When José Quisocala noticed children in his native Peru living in poverty and environmental squalor, he opted to do something to help. At age seven he founded a bank that uses money raised from recycled waste collected by children to create accounts for customers to pay for things like food and school fees.

Titouan Bernicot, a marine conservationist from French Polynesia, has been working to restore depleting coral reefs in the South Pacific Ocean. “Corals are the rainforest of the seas, the ocean lungs. They are so important for our planet well-being and for us as humans,” he says.

Benedict Bryan is a young human rights defender from Trinidad and Tobago. He’s working to ensure a more empowering space for young people to speak about and exercise their rights.

Lual Mayen spent 22 years of his life in a refugee camp in Uganda after fleeing civil war in his home country, South Sudan. Today, he heads a company that creates video games to promote peace and a foundation to provide access to technology to those still living in refugee camps.

UN Human Rights, Education Above All Foundation and Silatech join forces to work with and for youth - especially those affected by conflict, violence and insecurity - to promote and protect their rights and build more equitable, peaceful and prosperous societies.

In Santiago, Chile, human rights defender Catalina Salazar teaches hip-hop to students and prisoners to learn self-esteem and encourages youth to use the Arts as a peace-building tool.