Youth Venture Social Entrepreneur
Competition winners.
Ashoka
A global association of leading social entrepreneurs — individuals with innovative and practical ideas for addressing the world’s most challenging needs.
Ashoka’s Youth Venture® inspires young people and supports them in starting their own sustainable civic ventures, connecting them to a powerful global network. Ashoka’s belief is that everyone can be a changemaker, and that changemakers are the key to success in every part of society, from a school, to a company, to a country. Through Youth Venture, more than 80,000 young people globally have realized their potential as changemakers with an impact on more than 1 million people.
Staples Foundation began its partnership with Ashoka in 2006 with a $500,000 grant to launch Youth Venture in five countries: France, Germany, Spain, Argentina and Brazil. Since then, the Foundation’s support has enabled Ashoka to grow Youth Venture and bring it to young people in Belgium, Canada and the Netherlands, as well. To date, Staples Foundation for Learning® has invested more than $2.5 million in Youth Venture.
