19th November 2024
In this episode, we are focusing on Youth Leadership, talking about why youth participation in humanitarian and civic action is important. On the Youth Leadership for Emerging Future programme example, we discuss how youth can and should be involved in crisis response, humanitarian action, and development. The participants shared about the challenges they identified and how they addressed them while working on their projects.
Hear from Agnieszka PŁoska, Youth Changemaking Manager at Ashoka Poland, and Vee Tranova and Vitalina Petrova, participants of the Youth Leadership for Emerging Future Programme, in which Ashoka, Save the Children and the Humanitarian Leadership Academy join forces to empower local young leaders and to catalyse systemic changes.
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About the speakers
Agnieszka PŁoska is a Youth Changemaking Manager at Ashoka Poland, coordinator of Youth Leadership for Emerging Future project ran together by Ashoka, Save the Children and the Humanitarian Leadership Academy. Experienced social innovator, team manager and crowdfunder, Aga is fascinated by competence development and team building and is focused on effective implementation of designed solutions. She is committed to empowering young leaders and upholds Ashoka’s motto: ‘Everyone is a changemaker.’
Vitalina Petrova is a fundraiser, grant writer, and tutor for teens at Jedność (Unity) Foundation, founded by seven Ukrainian refugee women in Kraków. The foundation organises educational and cultural projects and supports refugees from Ukraine. Vitalina also serves as a mentor for a youth initiative group FIOH. She has a bachelor’s degree in international law and is pursuing studies in the Management of Education and NGOs at the University of the National Education Commission in Kraków. She brought her professional background, personal refugee experience and passion for education to the Youth Leadership for Emerging Future programme.
Van Anh (Vee) Tranová studies at the Faculty of Humanities at Charles University in Prague and strongly believes that young people can co-create the future and shape the society they want to live in. Vee embraces her Vietnamese roots and actively engages in various projects and initiatives. She lived in Italy for two years and actively contributed to developing a rural area with 820 inhabitants by engaging and empowering local people during COVID-19. Upon returning home, Vee began leading her own Solidarity Project aimed at creating a more inclusive society. During the Youth Leadership for Emerging Future programme, Vee focused on creating solutions for communication and collaboration to motivate youth and increase their civic engagement.
Hosted by Oksana Dobrovolska, Communications Officer at the Humanitarian Leadership Academy. Having a journalistic background, she specialises in communications, press and public relations in humanitarian and international relations sectors.
Find out more about the Youth Leadership for Emerging Future programme
6 Lessons from Young Leaders: Insights for Shaping the Future
Youth Dialogue Forum 2024: