Economic Growth United Kingdom Project #8321

The Global Innovation and Education Fund

by Action Change (Formerly GVI Trust)

Project Report | Jun 17, 2025
Our Young Leaders Are Ready-Let's Open the Door

By Ricardo Prue | Scholarship Ambassador

Community Member From Nepal Back Home Teaching

Dear Friends, Family & Our Amazing Supporters from Around the World,

Since launching our International Scholarship Program, your support has helped create global changemakers—young leaders who returned home and launched local initiatives in education, climate, and social justice. These aren’t just success stories. They’re proof that access changes everything. With ver 94 iniatives setup from our Scholarships we can really say that this program is the key to fighting all global issues!

But like many programs, this one was hit hard by COVID. While the program never stopped, we simply haven’t had the funding to award many scholarships in recent years. And yet, our connection to the communities we serve has never been stronger.

Through our work with over 40,000 community members across more than 90 community programs, we meet brilliant young minds every day—full of heart, grit, and vision. We know their names, their dreams, and their potential and all they need is handup to learn and gain the skills to put dreams into action.

And that’s what makes this program different: We don’t just fund applications. We handpick and invest in real people we know.

These are youth who have already shown leadership in the toughest conditions—supporting their peers, starting local campaigns, and volunteering in community programs. They don’t just want to attend an event—they want to bring solutions back home and go to programs where they learn and equip themselves with new skills to implement real change.

And now, as our grassroots work expands across Africa, Asia, and Latin America, we have a list of powerful candidates ready to rise. All they need is that one opportunity to represent their community on the global stage.

So today, we’re reaching back out to you—the people who believed in this program from the start. The ones who understand that when one young person gets a chance, entire communities benefit. Please help us share our story, our project, setup a little fundraiser and help us promote the true amazing beauty of this program to our friends and family so we can come together and make real change!

Thank you for helping us keep the door open—quietly, persistently, and with purpose. Now let’s push it wide again.

Global Changemakers Team

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Mar 25, 2025
The power to change the world

By Maisie Mayne | Fundraising intern

To our supporters,

Imagine having big dreams and wanting to make things better in your community, but not having the chance to learn or get the skills you need. That's the challenge many bright and enthusiastic young people face around the world. They have so much potential to do amazing things, but things like not having enough money or access to good schools can hold them back.

The Big Problem We're Trying to Solve:

We believe that young people who are curious, passionate, and really want to make a difference are super important for our future. We work on lots of different projects all over the world, and we meet so many young people who have the potential to be amazing leaders and help solve big global problems, like the ones the United Nations has set out in their 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). These goals are like a to-do list for making the world a better place for everyone by 2030!

However, because of things like poverty and not having access to good education, these young people often don't get the chance to learn, grow, and become the awesome change-makers we know they can be. It's like they're stuck in a cycle, and we want to help them break free!

Our Awesome Solution: Education and Empowerment!

We think the best way to solve big problems is by giving people the chance to learn and grow. That's what this project is all about! We want to find those amazing young people who are eager to learn and make a difference, and then help them overcome the things that are holding them back.

We're going to do this by:

Paying for their courses and training: So they can learn new skills and gain knowledge.
Helping their families: So the young people don't have to worry about their family's needs while they're learning.
Giving them money for travel: So they can attend important training programs, conferences, or apprenticeships, even if they're far away.
Pairing them with mentors: So they have someone experienced to guide and support them.
Giving them access to technology: Like computers and the internet, so they can learn and connect with others.

Our goal is to help these young people get the education and skills they need so they can go back to their communities as leaders and work on making things better there.

The Huge Impact We Hope to Make:

This is a long-term plan, but we believe it can have a massive impact! By investing in these young people, we hope to make progress on all 17 of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. That includes things like ending poverty and hunger, making sure everyone has access to education, reducing inequality, creating jobs, and so much more!

Imagine an army of young people who have been given the chance to learn and grow. They'll use their new skills and knowledge to tackle the problems in their own communities. They'll become role models, encouraging others to learn and get involved in making things better. It's like a ripple effect – one young person empowered can then help many others!

You Can Be Part of This Amazing Change!

Every little bit helps us get closer to our goal. If you want to be part of creating a better future by empowering young people to become leaders and solve global issues, your support would be incredible! Together, we can help these passionate young people break down barriers and make a real difference in the world.

Thank you !

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Dec 2, 2024
What A Year, Check Out Our Impact Together

By Tyrone Bennett | Program Lead

Hello Supporters,

This is our last report of 2024 and what a great few years we have had together, because of your support and donations we have invested over 200,000USD in scholarships around the world and we have changed the lives not only of those completing the internship but also our wider communities.

To date we have provided training for over 80,000 community members and we have provided over 300 scholarships worldwide and this is 100% thanks to you and your donations.

So who was the scholars?

Meg Allan

As an active member of the community, Meg Allan volunteers with Mallacoota Aged Care Inc, Mallacoota Pony Club, Save Bastion Point group and many other small community groups. With a keen interest in interest in global issues and religions of the world, she is studying International Studies at Deakin, majoring in International Relations.

From a backgorund that international travel would never be an option and with her amazing showcase of drive and passion she was awarded a scholarship from Action Change to attend a charitable project in Asia to help with the program and also to help learn herself.

Meg wants to act as an ambassador for other young people in regional and rural areas to ensure that councils continue to invest in opportunities that provide promote the benefits of global citizenship as well as the importance of engaging with our Asia neighbours.

“Many young people within East Gippsland are not exposed to a very large range of people, cultures and nationalities. In the years to come, the influence of Asian countries over the geo-political sphere will mean that Australia's involvement with Asian nations will only grow. By having young Australians experience Asian culture it will further develop understanding of our closest neighbours.”

“When I return home from the volunteering placement I hope to be able to share my experiences and promote the benefits of volunteering overseas to other young people in our community.”

Since this trip Meg has certainly been an ambassador for other young people and so many applications are coming into us, sadly the pot is currently dry but we hope to be able to offer more soon. As well as Meg we have also provided scholarships to:

Ana for learning to Dive and become part of our charitable Marine Program in Mexico
Lluvia who is now a paid Country Director for a volunteer company and helps to proide support to her whole community
Tammy from Asia interestred in Social Justice obtained a scholarship to visit Nepal to compare Asia
Jordan was offered a scholarship to take his skills in disabilities to our disabled school in India, helping train the teachers in physiotherapy and other useful techniques.
Brynie when to Australia to learn about challenges for First Nation population and is now home in India sharing the global experience and how they tackle global issues, she has many ideas to help her community
We also provided scholarships for 4 local community members to be trained as Game Rangers in their home South African bush they now have full time employment to support their families and regularly do talks at the locals schools to inspire other young chldren in the community.

This is just a short snapshot of what we have been up to and this project has really been making a huge impact and that is down to you, the donors!

Thank You

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