Empowering children to design a better world
Our mission is to unleash the creativity of 1 million children, enabling them to become changemakers for a better future.
During a design-athon workshop, children learn to design, prototype and present their solutions to the SDGs.
We are located in the Netherlands and work through a network of partners in countries on all continents. Our 5th annual global event in 2019 was hosted in 40 cities around the world. The next edition starts from December 17th 2020 and concludes on Jan 23rd and 24th 2021.
Due to the Corona pandemic we are changing some ways of working with children around the word.
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CERTIFIED FACILITATORS
HUNDRED 2020 CREATIVITY SPOTLIGHT
We are thrilled to announce that we have been selected as one of the 20 most inspiring education innovations fostering creativity in education by HundrED and LEGO Foundation! Read more
GLOBAL VOICES OF THE NEXT GENERATION
Read our report 'Global Voices of the Next Generation' about children's concerns and solutions to food and climate problems. With over more than 100 solutions designed by children aged 7-12. Download pdf
CHANGEMAKER CHALLENGE JUNIOR
We’ve developed lesson material for the Dopper Changemaker Challenge Junior. An international competition where children come up with solutions for single-use plastic pollution. Register here.
CORONA CHALLENGE IN MEXICO
With Mayama, our partner in Mexico, 150 children from very marginalised groups took part in the Corona Challenge. And all by phone. One educador said: 'I learned to trust children more and their creative power'. Short video
The Corona Challenge is a great way to engage children in creative thinking and changemaking skills around the pandemic issues. In Dutch, English, Spanish, Swahili and
Turkish in collaboration with global network partners.
YOUNG CHANGEMAKERS AT THE WEF 2020
Anne Sallaerts, Managing Director is just back from the World Economic Forum (WEF) and for the first time, WEF recognized the power of young people as a force for change.Read more on Medium.
Yesterday in Rotterdam, with children from the Nelson Mandela school, we presented a report on the insights and ideas of 164 children to tackle poverty in Rotterdam. Download pdf
CHANGEMAKERS UNITED SUPPORT PROGRAM
Designathon Works is selected to the Changemakers United support program by Ashoka and Zalando, a collective effort to support social innovators at the forefront of the Covid-19 crisis.
DESIGNATHON WORKSHOP AT THE COP 25
"Last week we attended the COP25 Chile in Madrid. Slightly separated from the politicians, and policymakers, we stood in the youth section of the green zone, accompanied by excited visitors that chose to attend our workshop on food and climate action..."
Read more in our blog post.
