One Young World Ambassadors head to Norway to Join HKH Haakon and Mette Marit for Global Dignity Day
Pittsburgh Mayor, Luke Ravenstahl heralds the One Young World summit in the city in 2012
One Young World co-founder Kate Robertson talks about Pittsburgh being named host city of the 2012 One Young World Summit. Also pictured, from left: Mayor Luke Ravenstahl; David Jones, One Young World co-founder; Greg Babe, Bayer president and CEO; and Sy Holzer, PNC president.
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Wake Up Call 21.2.12
Ambassadors: Ajarat Bada, Ayah Al-fwaress, Chris Eigeland, Daniel Buritica, Erin Schrode, Michael Teoh, Parker Liautaud, Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh
Imagine millions of people, all over the world, uniting under one goal, one idea, one statement on the same day. Imagine a peaceful, collaborative movement for global change. Imagine governments, corporations, communities and individuals hearing one message:
This is a Wake Up Call 21.2.12
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Missing MDG
The Missing Millennium Development Goal project is a petition to governments of the UN member-states, religious leaders and followers to recognise that the eight Millennium Development Goals can only be fully realised with Interfaith Collaboration.
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It'sOneHumanity: The Humanitarian Social Network
Where humanitarians meet to educate each other, share their work, connect & act upon pressing issues for the better of humanity as a whole.
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African Student Leaders' Summit
A forum for students across Africa to provide African solutions to African problems, with an address from Thabo Mbeki.
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Next Generation Vision
Welcome to the Next Generation Vision. Our ambition is to harness the UK financial services industry so that every individual, every business and the nation as a whole can prosper.
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I OWN Karachi
This initiative led by Muhammed Ali Mustafa is picking up on the ' I Own Karachi' initiative launched by Mr Syed Mustafa Kamal, Mayor of Karachi.
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Our Future Says...
Michael Teoh compiled an influential report about the views of young people in Malaysia.
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Global Youth Participation Week
Nicolò Wojewoda sees himself as a social entrepreneur in the making. He has launched a project called the Global Youth Participation Week.
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Bakongo Camp
Colombia’s first summer camp that gives its volunteers the opportunity to make a real difference to the lives of under privileged children.
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LIPSVA
"Lipsva" is the Bulgarian word for "missing". Lipsva is a missing person's database and mapping tool which also raises awareness about missing people in Eastern Europe.
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Zurich Declaration
As young people, we are the consumers, the commentators, the shapers and the leaders of tomorrow. We want to start now to influence tomorrow’s world for the better.
Our 10 key goals
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The Schoolbag
The Schoolbag enables children to pursue an education by providing basic school supplies to young people in need. Each bag contains adequate materials for one student to learn for one year.
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Aktion Gratishilfe
Aktion Gratishilfe is a project which provides free assistance within communities by utilising the skills of volunteers to provide services to those who require them.
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Community Pre-School Feeding Program
The most serious and chronic nutritional problem in the Philippines is protein-energy malnutrition (PEM) amongst pre-school children.
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The Earth Shook. Move Yourself Now
Only weeks after the summit in London a devastating earthquake occurred off the coast of the Maule Region of Chile
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Cool2Vote
The COOL2VOTE project aim is to inspire young Nigerians of voting age to register, vote and defend their right to vote in the 2011 elections.
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Power of Youth
‘Uniting the power of the best young entrepreneurs from around the world to take the next generation of big brands and ideas global.’
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Train-Coach-Mentor Girls Project
In many countries around the world, women remain marginalised, under-represented, and under-protected in both government and lower-level decision-making. Education can change this.
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Eggs for Hope
Eggs for Hope aims to train and employ young Haitians in caring for chickens and sell on the eggs, incubate them to increase chicken stocks, and provide wholesome and healthy meals for schoolchildren to help them make the most of their educational opportunities.
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YUFE
YUFE (Youth United For Education) has been set up at Macquarie University, aiming to integrate community service and social activism into the academic curriculum for credits – thereby both encouraging help of those in need, and fostering greater social inclusion between the student and local communities.
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Myanmar Youths In Action
MYIA is a youth participation program which aims to promote and empower young people in Myanmar and conduct development projects.
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Interfaith Bike Ride
The Interfaith Bike Ride saw an interfaith team of young people cycle 1050km over nine days across Australia, stopping to give anti-discrimination lectures, clarifying common misconceptions and campaigning against religious and race based prejudices.
