By Rudina Vojvoda

credit: Dennis Brussaard, 2012
Thandiwe Chama celebrating with her friends in Lusaka, Zambia.

NEW YORK, USA, 10 August 2012 – The number of young people globally has never been higher. According to the United Nation’s Population Fund (UNFPA), there are 1.8 billion young people in the world today. For most of them, life is not easy. About half of young people survive on less than $2 a day, millions are out of school and many more face unemployment.

To mark International Youth Day on 12 August, which this year has the theme: ‘Building a Better World: Partnering with Youth’, podcast moderator Kathryn Herzog spoke with four young people who have changed the world for better: Baruani Ndume, Samuel Kissi, Thandiwe Chama, and Sonam Phuntsho.

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