Roots of Resilience Is Redefining Brownsville Through Youth-Led Storytelling

Abdulbasit Mikail is a member of our Youth Advisory Council who represented us at the 2023 United Nations’ annual conference on climate change at the end of last year. In an interview, he shares his reflections on the experience*

Our first grantee gathering since 2019 featured an inspiring conversation about the importance of youth leadership

A lower salary makes it tougher for women to acheive economic mobility and traps many in a cycle of poverty.

Easy ways you can discover small businesses in your community, and find online retailers to support.

To celebrate International Youth Day we invited a few inspiring young leaders to hear their perspectives on how we can build a better future together.

Laureus Sport for Good Foundation, a Red Nose Day Grantee Partner, has built their impactful work around this very idea. They support programs that utilize sport as a tool to overcome poverty, violence and exclusion. Children benefit from high-quality sports training as well as other health services and educational opportunities. Using sport as a tool for social change creates essential opportunities for underserved young people to become educated, empowered participants in their lives. I was invited to join the Laureus USA team for a site visit at one of their projects and see how Red Nose Day funds are being put to work to change the lives of kids in low-income communities -- in this case, in the South Bronx, New York. While I’ve seen some of the incredible things sport can do first hand, this was one of the most powerful examples of sport for social change that I have had the privilege to see.