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Empowering Youth, Transforming Education
Empoderando a Juventude, Transformando a Educação
"Real change doesn’t begin in fancy rooms. It starts on the ground, when young people are empowered to name the challenges they live every day and engage directly with their peers and local leaders to address them. The most lasting solutions are not imposed from the outside; they are built within the community, by the community, and for the community. That's why young people must have more than just a seat at the table. They need real access to the tools, resources, and opportunities to turn their vision into action, and co-create a more sustainable and equitable future and empowering other young people in their lives."
Bianca Gombos, Founder and Executive Director
The problem
The problem
Educational systems worldwide perpetuate cycles that drive out young talents eager to create educational change.
The solution
The solution
A 3-step strategy to launch a global wave of innovative education initiatives in the world’s most remote communities.
What is Raízes?
What is Raízes?
Raízes is a non-profit startup that created the first youth-designed and youth-friendly digital platform, featuring an online leadership program that equips young people to design and lead community-driven projects focused on education and community service.
How do we help young people make real change?
Through a unique bilingual (English and Portuguese), easy-to-navigate digital platform that equips youth with the tools, guidance, and resources they need to turn their ideas into real, impactful initiatives. In the platform you will find resources such as...
Expert-led Classes
Expert-led Classes
Seven classes led by experts in social entrepreneurship, youth leadership, and community engagement, complementing the seven chapters of the E-book.
Strategic E-book
Strategic E-book
With frameworks and actionable activities in each of the seven chapters, written by our founder and young leader Bianca Gombos.
Supplemental Materials
Supplemental Materials
For every chapter of the E-book, aimed to simplify and streamline project planning and execution.
Real Connections
Real Connections
Through an international forum for networking with young leaders, and monthly interactive mentoring sessions.
What might impactful education and community service initiatives look like in action?
What might impactful education and community service initiatives look like in action?
Some examples are:
Hosting debates and producing podcast recordings within schools to amplify student voices and critical thinking.
Facilitating reproductive health discussions in schools, paired with the distribution of free menstrual health products to promote equity and dignity.
Organizing clothing drives to support marginalized communities with essential resources.
Delivering political and civic education lectures in incarceration centers, schools, and workplaces to foster informed and engaged citizens.
Leading virtual mental health discussion sessions to create safe, accessible spaces for dialogue and support.
Convening intimate conferences that bring together key government stakeholders and young people to collaboratively shape the future of local education.
Designing inclusive, interactive activities that encourage physical engagement for individuals with diverse abilities.
…and so much more! What comes next is yours to imagine—guided by your creativity and driven by the real needs of your community.
Become a part of the Raízes community!
Become a part of the Raízes community!
Find the best way to engage with us through the opportunities below
Who is Bianca?
Who is Bianca?
Founder & CEO of Raízes Startup
Bianca Gombos is an education advocate and social entrepreneur from Brazil, and a Lincoln Scholar pursuing a degree in Global Studies with concentrations in Public Policy and Social Justice at Centre College. She is the founder and former president of two successful nonprofit organizations: Girl Up Rosa, which promoted gender equity and reproductive health education in marginalized communities, empowering informed decision-making, and Um Novo Futuro (“A New Future”), which reignited critical thinking in Brazilian schools post-pandemic through student-led debates and podcasts on key social, economic, cultural, and political issues. With a direct impact on more than 300 people, Bianca has established her authority in developing strategies and leading high-impact projects, and has been recognized and supported by the City Hall in Guaruja for her outsatnding work.
Driven by the desire to expand her reach within communities, she created this digital platform with the goal of empowering the next generation of leaders. Her mission is to inspire young people to build projects that create local impact and make education more accessible in remote communities around the world.
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