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Tolulope Ayantayo

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Tolulope Ayantayo

Tolu is a lawyer based in Lagos, Nigeria. In this video, he shares insights into his work as a legal professional and SDG advocate, focusing on sensitizing local communities and influencing policies to prevent waterborne diseases. He also mentioned cultural practices that promotes consevration of water in the Yoruba culture.
Kazunori Masuda

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Kazunori Masuda

Kazunori is the construction site chief in Metropolis Tokyo. Due to extreme heat, construction during summer daytime has come life threatening. Delay of construction can also impact economy. Construction is connected worldwide as materials and products are imported, impacted by climate change in other countries as well.
Megolisi Laiza

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Megolisi Laiza

Megolisi Limpu Laiza, is the pastoralist and a member of Masai Community in Tanzania.
Laetania Belai Djandam

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Laetania Belai Djandam

Laetania Belai Djandam, an Indigenous youth of Dayak Ngaju and Dayak Ma’anyan descent, climate activist, and planetary health practitioner, shares a powerful message on the deep connection between Indigenous Peoples, land, and health. She narrates a Dayak song about planetary health and plays the traditional Sapek instrument. Through music and storytelling, she calls for a radical shift in how we define health—one that recognizes its deep ties to land, culture, and the well-being of our planet.
Daniel Ryan Sanchez

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Daniel Ryan Sanchez

Meet Daniel Ryan Sanchez, a youth and student leader and volunteer from Santa Rosa, Philippines. As an SDG-4 advocate he leads the grassroots group Hope Builders Dream Tracers and runs a weekly “Lakbay Tahanan” house-to-house reading and feeding program for children. In this video Daniel explains how storms and flooding (like Typhoon Paeng) disrupted their work and the children’s education, and why relief is only a small part of long-term flood risk management. He calls for for systemic, education-centred reforms and sustained community action. Story arranged and filmed by the Next Generation Youth Council.