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Imagine a world where everyone is really a changemaker.

If everyone is a changemaker, there’s no way a problem can outrun a solution.

 

 

Changemakers scale deep when they change perceptions, behaviors, the way people think, and mindsets. Once you have changed how people think and behave, then they change the way their kids behave and the way their neighbors and friends behave, this creates deep social impact. 
Media plays a fundamental role as a tool for changing norms, attitudes and behaviors. Media sets the agenda by presenting the topics we should be caring and reading about, and later by normalizing those topics. You will be able to find in this page changemaking stories, events and reports from Ashoka Arab World.

Ashoka Arab World Stories

Addressing pollution and climate change: a VeryNile idea

Pollution and climate change are pressing issues for humanity but – particularly in the COVID-19 area – it is difficult for nation-states to prioritize and adequately fund environmental protection efforts. Despite these challenges, changemakers are equipped to step in to find creative solutions that...
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A Young ChangemakHER story - Rofida Essam increasing access to first aid training

Rofida is one of the winners of the 2019 Young ChangemakHERs Transformative Journey and Competition. She has been actively working on shifting community mindsets in Cairo to raise awareness about the importance of First Aid by increasing people's access to training. Despite the challenges in 2020...
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Ashoka Fellow Meher Khelifi journey to break down social insurance barriers: “I want to help every single woman that has no social or health coverage”

Meher Khelifi, newly elected Ashoka Arab World Fellow and founder of Ahmini, shared with us his first reactions to becoming an Ashoka Fellow, the challenges he faced along the way, and his experience pursuing social security coverage for women in rural Tunisia.
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Once Upon a Time, There was an Ashoka Fellow…

New Fellow Rana Dajani is the founder of We Love Reading, an initiative aimed at empowering young people as empathetic leaders by encouraging a love of reading and sparking the development of locally run libraries around the world. Read more in this Q&A with Rana herself!
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Inside the Innovator: a Q&A with Newly Elected Ashoka Fellow Dan Driscoll

New Fellow Dan Driscoll is the founder and head of Anou, an online platform and cooperative that gives Moroccan artisans full autonomy over selling their products. Curious to learn more about Dan's trajectory and why he's excited to be a Fellow? Read this interview.
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Ashoka Fellows Celebrate Ramadan By Giving Back

Beyond being a period for spiritual reflection, celebration, and gathering with family, Ramadan has always been a season of generosity and an opportunity to give back to the community.
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Fellows Respond to COVID-19 Pandemic

Ashoka Arab World Fellows are pivoting their work to adjust amidst a staggering global health crisis and building innovative approaches to deal with the challenges unfolding from the pandemic

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Forging Public-Private Collaboration to Preserve Traditional Music in Tunisia

How social enterprises can serve as an example for tackling heritage regeneration
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Fellows from Ashoka Arab World and Ashoka Africa Convene for Storytelling Training

In May 2018, Ashoka Arab World convened 11 Fellows from the Arab World and Africa for a training on how to tell their stories of social change.
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Hear Ashoka Arab Fellows Describe What the Fellowship Means to Them

In January 2017, Ashoka Arab World convened 10 Fellows for a retreat in Fayoum, Egypt, where they had the opportunity to reflect on their place in the Fellowship Community.
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Fellow Abla Al Alfy Launches a Campaign to Reduce Prematurity in Egypt

Ashoka Arab World Fellow Dr. Abla Al Alfy organized the kickoff event of "Ibn al Badry," a year-long campaign to advocate for the reduction of prematurity in Egypt.

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WISE Launches at Arab World Social Innovation Forum March 15 in Cairo

The Arab World Social Innovation Forum (awsif.org) is the region's premier platform for gathering an international community of social entrepreneurs and accelerating the local-to-global and global-to-local movement for social change. Leveraging Ashoka’s position as the world’s largest network for...
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How girls are changing the world

Advice from and for young women leading the future of impact.

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Ashoka Arab World Events

Ashoka Arab World Fellows

How governments can unlock the potentials of social entrepreneurs for the common good.

Expert Hour - Catalyst 2030

December 14th, 2020 - 3PM Cairo time 

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Ashoka Arab World Fellows

Reading Corner : Live Storybook Reading

Ashoka Arab World 

September 24th, 2020 5PM GMT+2

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Ashoka Arab World Fellows

WISEUp Event Series - Women Initiative For Social Entrepreneurship

Ashoka Arab World 

13-15 July, 2020 - 4PM Cairo Time

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Get WISEr: The Women Initiative for Social Entrepreneurship

Ashoka Changemaker Summit 

November 17th, 2020 - 11AM GMT+2

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Ashoka Arab World Reports

WISE 2020 Update Report

15 Years of Change in the Arab World

Launching the Young Changemakers Movement

Women Can.. Women Do.. Women Impact ..