As nations continue to grapple with the effects of climate change, inequality and injustice and other global issues, young people have stepped up as change-makers within their local and regional communities. However, despite the positive actions of many, their creative solutions do not reach a wide enough audience. To give these children the voice they deserve, The United Nations Institute for Training and Research is partnering with Barbara Harrison Media to launch "Through the Lens of the Youth Documentaries by Youth Worldwide". 

This 13-episode creative series invites young people from a variety of backgrounds to create a short video on a particular sustainable development goal and its impact on their community. The project further aims to expose the audience to the different topics that embody each Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) and the effect it is having on the lives of children across the world; all through the lens of video creation. By exposing a global audience to various contemporary issues as viewed by the young people who tackle them with innovative solutions, Barbara Harrison Media (BHM) and UNITAR will increase and give importance to meaningful conversations regarding sustainability and its impact on the global community.

The project seeks to achieve the following objectives:

• Showcase how global young people perceive, understand, and relate to sustainable development goals.
• Investigate to what extent understandings of the SDGs vary with age and nationality.
• Give youth the platform to display their talents and perspectives.
• Provide adults and organizations with the opportunity to be exposed to the perspectives of youth.
• Expose the audience to the differences of what each SDG means to the youth.
• Display the creativity of young people from across diverse backgrounds through the medium of video as captured on their smartphones or cameras.