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.
Primer encuentro de la Alianza por los Objetivos del Desarrollo Sostenible
Ashoka, JCI Buenos Aires y Socialab con el apoyo de Fundación Directorio Legislativo convocaron a AMIA Joven, AIESEC Buenos Aires, Educación para Compartir, América Solidaria Argentina, Asociación Civil El Leoncito Dan, Bisblick-Compromiso Social, Doncel, Fundación Global, Fundación PROEM, Lider.ar...
JP Maunes: putting accessibility and inclusion center stage in the Philippines
JP’s life’s work to change mindsets in Filipino society about disability inclusion started when he was a teenager, growing up in the central Visayas region of the Philippines.
#LeadYoung - JP Maunes: Poniendo la accesibilidad y la inclusión en el centro en las Filipinas
En abril del 2016, JP Maunes se convirtió en un personaje famoso en Filipinas, cuando durante un debate presidencial acalorado, realizó la interpretación en lengua de señas, y provocó que varias personalidades de los medios lo nombraran a él como ganador. Memes con las manos agotadas de JP...
#LeadYoung - JP Maunes: aux Philippines, mettre l’inclusion et l’accessibilité sur le devant de la scène
En avril 2016, JP Maunes est devenu un personnage important aux Philippines lorsque son interprétation en langue des signes au cours d'un débat de campagne présidentielle houleux a amené un bon nombre d'éminentes personnalités médiatiques à le désigner lui comme le vainqueur. Les images des mains...
Get the Scoop on Peace through Prevention Next Week
Peace will be the flavor of the next week. The United Nation's International Day of Peace is next Friday, September 21, but things will get a little sweeter thanks to Ben & Jerry's, one of our partners (and a community favorite). They partnered with the Peace Alliance to hold a free ice cream...
Sympathy: Simply Ineffective or Actually Harmful?
Editor's Note: Ashoka imagines a world where education is truly transformational, where every child has mastered empathy—and would like to work with you to help build it. Join us on StartEmpathy.org, our new digital home for all things empathy, where you can learn why empathy matters, pick up...
The ‘nano’ Computer
The Indian Minister of Human Resource and Development, Mr. Kapil Sibal, released a $35 (Rs. 1500) tablet computer last week. The touch screen device has been designed and developed by experts from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK) and Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore. The...
Bring on Banking on Youth!
Social change isn’t rocket science; it’s just a matter of gumption and drive. Policy-makers, think-tanks, and academics aren’t the only ones with the power and ideas to change the world. Changemaking can belong to all of us. And nowhere is this dynamic potential more evident than among the emerging...
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...