Starting with a pack of art supplies, Malcolm and his team launched a nonprofit and global movement to change how kids experience hospitals through art.
Struck by the absurdity of dying from a blood shortage in a country of 1.2B people, Chethan, then 16, began connecting people around one of life's essential liquids.
What is ChangemakerXchange? ChangemakerXchange is a revolutionary program that gathers young social entrepreneurs, aged 18-29, to help them tackle new ideas and mindsets that can foster their impact on a global scale. The first summit, held in Instanbul in 2012, was organized by Ashoka and funded by...
Che cos’è il ChangemakerXchange? Il ChangemakerXchange è un programma che riunisce giovani imprenditori sociali per aiutarli a confrontarsi su nuove idee che possano avere impatto sociale su scala globale. Il primo raduno si è tenuto a Istanbul grazie all’organizzazione di Ashoka e al supporto della...
Simon Stumpf, Director of Ashoka’s Fellow selection program in the U.S., shares how he seized his own opportunity to lead as pre-teen when family circumstances demanded and how he didn’t stop there. As a parent today facing a world of great change and challenges, he shares his thoughts on what it...
For many young people around the world, paying for college tuition locks them into decades of debt. It forces them to forego purpose-oriented jobs like teaching because those salaries will not cover their loan payments. For those who can’t find employment or lose their jobs, their fixed loan...
Para mucha gente joven alrededor del mundo, los pagos de colegiatura o matrícula universitaria son la atadura a una deuda que perdura por décadas—una deuda que los obliga a descartar trabajos de vocación--tales como el magisterio-- ya que esos salarios no son suficientes para cubrir los pagos de sus...