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We believe that anyone can become a changemaker. In order to empower every young person to become a changemaker, we need to change the way we educate young people.

Each year, Ashoka identifies a small number of schools which are shaping the education of tomorrow and which meet the following criteria: Vision: the pioneering school is willing to create a generation of active, creative citizens who are aware of the societal issues surrounding them and of their...

Retrouvez l'article d'Annabelle Baudin dans son intégralité sur Medium ! " Dans un monde où les opinions se radicalisent et où le lien social se délite, les initiatives concrètes de valorisation d’une jeunesse souvent catégorisée, font cruellement défaut. Artiste et acteur de l’innovation sociale...

Everyone can be a changemaker and it is never too early too start. That is the premise that global non-profit Ashoka says is behind its new storytelling initiative, which seeks to inspire people with stories about successful social entrepreneurs and how they started their work at a young age.

A 11 ans, Jeroo Billimoria lance un programme d’éducation financière dans son immeuble en Inde. Quelques années plus tard, elle monte un système d’aide téléphonique pour venir en aide aux enfants des rues. Aujourd’hui, ChildLine est présent dans 143 pays. Commencer jeune a fait toute la différence....

Ashoka’s business is about Changemaking for the good of all (what we call “Framework change”) which is achieved by moving from an old paradigm to a new and better one. Ashoka is uniquely positioned to identify the new paradigms needed, by sourcing them from its community of social entrepreneurs and...

There is no shortage of creative and entrepreneurial lessons at Brooklyn New School (BNS), an Ashoka Changemaker School. For social studies, just as archaeologists excavate Mayan ruins, BNS students investigate the contents of classroom trash bins because, as the project’s core understanding states...

"Today’s environment is full of challenges, innovation is more critical than ever, and education and universities should be ground zero. When I talk to students who want to change the world, I talk about the need to gain a deep understanding of what is with the ability to imagine what could be.” -...

Re-imagining youth learning must begin with an understanding of the world our children and youth are stepping into. This first requires a major reality check. That’s because most of us see a very different world than the one awaiting our young people. We see the world we entered, which is not the...