About
The 50 Percent
Did you know: over 50 percent of all people are under 30!
The 50 Percent is a global platform that empowers young people, regardless of their background, to pursue making a positive impact in their community, country, or globally. We believe that systems change comes from all people embracing their agency to make a difference in their context.
Intergenerational leadership and learning
Sharing knowledge, guidance and building relationships.
Voice of the 50 Percent
Have your say and join the movement for systemic change by telling
your story in our to quarterly magazines and monthly blogs.
PEACE & CONFLICT
Youth Voices in Climate Resilience
Imagine an Earth4All
Tell your story
10-week story-telling fellowship. Learning narrative building for systems change.
Stories are highlighted in our online magazine and newsletters.
Global youth engagement
Hosting dialogues on local/national/global issues.
Building a global community of youth engaged in sustainability, resilience, business, economy, inequality and human rights
Stories from across the globe
Skeletons
Photo Credit: Gary Bembridge, First Street, Harare, Zimbabwe From a very young age, I was taught that the country of my birth was haunted...
The #BringBackOurGirls campaign and what it means for girls’ education in Africa
Photo Credit: Cynthia Rucker/Demotix/Corbis On the 14th April 2014, 276 Christian female students were kidnapped by the Islamist terrorist...
To me, activism looks like…
I have been an activist for the past 7 years and counting - having worked with multiple charities and organizations within international...
