Malika: Co-leading sanitation initiatives from North Carolina, US to West Bengal, India
When visiting the villages her parents grew up in, Malika was struck by the spread of disease and poor sanitation in the community.
Con solo diez años son agentes de cambio para conservar el planeta
La Fundación Solar INTI visita las escuelas para realizar talleres con niños y docentes. Les proponen cuidar los recursos naturales e inventar artefactos que faciliten la vida cotidiana. Por María De Los Ángeles Rojas , 20 de abril 2018. www.eltribuno.com Un estudio llevado a cabo en 2013 por la...
Meet Ajai Gopi, The Design Enthusiast Leading Change In Farming #LeadYoung
Ajay Gopi greets you with a shy, heart-warming smile. As is usual, the now twenty-year-old is accompanied by his camera – photography is one of his greatest passions. As he happily chats away, one is hardly likely to suspect that he is quietly working to revolutionise Indian farming systems. In fact...
Chethan Gowda: Decreasing Blood Shortages in a Populous Country
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.
Simon Stumpf on early changemaking: "In the world today, we will all be called upon to lead at some point"
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...
Ashoka’s Youth Venture and Best Buy Present Winners of the ‘Technology for a Better World’ Campaign
Ashoka’s Youth Venture, a global organization supporting youth social entrepreneurs, and Best Buy Co., Inc. are proud to present the five winners of the Technology for a Better World Campaign. The winners were recognized for their innovative contributions to public and community service at the...
Watch: Four Young Entrepreneurs with "Three Minutes to Change the World"
Kids these days—they're doing big things, like turning favorite pasttimes into viable solutions to pressing social issues. Take for example the four winners of the 5th Annual Staples Youth Social Entrepreneur Competition: Karthik Naralasetty, 22, has realized he can harness Facebook to connect blood...
Escuela Agroecologica De Pirque
La Escuela Agroecológica de Pirque es una escuela técnico-profesional. El currículo flexible incluye materias como agricultura orgánica, administración de negocios, y resolución de conflictos además de clases tradicionales como español, matemáticas e historia. Los estudiantes tienen la...
Sickle Cell Advocate Bukola’s Changemaker Journey
Bukola's journey to launching Nigeria’s first online and voluntary blood donor register started in her teens. Since learning she had sickle cell as a young girl, Bukola has been on a mission to increase the quality of life for millions living with the disease.
At 17, Gino Tubaro started transforming kids with disabilities into super heroes
At the age of 17, Gino Tubaro received a letter from a desperate mother. “Please make my boy, Felipe, a hand,” it said. “We cannot afford a prosthetic.” Gino had been inventing things since the age of 13. His own mother had taken him to science fairs and invention workshops, pushing him to follow...