MOSES EKWERE Nigeria

Moses Ekwere is a youth advocate, human rights activist, and environmentalist from Nigeria He obtained an Advanced International Diploma in Business Administration from NCC Education in 2020 and is currently a final-year (BBA) human resource management student at West End University College in Accra, Ghana. Moses has worked on a variety of cross-cutting development issues

He is an Ariel Foundation International Young Leader and Environmental Ambassador for Greenway International Foundation (GIF), a youthled environmental protection organization dedicated to achieving a carbon-free world and a plastic-free ocean. His major goals align with the United Nations' SDG13 Climate Action and SDG17 Partnership to achieve 100% clean energy and a 90% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions He has been a GIF Youth Ambassador since 2018 and has worked with the research and strategy team to develop sensitization trainings on the impact of plastic use on the ecosystem and life beneath the water He has made considerable contributions to over one million tree planting and tracking efforts, as well as strategically supporting the anti-plastic straw movement The team has curtailed over 1 2 million plastic straws in Accra, Ghana, by using biodegradable, edible bamboo reusable and disposable straws

In 2018, he was the Secretary-General of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS)-Ghana Chapter, Ghana's largest foreign students' organization and the umbrella organization for all Nigerian students in tertiary institutions across the nation. He worked on gender inequality and human rights advocacy, peace diplomacy, and community development outreach, as well as collaborated with professionals and international organizations to achieve set goals Moses is a game-changer with an uncanny ability to read between the lines and make things work