Ode to the Young Ones
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Sofia is a grade 10 student who loves to bike. She is also the innovator behind Darraja, a wearable solution that increases bikers’ safety. Darraja is on display along with 297 other innovations at the ground floor of Terra - the Sustainability Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai. Those innovations were designed and implemented by students within the Young Innovators Initiative, part of the Expo School Programme.  In this episode, we will see Expo 2020 Dubai from the eyes of the young ones and how they got to be key-players, stakeholders and shapers of this world event.  This podcast is by Expo 2020 Dubai and produced by Kerning Cultures Network.
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