Goalkeepers (Gates Foundation)

Goalkeepers is an initiative of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.[1] Its aim is to bring together leaders from around the world to accelerate progress toward achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).[2][3] The organization also provides reports and data flow charts over SDGs progress.[4]

Its core event is the annual Goalkeepers Conference (which usually takes place during Global Goals Week and the UN General Assembly) at which the Changemaker Award is bestowed to 'extraordinary individuals who are driving progress in their communities and countries'. Invitations are issued to global leaders and aspiring personalities who have been personally selected by the board. Previous attendees include Barack Obama, Emmanuel Macron, Amina J. Mohammed, Erna Solberg, Malala Yousafzai, and Trevor Noah. Past award winners have included Yusra Mardini, Amika George, Ria Sharma, and Nadia Murad, who later went on to win the Nobel Peace Prize.

Founder and trustees
Bill and Melinda Gates, founders of the Gates Foundation

Conferences and awards

2020
Winner of the 2020 Global Goalkeeper award John Nkengasong

The 2020 Goalkeepers conference could not take place physically, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but had to be held virtually. The winner of the Global Goalkeeper award was:

The Global Goals awards went to:

  • Bonita Sharma, co-founder and CEO of Social Changemakers and Innovators (SOCHAI) – a youth-led non-profit organization in Nepal.
  • Hauwa Ojeifo, founder of She Writes Woman, a women-led movement giving mental health a voice in Nigeria.
  • The MASH Project Foundation, a youth led social enterprise based in India that develops and implements support systems for people who work for social causes through partnerships.[5]

2019
2019 Speaker, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern

The third annual Goalkeepers event was held September 25–26, 2019, at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City. Speakers included:[6]

The Global Goalkeeper award was given to:

Prime Minister Modi got the Global Goalkeepers award 2019
  • Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India, for successfully implementing the Swachh Bharat Mission, a cleanliness and sanitation project, including 110 million family and public toilets for poor and middle income families, reducing the Indian open defecation rate from 50% to almost 0% in 3 years.[7] He personally makes cleaning initiatives - plogging along the roads and beaches - leading by example to promote mass fitness and cleanliness.[8]

Further awards went to:

  • Payal Jangid: Changemaker Award
  • Aya Chebbi: Campaign Award
  • Gregory Rockson: Progress Award

2018
Main speaker of the 2018 conference: President Emmanuel Macron

The second annual Goalkeepers event was held September 25–26, 2018, in New York City. Speakers included:[9]

2017

The first annual Goalkeepers event was held September 25–26, 2017, at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City.[16] Speakers included:[17]

References
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  8. PM goes plogging on TN beach, gives Swachh & Fit India drives a big boost, Times of India, 13 October 2019.
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  15. Samorai, Samora. "King Kaka to share stage with billionaire Bill Gates". Standard Digital News. Retrieved 2019-04-03.
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  17. "Goalkeepers 2017 — Project Everyone". www.project-everyone.org. Retrieved 2019-04-03.
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