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Navigation Patients. New Hospital. Spiritual Care. Just for Seniors. Volunteer Services. Inside the pits, fruit trees will be planted to ensure food security for local school children. Charmaine and Thelma hope that their project helps to educate these youth about the need to preserve water, and that the students will share what they learned with their families and neighbors. Beachlex is a student-run nonprofit organization whose mission is to raise awareness of ocean conservation issues, particularly among Gen Z.

They provide educational content online through a blog, social media, and interviews with marine scientists and activists, as well as host beach cleanups in southern New England. As a Fellowship grantee, they hope to expand their reach and programming to activate more young ocean activists. The Himalayas are largely water-scarce, as much of the rainfall flows into the rivers and ends up in the ocean. Although the water temple is a good source of perennial water, due to lack of regular maintenance, it is used sparingly.

By creating murals on the walls around the water temple, Udayan aims to highlight the water heritage of the Himalayas, the importance of the water cycle, and the interconnectivity among the various elements of nature.

The murals will also depict the rich cultural and social activities that once revolved around the water temple before piped water supplies arrived.

In , Zuzanna created Thriving Corals, a youth-driven program in which high school students create interdisciplinary, engaging lesson plans and activities that combine science, art, and the humanities around ocean literacy principles. The ACLU is engaged in several state-based campaigns to promote policy and legislative changes to end the over-incarceration of children and provide them with the tools they need to grow into healthy and productive adults.

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