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Understand ideas that matter.
Next Generation Youths
Building the next generation of builders.
NGY is the youth-led organization behind NGN Hacks, NGN Network, FinLit and future initiatives helping young people learn, build, connect and lead.
Youth-led Global-minded Built to create opportunity
NGN Hacks 2026
It started with one event.
What began as a hackathon became proof that something bigger was possible.
- 342
- ParticipantsNGN Hacks 2026
- 50+
- Countries representedNGN Hacks 2026
- 87+
- Submitted projectsNGN Hacks 2026
- $25K+
- CAD combined prize/valueNGN Hacks 2026
The NGY ecosystem
NGY is the home behind the ideas.
We create initiatives that give young people practical ways to learn, build, collaborate and lead. Each project solves a different problem. Together, they form one ecosystem.
THE ENGINENGY
Next Generation Youths
Build
NGN Hacks
A global, beginner-friendly youth hackathon where students turn ideas into real projects.
Visit NGN HacksAn NGY initiative · 01 — Build
NGN Hacks
Ideas become real projects.
A global, beginner-friendly youth hackathon where students turn ideas into real projects.
Visit NGN Hacks01 / BuildNGN HacksBuild something meaningful.
An NGY initiative · 02 — Connect
NGN Network
The event ends. The connections don’t have to.
A global platform being designed to help young builders find collaborators, teams, mentors and opportunities.
Visit NGN Network
02 / ConnectNGN NetworkKeep the connection going.
An NGY initiative · 03 — Learn
FinLit
Money makes more sense when someone actually explains it.
Financial literacy explained clearly, practically and early for younger students.
Visit FinLit
03 / LearnFinLitMoney, explained clearly.
The next initiative
We’re not done building.
NGY exists so new ideas can become real programs, communities and platforms. NGN Hacks, NGN Network and FinLit are only the beginning.
Bring your energy to NGY04 / Future initiativesStart with a clear need.
New work begins when NGY can build a useful response designed to last.
Why NGY
Because opportunities are often disconnected.
A student attends an event, meets incredible people, builds something—and then the event ends. NGY builds initiatives designed to keep the momentum going.
Build
Turn knowledge into something real.
Connect
Meet people who can help take the next step.
Lead
Create an opportunity for somebody else.
Our story
One build created the reason for the next.
NGY grew by paying attention to what young people needed after each step.
Read the NGY story- 01
The beginning
Two students start building youth-focused opportunities.
- 02
NGN Hacks
An ambitious online hackathon grows into an international event.
- 03
2026
342 students. More than 50 countries. Over 87 submitted projects.
- 04
The realization
A temporary event had created something more lasting: a global youth community.
- 05
NGN Network
NGY begins building infrastructure to keep that community connected.
- 06
FinLit
NGY expands beyond technology into practical financial education for younger students.
- 07
What’s next
NGY becomes the engine capable of creating more programs, platforms and opportunities.
Global-minded
A bigger room changes what feels possible.
NGN Hacks welcomed participants from more than 50 countries in 2026. That reach belongs to one initiative—but it shaped NGY’s belief that young people should be able to find peers beyond their usual borders.
See the impactGLOBAL-MINDED50+
countries represented at NGN Hacks 2026
How we work
Built on clear principles.
Build, don’t just talk.
Ideas matter when someone gives them shape, tests them and puts them into the world.
Keep opportunities accessible.
A first step should feel possible, whether someone is new, experienced or still figuring out where to start.
Think globally.
The people a young person can learn from and build with should not be limited by geography.
Give youth real responsibility.
Young people grow when they are trusted to make decisions, lead teams and own meaningful work.
Build what continues.
The best initiative creates momentum that lasts beyond one workshop, event or launch.
Youth-led from the start
Built by the people it is built for.
Next Generation Youths was founded by Hanif Tajalli and Amirali Zhian—two students creating the kind of opportunities they wanted young people to have.
Meet the foundersFounded byHanif TajalliAmirali Zhian
Two student builders creating practical opportunities for other young people.
Build with NGY
Help us give young people more room to build.
Organizations, mentors and supporters can help turn more ambitious ideas into accessible opportunities.