<div dir="ltr"><div>Hello here.<br><br></div>On this 32nd anniversary of the web, we are shining light on 9 #WebChampions doing awesome work across the world.<br><ol><li>
<b>Arda Awais</b> and <b>Savena Surana</b> who formed <a href="https://identity20.org/">Identity 2.0</a>
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<b>Avi Schiffmann</b> who created one of the world’s <a href="https://ncov2019.live/"> most popular information hubs</a> tracking COVID-19
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<b>Chelsea Slater</b> who leads <a href="https://innovateher.co.uk/">InnovateHer</a>, a UK-based social enterprise whose mission is ‘Get girls ready for the tech industry and the tech industry ready for girls’
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<b>Froilan Grate</b>, an environmental educator and zero-waste advocate. He is the Asia Pacific Coordinator for <a href="https://www.no-burn.org">GAIA</a>, president of Mother Earth Foundation in the Philippines, and a founding core member of the global movement <a href="https://www.breakfreefromplastic.org/">Break Free From Plastic</a>.
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<b>Hera Hussain</b>, the founder of <a href="https://chayn.co/">Chayn</a>, an online volunteer community that creates intersectional resources for survivors of gender-based violence
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<b>Ian Mangenga</b>, the founder and CEO of <a href="https://za.linkedin.com/company/digitalgirlafrica">Digital Girl Africa</a>, a women-focused digital hub
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<b>Peter Okwoko</b> who founded <a href="https://www.takatakaplastics.com/">Takataka Plastics</a>, a social enterprise that transforms plastic waste into resources and</li><li>
<b>Salvador Camacho Hernández</b>, an Intellectual Property Law
attorney and self-described “hardcore gamer” dedicated to fighting
gender inequality in the growing and lucrative esports and online gaming
space. He is the founder of the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ggwpfoundation/">GGWP Foundation</a>, the first NGO in Mexico to take advantage of the esports and videogames industries as agents for society’s development
</li></ol><div>Read the letter from <a href="https://webfoundation.org/2021/03/web-birthday-32/">Sir Tim Berners-Lee</a> and the <a href="https://webfoundation.org/2021/03/web-champions/">stories of these nine young people</a>. If you can, give them a #webchampions shout out.<br><br></div><div>Many thanks!</div><div><br></div><div>Nnenna<br></div></div>