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Generation Next
Generation Next is a youth network which aims to provide opportunities for youth to move forward in every walk of life.
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FEED Projects
Lauren Bush is on a mission. Her goal is that her organisation FEED Projects helps hungry children through the sales of her FEED bags.
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Sustainable Aid
The aim of Sustainable Aid is to bring about awareness and action in fighting against HIV/AIDS through youth engagement. It is a one day conference organised by AIESEC Cambodia, local volunteers and relevant NGOs, with about 400 participants.
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Jukti Initiative
The aim of Jukti is to make healthcare more accessible to everyone in Bangladesh and particularly people living in remote areas where access to high quality medicine is limited. Doctors from the city hospitals will be able to examine, monitor and diagnose patients remotely using video conferencing technology.
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CrowdVoice
CrowdVoice is a user-powered service that tracks voices of protest from around the world.
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Riverton Football Project
In Riverton, Kingston, recreational infrastructure is sorely lacking. Children play on a dangerous rubbish dump. OYW Jamaican ambassadors are developing a destitute patch of land into a football pitch, giving the community healthy recreation,and boosting self-esteem.
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Un Mundo Sin Mordaza
Un Mundo Sin Mordaza means "A World Without Censorship" and is a global campaign against censorship originating in Venezuela.
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Foro Voluntariado Juvenil y Responsabilidad Social Universitaria
The Forum's aim is to empower 1,000 young leaders from all regions of Colombia, through in-depth discussion and an atmosphere of active participation in issues of social responsibility and volunteerism.
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LATYTUD
LATYTUD is a nonprofit youth organization, which operates in Latin America and aims to create a network of movements, organizations and individuals whose proposals promote citizen participation and social transformation in the region.
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Vitalis
Vitalis travels to schools and universities in Venezuela to explain to importance of preserving the environment and sustainable development.
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Earthfest Africa
An African youth sustainability event by the Africa Youth Environment Network (AYEN), running for 2 days in 9 African countries to promote environmental awareness and actions among African youth.
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Tunza Regional Youth Conference
In celebration of World Environment Day, this event brought together young people from all across the continent to protect biodiversity.
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APAIR - Academic Project for Austrian and International Relations
APAIR fosters international collaboration by supporting students and young professionals who have ties to Austria towards participating in international conferences, hence promoting intellectual dialogue and amicable relationships between the decision-makers of tomorrow.
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One Young World Club Nigeria
One Young World Nigeria aims to promote One Young World values in Nigeria. Its first project involves training high school students in leadership skills.
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Flood Relief Effort
Suhaib Jalis Ahmed and other OYW ambassadors are contributing to the relief efforts in the wake of the devasting flooding in Pakistan.
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Empow! - Empowerment through Speech
Empow! gets youngsters to debate and discuss current issues to prepare for future leadership.
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EUth Debate
Co-ordinated with the European Union Office in Bangkok, the 6th Thailand Inter-Varsity EUth Debate was the first Green Debate Tournament in the world.
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Sachet Revolution
Large amounts of drinking water, as well as snacks and ice cream are sold in plastic sachets in Ghana – these sachets account for 85% of Accra’s plastic waste!
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Teens Turning Green
Teens Turning Greenis a student-led movement devoted to education and advocacy around environmentally and socially-responsible choices for individuals, schools, and communities.
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One Young World Trinidad & Tobago
OYWT&T was set up to help promulgate and further the OYW resolutions within Trinidad & Tobago, and to act as a platform from which national youth action could spring.
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GOLDEN GREEN: Nigeria@50
In celebration of Nigeria’s 50th anniversary of independence, members of OYWON (One Young World Nigeria, founded by Ambassadors) organised a series of events to encourage talents in solving unemployment and encouraging self employment.
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United Nations Citizens’ Ambassador
Gerardo was one of 6 young people (one from each continent) picked from around the world to serve as a UN Citizens’ Ambassador following a global application process on Youtube.
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YActivists!
YActivists! is a facilitator of youth movements in Thailand, as well as a dynamic promoter of social change.
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Eagles Wing
Eagles Wing: The New Mirrorseeks to unite youth from Botswana in taking their education further for their communities –using their graduate skills at home.
