Co-Lab Chronicles

What Ghana Taught Me About Social Change When I travelled to Accra, Ghana, for the Global Solvers Accelerator (GSA) Co-Lab, I thought I was travelling to another country to learn, meet people and exchange ideas about social change. I returned with something much harder to put into a presentation or a report. I returned with friendships, questions, laughter, difficult conversations and a feeling of connection with a continent that seemed strangely familiar, even though it was my first time experiencing it this way.There is something powerful about travelling to a place you have only known through stories, maps and other people's...

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Reflections From the Co-Lab

What Ghana Taught Me About Social Change In July 2026, I had the opportunity to travel to Accra, Ghana, to take part in the Global Solvers Co-Lab, the week-long in-person component of the Melton Foundation’s Global Solvers Accelerator. The program brings together emerging social impact leaders from around the world to strengthen their leadership, refine their projects, exchange knowledge, and explore how collective action can contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals. For me, however, the Co-Lab became much more than a professional learning experience. It was an opportunity to listen, question, connect, and reflect on what it truly means to work...

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Stitched with Purpose

There is a bag sitting on a table somewhere in Accra right now. It was made by hand, stitch by careful stitch, by a woman in the West Bank of Palestine. She made it at home, between the school run and dinner, between one responsibility and the next. She never met the person who would carry it. She may never know that it travelled across two continents to become part of a gathering of young global leaders. But she made it with full attention, full skill, and something that I can only describe as insistence: the insistence that what she produces...

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Looking Beyond Boundaries: Two Years of Learning Beyond the Law

For many Melton Fellows, the impact of GCLP doesn't end when the program does  it continues to shape the work they build, the collaborations they seek out, and the way they see their role in creating change. We caught up with Yeashoo H Vardhana to hear how his GCLP experience reshaped the way he approaches law, leadership, and global challenges.The GCLP Effect? As a law student, my experience with GCLP was quite different from what I initially expected. I was the first law student from India to join the program, and entering a fellowship centred around global citizenship, the SDGs and...

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Weaving Change: From a GCLP Project to The ReWeave Collective

For many Melton Fellows, the impact of GCLP doesn't end when the program does  it continues to shape the work they build, the collaborations they seek out, and the way they see their role in creating change. We caught up with Thembani Ngwenya to hear how her GCLP experience has evolved into a lasting commitment to social impact. The GCLP Effect? Looking back, the impact of the GCLP program on me has extended far beyond the program itself. It changed the way I think about problems, the way I understand my role in creating change, and, perhaps most importantly, the kinds of...

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The Melton Foundation’s 2025 Impact Report: A Year of Growth & Renewal

Every impact report begins with numbers. Ours begins with a woman in rural Benin. She is one of the more than 60% of women in her region without access to financial digital tools, and one of the many without a bank account. In her community, only 37% of women have one, compared to 48% of men. For her, the digital economy was a door she could not open.In 2025, the Bridging the Digital Gap project team had the opportunity to contribute to work already being led by the Batonga Foundation, an organization working to expand digital access for rural women...

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2025 Global Solvers Accelerator Impact Report

The Global Solvers Accelerator is a ten-month leadership and peer-learning journey that brings together social impact leaders from different contexts and cultures to learn across differences, strengthen their leadership, and work towards meaningful change in their communities. Now available, the 2025 Global Solvers Accelerator (GSA) Impact Report captures the experiences, growth, and outcomes of this year's cohort. For the first time, it pairs survey data with participants' own Most Significant Change stories, offering a fuller picture of what changed in them and their projects and why. A Diverse Global Cohort.The 2025 cohort brought together 20 participants representing 18 nationalities across every world...

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The search for our next Executive Director is on!

About the Melton FoundationThe Melton Foundation is an international nonprofit organization dedicated to developing globally minded leaders who collaborate across cultures to address complex social challenges. Through fellowships, global convenings, leadership development programs, and learning communities, the Foundation cultivates ethical leadership, civic responsibility, and global citizenship.Operating across regions and cultures, the Melton Foundation works at the intersection of leadership, education, and social impact. Our global Fellowship community, partners, and alumni continue to shape inclusive and collaborative responses to local and global challenges.Our Leadership StructureWe currently operate with an Executive Office and a distributed leadership structure, supported by a globally dispersed...

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Melton Foundation India joins hands with the Bengaluru Skill Summit 2025

Melton Foundation India is proud to be a partner of the Bengaluru Skill Summit 2025, in collaboration with the Department of Skill Development, Entrepreneurship & Livelihood (SDEL), Government of Karnataka, and with the support of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Bangalore and Women in Engineering.  Envisioned as Karnataka’s premier platform for workforce development, the Bengaluru Skill Summit seeks to evolve into a landmark event. The 2025 edition will bring together stakeholders from across the skilling ecosystem, government leaders, industry experts, global organisations, educators, training providers, and youth  to develop and drive actionable strategies for reskilling, upskilling, digital transformation, and employability...

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Building Leaders for a Sustainable World: Inside the Future Makers Lab

Global Goals Week is an annual initiative that brings together governments, businesses, civil society, academia, and the United Nations system to accelerate progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals. Celebrated as a week of action, awareness, and accountability, it highlights the importance of global collaboration in addressing the world’s most pressing challenges, including poverty, inequality, climate change, and social justice. The week provides a platform to share innovations, mobilize communities, and reflect on progress made towards achieving the SDGs, particularly in alignment with the United Nations General Assembly High-Level Week.Global Goals Week 2025, held from September 19 to 28, was a...

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The Most Sought-After Skills for Global Citizenship in Today’s World

Global citizenship is not a fixed identity but a dynamic practice shaped by the skills we cultivate to engage with a complex and unequal world. In an era defined by rapid globalization, political polarization, and shrinking civic spaces, the ability to think critically, act responsibly, and collaborate across difference has never been more urgent. Beyond ideals of empathy and solidarity, global citizenship requires concrete competencies that enable individuals and communities to sustain meaningful change. From reimagining diversity and inclusion, to building financial resilience, to strengthening intercultural competence, the skills explored through the Global Citizenship Learning Program highlight the foundations of...

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Building Future-Ready Global Citizens: How AI is Shaping Leadership at the Global Citizenship Learning Program

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has swiftly moved from futuristic concept to everyday reality, dramatically transforming how we learn, work, and address global challenges. From diagnosing diseases to optimizing climate models, AI expands human potential, but alongside these benefits come complex risks: algorithmic bias, deep-fakes that erode trust, significant environmental costs of high-performance computing, and ethical quandaries in how tech is developed and deployed. To lead effectively in this evolving landscape, tomorrow’s leaders need more than curiosity, they require hands-on skills, ethical awareness, critical thinking, and collaboration.At the 2025 Global Citizenship Convention (GCC) in Jena, the Global Citizenship Learning Program (GCLP) guided...

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