About
Global Agents for Change (Global AFC) is a social change catalyst. We develop creative ways for young people to explore issues and take action, while generating significant support for global microfinance and education projects.
We run the following major programs:
• Riding to Break the Cycle: Social change cycling tours providing a unique learning experience while generating funds and awareness for global poverty. Annual routes across Europe, North America and Cambodia have raised over $200,000 and engaged thousands of people. New routes are added regularly.
• Education Generation: An online community providing scholarships for young developing world leaders, $20 at a time. Quietly launched in fall 2008, this program already has over 500 members, has funded 160 scholarships and raised over $40,000. Please see www.educationgeneration.org for more information. *This website is legally run by BC registered non-profit “Agents of Change for Economic Empowerment (Agents of Change)”
• Young Agents for Change: Funding and ongoing mentorship for young BC social entrepreneurs (12-20) with local and global projects capable of meaningful impact. Over 20 young leaders have been supported in 2008 & 2009.*This program is also administered by “Agents of Change”
• The Microcredit Challenge: Competing teams of students get $100 “microloans”, and have one week to raise as much money and create as much social change as possible.
*The Global AFC Opportunity Fund – The Opportunity Fund acts as an accelerator for established initiatives, removing barriers to help global community building projects broaden reach and achieve sustainability. We focus on the fields of microfinance and education, assisting future leaders to pull themselves and their communities out of poverty.
Click here for more detailed information on the Global AFC Opportunity Fund and how it works – Opportunity Fund
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Hey! The Wall Centre event was crazy! It looked so sharp and pro. Congratulations! You all know how to put on a classy, effective event. Sean, David and Jeremy…lookin slick, boys.
It is community endevours like this which shall change the world. We need more inititives like this which are mediated transferes between individuals (and small businesses) to individuals (intending to start businesses). The time of capistic mass control of resourse management of resourses is coming to a sunset with the dramatic results of mircocrediting recognised internationaly with its Asain leader taking a nobel prize. Good Luck Mr. Peters and company, I only wish I could be a comrade in arms (or tires) on your ride.
Wow ! All the best to the entire team ! An ambitious project which I really really hope succeeds ! Its only efforts like these that can actually reach the grass root level and mobilise change in community!
Im spreading the word around !
Cheers!
Way to go guys! You are so amazing! Keep up your great work!
-Emma
Hey Guys and Girls it was great seeing you and having you as guests at our lil cafe in North Bend,Or . Safe Travels to you all My fellow Canadian’s and One American LOL and thanks for the Pic with u all too >>ttyl Trace Coffee shop girl:)
wow guys, you are over half way there! keep it up!!!
Hey! Congratulations on how far you’ve gotten. It was nice to meet those of you who stopped in our Coffee shop in North Bend, OR. I have a couple pictures of you in there if you want. Just e-mail me if you want them. Well keep up the good work. -Kaira
Dear Smith and all,
I am wondered at went through the daily star megazine and was excited. You will be succeeded to your mission to rootout poverty. I appreciate you. I have a dream to do something for the underprivileged people,but do not know when my mission will be started.
Wishes
M. kamruzzaman
Bangladesh
You guys should also have some sort of soundtrack. Many musicians would be more than willing to donate a song to your cause, then you throw them onto the Agents of Change Riding to Break the Cycle Project Soundtrack and you will hear a super sonic BOOM! I don’t have any “money” to donate, but my ideas are both abundant and free.
Hey, I just came back from wandering the world.
im not ‘home’ in Vancouver canada. And i look around and wonder if this program helps those in our own backyards?
lets help benefit the WHOLE world….near and far.
let me know.
cheers