These three boys from Taiwan designed and made a prototype of an earthquake emergency bag that is lined with a pillow to protect your head and contains a whistle inside to attract attention and help.

Kids were not interacting during lunchtimes so this group painted the benches and walls of an area similar to a very colourful bus stop and posted someone on duty to get people talking, interacting and making friends. They called it the 'Friendship Station' - where kids now go during lunchtimes to socialise.

Finding the stench that emanated from their school toilet unbearable, students at a government school in Trichy district, India, designed cheap urinals using 20-litre plastic bottles that were clean and easy to install.

In 2011, students of APL Global School, Chennai, found that the quiet students felt ignored, judged and teased during their time in school. They initiated activities like a 'Silent Hour' where they taped participants' mouths for them to experience how it feels to not be able to talk, and created Compliment Cards and a Togetherness Wall to unite the students.

This group of girls felt uncomfortable letting their hair grow naturally and curly because mainstream society's views of beauty was straight hair. They decided to join forces, let their afros grow out and embrace it - while promoting the same attitudes to others to embrace their natural identities.

In 2012, Ivan and his friends at Victoria Manzur School, Monteria, realised that burning of waste tyres pollutes the environment and affects people's health. To prevent such pollution, they made creative furniture from tyres.

This group of 15 year olds from Bhutan felt that their journey to school was dangerous and, in 2014, decided to use local bamboo to erect a fence around the trickier portions of the walk to protect students from hazard.

In 2018, this group from Santa Teresa de Jesús Tarragona, saw that adults were not aware of how anxiously they were living their lives and created decorated boxes in which to store mobile phones to help them create more present family time.

In 2011, these students spotted many injured birds in their school. They learnt how to treat the injuries of the birds, feed them and they even set up a hospital for birds in school with the ultimate goal of sending them back to nature.

In 2017, this group of students from the Philippines were shocked by the lack of first aid kits in homes within their community so they designed and created first aid kits which would also be able to help during tsunamis, and distributed them to around the local area.

The students were concerned about the quality of the water they consumed from their village so they created 10 homemade water filters for the community and the school restaurant to use, all made from natural materials.

In 2013, students of Kaligi Ranganathan Secondary School in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, felt that the cleaning staff of the school was not being respected enough, so they conducted regular sessions to teach them reading and writing, with two staff members attaining a college degrees.

They took up the responsibility to get an understanding of different types of plants, how to sow the seeds and how to take care of the plants. They involved other students from their school to take care of the plants and finally were successful to create a greener school.

These children teach us the meaning of relationships and the importance of communication in them. While some adults may ignore the quality of communication that exist in their busy lives with their loved ones, these young idealists did not.

When the children noticed ‘trap houses’ in their community resulting in inappropriate problems by drug users, they decided to take charge and address the problem. As responsible and concerned citizens, they met the police and made sure that they close down the ‘trap houses’.

After seeing the amount of litter in their community, these students created a zero waste campaign and presented it first throughout their school, then at other schools, garbage festivals and public gatherings across the country - and even set up booths to explain the alternatives to packaged foods.

This group of 16 year olds from Singapore created an integrated smartphone app, the L.I.F.E (Live It Fully Everyday) App, to help people regulate their lifestyle and collect date for the Ministry of Health.

This 11 year old boy from Jordan convinced corporates and individuals to commit to co-creating a more equal society. Companies and institutions chose a day to give back to the community each year. This even included laptop donation to talented programmers to develop solutions.

In 2017, these three students realised there was low self-confidence within the community, especially among the indigenous parts of the population, so they created an avenue for these individuals to share their skills with the school and local community through leading professional training workshops - making them feel valued and confident by spreading their knowledge to others.

This group of students from Aisha School recognised that there was a way to help the large amount of homeless people in the town centre of 'Saida'. Last year, 2018, they organised for second hand clothes to be collected at their school, dry cleaned them and distributed them to children, orphans and widows in need.

In 2016, students at Chettinad Vidya Mandir, Tamil Nadu, wanted to break gender specific traditions, so they started with their school. They reversed several practices, for example, boys started taking the morning prayers for the first time. They raised funds for education of some girls, spread awareness through street plays, and contacted the Rotary Club for equal health services for all.

Last year, 2018, a group of 14 year old girls in Denmark didn't feel it was right for some kids to have lots of toys while others had none. So they started an NGO that provides toys to 'Super Guardians' and when they no longer want the toys, collects and redistributes the toys to other 'Super Guardians'.

Girls were being denied education and forced to marry due to poverty. They gathered support from school and community leaders, created awareness to get forced marriages banned and bring the girls back to education.

Students at IE Rural Hojas Anchas, in 2014, were disturbed by the lack of green cover in their valley. They created a toy plane "Cigabionica" using recycled materials. The plane would fly over the land and drop seeds, as well as be able to document it. After four months, the region regained its green cover.

In 2012, students at Payakoi Primary School, Gujarat, wanted to help their friend with Polio. They first designed a vehicle from tricycle to pull him to school everyday. When it broke, they took turns to bring him to school, sometimes carrying him, and made sure to play games in which he could join in.

11 year-olds Laura, Sara and their friends at Colegio Santa Teresa De Jesus, Valladolid in Spain noticed that water was being misused and not managed properly. They installed water collection containers for rainwater. In the washrooms, they made an accountability chart to map water use. To raise funds to fix leaky taps, they created craft products and sold them by organising a fair.

10-year-old Geffen and her friends from Democratic School, Kfar Saba, realised that there was no place in the commuity for elderly people and the community to come together and interact. Roping in primary school kids, they built a sustainable furniture by turning a neglected plot of land into a lush green garden.