2025 Finalists

Category:

BillionActs Awards

Wafula Silas Shoki

Wafulu leads the Peace Festival, a large-scale youth event in Uganda that brings together thousands of students and community members to promote nonviolence, peacebuilding, and social justice through the arts, storytelling, workshops, and keynote speakers.

Location: Uganda

Tanuj Samaddar

Tanuj is an award-winning Indian artist and activist whose youth-led initiatives promote education, mental health, climate action, and public policy through art, advocacy, and grassroots storytelling. He founded Youth Meets and ART-4-SERENITY, impacting thousands globally.

Location: India

Michal Greenfield

Michal is the founder of the HEALING Circles Leadership Incubator, which brings together diverse leaders in science, art, and indigenous knowledge to co-create sustainable systems for environmental and personal healing through intentional co-living and collaboration.

Location: United States of America

Yefry Nuñez

Yefry created Contractor AI, a digital platform that uses artificial intelligence to increase transparency in public procurement and empower small businesses in Paraguay and across Latin America, promoting economic justice and anti-corruption reform.

Location: Paraguay

Jennifer Borrero

Jennifer co-leads Youth Housing Coalition, training young leaders in affordable housing development and advocacy. Her organization has educated over 5,000 people and partners on sustainable community housing projects across the U.S., including the Jardin de Estrellas development.

Location: United States of America