
Wavemaker Emma Gavrilov wins Wetskills Indonesia 2025!
Emma, student from HZ University of Applied Sciences (Global Project & Change Management), won their case together with her team!
Water challenges affect us all: our safety, our health, and our future. The solution: new talent with innovative ideas and out-of-the-box perspectives to strengthen all organizations involved.
Wavemakers United is a community of students, young professionals, and athletes with a passion for water. As a youth organization we focus on local challenges while having a global reach. Our aim is to contribute to the UN SDGs and involve as many youngsters as possible.
The UN2023 Gamechanger challenge was a great success, during which 200 universities around the world joined. Over a thousand students from 62 different nationalities worked on innovative ideas, offered guest lectures to their local community, and contributed to solving the global water challenges.
By 2027 we will reach 1.000.000 children per year across the whole world with our Wavemaker Lessons. We accelerate this by organizing the Gamechanger Challenge: to expand the community and bring in new innovative ideas from students and young professionals. Our unique factor is a global network with local ambassadors and high-profile athletes who educate children with the most fun and engaging lessons through our interactive water experiments.
Our education program inspires the next generation, our global capacity-building program activates changemakers on a local level, and our Gamechanger Challenge kickstarts breakthrough innovations from the most talented students.
These drops of knowledge will create a wave of impact and that is how Wavemakers United helps to solve global water challenges.
Emma, student from HZ University of Applied Sciences (Global Project & Change Management), won their case together with her team!
Emma, student from HZ University of Applied Sciences (Global Project & Change Management), won their case together with her team!
Another big milestone for Wave Indonesia!
We’re thrilled to share that we’ve signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with our partner Institut Pertanian Bogor (IPB) to strengthen collaboration on education, research, and youth engagement around global water challenges.
This week our founder, Tilly Stroo, arrived in Indonesia to participate in the Dutch Economic Trade Mission, a key initiative fostering stronger partnerships between Indonesia and the Netherlands.
Yesterday we stood present at the 50th anniversary of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme — not as spectators, but as witnesses to a historic moment in global Water Governance!
Former Special Envoy for International Water Affairs
Climate Envoy Kingdom of The Netherlands
Permanent Representative to the UN Food and Agriculture organisations in Rome
Olympic silver medalist sailing
Water Envoy for Kingdom of the Netherlands
"We need to reinvent ourselves in order to live respectfully with our planet. We can only do this together. Wavemakers United is a perfect example how to create impact on our water systems, our energy demand, energy supply and more. Greenifying ourselves will give us flourishing seas and a healthy climate. Let the games begin! - Marcelien 'chef de emission NOC*NSF'
“We all need to make waves for a better water future. I am proud to be a wavemaker and support the movement of young water professionals around the world. We need to act now to ensure that this and the next generation has access to clean water, we use water wisely to feed the world, we protect our water ecosystems and we limit the havoc created by floods and droughts.”
Wavemakers United attends both local and global events to showcase the positive energy of our community. Check out below at which events we will inspire you next!