India’s Orion Square, the leading youth impact organization based in New Delhi, in partnership with Arab Youth Venture Foundation, UAE’s leading youth development NGO announced the launch of a 10-day SDG virtual youth tournament titled, Voice of the New Generation (VONG), as a precursor to EXPOMUN, the history-making Model UN conference slated for March 25-28.
The VONG tourney focuses on the UN Sustainable Development Goals and is comprised of debates, a talent show, trivia pop quizzes, a hackathon and more. Prizes and awards are on offer for winning teams. The tournament seeks youth whose ideas can change the world by way of problem solving and innovative solutions.
According to Nitin Dhawan, founder, of Orion Square, “The VONG SDG Championship will not only bring the youth of the world together during the Dubai Expo to support the sustainable development goals, it gives the new generation a common platform to express these ideas, find like-minded people and build synergies. Program participants learn about improving communication skills, enhancing teamwork, building partnerships, and thinking critically. VONG encourages them to enhance their understanding of critical themes including climate change, clean and affordable renewable energy, ethics, equality-equity, clean water, zero hunger and biodiversity. A societal transformation, in terms of building a deeper understanding about sustainability, is the need of the hour.”
Participation is free and open to all students. Visit https://vong.orionsquare.org/sdg-championship/ for information and registration.