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About · Goal 17, Partnerships

SDG in Action brings learning, events and real community action into one place, so every Lab leads to work that lasts beyond the day.

A nurse in Ghana preparing a vaccine dose
Illustrative photo, not this event · Nana Kofi Acquah · CC BY-SA 3.0 igo
UN SDG icon: Goal 17
UN SDG icon: Goal 3

Our approach

Most SDG events end when the room empties. We want the opposite: a Lab that starts something.

Participants learn what each Goal asks of us, plan a small project they can actually run, then record what happened and who it reached. Facilitators verify the work, and the community can see the impact add up, Goal by Goal.

Partnership is the work

Illustrative photos from Wikimedia Commons, not this event or its participants. Hover to pause.

Volunteers clearing plastic waste from a beach in Ghana
Illustrative photo, not this event · Esthee2010 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Goal 14 · Clearing a beach
Two technicians installing a solar panel on a roof
Illustrative photo, not this event · SAgbley · CC BY-SA 4.0
Goal 7 · Installing solar
School children solving a coding puzzle game together at a library in South Africa
Illustrative photo, not this event · Matete lesele · CC BY-SA 4.0
Goal 4 · Learning to code
Members of a rural women farmers' association preparing a field in Ghana
Illustrative photo, not this event · Global Justice Now · CC BY 2.0
Goal 2 · Preparing a field
A student and a volunteer planting a seedling in Ghana
Illustrative photo, not this event · Fquasie · CC BY-SA 4.0
Goal 13 · Planting trees
A solar-powered water tap in Karaga, Ghana
Illustrative photo, not this event · Suglo20 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Goal 6 · Solar water tap
Young women coding on laptops at a workshop in Ghana
Illustrative photo, not this event · Mwintirew · CC BY-SA 4.0
Goal 5 · Women in tech
A farmer harvesting maize
Illustrative photo, not this event · Wilhelm Nomu Kutah · CC BY-SA 4.0
Goal 2 · Harvest
A boy fetching water from a community borehole
Illustrative photo, not this event · Otuo-Akyampong Boakye · CC BY-SA 4.0
Goal 6 · Clean water
A volunteer in gloves collecting rubbish during a beach clean-up in Ghana
Illustrative photo, not this event · Esthee2010 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Goal 12 · Collecting waste
Solar technicians in green shirts at work on an installation
Illustrative photo, not this event · SAgbley · CC BY-SA 4.0
Goal 9 · Building energy
Market women selling produce in Ghana
Illustrative photo, not this event · Fquasie · CC BY-SA 4.0
Goal 8 · Livelihoods
A volunteer and a student in a yellow shirt planting a tree in Ghana
Illustrative photo, not this event · Fquasie · CC BY-SA 4.0
Goal 15 · Restoring land

Team and organisation

To confirm · organisation name, logo, leadership and team

Team profiles will appear here once the organisers confirm names, roles and photos. We have not listed anyone without their consent.