Global Good Awards 2022: Young champion award winners announced & they’re supported by a Birmingham business

From helping to provide free education to young women in need across the world to combating climate change in Australia, this year’s two Global Good Awards young champions are really helping to make the world a better place for us all.

Under 16s winner Netral Venkatesh from Dubai and Under 21s winner Nabilah Chowdury may be based thousands of miles away, but the effect of their work reaches out across the world and is being backed by Canon, from its Customer Experience centre at Birmingham Business Park in Solihull Parkway.

This is the third year that the company has sponsored the Young Champion of the Year Award with the winners announced last night (Thursday, October 13) at a hybrid ceremony taking place at BMA House in Tavistock Square, London, and an interactive live stream around the world to ensure finalists outside the UK could enjoy the event.

What else do we know about under 16s winner Netra Venkatesh?

Netra Venkatesh took home the award in the U16s category for her work founding the Dubai-based SpunkGo social media for Good organisation, which is dedicated to providing free education to 5,000 young women in rural, refugee and slum settings across the developing world.

In particular, judges called out her efforts in creating a free and accessible webinar-based learning platform to empower young women across 20 countries to achieve this mission.

What else do we know about under 21s winner Nabilah Chowdhury?

In the U21 category, Nabilah Chowdhury won for her commitment to driving positive change with her wildlife and conservation volunteer work, alongside broader climate activism, in Australia. She was commended for her volunteer work at Taronga Zoo’s YATZ (Youth At The Zoo) programme for the past five years, as well as her full-time commitments to organising national school strike 4 climate action and helping arrange Sydney-based sustainability campaigns such as #FundOurFutureNotGas.

How is Canon’s West Midlands business involved in the awards?

As well as sponsoring the Young Champion of the Year Award Canon’s Customer Experience centre at Birmingham Business Park provided additional backing to the awards with its Birmingham business printing stunning images from Global Good Awards, Canon Ambassador Eliška SKY’s photography which shows climate destruction, action, fear and hope.

The project explores the Sustainable Development Goals: Affordable and clean energy; reduced inequalities; and life on land. The series titled, Parasites, explores all 17 SDGs through expressions of the human body, focusing on the impact humans have on the world and how we have power to solve these challenges. The images were printed at the Canon customer experience centre in Birmingham, on a sustainable alternative to foam board, FSC certified Dispa Board Bright White FSC4.

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