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Education
QCT on the Road: The View From The Middle Seat
QCT's Chief Executive, Nicola Brentnall, has travelled to Africa to meet some incredible young people leading change in their communities. From London to Kenya, she kicks off a series of blogs by...
QCT on the Road: The View From The Middle Seat
Health
Take a Walk in my Shoes: Rianna from Dominica
Rianna Patterson, founder of the Dominica Dementia Foundation, was driven by her determination to help others. Now she tells us about the steps she took to overcome adversity on her path to making...
Take a Walk in my Shoes: Rianna from Dominica
Education
Defeating Doubt and Perceiving Purpose
WorldChangers Global invests in future leaders. Founder, Jak Hardy, talks about some of the personal challenges he overcame in finding his purpose.
Defeating Doubt and Perceiving Purpose
Education
The Best Job Out There
Kayla Britten, Operations Manager at The Justice Desk explains why her job is the best job out there.
The Best Job Out There
Education
Social Mobility Matters
It's important to remember that there are many paths to social mobility, and no one path is ‘wrong’, or better than others.
Social Mobility Matters
BBC News
Africa’s potential 'game changer' in the fight against malaria
Four Ugandan students have developed a revolutionary way to test for malaria without drawing blood.
Africa’s potential 'game changer' in the fight against malaria
Health
The Man Cave: Challenging the stigma of male mental health in Australia
The Man Cave is a preventative mental health and emotional intelligence organisation for boys and young men aged between 13-18 years. Since launching, it has worked with over 5,000 young men across...
The Man Cave: Challenging the stigma of male mental health in Australia
BBC News
Uganda's food waste warrior aims to help farmers
Engineer Lawrence Okettayot has come up with a food dehydrator that could tackle the world's food waste crisis.
Uganda's food waste warrior aims to help farmers
Education
Take a Walk in my Shoes: Kiiza from Rwanda
Kiiza was really scared about moving to Rwanda. This is his story.
Take a Walk in my Shoes: Kiiza from Rwanda
BBC News
The woman tackling child marriage with football
Football tournaments in Northern Kenya are helping hundreds of girls break from child marriage, early pregnancy and female genital mutilation.
The woman tackling child marriage with football
UN Environment
Erik Solheim: Why you are never too young to make a difference
Erik Solheim: Why you are never too young to make a difference
Education
We Think Code
South Africa has an estimated 4 million young people unemployed and a shortage of at least 70,000 software engineers - but thankfully it also has the groundbreaking We Think Code_ initiative to...
We Think Code
Health
Little Dreamers Australia: Making life better for Young Carers
Helping Young Carers in Australia through connections, support programmes, and recognition.
Little Dreamers Australia: Making life better for Young Carers
BBC News
The African invention school inspired by bike parts
The innovators' school Twende in Tanzania is helping people invent solutions to local problems
The African invention school inspired by bike parts
Health
Shishir Water: Clean water in Bangladesh
Shishir Water is establishing a network of micro-treatment water works in Bangladesh, to provide clean drinking water for millions.
Shishir Water: Clean water in Bangladesh
BBC News
‘I was a scavenger, now I run the dump’
For eight years Yassine scavenged on a dump in Rabat, Morocco. But now he is the founder of the first cooperative for waste recycling in the country.
‘I was a scavenger, now I run the dump’
St. Lucia News Online
Barbadian volunteer honoured with prestigious Commonwealth Points of Light award by Her Majesty The...
(PRESS RELEASE VIA SNO) - Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has today recognised Corey Lane, from Barbados, as the 57th Commonwealth Point of Light in honour o
Barbadian volunteer honoured with prestigious Commonwealth Points of Light award by Her Majesty The Queen
the Guardian
‘We no longer die in childbirth’: how Indian villages saved their mothers
A little feminism goes a long way in parts of rural India where the number of women who die in labour has been cut by 90 percent
‘We no longer die in childbirth’: how Indian villages saved their mothers
Health
The Myna Mahila Foundation
Providing sanitary hygiene to women across Mumbai
The Myna Mahila Foundation
One Young World
Queen’s Commonwealth Trust awards first grant to OYW Ambassador
Joannes, founder of Hope for Children Cameroon, was awarded this grant to fund his Hygiene and Sanitation work
Queen’s Commonwealth Trust awards first grant to OYW Ambassador
the Guardian
‘I saw being autistic as an employment opportunity, not a weakness’ | Saba Salman
Young autistic people want to be accepted by employers for who they are, says award-winning campaigner Jonathan Andrews
‘I saw being autistic as an employment opportunity, not a weakness’ | Saba Salman
BBC News
‘I'm cycling through 54 African countries’
Turkish journalist Hasan Söylemez is cycling across Africa asking people about their dreams.
