As you are probably aware of, we have just completed our Spring 2012 Cycle of Project applications. We were really pleased to receive such a large number of applications and are currently deciding which initiatives we will support. The results will be published here on 31 May for CAPs, GAPs and WBI-CAPs. The annual [...]
This year on the 18th of August, UWC Red Cross Nordic will be hosting a Nordic Peace Conference in Oslo. Following the signing of a “Declaration of Intent for Peace” at a conference in Brus- sels, the UWC RCN community has committed to fostering peace and creating peace related projects in advance of the International [...]
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 [...]
Time again for another letter from this end. Living in Africa offers a lot of exciting opportunities, as you might have read last week on Katherine’s blog; a week ago I was looking for a picnic spot and found a lovely sign warning people of crocodile encounters. This last weekend we went camping to an [...]
We are going to turn 8 billion very soon but ever we wondered that half of the world population is living below poverty line! A billion losing lives for hunger and twice getting even less than US$ 1 a day. Where there is arrogance and hatred in this world, in darkness of hopelessness there are [...]
The Iraqi Digital Storytelling project is the first voluntary digital story telling project in Iraq. We create interesting stories of local Iraqis and we share them with the rest of the world on the project’s official website (currently under construction) and on our YouTube channel. The main goal of the IDST is to depict the [...]
Hey folks! This is Renato, a Changemaker from Brazil! Last year, after attending the Global Youth Summit in the UK, I came back to Brazil with much inspiration and ideas. I felt more prepared to bring a bigger positive change in my community and beyond. Being a Global Changemaker not just supported me with many [...]
New to the Global Changemakers community? Looking for people working on similar issues and in the same region? Check out our Facebook groups! Our Facebook fan page can be found here – and if you want to join any of the groups, follow the links below: Issues Anti-corruption Children’s rights Conflict resolution Education Environment Human [...]
The opening reception of the Young Professional Summit and Brussels Forum, and the first thing we heard were the most simple and inspiring words. A senior director of the German Marshall Fund spoke those wise words: “If you are tall, act taller, if you are (insert name), act more (insert name). And so the high [...]
Youth Interfaith Forum on Sexuality will organize its first Young Queer faith and Sexuality Camp from 10-14 April 2012 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. This camp aims to build dialogue among diverse young people, particularly from different faith and sexual identity. The theme of this camp is “Building Peace through Diversity”. It will be a spirit in [...]
Diversity is a way to build peace. Young people are so diverse, including their sexual and faith identities. However, non-normative [...]
Islam Counter Extremism ”ICE” is an online awareness raising campaign using online tools in order to combat extremism locally (in Iraq) [...]
History Project Issue: Youth in India and Pakistan grow up with stereotyped images of each other which become ingrained in their [...]
In Zimbabwe there are not many events or activities where people from different social backgrounds get together bringing about separation in [...]
The intercultural relationship between the Europe and the Arab world is marked by polarity. The CAP “Orient meets Occident: An Intercultural [...]
Learning English is essential for children in Palestine. From a practical standpoint, it is a requirement to graduate and get into [...]
This project will be implemented in Canada, where a group of teenage volunteers will work with kids from minorities, immigrants and [...]
There is a big gap between young and older generations in Russian society nowadays. People of different age groups do not [...]
The objective of Model ASEM was to foster interaction between youths from Asia and Europe and to enhance intercultural exchange between [...]
Global Changemakers TV is a project that wants to produce a TV show featuring the work of the Global Changemakers around [...]
Youth Empowerment Sweden was created to provide teenagers with the chance to further their development through youth-led workshops, interesting lectures and [...]
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