Help UWCT Youth Climate Activist Elham attend the COP25

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28,292 THB / 156,000 THB

Raised by 11 persons in 15 days

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Created on October 08 2019

By Samantha Gayfer

The Story

55 months ago

Elham is currently a student at UWC Thailand International School. He is here from his native Afghanistan on a scholarship to study, largely because of his commitment to protecting the planet and his work to shine a light on how climate change impacts developing and war-torn nations. Elham was selected out of 7,000 applicants to attend the first-ever UN Youth Climate Action Summit in September but was unable to secure a visa for the US ( read more about that here: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/09/afghan-student-invited-youth-climate-summit-denied-visa-190917135606682.html ). Now Elham has a second chance to be heard as a delegate with YOUTHTOPIA, an organization led by Melati Wijsen of Bali's Bye Bye Plastic Bags movement, to travel to Chile for the United Nations Conference of YOUTH and the United Nations Conference of the Parties on Convention for Climate Change (known as COP 25) from November 28 to December 8, 2019.

The cost for Elham to attend is US$5,000 + flights and daily expenses. If we are to save our planet, we need as many climate activists to be heard as possible—especially youth—and even more so, youth from underrepresented regions of the world. If you agree, please help us support Elham!

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First donor

2,213 THB

Marc Nicholson

It would be so great if Elham could get to the Santiago Climate Change Conference as part of the Youthtopia delegation.

Top contributor

8,000 THB

Anonymous

Good luck

11 Donations

54 months ago

2,403 THB

Christine Amour-Levar

Dear Elham hope you can make it to Chile! congratulation on your commitment and work on climate change impacts developing and war-torn nations!

55 months ago

228 THB

Anonymous

55 months ago

3,000 THB

Sumi Soorian

55 months ago

500 THB

Anonymous

Be the change you want to see in the world.

55 months ago

8,000 THB

Anonymous

Good luck

55 months ago

100 THB

Anonymous

55 months ago

5,000 THB

Christiane Hardenberg

55 months ago

848 THB

Kelly Strickland

Best of luck, an incredible opportunity!!

55 months ago

5,000 THB

Samantha Gayfer

We don’t always get a second chance to do something amazing. A second crack at a UN Climate Conference is even less likely. We have to get you there Elham!

55 months ago

1,000 THB

Nicki

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