THE ENGINES BEHIND THE COALITION
The Youth Leadership Board (former Youth Advisory Board - YAB) is the focal point and the engine behind the Youth Coalition for Road Safety. Through their expertise, advice, and concrete actions, youth can weigh in directly on how all local actions and global advocacy strategies are run.
The YLB will help ensure that the work within the Youth Coalition is consistent with and reflects the realities of youth and in support of the achievement of the Global Youth Statement for Road Safety.
For their mandate, the YLB will proactively share their views on the strategy design and help implement specific milestones of the Global Youth Coalition for Road Safety during their 24-month term. The role of the Youth Leadership Board is to ensure that youth interests and voices are always represented at the center of the Coalition’s decisions, including the diversity of youth opinions, geographic locations, as well as gender, cultural, and local reflections.
Identify and express the views and needs of youth
By actively engaging with young people across the world.
Support the strategic planning process of the coalition
To ensure the youth voice is central to all actions of the coalition.
Help organize global & local activities
By initiating and supporting community-based projects and championing multi-sectorial events.
promote and Expand the coalition
By connecting with key actors and youth leaders in the world of sustainable development
Check out what they are doing in the points across the page.
If you would like to get in touch with them, email coalition@youthforroadsafety.org
MEET THE YOUTH LEADERSHIP BOARD
DEEPANSHU GUPTA, INDIA
Deepanshu Gupta was born in India in 1998, and he is a non-profit leader with a degree in Commerce. Initially working as a human capital consultant to impact organisations, he later co-founded India's largest youth-led organisation, which works on elevating road safety in India. Deepanshu's journey in road traffic safety advocacy was catalysed by a deeply personal experience – his father's involvement in a traffic crash. His leadership extends beyond borders, as he actively participates in diverse global youth boards to amplify youth voices and demand accountability. He has specialised in road safety and sustainable mobility and is trained in community-driven initiatives and youth engagement strategies. He has collaborated with various non-profit organisations, youth associations, corporations, state governments, central government, and intergovernmental organisations to push forward the road safety agenda. His contributions have brought together diverse stakeholders to work collaboratively on road safety,
ESTIARA ELLIZAR, INDONESIA
A transport planner who is currently working at the Ministry of Transportation, Indonesia, and a certified Indonesian young road safety expert with experience in road safety for over five years.
OLUFUNKE AFESOJAYE, NIGERIA
Haidarsho is from Tajikistan and has experience working across five pillars of road safety and was one of the winners of the Impact Generation Challenge during the 2nd World Youth Assembly for Road Safety. He is currently working on Urban Resilience Program within Aga Khan Agency for Habitat in Tajikistan.
RAY ADRIAN MACALLAG, PHILIPPINES
Haidarsho is from Tajikistan and has experience working across five pillars of road safety and was one of the winners of the Impact Generation Challenge during the 2nd World Youth Assembly for Road Safety. He is currently working on Urban Resilience Program within Aga Khan Agency for Habitat in Tajikistan.
LUKE VAN WYK, SOUTH AFRICA
Luke van Wyk was born in Durban, South Africa, in 2000. He is a Civil Engineer with a degree in Civil Engineering from Stellenbosch University. He specialises in and is passionate about public transportation and safer #StreetsForPeople and is trained in Transport Systems: Global Issues and Future Innovations. He has collaborated with various organisations aligned with safer streets, such as Young Urbanists South Africa and Stellenbosch Fietsry, since 2019. As an advocate for quality public transport, non-motorised transport, and safer roads, he has lobbied for such in Cape Town and South Africa as a whole. He has also researched and written papers submitted in the Southern African Transport Conference, which prove and call for improved sustainable transport systems and safer streets.
VALERIA CARRIÓN MORENO, PERÚ
Haidarsho is from Tajikistan and has experience working across five pillars of road safety and was one of the winners of the Impact Generation Challenge during the 2nd World Youth Assembly for Road Safety. He is currently working on Urban Resilience Program within Aga Khan Agency for Habitat in Tajikistan.
OLIVA NALWADDA, UGANDA
Oliva is a public health practitioner with over six years of experience in design and implementation of youth-centered programs in areas of reproductive and mental health, climate change, empowerment, and advocacy.
YASMINE AL MOGHRABI, LEBANON
Haidarsho is from Tajikistan and has experience working across five pillars of road safety and was one of the winners of the Impact Generation Challenge during the 2nd World Youth Assembly for Road Safety. He is currently working on Urban Resilience Program within Aga Khan Agency for Habitat in Tajikistan.
SALMAN KHAN, INDIA
Salman Khan was born in Mumbai in 1998, and he is a junior doctor with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) degree from Grant Medical College and Sir JJ Group of Hospitals. He has collaborated with the International Federation of Medical Students' Associations (IFMSA) and the Medical Students' Association of India (MSAI) since 2017. As a young health activist and peer-to-peer trainer, he has trained medical students on multiple public health issues, including non-communicable diseases, climate change, road safety, and antimicrobial resistance, and also represented medical students worldwide in multiple high-level UN and WHO meetings.