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African Union Youth Division
African Union Youth Division: continental youth programmes and events that involve crucial decision making processes, covering issues of youth capacity building and partnerships with other youth-based organisations.
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Township Debating League (TDL)
Township Debating League (TDL) teaches high school learners in the townships around Cape Town argumentative and critical thinking skills as well functional English through the medium of debating.
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Harambe Endeavour Alliance
Harambe Endeavour Alliance is working in the Interdisciplinary nature of health
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Paper Reuse
Community-based paper use optimisation project (reutilisation in schools, etc.); also currently conducting a Global Youth Survey on the Environment, the results of which will be presented at The 26th session of the Governing Council / Global Ministerial Environment Forum (GC/GMEF) of the United Nation Environment Programme (UNEP), Nairobi, Kenya, February 2011.
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The Schoolbag
The Schoolbag for Zimbabwean refugees in South Africa (basic educational supplies).
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Our Stories
Ourstories.com.au was developed in the immediate aftermath of the recent flooding to devastate Queensland, Australia.
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Voices of Future World
VOF World is a media platform and portal started by OYW Haiti Ambassador James Alcime.
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Business Students Without Borders
Business Students Without Borders e.V. (BSWB) is an organisation of HHL students that primarily aims at enabling business students to actively contribute to projects in the region Leipzig as well as in developing countries.
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One Young Mindanao
Inspired by the ideals of promoting youth leadership in their community, OYM aims to explore, ignite and nurture the leadership potentials of the youth so that they can genuinely contribute to making Mindanao a better place.
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Your Big Year - Michael Teoh
The ‘Your Big Year’ social enterprise competition was hosted in Liverpool, U.K., a competition which pit 45,000 participants from around the globe with their entrepreneurial skills and talents in growing social enterprises and promoting the involvements of young people in charitable organizations. OYW Ambassador for Malaysia, helped by the OYW Network, was one of just two chosen for the prize.
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Women’UP
The ambition of Women’UP is to create an association that would contribute to improve the role played by women in firms, especially in top management positions.
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Sharing best practices with global youths - Michael Teoh
The MSC Malaysia - One Young World Youth ‘Impact’ Report is the 2nd report produced by Malaysian youths, headed by a group of volunteers who have come together, to contribute their time, efforts and talents in reaching out to engage with different youth groups in Malaysia and sharing their stories and projects to the world.
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Un Techo Para Mi País
Un Techo Para Mi Pais (UTPMP) is a Latin American non-profit organization led by students and young professionals working daily with underprivileged communities living in precarious slums.
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One Young World North Pole - The Last Degree
One Young World explorer sets sights on North Pole - Parker Liautaud teen environmental campaigner and One Young World's first explorer embarks on new polar mission.
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Adopt-A-Library
In line with its focus, One Young World Nigeria is launching its first project “Adopt a Library”. The aim of this project is to facilitate refurbishment and creation of libraries in public secondary school.
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Thought Leaders: One Young World African Network
As part of a wide-scale effort by the One Young World African Network to change the world's perception of Africa, Ambassadors and Delegates for One Young World 2011 write for the esteemed South African 'Mail & Guardian: Thought Leader' blog on what drives them as young leaders, inspiring debate and taking their leadership aspirations to the next level.
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Women’s Health Clinic and Street Theater in Mrigauliya Nepal
Sunita Basnet was awarded $1000 grant from International Women Health Coalition (IWHC)Young Visionary Grant 2010 to increase awareness of sexual and reproductive rights and health in rural Nepal.
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The Future of Energy
How can the 16,000+ young leaders engaged with the One Young World network use there influence to help deal with the global energy and global warming problem? Well we can start by ‘being realistic’ says an expert panel brought together to discuss this problem by Oxford Analytica...
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Sool Emergency Response Appeal
The Global Somali Youth Agenda in association with Khayraat Development Association (KDA) launched The Sool Emergency Response Appeal, to mobilise resources, galvanise non-state actors and generate media buzz around the needs of those affected by drought in the Sool Region, Somaliland.
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Youth Ki Awaaz
Youth Ki Awaaz, which literally translates to “Voice of the Youth” in English, is an online platform for
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YUVA - Youth Under Visionary Action
YUVA is a non-political, independent, not-for-profit organization run by students and recent graduates of institutions of higher education.
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36 Meals
This is a vision founded keeping in mind the whopping number of about a Billion people, who sleep hungry every single night, without the privilege of being able to intake even a morsel of food for days or weeks together and sometimes unto death.
