Now more than ever, we must play our part in strengthening the thread that keeps us all bound in one common dream: the dream to live in a peaceful world, free of hunger and gender disparity and to live in a sustainable environment not only for us, but also for future generations. With communication technology being the biggest enabler in knowledge sharing and building global communities, we must take this opportunity to be heard and take ownership of this global world.#IamaGlobalCitizen “

Hamady Sega Kante 33 years | Kenya

“A Global Citizen isn’t a profession or a skill. It’s a simple approach to an ever complexifying world. Unlike technical skills, the attitude that goes alongside the tag represents a soft skill set which can be integrated in every profession. Just as one needn’t possess a degree in Human Rights to witness a wrong doing and recognise it as an evil, one needn’t have a degree in World Citizenship to understand that the world is one…

Paridhi Rustogi, 19 years |India

A global citizen is not necessarily a ‘we’ person, but recognizes the importance of ‘us’ when it comes to creating a sustainable, just society. For such a person, the binary of self and other collapses.”
Bhavana Mahajan | India

“To understand people without any barriers of race, Colour, religion, gender and sexuality”
Anoop Singh Rawat 24 years | India

I always think – what does it mean, when I say I am a Global Citizen? Does my awareness about world, events and tragedies happening all around, understanding of different cultures make me a Global Citizen? Is it important to travel across globe to be a Global Citizen? Should I assimilate; try to take onboard other’s beliefs, habits and cultures wherever I go? The answer: I guess is both yes and no. Yes, these are all important. But the most important step in becoming a Global Citizen is to have love for next. I am a global citizen because I have a sense of belonging, concern and feeling of shared responsibilities about global issues and globe!”
Devesh Kumar 25 years | India

Being a global citizen means someone who responds not just to the needs of their own local community but also to the international needs and communities beyond their own.”
Kristin Braddock 29 years | USA

Being a global citizen to me means to have a sense of belonging, which does not manifest itself into passionate nationalism….being able to think of this planet as my own, instead of restricting one’s love for a certain geographical region or culture.”
Waqar Akhtar Malik 27 years | India

“Being a global young leader, I enjoyed many good opportunities to lead the most unreached groups like unemployed youth, girls and women facing violence and children without basic supports like education, health and food in Bangladesh.
As the final countdown to Millennium Development Goals has begun,activists worldwide must raise voices to ensure that no one is left behind. Therefore, it is high time to let young people lead and their ideas and innovations must not go unnoticed. We must remember, there is nothing about young people without young people and there isn’t another world. So we must act now.
S M Shaikat 27 Years | Bangladesh

One of the ways through which we can use our educational systems to create global citizens is by knotting and cementing ‘citizenship education’ into our syllabus. By doing so, students will have the opportunity to learn the benefits of becoming good global citizens. They will learn that citizenship allegiance and obligation is not limited to one’s country or state alone but to the world at large.”

Ahika Ezekiel 19 years | Nigeria

As a global citizen you are taking on the responsibility to ensure that the progression of humanity is on a sustainable roadmap. The decisions we make must include a balance between economic, social, and environmental priorities. We must learn to care for others that are close to home as well across the world. As a global citizen, you are trying to build a world where no one is marginalized and everyone has a chance at life.”
Jonathan Yee 30 years | CANADA

“As a global citizen, I feel a freedom to express, care and love for humanity beyond boundaries and borders. Being a global
citizen means we have a greater responsibility and we cannot stay concerned only about our own country.

It is a great feeling at the same time – the feeling that my friends from all parts of the world are my family and I am not only a global citizen but I have a global family, and I am a part of so many cultures and so many traditions.
Hussain Haider 23 years | Pakistan

Globalization has lead us a to a point where we can solve the challenges that are still seen as insurmountable out of habit. We can end world hunger, and although I don’t think we’ll ever see a world free of conflict, I do think it can be made to stem solely from personal difference rather than wholesale dismissal of others based on aspects like nationality or sexual orientation. I think the big truth, at least taken from my 17 years of wisdom, is that the way of the world is what you make it to be ”
Will Friend 17 years | USA

“I feel so proud and peaceful to be called a global citizen. Though I have never experienced war or conflict in my country, I feel sad when I see and hear media reports of such happenings in other parts of the world. My heart bleeds for the innocent men, women and children who fall victims of such bloodshed. I was happy, hopeful and most of all relieved when I first heard of the term ‘global citizenship’ because then I knew that the slow but effective approach to a peaceful world has finally come. I strongly believe that the world will surely be peaceful if everybody embraced the concept of global citizenship
Miyoba Buumba 25 years | Zambia