The Global Environments Network (GEN) enhances the impact and skills of 650 changemakers from 80 countries through learning, networking and training. Drawing on academic and practical experiences, they enhance local livelihoods, resolve conflicts and restore environments, making a positive impact on their communities and the world. Aspiring GEN members from the Global South face much greater financial and passport barriers in accessing our offerings; this campaign focuses on supporting them.
Emerging changemakers from the Global South lack broad support networks, limiting their ability to implement their innovations and collaborate effectively for change. They suffer from lack of access to connections to boost their fundraising, provide feedback and platform their projects internationally. Histories of marginalisation and colonisation result in restricted avenues for such leaders to participate in global events, despite their essential contributions.
GEN offers platforms for learning, capacity building and sustained interactions. Through regular online and in-person initiatives like academies, community exchanges and fellowships, participants enhance their knowledge and skills, grow their networks and broaden their perspectives. We support leaders to bridge visa and funding gaps to attend life-changing events that foster long term connections and collaborations between like-minded peers, funders and teachers.
GEN sustains collective action among emerging leaders, equipping them with skills and resources to drive social and environmental justice and wellbeing at local and global scales. In a sector rife with burnout, GEN boosts individual resilience, ensuring access to a supportive community, transformational learning and sustained funding. With this support, leaders amplify change in their organisations and communities and become mentors for the next generation of changemakers.
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
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