KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian youth Mogesh Sababathy has been named among 20 finalists for this year’s Commonwealth Youth Awards.
According to the Commonwealth website, Mogesh, 23, is among inventors, activists and entrepreneurs from 18 countries who have been shortlisted.
Mogesh’s project is focused on the sustainable development goal (SDG) of “Life Below Water”.
He is a co-founder of the Ocean Hope Project, a youth-led group that aims to raise the visibility of ocean issues and environmental conservation through campaigns and youth leadership training.
“The group has also run educational community projects to reduce littering and unsustainable fishing practices, and an ocean literacy webinar series on waste management, reaching over 10,000 individuals across 15 countries,” it said.
The awards recognise outstanding Commonwealth young people whose projects are transforming lives in their communities and helping to achieve the SDG. More than 1,000 entries from 43 Commonwealth countries were received last year.
Mogesh who hails from Kinrara, Puchong, Selangor, said he received the news via email from the Commonwealth secretariat yesterday “and I was totally speechless”.
He thanked the lecturers and staff of Universiti Malaysia Terengganu for providing the platform to develop and make the Ocean Hope Project a reality.
Mogesh has just finished his bachelor’s degree in marine biology and is working as a research assistant at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.
The youth awards this year will have five regional champions selected from Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Europe and Canada, and the Pacific. Of these five regional winners, one will become the Commonwealth Young Person of the Year.
The ceremony will be held on March 10.
All 20 finalists will each receive a trophy, certificate and £1,000 (RM5,500) to expand the impact of their projects. Each regional winner will receive £3,000 and the overall pan-Commonwealth winner will take home a total of £5,000. - FMT
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