Applications are open for the Changemakers for the Planet Programme 2023 for Latin America & Sub-Saharan Africa. Through ‘Changemakers for the Planet’ they connect, support and amplify the work and voices of hundreds of young changemakers, activists and innovators from all regions of the world who address the planetary crisis.
The programme includes:
- Summit: The programme in each region starts with an in-person summit, convening 25 participants for an intensive 5 days in a beautiful location in nature. the gathering is designed to forge deep connections, foster wellbeing, and enable peer learning and meaningful collaborations.
- Capacity Building & Collaborative Funding: Participants get access to a range of offerings and platforms by partners, including everything from learning exchange grants to fundraising trainings and strategic support from advisors and mentors.
- Community: Finally, everyone becomes a lifelong member of the global ChangemakerXchange community, including access to resources and regular opportunities to connect, learn and co-create.
About Changemakers
Our Vision
We envision a world where everyone is part of inclusive communities in which people connect deeply and co-create positive action to serve the wellbeing of people and planet.
Our Mission
We're on a mission to provide safe, supportive, fun, and empowering spaces for changemakers. We foster profound and lasting connections, nurture wellbeing, and enable peer-learning and meaningful collaborations so that changemakers may create, sustain and scale positive change.
Our Activities
To fulfill our mission we currently run activities across three key pillars
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Changemakers for the planet in Latin America
Aim and Benefits of Changemakers for the planet in Latin America
- Participants are asked to cover their own transportation costs to Rwanda (for the Sub-Saharan Africa summit) and to Buenos Aires, Argentina (for the Latin America Summit).
- ChangemakerXchange will cover ALL OTHER COSTS associated with the summit and programme, such as: accommodation, catering, local transportation, room hire, equipment & material, COVID-19 rapid tests, FFP2 masks, facilitation & hosting compensation, programme manager compensation, carbon emissions offsetting derived from the local hosting, post-summit capacity-building programme and post-summit community engagement activities.
- ChangemakerXchange always strive to make their summits accessible and inclusive so if your circumstances do not allow you to afford the trip to the summit, state so in the application and confirmation form. They will evaluate the possibility of offering you a partial or full stipend to ensure you can join the summit.
Requirements for Changemakers for the planet in Latin America Qualification
- This programme is for Changemakers aged 18-35 from Latin America with solutions to tackle the planetary crisis.
- It will commence with a summit from the 11th to the 15th of September 2023, followed by funding opportunities for collaboration among participants.
- The Latin American summit will be hosted in Spanish. The team onsite will also speak English and Portuguese, to support any non-native speakers, but participants will need a strong level of Spanish to fully take part. Applications can be filled out in English, Spanish or Portuguese.
- Attending a ChangemakerXchange summit is the first step into the programme and to joining our global community of 1000 changemakers from all over the world.
- For all eligibility criteria, please refer to our FAQs below.
ELIGIBLE COUNTRIES
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela
Application Deadline
May 22, 2023
How to Apply
Interested and qualified? Go to
Changemakers on cxcforms.typeform.com to apply
The applications for the program in Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa in 2023 are open between 27th April to 22nd May 2023
For more details visit: Changemakers website.
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