PRIMARY SCHOOL

Jonathan, 9 - New South Wales

I am an Australian kid of Greek background and I spend a lot of time with my Greek grandparents who don’t speak much English. 

Actually, this is how I came up with my idea. I found it hard to communicate with them because even though I do some Greek lessons at school, I can’t speak the language very well. My grandmother helps me with my Greek homework so, in exchange I help her with technological things. She loves to see her old village on Google Earth, always wants to connect via video with her friends and family overseas and constantly needs my help on her social media accounts. So, we have a pretty good “business arrangement.”  So then I thought why don’t we make this bigger? And that’s how my community skills exchange program idea was born.  

Kyra and Isla, 8 - New South Wales

Our business idea is to create a cooking school called, 'Cook with Love’,  where people in the community can attend and learn to cook a certain cuisine of food. 

The food that is created during these cooking classes will be donated to disadvantaged people that do not have access to food.

We will give poor people food to help end hunger. We rely on volunteers to teach the class.

This is another way to encourage local community involvement and embrace cultural diversity.

The service is mobilising people by cooking for others and doing something good for the world also because we rely on volunteers to teach the class and share their talent.

MIDDLE SCHOOL

Grace, 11 - Queensland

I have created the idea for a GPS enabled Audio Heritage Tourism App called “OurKnowledge.” The App involves a database of Colonial and Indigenous history which links to your phone GPS, so as you travel you learn about the area you are traveling in. The App has traditional stories, Indigenous language and historical newspapers that all help preserve Australia’s heritage.

“Our Knowledge” will make history more accessible and put it into perspective. The App will make sure no historical stories and indigenous language is forgotten and history is preserved. The way “Our Knowledge” gathers historical data is unique – it is by building a Peoples Committee made up of people from Local Government, Historical Groups, Indigenous Elders, Universities and Tourist Advisory Groups.

Fletcher, 11 - Queensland

Scientists have been warning us that we will ride ourselves to extinction if we don’t stop polluting our earth.

Have you ever seen an image of a coral reef dead and plastic floating all around? Have you ever heard of Chernobyl?

Well I have made a game and app called ‘Enviro’. Enviro is an app that has 3 main aspects, Sea, Land and Air. It is still in start up stages with a few designs to choose from.

My app focuses on United Nations Sustainable Development Goal Numbers 12, 13, 14 and 15. 12 is ‘responsible consumption and production’, 13 is ‘climate action’, 14 is ‘life below water’ and 15 is life on land.

SENIOR SCHOOL

Emily, 16 - Victoria

Changing the world, "One Pad at a Time."

Providing free or affordable sanitary products to those in need. Imagine if a $15 donation could purchase 112 sanitary pads, that’s enough pads for a female for eight months. Our community had come together as I had never imagined, I felt like I had started my pandemic of support for our most in need. From a conversation with my mum about our past and how we can change others' feelings of dignity, I placed an order for 16,100 pads. OMG, yes, 16,100 pads is just crazy!

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Liam, 17 - Victoria

Kenshi Candles is all about taking action and making a real difference in the world. We do this by donating over half the profit from every candle to charities and worthy causes that help people in need.

There are plenty of people out there that are making a positive impact and helping those in need but they still need to find funding from somewhere.

The goal of Kenshi Candles is to help these groups raise money so they can focus more on reaching people and having an impact.

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