Malcolm: Making hospitals more youth friendly
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.
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.
This rural Maharashtra school set up a canteen to serve healthy snacks to prevent children from eating junk food
Run by students from Classes VIII, IX and X, the canteen serves healthy eats made by the kids too
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...
Jóvenes Comprometidos, una semana de aceleración y 5 ganadores de capital semilla
November 14, 2016 800 jóvenes líderes de cambio, decenas de organizaciones, Universidades y Secretarías de Juventud de la región, 12 equipos finalistas, 5 ganadores. El domingo pasado el desafío Comprometidos tuvo su cierre, con la final que se realizó en el FiiS (Festival Internacional de...
En el día de la Juventud, jóvenes latinoamericanos se comprometen a mejorar la realidad
August 12, 2016 El 12 de Agosto se celebra el día internacional de la Juventud y ya hay más de 150 iniciativas conimpacto social positivo lideradas por jóvenes de entre 18 y 29 años que fueron compartidas en laplataforma de Comprometidos. La convocatoria de UNESCO, Ashoka, Socialab y Koga, con...
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...
Women Social Innovators are Changing the Game in Asia
Young changemakers are often brave enough to take unconventional routes in making meaningful changes in our society. Here are stories of four female entrepreneurs who visited the Philippines this July for the ChangemakerXChange summit, a global platform co-created by Ashoka and the Robert Bosch...