Education

05 Mar

Posted at 16:15h in Agriculture, Business, Community, Education, Environment, Exploitation, Food, Migrants, Refugees, Social Enterprise, Social Justice, Sustainable Development Goals, Volunteering, Youth by
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Café Bienvenue is a social enterprise based in Paris that facilitates the socio-professional integration of refugees, promotes sustainable production and consumption, and offers high quality drinks and snacks in a warm and welcoming community space.   In January, UN Secretary-General, António Guterres presented his report on the...

27 Feb

Posted at 16:59h in Advocacy, Business, Education, International Development, Social Enterprise, Volunteering, Young People by
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Isabel worked with Balloon Ventures in Kenya, unleashing the talent of small-scale entrepreneurs to end poverty. In September 2017 another Balloon Ventures programme began in Kericho, Kenya. We worked in a mixed team of ten UK volunteers and ten Kenyan volunteers, to run a programme focused...

01 Feb

Posted at 14:34h in Advocacy, Art, Children, Design, Education by
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Jeanette has created an alphabet with a difference to raise literacy standards and encourage conversations about language, culture, emotions in Australia's remote and marginalised communities. What do you get when you take two creatives who are passionate about literacy and education and combine their skill sets with...

11 Oct

Posted at 16:23h in Agriculture, Community, Conservation, Education, Environment, International Development, Refugees by
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Anglican International Development works in partnership with local churches in Sub-Saharan Africa to transform lives through long-term, sustainable solutions that empower and enable citizens I started working for Anglican International Development (AID) just over a year ago. We are a relatively small charity working in Sub-Saharan Africa...

11 Oct

Posted at 14:50h in Accountability, Advocacy, Community, Education, Homelessness, Policy, Poverty, Social Justice by
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Results uses real experiences of poverty to advocate directly with members of Congress to push for change. This powerful platform influences policy in USA, while also challenging harmful misconceptions about people who live in poverty. I am Qiana Marie, a rose from the concrete. Born and...

26 Sep

Posted at 13:21h in Children, Community, Education, Food, Healthcare, International Development, Music, Sport, Volunteering, Young People, Youth by
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Rosie shares her experience empowering disadvantaged children through education and sport in Fiji. Last summer, I was a teaching and sports volunteer in Fiji with the organisation Think Pacific. Despite having previously taught at a lycée in France for eight months, my first week in Kindergarten...

25 May

Posted at 12:52h in Advocacy, Child Marriage, Children, Community, Education, Girls, Healthcare, International Development, Leadership, Philanthropy, Policy, Poverty, Social Justice, Sustainable Development Goals, Women, Youth by
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Here’s what young changemaker Vivian Onano has to say to young people about following passions, remembering community, and making a difference in 2017 and beyond. If the term ‘old soul’ were still in vogue, twenty-something wunderkind Vivian Onano would be the bell of that ball....

17 May

Posted at 13:53h in Agriculture, Business, Children, Community, Education, International Development, Leadership, Philanthropy, Social Justice, Sustainable Development Goals, Women by
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7 in 10 children in the Nicaraguan coffeelands will not make it beyond primary school. Kristin Van Busum founded Project Alianza to provide them with the education and skills they need to break free of generations of poverty. I was raised by a single mom, and I...

29 Mar

Posted at 11:41h in Advocacy, Children, Community, Education, Girls, Infrastructure, International Development, Leadership, Philanthropy, Poverty, Social Justice, Volunteering, Women, Young People by
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From Building a Computer Lab & Sewing Studio for an Orphanage in India, to Becoming a Teen Advisor for the United Nations Foundation Every summer, my family would take a trip to India. On my birthday – August 15th – my entire family would pile into a gleaming white van...