Who we are
We're student volunteers who think young people should have a say on the world's biggest problems, and that writing about them can do some real good. Each edition takes one goal, asks three questions, and is a fundraiser for The Assembly Soup Kitchen (T.A.S.K).
About usBuilt on the Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, every UN member state agreed to 17 goals to reach by 2030 (source: the UN's Sustainable Development Goals page). We focus on the ones about fairness: poverty, hunger, education, gender equality, inequality, and justice.
Goals we focus on
- Poverty
- Hunger
- Education
- Gender equality
- Inequality
- Justice
Why Pharos?
A light for strangers.
The Pharos was the lighthouse of Alexandria: one of the Seven Wonders, guiding ships safely in beside the greatest library of the ancient world. It was built stone by stone. So is a fairer world, and every essay is one more stone.
What we do
Volunteering
Volunteering with The Assembly Soup Kitchen (T.A.S.K).
Find out on Instagram (opens in a new tab)Inaugural edition: Goal 2, Zero Hunger
Inaugural edition: Goal 2, Zero Hunger
Your essay can feed someone.
This edition is a fundraiser for The Assembly Soup Kitchen (T.A.S.K). Opens 16 November 2026.
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