In 1948 Eleanor Roosevelt predicted that human rights would creep like “a curious grapevine” into public conciousness around the globe.Dismissed at that time as utopian fantasy, her forecast has proven more prescient than the scepticism of her critics. The prepositions that all human beings- whatever their nationality, culture, or location possess specific inalienable rights simply [...]
Hello Changemakers! Our next cycle of project applications will start tomorrow and will run until 15 May. We will be accepting applications for regular CAPs, WBI CAPs and GAPs as well as the Rachel CAP. Some tips before you apply: - Use the Global Changemakers Project Management toolkit to make sure you went through every [...]
“YOUTH TRACKING DECENTRALIZATION IN CAMEROON” is a project concept which has been initiated and is being implemented in Cameroon by GABI WAMBO LAURENT, a Global Changemaker from the global Youth Anti-corruption Network. The project in general seeks to promote good governance through transparency and a participatory decision making process in the management of municipal councils [...]
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ZUNA OFFICIAL REPORT ON THE VISIT TO WFUNA Let me start by Congratulating the Zimbabwe United Nations Association Team and myself in achieving this long awaiting exposure that was presented to us on Friday the 24th of March in New York on my official meeting with the WFUNA President and the Youth Delegation that consisted [...]
After reading features I chanced upon from the Daily Graphic dated ‘Monday, February 8, 2010’, ‘Wednesday, February 24, 2010’, and ‘Tuesday, May 4, 2010’ all written by E. Kwame Mensah, I saw the need to get involved, try to understand and make known to as many young people I could reach with the good news- [...]
It will be contented, surely, there must be certain objectives in this world which each and everyone of us wants to achieve, for instance, we want to pass our examinations; we want jobs and promotions; we want fame, etc; we want to have money in reasonable and unreasonable quantity to enable us to discharge such [...]
7,107 islands. 120 – 175 different languages (depending on your method of classification). 12 – 14 Global Changemakers (depending on your method of classification, too!). These are only few of the things that make up the amazing diversity of the Philippines. After the life-changing Global Changemakers Asian Youth Summit in July 2011, five of the [...]
Having observed the increased rate of corrupt practices in different sectors of Nigeria and its effect on Nigerian citizens. couple with his extensive passion for development in the marginalised rural communities in Nigeria. He had a burden to change the trend. He decided to sensitize the youths in the rural areas in order to change [...]
Catching my breath after the long break here and in Nigeria. Officially, the New Year just started in Nigeria after the long strike. With a country shut down between the 9th and 16th of January, 2012, it became apparent to me for the first time in my adult years that Nigerians may just have had [...]
“Corruption is Not an Option” is a project sponsored by Global Changemakers, British Council and World Bank Institute. As the name [...]
The Philippines is a developing country with a vibrant civil society and at least a hundred thousand non-profit groups, NGOs, civil [...]
In Cameroon, youths usually are not given the opportunity to be part of decision making processes. This situation is caused by [...]
As the most of Latin Americans countries, Colombia’s democracy is strongly affected by corruption. Recently we had known of serious [...]
The Anti-Corruption Journalism on Healthcare services in Dar es Salaam and Coast Region is a Community Action Project that addresses petty [...]
Philippines and Paraguay are two of the most corrupt countries in the world (ranking 129 and 154, respectively, according to the 2011 [...]
Young people are disproportionately affected by corruption in service delivery since they depend on these services in terms of education and [...]
While corruption scandals boom in Brazilian politics, the country’s youngsters remain silent. Brazilian youth is one of the many groups marginalized [...]
Rural dwellers in Nigeria have been the most neglected and victimized in our societies which have made their livelihood status a [...]
Indian government administration & civic agencies, like in any other developing nation that faces scarcity of resources (I mean we do [...]
Nigeria as a country ranks among one of the most corrupt countries in the world according to the reports of [...]
The dire situation of the public education in the Philippines is one of the longest running issues in the country with [...]
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