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Giorgia Malandrino

Geoidentity founder and assistant officer at UNESCOItaly

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Take a moment to listen to these voices. Voices I have recorded around the world. Voices the show: how geography has the power to define our lives. How lines on a map can become giant invisible walls erasing identity. For people who are displaced, in transit, or rebuilding after conflict — a border doesn't just stop their body. It stops their proof. Credits vanish. Records disappear. Years of learning become impossible to verify. Futures get paused not by failure, not by choice, but by a line on a map. This is what geography does to education.    @geoidentity.insp.social was not built in a boardroom. It was built by listening — listening to the voices of people who had lost more than a home. Their identity.    Those stories became a mission. That mission has been recognised around the world by the Red Cross, World Water Week, Design for Emergency of London, World Bank Youth Summit, Springwise innovation for humanity and as a Fast Company World Changing Ideas Award and winner of the Inclusion & Education category at the @changenow.insp.social Pitch Awards 2026. But recognition alone doesn't build solutions. Communities do.   Right now, €20,000 is on the table — a grant to take @geoidentity.insp.social to a working tool. One that ensures education continues beyond borders, conflict, and displacement. Education for emergency and mobility.    The grant is decided by public vote. Voting closes tomorrow, 30 June.  This is the final day — your vote matters today.   1️⃣ Register and open the leaderboard: app.inspired.ch/community/3m... 2️⃣ Verify your ID 3️⃣ Click "Vote" for Geoidentity Share this. Vote. Tell someone who cares. Education shouldn't stop because of a line on a map. Help make sure it doesn't. Thanks @inspired.insp.social @maximilian.insp.social and @changenow.insp.social for this incredible opportunity! It’s an honour to be part of this challenge which bring incredible solutions to the world, bringing forward ideas that can shape a better world. #inspired #changeNOW #geoidentity
🌍 We are excited to be taking part in the @ChangeNOW.insp.social x @INSPIRED.insp.social Challenge and we would love your support. GeoIdentity was named the winner of the “Education and Inclusion” category at the ChangeNOW 2026 Pitch Awards. The project with the most votes will receive funding to support its next phase. For GeoIdentity, this would mean developing our first prototype and bringing us one step closer to making education truly borderless. @GeoIdentity.insp.social is building a secure digital academic passport that helps learners preserve and access their educational records across borders. Our mission is to make education accessible, portable, and resilient, ensuring that learning can continue beyond political barriers, displacement, and administrative obstacles. We believe that education should travel with people, wherever life takes them. The project with the most votes will receive funding to support its next phase. For GeoIdentity, this would mean developing our first prototype and bringing us one step closer to making education truly borderless. 🗳️ Voting is open until 30 June: 1️⃣ Register: be.inspired.ch/PbYq/inspired 2️⃣ Open the leaderboard: app.inspired.ch/community/3m... 3️⃣ Find GeoIdentity and tap Vote. Every vote helps us move closer to a future where education is recognized beyond borders and political barriers, and where every learner can carry their academic achievements with them throughout their journey. Thank you for your support. ❤️ #GeoIdentity #EducationBeyondBorders #AcademicMobility #EducationForAll #DigitalCredentials #SocialInnovation #ChangeNOW #FutureOfEducatio

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