Third East Asian Seas Youth Forum Toolkit - PEMSEA.org

Young Champions for the OceanChampioning Your CauseThis section serves as your step-by-step guide in developing your action plans for the projectsthat you will be implementing when you get back to your communities. This section is adaptedfrom the Global Changemakers* Activist Toolkit.VISIONIt can be really tricky to go from a bunch of cool, exciting ideas to one clearproject. Sometimes people jump straight into their projects withoutthinking – and writing down – why they are doing it. But this can easily lead toconfusion and frustration later. So spend a moment reflecting on the issues you areinterested in – and why you care about them.What are you passionate about?What are the issues that you feel most strongly about? Why?IssueI care because...What are the good things that are happening about these issues?What are the things you would like to change?What would your changes look, feel and smell like?*Global Changemakers is a British Council-funded global youth programme for young social entrepreneurs andcommunity activists from 112 countries. The programme exists in order to help skill up Changemakers, invest in theirprojects and lend the experience of Changemakers to high level political and economic gatherings. You can learn moreabout the program here: http://www.global-changemakers.net/25