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Acumen Social Business Training
Acumen's aim is to provide individuals from Central America with a comprehensive platform consisting of entrepreneurial education, network and management systems to realize their own social businesses.
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One Young World Sierra Leone
One Young World Sierra Leone is a branch of the One Young World Africa Network (OYWAN) that is geared towards promoting nation building and economic development in post-war Sierra Leone OYWSL is concerned with improving the conditions - and dignity - of people in Sierra Leone.
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Youth Volunteers Forum
The Forum aims to empower 1,000 young leaders from all regions of Colombia, with in-depth discussion and an atmosphere of active participation in issues of social responsibility and volunteerism.
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YY Haiti Social Business School
James Alcime recognises that Haiti needs social business to break dependence on International Aid. Thus, young people need social business skills to enable them to find jobs and to start their own social enterprises.
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GLOBAL POVERTY PROJECT 1.4 BILLION REASONS SCREENINGS
In coordination with both Prince Haakon’s Global Dignity Day, and the Premiere of the Global Poverty Project’s 1.4 Billion Reasons interactive DVD on how to eradicate extreme poverty, OYW Ambassadors around the world were provided DVDs for a day to stage screenings of the film in their communities, from Canada to Turkey to South Africa to Nepal to Trinidad & Tobago, to special events in New York and London, featuring celebrities like Hugh Jackman and Lily Cole.
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The Hall Pass Tour
The Hall Pass Tour is using music to advance access to higher education. Providing a creative space for communities to support their youth.
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Project Chirag
Project Chirag, a model that looked at rural transformation with the introduction of light into the lives of these villagers, which will act as the vital spark that will put in motion an entire socio – economic change.
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Ahaan - Rays of Hope
It's a humanitarian and Dignity based project. The purpose of the project is to reach out to the underprivileged section of India's society and making them feel wanted.
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ILive2Lead (IL2L)
IL2L vision is to empower brilliant young women to become Leaders of their communities.
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Indonesian Youth Conference
IYC aims to provide a platform for young people to speak up and make their dreams come true.
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Youth Media: our response to HIV/AIDS
“Youth Media: OUR RESPONSE TO HIV/AIDS” is a project using media and communication to promote HIV/AIDS prevention strategies in Africa.
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Biogas
The Biogas project is aimed at providing alternative energy source and instilling entrepreneurship skills to the disadvantaged villagers in Alice,who cannot afford electricity.
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Soluciones Verdes
We sell SOCIAL IMPACT that powers the creation of corporate value. Though responsible investment we solve basic SAFE WATER needs to strategic rural communities.
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I Vote for Climate
I Vote for Climate campaign was organized in Cameroon on the occasion of the recent presidential election that took place on the 9th October 2011 and was run by Vital Actions for Sustainable Development (AVD) a youth-led NGO coordinated by Jean Paul Brice Affana, a One Young World Ambassador from Cameroon.
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Rio+20 Global Youth Music Contest
Rio+20 Global Youth Music Contest is a global competition for young people in the context of the forthcoming Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development to be held in June 2012 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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The International Movement for Change (IMC)
International Movement for Change (IMC)'s main goal is to develop youth, between the ages of 16 and 25, to become future social entrepreneurs, role models and community activists, by involving them in various IMC Community Action Projects (CAPs) and in-house training courses.
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One Student, One Laptop
The "ONE STUDENT, ONE LAPTOP" aims to provide free or at a very affordable price of hardware including a laptop for each student including the most needy and anxious to learn.
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Izwi
Izwi which refers to "African voices connected" is an organization that not only visions the possibility or imagines the future for African development.
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One Student, One Notebook
One Student, One Notebook is the first project of the GSFA Global Dignity Club, the first organization dedicated to human dignity in Comoros.
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International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA) Youth Front
The ICASA Youth Front is a regional platform made up of youth NGOs, Networks and Organizations what organize youth activities and advocacy campaign prior, during and after ICASA.
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I Am Can Will
I Am Can Will is all about creating a global movement towards building and inspiring confidence within people and using this to ignite positive change within communities on both a local and national scale.
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Emprende Social
Emprende Social is an online publication for Latin America social entrepreneurship.
