Congratulations to the 16 winners of the YouthLead #Reaching16 Essay Contest! Since December 2020, YouthLead, and partner United Nations Development Programme, has been running the #Reaching16 campaign, which promotes just, peaceful, and inclusive societies. Part of the campaign was an essay contest in which we invited young changemakers from around the globe to submit personal essays highlighting the important peacebuilding work they or someone they know is doing to ensure their community is #Reaching16. The finalists were selected because of the power and impact they conveyed through their essays.  

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