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Young people will live longest with today’s climate decisions. They should be doing more than listening to adults explain the future to them.
BetterLife creates spaces where children and young people can learn, question, debate, build and take part in decisions. The work moves between classrooms, youth centres, digital spaces, policy conversations and practical community action.
Young people will live longest with the decisions made today. They deserve a seat at the table, not only a lesson about it.
Schools in Uganda
Green Libraries and Eco Labs give learners books, digital resources and practical environmental activities, from school gardens and tree planting to plastic banks, debates and public speaking. More than 4,500 students have taken part.
Alebtong, Uganda
In Alebtong, the Apala One Stop Youth Centre gives young people a place to read, use computers, learn digital skills and develop ideas. It opened in December 2023 with ten computers and more than 3,000 books.
Tanzania
Together with FADECO, we use schools, community radio and practical training to reach young people in Tanzania, from Eco Clubs and environmental leadership to reusable sanitary-pad production and liquid soap-making.
With FADECO
Virtual, Uganda and across Africa
A virtual academy, supported by Moonshot, that helps young Africans understand climate negotiations, from adaptation and climate finance to loss and damage, and connect them to what is happening in their own communities.
With Moonshot
Hackathons give young people a real problem, a team and room to build. Participants use technology, entrepreneurship and local knowledge to develop practical responses to climate and community challenges.
With ICPAC innovation ecosystem
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Stock a Green Library, equip an Eco Lab, mentor a hackathon team or sponsor young people to join the climate academy.