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ConstruCycle
ConstruCycle collects locally available paper waste, which would otherwise be thrown away, and turns it into a self supporting, fireproof and inexpensive building material through an organic processing method. Through this revolutionary technique we are able to reduce landfill waste, methane emissions and provide affordable housing to families in need.
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Green Channel
Green Channel is a youth led, action oriented, not-for-profit organization, founded in 2010 that seeks to promote elements of a Green Economy in Bangladesh and to encourage the community around us in making environmentally and socially responsible choices in everyday life.
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Zuva Rabuda/Sunrise
Zuva Rabuda/Sunrise seeks to promote literacy in Chirumanzu rural community of Zimbabwe.
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Students Against Secrecy
Students Against Secrecy is a coalition of UCT students and student organisations (including History and Current Affairs, Students for Law and Social Justice, the Debating Union and the SRC) who are both opposed to the Protection of Information Bill (POIB) and generally in favour of constitutionalism and transparency. We are affiliated with, but not part of, the Right2Know campaign.
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Start up for Kids
This project is initiated to bring kids out of the dungeon of academic, social and mental slavery. It is embedded with several educative programs that revisit the foundation of our kids.
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Soroptimist International Phnom Penh
Soroptimist International is a worldwide organization for women in management and professions, working through service projects to advance human rights and the status of women. SIPP is working to Transform women and girls and building their dream. To raise awareness of Breast Cancer in Cambodia.
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S.T.O.P (solve this ongoing problem) campaign
STOP is an anti gun and knife campaign run by young people for young people that are involved in gang culture or gun and knife crime.
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3domsouls/3domsouls productions
3domsouls gives young people in the UK the opportunity to have a voice about the issues that affect them through film, young people know more than anything to tackle the issues that are affect them.
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United Nations Association of Montenegro
United Nations Association of Montenegro is a branch of more than 100 non-governmental organizations around the world that provide a link between the citizens of the world and the United Nations by seeking to ensure that the UN is relevant to the lives of the peoples it exists to serve.
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Ambassador Action on PODIO
Liam Darmody encourages Ambassadors to start using Podio, he's offered to demonstrate how much more effective and collaborative your work will be as a result. Please note those registering to become users of Podia, do so as individuals.
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The Magic Breakfast
Every school day, we provide free, nutritious breakfast food (bagels, porridge, orange juice and cereals) to 6,000 children in 200 primary schools. Why? Because in each one of those schools, many children arrive at school too hungry to learn.
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Globally Educated
Globally Educated is an Open Educational Resource platform providing free access to educational resources and courses developed by local subject-matter experts in Africa.
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Healing Voice
Healing Voice is a faith based youth organization based at ridgeway campus. Healing voice Zambia was established in December 2011 by a group of students at the University of Zambia- Ridgeway campus to encourage social responsibility amongst young people. It’s an avenue for anyone who wants to help orphaned and vulnerable children to get involved.
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The Phumlani Nkontwana Foundation
The Phumlani Nkontwana Foundation is an activism campaign aimed at creating awareness of the unique challenges that under-resourced public schools face on a daily basis on one hand and seeks to suggest transformative solutions to some of these challenges on the other hand.
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Global Youth Culture Summit (GYCS)
Youth Summit on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) held in Jakarta, Indonesia on August 9-13th 2012.
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One Young World
The premier global forum for young people of leadership calibre. It manifests the reality of common humanity and the shared existence of all the peoples in one world, Its purpose is to connect and bring together the youngest, brightest and best and to ensure that their concerns, opinions and solutions are heard.
The Summit 2012
Pittsburgh will host the third annual Summit from 18th - 22nd October 2012. This represents an important intercontinental leap as we head to the world's largest economy during its presidential election year.
Global Impacts
Ambassador Projects
Bakongo Camp
Colombia’s first summer camp that gives its volunteers the opportunity to make a real difference to the lives of under privileged children.
The Schoolbag
The Schoolbag for Zimbabwean refugees in South Africa (basic educational supplies).
Youth Ki Awaaz
Youth Ki Awaaz, which literally translates to “Voice of the Youth” in English, is an online platform for
Sponsor Projects
Citroën Nederland
Dish Network
Who is involved
Counsellors
Ambassadors
Sunita Basnet
The One Young World 2010 Ambassador Leader from Nepal for Media.
Karl Benson Molina
The One Young World 2010 Ambassador Leader from The Philippines for Global Health
