Through the #MyLittleBigThing platform, young people will find the resources they need to harness their energy, innovation, and drive to develop SDG-led solutions. #MyLittleBigThing provides:
- Facilitation and Report Writing – #MyLittleBigThing facilitates discussions as well as writes white papers on SDGs and Sustainability related topics for our strategic partners. Various reports and white papers can be found on our website. This year, we will lay a special emphasis on the ‘Green Agenda’, focusing on SDGs 12 to 15.
We are also seeking a database of partners, stakeholders, and leaders in the SDG ecosystem and sign-ups of Memorandum of Understanding (MOU’s) with relevant partners to support #MyLittleBigThing SDGs campaigns and facilitate this learning.
- Awareness Campaigns – We will run media campaigns as well as conduct #MyLittleBigThing SDGs webinars and social media campaigns throughout the year.
- Partner events – We continue to actively participate in SDGs-related events and engagements as invited to participate by our partners.
We have in the past partnered with Trends and Insights For Africa (TIFA) Research to conduct a survey to understand youth awareness and perceptions towards the SDGs. The research revealed that there is little or no formal training or support of the SDGs and on average, the awareness for the 17 SDGs for university students in Kenya is lower than the global awareness. The SDGs with the highest awareness are:
As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, we re-engineered the #MyLittleBigThing Challenge by enhancing our programs and presence and taking everything online. We conducted weekly SDGs webinars that created more awareness about the SDGs, which led to better quality competition entries and also acted as online networking forums, enabling us to expand our reach to young people from all over Africa.