at Progress Namibia. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Regional and Rural Planning from the Namibia University of Science and Technology. He leads programs in youth development and sustainability awareness programs. He is very passionate about pro-poor development and is keen to learn creative and innovative ways to be part of progress in Namibia. Reinhold has always been involved in environmental issues and at a very young age, he initiated many grass roots community activities to protect nature.

For the last ten years, Abigail Quic has actively engaged in community development in her village of San Juan La Laguna in Guatemala. She is currently co-executive director of the non-profit organization, SERES.

Abigail is helping to develop a different narrative to help build just and sustainable communities across Central America, through empowering young people to be influential leaders and through working with indigenous rural communities in Guatemala. She is engaged in leading programs that build youth entrepreneurial and leadership skills and support youth-led development projects.

Daniel Abreu creates learning spaces to deepen our connection to the natural world. He is a co-organizer of the Young Leaders for the Planet, based in the Dominican Republic, which offers nature education for schoolchildren and adolescents. This program offers opportunities for youth to meaningfully engage in ecological and climate-based thinking, and to work hands-on and collaboratively. The students are instructed in several interdisciplinary areas such as ecology, biology, sociology, ethnobotany, permaculture, mindfulness, and conflict management.

Hai Nguyen Phuoc is a Project Manager of the Eurasia Foundation & Association. His work with Eurasia spans the fields of education, special education, social therapy, ecology, and Gross National Happiness - GNH. Eurasia Learning Institute for Happiness and Wellbeing (ELI) offers experiential programs leading participants from inner transformation to engagement in creating a happy and sustainable world.

Shashank leads ‘Youth Alliance’, a Delhi-based non-profit organization that aims to nurture empathetic leaders who apply their head, heart, and hands to understand the world and drive change. Youth Alliance conducts ethical leadership and experiential learning programs for young people across India designed to raise awareness of complex social issues and support people to transition to social change careers