2013 was the inaugural AFI Changemakers Right to Development Summit. Youth delegates from across the world gathered at the United Nations HQ in Geneva to discuss the issues they wanted to see pushed to the top of the UN agenda; education, slavery and trafficking, business for development and employment. Delegate Kevin Ackerman also spoke on […]

In 2014, the second annual AFI Changemakers Right to Development Summit was back with even more ambition, taking place across two full days and involving twice the number of delegates at the first. Youth leaders discussed six crucial issues; food security, climate change, slavery and trafficking, sustainability, conflict zones and discrimination. Of these, the discrimination […]

May 2015 saw the Changemakers represented for the first time at the 68th Annual World Health Assembly. Delegates were audience to influential speakers like German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Working groups proposed solutions in three crucial problem areas; World Health Organisation reform, communicable diseases and the health of young people in long-term conflict zones. Palestinian Changemakers […]

2015 saw the AFI Changemakers host their first ever Access to Health Social Forum side-event. Chairpersons Megan Smith and Catherine White both addressed member state representatives and NGOs at the social forum with the Changemakers’ vision for the global health landscape. The three most pressing issues discussed by the youth delegates were mental health, sustainability […]

In November 2015, AFI Changemakers held their first event at the UK Parliament in London. The event was held as part of a nation wide initiative called Parliament Week, which aims to promote democratic engagement throughout the UK. The AFI Changemakers event was chaired by Henry Gilliver and Emma Robinson in Portcullis House, and focused […]

In June 2016, AFI Changemakers attended the 32nd session of the Human Rights Council at the UN in Geneva, Switzerland.The AFI Changemakers summitwas chaired byInesa Pranckaityte and Smriti Sonamand focused on issues pertaining to human rights across the globe. Issues discussed included migration, freedom of expression, global poverty and the right to development. Reports from […]

On 21-22 June 2017, AFI Changemakers attended Changemakers @ 35th Session of the Human Rights Council at the Palais des Nations at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. Delegates discussed issues pertaining to human rights that the group chooses to address. After formulating policy positions, others attending the UN HRC were invited to attend Changemaker […]

AFI held its Young Changemakers event for children under 18 who are interested in children’s rights in sustainable development goals (SDGs) summit. Included was learning about and discussion of children’s rights, a lunch, UN Tour, Summit, and a certificate.

Ariel Foundation International and Mothers of the Earth International Foundation wish to inform you of the preparation to organize one day sensitization seminar, for secondary school students on 21st September, 2018. During the program we will have facilitators talk on the following topics. The importance of girl child education Youth awareness on security Issue of […]

Youth are the decision-makers of today must play a powerful role in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Nothing about you, without you! Through UNCTAD Youth Network, women and men between the ages of 18 and 30 can help to build the narrative about the future by sharing ideas and experiences, working […]