Impact Rooms

A space for young changemakers from all around the world to connect, share stories and experiences, and explore ideas for social innovation.

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Impact Room in Lagos
Youth Investment Fund

Contributions to the Youth Investment Fund will directly support youth-led projects in their communities with financial support, mentorship, and technology. 

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YIF
The Changemaker Docuseries

Check out how Fairoosa is training women from the indigenous community in Kerala, India in mushroom production through her project, KRISHIKA. 

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Koshika and Fairoosa
The Changemaker Docuseries

Miriam is a 17-year-old Lebanese girl on a mission to promote civic participation amongst school children ages 8-15.

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Miriam
The Founder's Corner

In our Founder's Corner series, our CEO and co-founder, Eric Dawson, will be sharing the evolutionary story of Peace First through a series of conversations with our community of leaders and young people!

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The founders of Peace First
The Changemaker Docuseries

Peace First is launching a docuseries to highlight the projects of young changemakers across the globe

 

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Walter teaching girls how to make sanitary pads
THE PEACE FIRST CHALLENGE

The Peace First Challenge helps young people (ages 13-25) create and lead projects that address injustice in their community through compassion, courage and collaborative leadership

We provide mini grants up to $250, digital tools, mentorship and access to a global community of changemakers.

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THE PEACE FIRST CHALLENGE
#TOGETHER WE CREATE

We believe in the power of stories to change narratives about young people and show the impact and importance of their leadership.

We want to share yours.

Together we create a new narrative of young people.

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What we do
what we do

We are building a community that believes young people can change the world with courage, compassion and collaboration.

From Lagos to Rabat, from Kathmandu to Birmingham and from Boston to Oaxaca, the demand for digital tools, community support, funding and mentorship among young people is greater than ever. This is where we come in.

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Got an Idea?
Got an idea

We support young people throughout every step in their project journey. Whether you are starting a project or have already started but need extra support, sign up for the Peace First Challenge and get access to resources, tools and community that will help make your project successful.

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How we help
how we help
Where we are
WHERE WE ARE

We trust young people to lead.

65% of our team members - Fellows in Residence - are exemplary young social change leaders under the age of 26, located in every region of the globe and lead program delivery in over 120 countries.

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In 2020 alone, we have supported 4312 projects designed and led by young people in 127 countries, impacting 950,000 individuals.

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