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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
To introduce my blog, here’s a paper I wrote about my semester’s study proposal: “The main inspiration for this project is my father, as well as, my own life experiences with activism and social issues. My father’s life long work as an entrepreneur in the retail/grocery store business has been a heavy influence in my [...]
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 [...]
React and Change is an online-driven, youth-led, non-profit brazilian organization committed to activating youth to combat gender inequality and its derivates, such as bullying, unemployment, violence against women, racism and poverty by educating and empowering youth through social entrepreneurship, leadership skills and advocacy . We hold a diverse of events across the country, gathering young leaders, [...]
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 [...]
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On 24th of February 2012, 8 volunteers from the very unique project titled “Empower Lanka” visited the remote village of Ratugala, Bibile in Sri Lanka which is one of the two last remaining “vedda” (indigenous people) communities of the country. This village has had no access to electricity from the main electricity grid due to [...]
The World Health Organization talks about 150 000 people die each year due to climate change and considers that nearly 5 [...]
Although metropolitan youngsters of Bangladesh are in touch with rest of the world many are still limited to their local rural [...]
Criminality is an undeniable issue in metropolis such as Sao Paulo. Young teenagers are involved from early age with drug-trafficking in [...]
Diversity is a way to build peace. Young people are so diverse, including their sexual and faith identities. However, non-normative [...]
The Philippines is a developing country with a vibrant civil society and at least a hundred thousand non-profit groups, NGOs, civil [...]
In Africa, the youth harbor the most potential to change the status quo in their communities through various social entrepreneurial projects. [...]
Empowering Asia is a campaign to promote the spirit of scholarship, leadership and citizenship amid high schoolers in the South Asia [...]
In the Philippines, almost 22.6 percent of the population (or more than 21 million people) live on less than 1.25 USD [...]
CFL Sri Lanka- “Powering Sri Lanka, one village at a time” Sri Lanka is currently at an Energy Crisis with all hydro [...]
Shining Horizon was born out of the idea that tackling poverty at grassroots level would be the most effective way in [...]
E-Classroom is a fee free peer to peer based learning and mentorship project, which seeks to use Social Media to Create [...]
The H.E.C was kicked off last July when participants from around Uganda came together for a three day conference on entrepreneurship held in [...]
SAGE Cup Philippines is a national entrepreneurial competition for secondary school students that partner them with mentors from universities and business or civic [...]
“Youth from primary, secondary and high learning institutions entering the labour force annually is about 1,000,000, but only 40,000 get employment [...]
”Indonesia has more than 40 million youngsters aged 15 to 24 years old, living in this archipelago, which is equivalent to [...]
Rabat Entrepreneurial challenge is a week of entrepreneurship. We, the founders of the program realized that there is a need of [...]
Africa as a continent is facing the challenges of climate change in different forms. The pressing problems widespread in the region [...]
SMDI is the development think tank at the world’s leading universities. The aims of the project are to add value to the [...]
Global Changemakers TV is a project that wants to produce a TV show featuring the work of the Global Changemakers around [...]
This CAP wants to educate and support young people in gaining experience and practical knowledge on entrepreneurship. The project offers a [...]
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