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🇪🇺 Global Youth Mobilization · European Union Ongoing Mar – Nov 2026

Climate & Health Guardians: Resilient Schools for Resilient Futures

A youth-led initiative addressing the health impacts of climate change, from smog and extreme heat to floods and waterborne diseases, through school-based education, community engagement, and Climate Health Ambassadors in girls' schools.

Gujar Khan, Punjab · Nasirabad, Balochistan 200 students · 20 teachers · 100 mothers 4 girls' schools
200Students reached
20Teachers trained
100Mothers engaged
300+Community reached
4Girls' schools
Key activities
  • Climate & Health Awareness Sessions: smog, respiratory illness, flood health risks, waterborne diseases, personal preparedness
  • Community Resilience Sessions: safe water, hygiene, disaster preparedness, climate adaptation at household level for mothers and parents
  • Teacher Capacity Building: climate health concepts and classroom integration strategies
  • Student Climate Health Ambassadors: peer campaigns, school outreach, and advocacy (in progress)
  • School-Based Climate Resilience Centers: learning and preparedness hubs with educational materials and emergency resources (upcoming)
Progress status
  • ✅ Climate & Health training sessions, completed
  • ✅ Community awareness sessions, completed
  • ✅ Teacher capacity building workshops, completed
  • 🔄 Student-led climate action initiatives, ongoing
  • ⏳ School-based Climate Resilience Centers, upcoming
Funded by
🇪🇺 European UnionGlobal Youth Mobilization
SDGs addressed
SDG 3SDG 4SDG 5SDG 11SDG 13SDG 17
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🌿 VVOB · Office for Climate Education Ongoing 2024 – Present

Climate Resilient Schools & Communities Initiative

Launched following CCC's international recognition at TeacherCOP29, this initiative transforms schools into local climate resilience hubs through student-led projects, eco-entrepreneurship, community theatre, mothers' engagement, and weather monitoring stations.

Haripur · Chitral · Lakki Marwat · Gujar Khan · Kasur · Islamabad Students, teachers, mothers
6Districts / locations
Multi-prov.KP, Punjab, Islamabad
🏆 1stTeacherCOP29 · Greening Teachers
OngoingActive 2024–present
Six innovation models
  • Green Schools Innovation (Haripur): students designed automated irrigation systems; 20+ plants, waste segregation, mothers' awareness sessions
  • Eco-Entrepreneurship (Gujar Khan): student-led Eco Market exhibitions, green product development, mothers' climate sessions
  • Climate Resilience in Schools (Kasur): teacher training, student climate action projects, mother engagement
  • Community-Based Climate Ed (Chitral): remote/underserved community schools, girls' education, sustainable living demonstrations
  • Climate Action Theatre (Gujar Khan): student script-writing, community performances, mother-supported costume preparation
  • Climate Baithak (Rural Islamabad): women-led community dialogue on climate challenges and local solutions
Special innovations
  • Weather monitoring stations installed in Chitral schools
  • Eco Bazaar (Gujar Khan), student-led green product exhibitions
  • Automated school irrigation system (Haripur), student-designed STEM solution
  • Climate Baithak published in Beyond Borders book
Supported by
VVOBOffice for Climate Education (OCE)
SDGs addressed
SDG 4SDG 5SDG 6SDG 11SDG 12SDG 13SDG 15
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🇺🇸 U.S. Embassy Islamabad · Atlas Corps Completed Jan – Apr 2024

Climate Education, Peacebuilding & Youth Leadership Initiative

CCC's first funded project, integrating climate literacy, social cohesion, religious harmony, and girls' leadership across public schools in Islamabad Capital Territory.

