Our impact
Thanks to the dedicated work of our people and the support of our partners, we have:
Visibility and stakeholder outreach
Collaborated with 4 funding partners
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Run 3 main active projects
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Worked with 30 active collaborators
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Since 2022, we have
Attended 3 COPs: COP27, COP28, COP29
Where we:
Contributed as speakers and moderators for several sessions, including at the Youth, Health and SDG Pavillions
Organised an official exhibit
Organised 1:1 meetings with over 103 potential collaborators
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Organised 1 stakeholder workshop
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Participated in 40+ external events, including conferences, youth discussions and clean-air events
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Since 2023, we have
Open 2 Cityzens Hubs
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Our Lagos Hub has 11 Run Leaders and 1 Hub Coordinator
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And the Accra Hub: 10 Run Leaders and 1 Hub Coordinator
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Since 2023, in Lagos, our Cityzens have:
Hosted 10 runs
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Brought together 595 runners
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367 were unique runners
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Our runners have covered 66.00 km
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Each run has averaged 6.60 km
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We have trained 31 Run Leaders:
21 in Lagos since 2022
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10 in Accra since 2024
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549 runners have registered on the Cityzens website since 2023
11 Accra Hub Cityzens
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538 Lagos Hub Cityzens
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Our Cityzens have captured the following observations:
92 insights
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949 photos
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304 videos
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74 audio recordings
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205 sources of health/climate risks reported (obstructions, injury, safety, etc.)
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117 protective (for health/climate) environmental features were reported (lighting, barriers, trees, etc.)
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Featured in
Recognitions
Earthshot Prize 2024 Nomination
Runner-up Prize, Cambridge Vice Chancellor’s Impact and Engagement Award 2023
Runner-up, 2021 Letten Prize
Partners
Global strategic alliances that accelerate our impact.
Funding partners
UrbanBetter is part of the Cambridge Social Ventures Incubator Programme in the Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation at Cambridge Judge Business School
We are grateful for the seed funding support from the Unorthodox Philanthropy
Implementing partners
