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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....

24 Feb

Posted at 17:07h in Business, Community, Disaster Resilience, Education, Environment, Fishing, Food, Healthcare, International Development, Poverty, Volunteering, Water, Young People by
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Vestability: A student run organisation providing affordable buoyancy vests to the world’s impoverished fishing communities. A few years ago I was volunteering in Madagascar for SEED, a charity aimed at eradicating poverty and environmental degradation in the Anosy region of Madagascar. It was here that I...

06 Feb

Posted at 16:43h in Accountability, Advocacy, Education, Healthcare, International Development, Policy, Poverty, Refugees, Sustainable Development Goals, Young People, Youth by
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Empowering Students toward SDG-Oriented Education and Action The Sustainable Development Goals (a.k.a. SDGs) are a defining paradigm of our time. Adopted by all 193 UN Member States in September 2015, they represent an international consensus strategy to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for...

04 Jan

Posted at 15:31h in Art, Children, Community, Education, Empathy, Healthcare, Mental Health, Young People, Youth by
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Bringing Spoken Word Poetry Workshops to Schools and Mental Institutions in Argentina As kids, those who have a literary interest tend to learn two things very quickly. First, that literature is a gate towards universes, concepts and also abstract, wonderful ideas that have the potential to...

04 Oct

Posted at 09:51h in Childbirth, Children, Community, Healthcare, International Development, Women, Young People, Youth by
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The Story of How I became a Young Leader in Preventing Infant and Maternal Deaths in My Community. Curious Minds envisions a world where all children and youth are empowered to freely and actively contribute to issues concerning them, in an environment that ensures that their...