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Abhay Agarwal, a rising freshman at North Broward Preparatory School, wanted to teach other youngsters important values, including respect, kindness, cleanliness, positivity and cooperation, and he decided to do it the best way he knew how — through video games. In 2025, Abhay created Kind Kingdom, a nonprofit that encourages positive social actions via an interactive gaming platform.
“In young kids, ideally in third grade, ages 8 to 10, I wanted to reinforce the value of kindness in a different and creative way,” the 14-year-old Parkland resident explains. “That group, from my perspective, would get the most benefits out of Kind Kingdom.”
He’s currently testing the platform with kindergarteners at his school to explore how it resonates with younger students. After realizing some of the games contained text that was too lengthy for early readers, Abhay began developing audio versions to accompany the written content, making the experience more accessible and engaging for younger users.
The interactive application features more than a dozen Kind Kingdom Mini Games, including Clean Up the Kingdom, which encourages kids to sort their trash and keep their communities tidy, and Listening Tower, designed to teach children to listen to and respect new ideas. The Kindness Tracker provides summaries and scores for each game played.
Kind Kingdom apparel, including T-shirts and hoodies, is available on the website, as is the Learning Zone, which links to a YouTube channel called Quick Trick Math, where students can pick up clever shortcuts, problem-solving tricks and easy strategies to make math faster, clearer and more fun. The games and activities feature cartoon-style characters, Abhay explains, “to be colorful, expressive and approachable for younger students.”
Abhay, who hopes to become a physician someday, says his classmates, teachers and parents have always supported his efforts, and that they’re extremely proud of his accomplishments.
He’s now collaborating with Kindness Matters 365 — a nonprofit that empowers youth, schools and communities to lead with compassion — to gather data, improve the software and refine the user age group. Most of Kind Kingdom’s funding comes from personal efforts and family and donor support; website clothing sales help cover development costs like design tools, software and new games and experiences. Abhay is already thinking big about how many more children Kind Kingdom could help.