Hako’ak Mehi Urban Exhibition & Campaign

Creative Direction, Photography & Copywriting for UNDP Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste is not only one of the world's youngest countries, but it also has one of the world's youngest populations. This implies that youth plays a crucial role in shaping the country and, potentially, can be the most significant contributor to the nation’s future. Their fresh vision, passion and dynamism are the driving forces positioning them as powerful agents of change and progress.

Despite their importance in achieving sustainable development, they continue to be under-represented at decision-making tables.

Taking into account youth values, behaviors, and ambitions is critical for sowing the seeds of a future of inclusive democracy, equal opportunities, and sustainable development. To understand the nation's journey is to dive deeper into the hopes and dreams of youth, as well as their individuality and humanity.
Some of us dream while sleeping, whereas others dream wide awake.
Ones in secret and others out loud. In the end, so many of us dream about the same things in life. Yet, we feel so isolated in our own reality that we fear sharing our deepest dreams believing they are either too big or too small. Hako’ak Mehi - Embracing the Dream is collecting the dreams of youth, because they are going to shape our future.
Dreaming can change our life.
Dreaming together can change the future.

https://www.undp.org/timor-leste/blog/hakoak-mehi-embracing-dream-embracing-future