Dhaanya Ganeriwal | |
|---|---|
 Dhaanya Ganeriwal in 2020 | |
| Born | Dhaanya Ganeriwal 24 September 2011 |
| Occupation | Climate activist |
| Movement | My Green Mantra, Climate Action Campaign Hong Kong |
Dhaanya Ganeriwal (born 24 September 2011) is a Hong Kong climate activist. She is of Indian origin, raised in Singapore and Hong Kong. She is the organisers of the My Green Mantra, Climate Action Campaign Hong Kongmovement in Hong Kong. She started climate activism when she was only 7 year old. She developed 10 Climate Action plan that advocates individuals, communities and systems (companies and government) to pivot their efforts in the race to net zero carbon emission 2030.
Life
editDhaanya was born in Mumbai, and moved to Singapore as soon as she turned one, in 2014 she moved to Hong Kong. She has a younger sister Reaha Ganeriwal. Her sister Reaha is her biggest companion in climate action campaigns, Reaha was 5yr old when she learned about climate activism from Dhaanya.
Dhaanya is a primary school level student in IB school group, ESF International Group. Dhaanya is deeply inspired by Martin Luther King Jr since she was only 4. Inequality, strong sense of justice are some of the topics of her interest in early stages. Dhaanya wish to study corporate policies and laws to ensure she continue her mission to climate action and sustainability as a policy maker.
Her parents are qualified service professionals.
Early activism
editDhaanya stop taking birthday presents as soon as she turned four. She started raising funds and donations for local charities providing food and essentials to refugee mothers and infants. Dhaanya have been active in creating Box of Hope around SDG themes to spread awareness at grassroot level. Annually she donates hair to The Little Princess Trust that makes wigs for children with cancer. She had actively involved her family in act of charity each year by feeding and supporting children from MAPA (Most Affected People and Places).
In 2019, Dhaanya visited a drought prone region in India. There she learned that children walk miles under the burning sun to come to school and those schools lack clean drinking water. This condition was further worse for girl child, who are kept away from school to fetch water for families. Dhaanya felt depresses to see the impact of climate change, that is keeping children away from the basic right of education.
Same year she decided to commit towards the education of young children, to raise funds and provide cool and clean drinking water fountains for schools in drought prone region.