Christian Maboko is getting help to change the world. The 18-year-old from Burundi, who lives in a Kenyan refugee camp, is one of the inaugural 100 Rise Global Winners, part of a $1 billion program funded by Wendy and Eric Schmidt, who say talent is distributed evenly around the world but opportunity is not. Winners include teens from 42 countries speaking 20 languages. Schmidt Futures and The Rhodes Trust invited teens to explain how they would address or are already addressing an issue, and more than 50,000 teens from 170 countries responded. Maboko developed a program to teach girls and young women in the camp about reproductive health. Rise winners receive lifetime access to higher education scholarships, career development and funding for projects they create for public benefit.

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