Ara Kusuma - Since 10 years old, changemaking for the love of cows
Ara's story shows how an early start at changemaking set her on a changemaking pathway for life.
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...
#LeadYoung - Sarah Toumi
Enfant, Sarah Toumi monte sa première organisation d'aide aux enfants du village de sa famille. Aujourd'hui elle a créé un mouvement de lutte contre la désertification en Tunisie. Pour elle comme pour 80% des entrepreneurs sociaux du réseau Ashoka, commencer jeune a fait toute la différence !...
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...
How 5 Creative Young People Are Addressing Youth Employment In Africa
Editor's Note: Tiwale, KadAfrica, Twim Academy, GiftedMom, and AEPT were named winners in The MasterCard Foundation and Ashoka’s “Future Forward: Innovations for Youth Employment in Africa” challenge. These young social entrepreneurs will take part in the Ashoka Changemakers Day on Youth Employment...
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...
Farm to Fork: Daniel Oulaï’s Changemaker Journey
From a young age, Daniel has been committed to feeding his community. Today, he is reconceiving the food production system across Côte d'Ivoire.
¿Cómo logra la excelencia este colegio rebelde de Pirque?
Sin inspectores y con las rejas abiertas (y también los oídos), este colegio ha logrado transformar el concepto de educación y las vidas de cientos de niños que han sido marginados del sistema formal por ser considerados "difíciles", "problema" o "intratables". Nadie pudo con ellos, pero el problema...