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T O GE T H E R P O S S IB L E
THIS YEAR, WE DEVELOPED A NEW GLOBAL
EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY TO ALIGN
OUR WORK AND DRIVE IMPACT. THE ULTIMATE
AIM IS TO EMPOWER MILLIONS OF GLOBAL CITIZENS
OF ALL AGES TO TAKE ACTION FOR NATURE AND
TO CONTRIBUTE TO GLOBAL GOALS ON CLIMATE,
BIODIVERSITY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
LEADING UP TO 2030.
Across the WWF Network, the dedicated
work of more than 1,300 staff and volunteers
directly reached more than 230,000 people,
170,000 of them aged under 18, in 2023.
AFRICAN YOUTH LEADERSHIP
Our Africa Youth Transformational Leadership
programme has worked with pan-African youth
networks to help train the leaders of tomorrow
in areas such as policy advocacy and green
entrepreneurship. The programme has helped
strengthen the capacity of almost 2,200 youth
civil society organizations, and supported young
people to engage in dialogues at local, national
and global levels, including UN climate and
biodiversity summits.
PERUVIAN FOREST MANAGEMENT
In the Peruvian Amazon, we helped train
Indigenous leaders from five ethnic groups so
they can teach young people aged 12 to 16
about sustainable forest management.
The teaching, which covers issues such as
community governance, is delivered in the
young people's own language and in a way
that responds to their needs.
GREEN EDUCATION IN NEPAL
We held workshops with national, state and
local government officials in Nepal to support
them to deliver their commitments under
the Green School Guideline - an initiative
we launched in 2018 with the Ministry of
Education, Science and Technology to promote
environmental education in Nepal's schools
and engage schoolchildren in conservation. Our
education programme in Nepal dates back 30
years, when we launched our first school eco-club.
Volunteers take part
in the restoration of a
dry stone wall, part of
a WWF-backed scheme
for young people (18-30)
to learn practical land
management skills
in the UK's Yorkshire
Dales National Park.
UK SUSTAINABLE FUTURES
In the UK, we're providing young people aged
14-18 with critical careers education and
opportunities to help them play a significant
role in addressing the environmental challenges
they have inherited. Launched in November
2022, our Sustainable Futures Programme has
already reached over 3,500 students and
trained over 400 educators.
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