Hyderabad-based NGO E-cycl wins International Award for Social Change

Out of 450 different teams and participants from over 40 countries, the city based NGO has represented India as top three securing runner-up position and bagging the cash prize of $500

Hyderabad: E-cycl, an NGO founded by Hyderabad’s 16-year-old duo Diya Loka and Sahithi Radha, has won the Next Generation Foresight Practitioners: Young Voices award for 2023. Out of 450 different teams and participants from over 40 countries, the city based NGO has represented India as top three securing runner-up position and bagging the cash prize of $500.

Recognizing the efforts of young entrepreneurs driving social change, The Young Voices Award, in collaboration with Next Generation Foresight Practitioners, SOIFuture, and TeachTheFuture, provides a platform for their inspiring work.

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Diya and Sahithi, the 11th-graders have joined hands to create a movement that transcends traditional approaches to e-waste management. E-Cycl’s core mission revolves around the organization of e-waste collection drives, reaching out to organizations, schools, colleges, and societies. They have already orchestrated ten successful drives, accumulating a staggering 1000 kg of e-waste.

Beyond mere collection, their endeavors include hosting offline seminars on responsible e-waste disposal, enlightening over a thousand students from grades 6 to 12. These efforts have garnered the support of Meta Open Arts, which sponsored them in the Young Climate Prize, and led to E-Cycl being featured in the renowned Guggenheim Museum in New York City, with sponsorship from The Wall Street Journal.