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 [...]
Empowered Youth, Empowered You! The project is dedicated towards improving the quality of education in a rural area of our country and it started off with a non-profit school in Joymondop, Manikganj, Bangladesh. With insufficient funds and lacking basic amenities, the school was struggling to provide a sound environment for primary education of children. It [...]
FOFA – Firmes Oportunidades, Felizes Adolescentes (Firm Opportunities, Happy Adolescents) In an increasingly competitive society, individualism and machismo have been causing numerous social problems to nowadays world. When such perspectives are focused on the schools, we can clearly see those concepts, whether they are activities that value more individual initiatives or on the veiled prejudices [...]
Changing paradigms is never easy for a person alone. It needs heartfelt efforts for one to get successful in this endeavor. I believe that creating beneficial changes for the Philippines is something that I ought to do with the help of other people. More often than not, leaders like me tend to think that the [...]
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 [...]
It’s a Chichewa word for ‘we should lighten up/brighten up/glow/wisen/get motivated/be inspired’, Chichewa verbs tend to imply a lot… and yes we imply all these but for an impoverished young woman population in Malawi! Here is a little peak into our verb ‘Tiwale’: 65 percent of Malawians live below the poverty line of less than [...]
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 [...]
What can possibly be done in two days? That’s what I thought when I heard I was going to be facilitating alongside Gaby (CAPS Woman) and Katherine (International Woman of Mystery) at the Gaborone Global Changemakers workshop from 18-19 April. But I was soon to be proved wrong. I arrived in the sunny city of [...]
What is this initiative about? Much has been said that the future of our world lies within the youth. At present, majority [...]
Half of the world’s total population is youth; therefore, we can say that the youth composes a big portion of the [...]
Strawberry Generation is a term used frequently in Asia a decade ago to recapture the youths who were spoiled, in apathy [...]
Although metropolitan youngsters of Bangladesh are in touch with rest of the world many are still limited to their local rural [...]
iTeach, iLearn Mentoring Program While there have been vast improvements in Liberia’s educational sector over the last five years, the national gross [...]
Hey Youth! is committed with the development of early education of kids living in vulnerable areas of Trujillo-Peru. Based on the [...]
The World Health Organization talks about 150 000 people die each year due to climate change and considers that nearly 5 [...]
Most youth in Sri Lanka are not active in the areas of social activism, volunteerism and social entrepreneurism. Neither are they [...]
The main issue that this project wants to address is that many public schools in Pakistan lack creativity. Students are not [...]
The Philippines is a developing country with a vibrant civil society and at least a hundred thousand non-profit groups, NGOs, civil [...]
Global Changemakers CEM is a student association, integrated by young activists, which aims to contribute positively in a wide range of [...]
As human beings and Brazilian citizens, we all have equal rights and obligations. Violence has got no justification, either it is [...]
Step Ahead” is a Community Action Project that objectives to tackle the youth apathy in state communities of Sergipe, Pernambuco, Minas [...]
Our goal is to introduce youth of action in the way of the Warrior Without Weapons. In other words, we aim, [...]
BAKAS: Bagong Kabataan ang Solusyon formerly known as: Batang Kalikasan ang Solution History of BAKAS Year 2011: In April 2011, BAKAS was founded by Cris [...]
Empowering Asia is a campaign to promote the spirit of scholarship, leadership and citizenship amid high schoolers in the South Asia [...]
Brother By My Side is a Global Changemakers Community Action Project, managed by Christopher Walcott, in the twin island Republic of Trinidad [...]
FOFA (Firmes Projetos, Felizes Adolescentes) will tackle the practice of bullying between children and adolescents aged 10-14 years old, focusing on the [...]
Welcome to the iMHere! Project’s iTeach, iLearn Program! Dear Applicant, Thank you for your interest in the iTeach, iLearn program. By visiting this page you [...]
Teenage girls in rural areas of my community are managing a very challenging life, as a result, many girls make unwise [...]
All children should have access to a good education that provides them with opportunities, allows them to reach their [...]
Shining Horizon was born out of the idea that tackling poverty at grassroots level would be the most effective way in [...]
Sparkle project is designed with the aim of raising the awareness of children at the age of 10 to 15 – (in [...]
The name stands for 200 young people whose hearts are on fire for their community and their people. The project’s aim [...]
DESCRIPTION The Project is designed as a scale-up programme of the Youth Engage Community Action Project. It is designed as a skills [...]
At their schooling age, they are out on the streets selling and working for their families. At the premature age, they [...]
Angela Strader (Manizales, Colombia) Leo Duarte (Belo Horizonte, Brazil) Daniel Silva(Montes Claros, Brazil) The youth in our cities are unaware and unengaged in [...]
Every good project begins with a good story: Peruvian brothers Felipe and Lucia felt they should share their energy with other [...]
Future Voices International is a pioneering grassroots level project enabling young people living in poverty the chance to be heard. Future [...]
The nationwide youth empowerment project, Goreto, is a campaign that aims to inform high school students about the need for development of [...]
Vietnam Youth Forum (VYF) 2010 took place between July 18th and 22nd in Hanoi, Vietnam. Participants of the Forum were young [...]
This project was located in the city of Bari and aimed to create a lively association, the COOPERA(c)TION: PEACE AND LAW. [...]
”Indonesia has more than 40 million youngsters aged 15 to 24 years old, living in this archipelago, which is equivalent to [...]
Listen2Youth is a community media project that uses the arts to give youth a voice and allowing them to be social [...]
This CAP wants youth to start being pro-active in underdeveloped communities such as the Claremont community in South Africa and bring [...]
Global Changemakers TV is a project that wants to produce a TV show featuring the work of the Global Changemakers around [...]
The vision of this CAP was to create a local network of changemakers from my community to organize seminars and workshops, [...]
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