Islamabad Capital Territory Students, teachers, parents SDG 4 · 5 · 10 · 13 · 16
5+Schools engaged
90+Youth exchange participants
60+Girls in climate sessions
Jan–Apr 2024Project duration
Key activities
  • Youth activism sessions empowering girls and boys equally through climate games and brainstorming
  • Dedicated session on climate change and girls' education with 60+ female students
  • Religious harmony dialogue for Grade 8 students on tolerance and peaceful coexistence
  • School–university youth exchange (90+ participants) on climate resilience and peacebuilding
  • Large-scale "Learning for Lasting Peace" community event with panel discussions and art exhibitions
  • Street awareness campaign on waste management and environmental stewardship
  • Unity in Diversity sessions on social cohesion, empathy, and inclusion
Geographic coverage
  • Chak Shahzad, G-12 Islamabad
  • Tarnol, Barakahu, Jhangi Syedan
Partner organisations
🇺🇸 U.S. Embassy Islamabad Atlas Corps Pakistan Coalition for Education SAQE QAU Literary Society Federal Directorate of Education
SDGs addressed
SDG 4SDG 5SDG 10SDG 13SDG 16SDG 17
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🏛️ GBeeTechHive · MoFEPT Completed 22–25 Jan 2025

Environmental Education & Entrepreneurship Teacher Training Program

Two-stream MoFEPT teacher training initiative: 1,500 teachers trained in the Environment for Living (EFL) curriculum (ECE–Grade 8), and a separate 1500 teachers trained in Entrepreneurship Education (Grades 6–8), delivered across 12 cluster venues in ICT.

Islamabad Capital Territory · 12 venues 3000 teachers total · 60% female ECE – Grade 8
1,500EFL teachers trained
1500Entrepreneurship teachers
3000Total teachers reached
60%Female educators
12Training venues (ICT)
13Expert trainers deployed
Training 1 · Environment for Living (EFL)
1,500teachers · ECE – Grade 8 · 60% female
  • Weather, climate, water resources, oceans and global climate systems
  • Ecology, biodiversity, food and environment, environmental health
  • Climate change and society, renewable energy, sustainable cities
  • Environmental conservation, sustainability, and development
  • Hands-on activities, group work, and classroom application planning
Training 2 · Entrepreneurship Education
1500teachers · Grades 6–8
  • Entrepreneurial mindset, opportunity identification, market research
  • Business planning, e-commerce, social entrepreneurship
  • Design thinking, AI in business, digital financial literacy
  • Pitching, communication, and teamwork skills
Venue clusters covered
  • Urban Sector I & II, Bhara Kahu, Tarnol, Nilore, Sihala
  • Additional ICT school clusters across 12 designated venues
Partners & oversight
MoFEPTGBeeTechHiveFederal Directorate of Education
SDGs addressed
SDG 4SDG 5SDG 8SDG 11SDG 12SDG 13
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🌍 Global Schools Forum · IDP Foundation Completed Apr – Jun 2025

Climate Champions for Resilient Schools Initiative

One of only 10 organisations selected globally across Pakistan, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Cameroon, Tanzania and Nigeria, using the All Hands on Deck for SDG 4 Toolkit to build climate resilience in 10 of Pakistan's most vulnerable districts.

10 districts · KP, Balochistan, Sindh 2,000+ students · 60%+ girls SDG 4 Small Grants Programme
2,000+Students reached
100+Teachers trained
60%+Girls participation
200+Trees planted
10Districts covered
Key program components
  • Climate Commitment Campaign: students pledged environmental responsibility and became climate ambassadors
  • Urban Green Classrooms: tree plantation and school gardening for environmental stewardship
  • Postcards for the Planet: girls used art and storytelling to communicate climate concerns
  • Eco-Resilience Camps: experiential learning on biodiversity, water, and local adaptation
  • Stay Cool, Stay Safe: heatwave preparedness, first aid, and climate safety training
  • Teachers' Parliament (Swat): launched district-level teacher governance model for climate curriculum reform
  • MOU signed with District Education Department, Balochistan
Districts reached
  • Swat, Lakki Marwat, Swabi (KP)
  • Naseerabad, Quetta, Uthal/Lasbela (Balochistan)
  • Tharparkar, Hyderabad (Sindh)
  • Lower Chitral (KP)
Funding & partners
🌍 Global Schools ForumIDP FoundationDistrict Education Dept. Balochistan
SDGs addressed
SDG 3SDG 4SDG 5SDG 6SDG 11SDG 13SDG 17
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