ASHLEY JEPCHIRCHIR

• TAS Ambassador - Youth Leadership & Advocacy
• Youth Representation: Represented TAS as a youth ambassador, contributing to initiatives that promote youth participation, leadership, and positive social change.
• Advocacy & Awareness: Amplified conversations around issues affecting young people and encouraged greater youth involvement in community and development initiatives.
• Community Engagement: Participated in and supported activities that connect young people with opportunities for learning, collaboration, and collective action.
• Youth Empowerment: Encouraged peers to recognise their potential as changemakers and actively contribute to solutions within their communities.
• Networking & Collaboration: Built connections with fellow young leaders and changemakers, creating opportunities for knowledge exchange and collaborative initiatives.
• Digital Advocacy: Used digital platforms to share opportunities, ideas, and messages that inspire youth engagement and civic participation.
• Leadership Development: Strengthened my skills in communication, representation, teamwork, and mobilising young people around shared goals.
• Global Perspective: Contributed an African youth perspective to broader conversations on leadership, sustainability, and development.

• Youth & SDG Advocacy: Represent Echo Change as a Global Ambassador, championing youth participation and meaningful engagement in sustainable development conversations.
• Community Mobilisation: Support and participate in initiatives that bring young people and communities together to discuss and take action on issues affecting their communities.
• Climate & Sustainability Advocacy: Promote awareness around climate action, environmental sustainability, and the role of young people in building resilient communities.
• Storytelling & Awareness: Use storytelling and digital platforms to amplify youth perspectives, lived experiences, and community-driven solutions.
• International Youth Day Engagement: Organized a “Different Contexts, Common Aspirations” storytelling circle, creating a space for young people to share their experiences, challenges, aspirations, and visions for Africa.
• SDG Awareness: Help translate the Sustainable Development Goals into relatable conversations and activities that encourage young people to see themselves as active contributors to the SDGs.
• Collaboration & Networking: Connect with fellow young changemakers and advocates to exchange ideas, build partnerships, and encourage collective action.
• Youth Leadership: Encourage young people to move beyond awareness and take practical action within their communities.
• Global-to-Local Action: Contribute an African youth perspective to broader conversations on sustainability, climate action, and social change, while bringing global ideas into local community spaces.

1. Leadership & Community Mobilization
- Leading Air Quality Activations:
- Organizing and leading "precision advocacy" runs/walks across Nairobi to monitor air quality and environmental health.

2. Citizen Science & Data Collection
- Hyperlocal Data Gathering: Utilizing wearable AirBeam3 sensors to collect real-time particulate matter ($PM_{2.5}$) data during physical activity.
- Digital Mapping: Using the Cityzens Mobile App to capture geocoded multimedia data (photos, audio, and text) of environmental hazards and assets. Route Design: Strategically mapping run routes across diverse socio-economic areas in Nairobi to identify "pollution hotspots" and "green lungs.
3. Advocacy & Data Storytelling Precision Advocacy:
- Translating raw air quality data into "data stories" to highlight the impact of the built environment on public health.
- Policy Engagement: Contributing to the development of "policy prescriptions" based on collected evidence to influence Nairobi County's urban planning and climate policies.
- Public Awareness: Creating and sharing social media content to amplify project findings and increase public demand for clean air and safe public spaces.
- Collaboration: Working within a transdisciplinary team to bridge the gap between scientific research and grassroots community action.1

Member
Children and Youth Major Group (CYMG) to the United Nations

• Contributing to youth engagement and advocacy within global sustainable development processes.
• Participating in youth-led discussions and initiatives supporting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

• Mukuru SDG Awareness Campaign — Community Engagement & SDG Advocacy
• Community Mobilisation: Participated in a community-based SDG awareness campaign in Mukuru, engaging residents in conversations around sustainable development and community priorities.
• SDG Awareness: Helped make the Sustainable Development Goals more accessible by connecting global goals to everyday challenges and lived experiences within the community.
• Youth Engagement: Encouraged young people to participate in discussions around sustainable development and recognise their role as agents of change.
• Community Dialogue: Contributed to conversations around local challenges, solutions, and opportunities for community-led development.
• Climate & Sustainability Advocacy: Promoted awareness of environmental sustainability and the importance of locally driven action in creating healthier and more resilient communities.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Worked alongside fellow advocates and community actors to support outreach, engagement, and knowledge-sharing activities.
• Grassroots Advocacy: Gained firsthand insight into how global development priorities can be translated into practical, community-level action.
• Leadership & Collaboration: Contributed to planning and implementing an initiative that brought together different perspectives around the SDGs and sustainable community development.
• Impact: Strengthened community awareness of the SDGs while reinforcing the importance of inclusive, youth-driven and locally relevant approaches to sustainable development.