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A woman in a headscarf bends to tend green crops in a cooperative farm in Zamzam IDP Camp, North Darfur, Sudan.

Learning with Rural Communities: Student Experiences in Darfur & Omdurman

Sudan faces the world’s largest humanitarian crisis, with conflict driving mass displacement, collapsing services, and widespread violence. Despite this, Ahfad University for Women advances SDG 1 through community engagement. Student Buthaina Mamour Musa shares experiences in Darfur and rural Omdurman, highlighting youth volunteering, women’s leadership, and agriculture as inclusive, community-led solutions strengthening resilience in crisis-affected communities.

Buthaina Mamour Musa, a student at Ahfad University for Women (AUW), works on a cooperative women’s farm in Zamzam IDP Camp, North Darfur, Sudan.
Photo:Courtesy of AUW

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Nagaoka University of Technology (Japan) is the UNAI hub for SDG 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure.


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UN Academic Impact Workshop: Universities Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals, April 2026

 

Students, researchers, and university leaders gathered at United Nations Headquarters in New York for a workshop exploring how higher education can advance the Sustainable Development Goals through student-led innovation and collaboration.

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  • Notice: Applications for UN Academic Impact membership are temporarily paused while we review existing applications and update membership records. We thank prospective institutions for their interest and will announce when applications reopen.
  • Launched: New Model UN Mini-Simulation Toolkit

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Unsafe food costs low- and middle-income economies $95B yearly.

Oceans absorb ~30% of human CO₂, buffering global warming impacts. 

Hate speech can be an early warning sign of violence and even atrocity crimes 

Helen Keller was born on June 27, inspiring this observance 

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SDG of the month

Goal of the Month | June 2026: Goal 14 – Life Below Water 

Goal 14 is about conserving and sustainably using the oceans, seas and marine resources. A healthy ocean and seas are essential to human existence and life on Earth.  

The ocean is intrinsic to our life on Earth. It covers three‑quarters of the Earth’s surface, contains 97 percent of its water, and represents 99 percent of the planet’s living space by volume.

 

Learn more about the Goal of the Month, and how you can get involved, then check out the UN Academic Impact SDG Hub Network.  

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A piece of the Sustainable Development Goals puzzle, SDG 3 - Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages.


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Next Generation Entrepreneurship Training in Rwanda organized by Handong Global University (Republic of Korea), UNAI Hub for Capacity Building. 


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University of Bergen (Norway) is the UNAI hub for SDG 14: Life Under Water.


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