Pranav, 17, India

Basic need(s):

Education, Health

Project:

YOUTHORIAA

Pranav is one of the founding members and editor of YOUTHORIAA, a newsletter published once every two months to address adolescent and youth issues, including life skills, substance abuse, peer pressure, sexual and mental health, HIV/AIDS and smoking. The newsletter also provides adolescents with a platform to voice their opinions on these and other topics. Additionally, YOUTHORIAA helps organize awareness camps and workshops for youth, parents and teachers to discuss important adolescent issues. He encourages adolescents and adults to actively do what they can to improve society for their own sake and for the sake of their children’s future, saying, "Do your bit, because bit by bit will prevent a bitter tomorrow." Pranav hopes to take YOUTHORIAA internationally, and one day he would like to be a member of the United Nations.

Photo: Benjamin Quinto