November, 2025
On 22 November 2025 in Cambridge, Chairwoman Valentina Toto and Giulio Sergnese, Founder of the New Wor(l)ds Project, personally presented the certificates of participation to the eight teenage volunteer teachers who took part in the New Wor(l)ds Project 2024-2025.
The moment marked a meaningful conclusion to a year of commitment, responsibility, and peer-led education. Through their dedication, these young volunteers embodied the values at the heart of the New Wor(l)ds Project: cultural exchange, civic engagement, and the power of youth to educate and inspire one another.
Eight Teenagers Who Changed Ten Lives
These eight young people gave their time, their energy, and their encouragement to children they had never met in person — guiding them through English lessons week after week, building relationships across screens and distances, and showing up, consistently, for someone who needed them.
They are not professionals. They are teenagers. And that, in many ways, is exactly the point.
The New Wor(l)ds Project was built on the belief that young people have the power to change the world — not someday, but now. These eight teenagers proved that belief right.
From left to right: Jasper R., Mihaels A., Matilde D., Anna S., Giulio Sergnese, Riccardo E., Riccardo B. and Cecilia F.
A Personal Thank You
Presenting the certificates in person—in Cambridge, the city that had hosted their students—was a deliberate and meaningful decision. It was intended not as a ceremonial formality, but as a concrete expression of recognition.
For Giulio Sergnese, who founded the New Wor(l)ds Project at the age of fifteen and has since developed it into an international initiative operating from Italy to Tanzania, awarding certificates to fellow teenagers holds particular significance. These young volunteers are not only participants, but active collaborators whose contribution demonstrates the effectiveness and scalability of the project’s vision.
For Chairwoman Valentina Toto, the occasion represented an opportunity to formally acknowledge the value of each individual contribution and to reaffirm a clear message: the commitment shown by these young teachers had a tangible and meaningful impact.
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