World’s Largest Lesson

Mobilising Educators for the Global Goals

Theme:
Youth
Type:
Campaign
Partner:
Unicef / Unesco
Location:
Global
Year:
2015 - 2026

The challenge

Turning global challenges into something young people can act on

Education has a critical role to play in creating a fairer, greener and healthier world. But complex global issues can be difficult to translate into learning that feels relevant, engaging and actionable for children and young people.

The challenge was to give educators the tools to bring the Global Goals into the classroom in a way that builds knowledge, skills and confidence to create change.

The idea

Make the Global Goals accessible to every classroom

World’s Largest Lesson is a free global learning programme that gives educators creative, ready-to-use resources for teaching the Sustainable Development Goals.

Through engaging lesson plans, activities and multimedia content, complex global issues are turned into accessible learning experiences that help young people understand the world around them and see the role they can play in changing it.

what happened

A global network of teachers became champions for the Goals

World’s Largest Lesson has grown into a global community of educators using its resources throughout the school year, supported by materials created around key moments including Global Goals Week and Earth Day.

Resources are available in more than seven languages and designed to be adaptable for classrooms around the world. Since 2024 alone, Global Goals Week toolkits have reached more than 8,700 classrooms, helping teachers move students from learning about global challenges to taking action on them.

Result

More than a conference

15m+

children and young people reached

76k

educators in the global network

170+

countries reached

183k

students reached through Global Goals Week toolkits since 2024

“The World's Largest Lesson provides a creative digital framework my high school students need to actually apply the Global Goals.”

Nathan
High School Educator, Scotland

Unscripted

Authentic intergenerational dialogues

Theme:
Youth
Type:
Convening / Events
Partner:
United Nations Youth Office
Location:
USA
Year:
2025

The challenge

Young people are still too often left on the sidelines

Young people are increasingly present at major global summits, but their involvement can still feel highly curated, with a small number of familiar voices invited into spaces where decisions are being made.

The challenge was to create a more meaningful form of intergenerational dialogue, where young people could participate as equals and their lived experiences could genuinely shape the conversation.

The idea

Take away the scripts and change the dynamic

Project Everyone and the United Nations Youth Office created Unscripted, a new youth-centred event format designed to bring young people and senior leaders together in a more open, informal and participatory way.

Instead of panels, speeches and prepared talking points, young people drive the discussion while senior leaders from business, philanthropy and policy act as ‘Connectors’, listening, questioning and sharing their own experiences.

The result is not young people speaking to leaders, but generations speaking with each other.

what happened

A new model for intergenerational conversation

With support from SAP, Unscripted was first piloted at Goals House during UN General Assembly week in New York in September 2025.

Following its success, the format travelled to Riyadh for the Misk Global Forum in November, where 40 young people came together with 10 Connectors to explore solutions for people, planet and peace.

The events created space for honest conversations, new perspectives and genuine connections, laying the foundations for Unscripted to grow into a regular global series.

Result

2

pilot events delivered in 2025

2

global cities, New York and Riyadh

40

young people took part at Misk Global Forum

10

Connectors joined them in Riyadh

“The space felt genuinely collaborative and hopeful, a testament to the work your team put in to bring everyone together.”

Mete Coban MBE
Deputy Mayor of London for Environment and Energy

Ending Violence Against Children

Inspiring ministers to make meaningful change

Theme:
Youth / Health
Type:
Campaign / Communication
Partner:
World Health Organization and Children’s Investment Fund Foundation
Location:
Global
Year:
2024

The challenge

Half of the world’s children experience violence

Every year, one in two children globally are subjected to violence, from sexual abuse and bullying to child marriage, online harm, violent discipline and child labour.

Ahead of the first-ever Ministerial Conference on Ending Violence Against Children in Colombia, the challenge was to build pressure on world leaders to turn concern into meaningful policy and financial commitments that would make children safer.

The idea

Put the power to end violence in our hands

Working closely with the World Health Organization, Project Everyone created In Our Hands, a global campaign designed to complement policy and advocacy efforts and build public pressure ahead of the Ministerial Conference.

The campaign brought together survivors, advocates, young people, NGOs, experts and high-profile supporters around a simple message: we already have the knowledge and tools to end violence against children, now leaders need to act.

Ending Violence Against Children

what happened

A global call for action reached leaders around the world

The campaign launched with a dedicated digital platform and toolkit, amplified by organisations across the sector.

Survivors, advocates and allies then came together behind an Open Letter to world leaders, signed by figures including Will Poulter, Forest Whitaker, Úrsula Corberó, Gillian Anderson and Nobel Peace Prize Laureates Dr Denis Mukwege and Kailash Satyarthi.

During UN General Assembly week, Project Everyone convened ministers, survivors and young people for a high-level dinner, helping build momentum towards the Ministerial Conference in Colombia where governments announced more than 100 commitments to protect children from violence.

Result

6.3M

combined audience reached at campaign launch

6,672

pieces of global media coverage

100+

government commitments made

138M

children set to be protected by corporal punishment bans

“Working with Project Everyone met two important metrics; ‘impact’ and ‘joy’. A creative, strategic and hard-working team helped drive forward our objectives on ending violence against children in ways that we could only imagine and made a critical contribution to our campaign success.”

Sabine Rakotomalala
Social Determinants of Health Department, WHO

Worlds Largest Lesson Live

Reimaginging post-pandemic world

Theme:
Youth
Type:
Content
Location:
Global
Year:
2020

The challenge

Keeping young people connected during a global crisis

As the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted education around the world, millions of children and young people found themselves learning from home, disconnected from their classrooms and facing an uncertain future.

The challenge was to create an engaging learning experience that would bring young people together, address their concerns and give them a voice in conversations about the world they wanted to see after the pandemic.

The idea

A global classroom without borders

Project Everyone’s World’s Largest Lesson partnered with UNICEF to create World’s Largest Lesson Live, a 35-minute educational YouTube show designed for teenagers around the world.

Bringing together international leaders, health experts, celebrities and young people, the show created a platform for honest conversations about education, health and the future, encouraging a generation to imagine how the world could emerge stronger from the pandemic.

what happened

Young voices joined the global conversation

Launched on 16 June 2020, World’s Largest Lesson Live brought together influential voices including Millie Bobby Brown, Sofia Carson, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed and leading experts from UNICEF and the World Health Organization.

Hosted by journalist Savannah Sellers, the show explored the impact of the pandemic on education, health and young people’s futures, creating space for young people to share their experiences and ambitions.

The broadcast encouraged audiences to see the pandemic as an opportunity to rethink the future, closing with an uplifting performance by the Brooklyn Youth Chorus.

Result

35

minutes of global learning and conversation

3

languages: English, French and Spanish

6

featured international leaders, experts and celebrities

13+

target age group for the educational broadcast

“CHILDREN ARE THE HIDDEN VICTIMS OF COVID-19”

Henrietta Fore
Executive Director, UNICEF

Credits:

World’s Largest Lesson, Brother Film co, Treatment Studios and Unicef