Changemakers for the Planet Programme 2025

Young changemakers, activists, and leaders from the United States, Canada, or Sub-Saharan Africa who tackle climate change, biodiversity loss, and air, sea, and land pollution are invited to apply for the Changemakers for the Planet Programme 2025. This Initiative Tackles All Dimensions of the Planetary Crisis.

The Changemakers for the Planet program is looking for young changemakers between the ages of 18 to 35 years who are based in the United States, Canada, or Sub-Saharan Africa and are willing to tackle the planetary crisis.

The Changemakers for the Planet Programme provides young leaders with bespoke support for their change-making journey, in-person summit, funding for collaborative efforts, and lifelong access to ChangemakersXchange’s vibrant global network of changemakers and activists.

Changemakers for the Planet is an initiative by ChangemakerXchange, an international non-profit organization with a mission to provide inclusive, supportive, and collaborative spaces for changemakers, social innovators, and activists from all over the world.

Participants are responsible for covering the following costs:

Transportation to Nigeria (for the Sub-Saharan Africa summit) or to Canada (for the USA & Canada summit), including local transport from the airport, train, or bus station to the designated meeting point.
Visa fees.
Travel insurance.
Any additional expenses if they choose to arrive earlier or stay later beyond the summit dates.

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.

Program Summary:

Program Sponsor(s): ChangemakersXchange

Program Location(s): Sub-Saharan Africa

Program Duration: Not Mentioned

Number of Slots: Several

Basic Qualifications: Young changemakers, activists, and leaders

Nationality: United States, Canada, or Sub-Saharan Africa

Eligibility for the Changemakers for the Planet Programme 2025:

This programme is for Changemakers aged 18-35 who are based in or making an impact in Sub-Saharan Africa with solutions to tackle the planetary crisis.
The application form is available in both English and French.
Participants are invited to join the ChangemakerXchange in-person summit in Nigeria from 7th to 11th April 2025.
You are the founder/co-founder, leader/co-leader, manager/co-manager (or hold an influential position with decision-making power, e.g. intrapreneur) of a social/environmental venture/organisation which is up and running and addresses the planetary crisis.

Eligible Countries:

Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte-d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, Réunion, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Program Benefits:

Summits: convening 20 – 25 innovators each for a 5-day intensive experience of bonding, learning, and collaborating (one in NIGERIA, one in CANADA)
Capacity Building: tailored skill-building sessions and connections to ecosystem leaders who can take your work to the next level. (Coaches, fundraising experts, and much more).
Collaborative Funding: to go towards collaborative efforts among participants.
Community: giving you lifelong membership in ChangemakerXchange’s vibrant global network of 1000+ changemakers from 130 countries.

Program Timeline:

Kick-Off Call: 27th January 2025 – A 2-hour online call to welcome all participants from both Sub-Saharan Africa and the USA & Canada programmes, get to know each other and outline the next steps.
Public Announcement of Participants: First week of February 2025.
Needs Assessment and Customised Support: April to December 2025.
In-Person Summit: 5th – 9th April 2025 (USA & Canada) and 7th – 11th April 2025 (Sub-Saharan Africa).
Collaboration Fund Timeline: (from application to reporting) April 2025 – February 2026
Closing Ceremony: 18th November 2025 – A 2-hour online call to officially conclude the programme.
Life-long participation in ChangemakerXchange’s network: Following the end of the programme, participants will be invited to continue to engage with the global network of ChangemakerXchange.

Application Deadline: September 16, 2024.

For more information about this opportunity, Visit the Official Website.

Changemakers for the Planet Programme 2025