‘I'm cycling through 54 African countries’
The Telegraph
Period poverty: Meghan Markle starts a global conversation on menstruation
When the Duchess of Sussex chose a small charity in India to receive contributions in lieu of wedding gifts, she was hailed for highlighting the deeply unfashionable subject of periods.
Period poverty: Meghan Markle starts a global conversation on menstruation
Queen's Commonwealth Canopy on Instagram: “Of the world’s remaining forests, 46% are fragmented, 30%...
Of the world’s remaining forests, 46% are fragmented, 30% are degraded, and only 24% are intact. The loss of forests contributes to the rise in CO2 emissions which is causing climate change. Keeping...
Queen's Commonwealth Canopy on Instagram: “Of the world’s remaining forests, 46% are fragmented, 30% are degraded, and only 24% are intact. The loss of forests contributes to the…”
Queen's Young Leaders on Instagram: “Happy #CommonwealthDay! We asked some of our...
Happy #CommonwealthDay! We asked some of our #QueensYoungLeaders what being part of The Commonwealth means to them.
Queen's Young Leaders on Instagram: “Happy #CommonwealthDay! We asked some of our #QueensYoungLeaders what being part of The Commonwealth means to them.”
BBC
Heroines of the Rainforest, Costing the Earth - BBC Radio 4
Two remarkable women have found a formula to save the last of the Indonesian rainforest.
Heroines of the Rainforest, Costing the Earth - BBC Radio 4
CNN
There are no girls or boys at this school
Hoping to strip away gender stereotypes from an early age, these preschools in Sweden have changed the rules of how boys and girls should interact and learn.
There are no girls or boys at this school
Lizzie Carr on Instagram: “P R O U D 💕 So unbelievably proud of the @plastic_patrol movement and...
P R O U D 💕 So unbelievably proud of the @plastic_patrol movement and the way it has been adopted all over the world by people who want to take action and make a real difference. ✨ Here are just some...
Lizzie Carr on Instagram: “P R O U D 💕 So unbelievably proud of the @plastic_patrol movement and the way it has been adopted all over the world by people who want to…”
the Guardian
Enter disguised as a boy: how Maria Toorpakai rose to squash stardom | Karen McVeigh
As a promising female athlete from a conservative, male-dominated area of Pakistan, Maria Toorpakai was forced to pose as a boy to learn her craft
Enter disguised as a boy: how Maria Toorpakai rose to squash stardom | Karen McVeigh
WIRED UK
The nine-year-old who set up a school in his garden and transformed his community
After starting a school in his back yard at nine in India, Babar Ali has gone on to change his village by offering schooling for hundreds of children
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NZ Herald
Break the Silence: Government funds Tu Kotahi to help build resilience in youth
Warning: This article is about youth suicide and may be distressing for some readers.
Break the Silence: Government funds Tu Kotahi to help build resilience in youth
Queen's Commonwealth Canopy on Instagram: “The world's #forests store 638 gigatonnes of CO2. The...
The world's #forests store 638 gigatonnes of CO2. The rainforests are the world's single biggest 'carbon sink', holding as much as 50% of the Earth's carbon. So when the forest is destroyed, this...
Queen's Commonwealth Canopy on Instagram: “The world's #forests store 638 gigatonnes of CO2. The rainforests are the world's single biggest 'carbon sink', holding as much as 50% of…”
Queen's Commonwealth Canopy on Instagram: “'We depend on the forest and the forest depends on us,'...
'We depend on the forest and the forest depends on us,' says Nito Uvenibo from Papua New Guinea. Forest protection should be included as a means to reduce the vulnerability of people. The...
Queen's Commonwealth Canopy on Instagram: “'We depend on the forest and the forest depends on us,' says Nito Uvenibo from Papua New Guinea. Forest protection should be included as a…”
Queen's Young Leaders on Instagram: “Happy #WorldPoetryDay! We spoke to Abrahim Simmonds, co-founder...
Happy #WorldPoetryDay! We spoke to Abrahim Simmonds, co-founder of @jayecan_ , about the importance of the arts. JAYECAN creates programmes which use the arts to drive positive change. These include...
Queen's Young Leaders on Instagram: “Happy #WorldPoetryDay! We spoke to Abrahim Simmonds, co-founder of @jayecan_ , about the importance of the arts. JAYECAN creates…”Join the family
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