“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi
Welcome to Inventure Academy’s Changemaker Challenge Season 2!
Inviting Changemakers from across Bangalore’s schools and communities
A quick glance around us reveals a world of poor roads, potholes, overflowing drains, frothing lakes and everything seems on the brink of an apocalypse, and everyone seems anxious and stressed. However, change is slow and has to be fostered at all levels in order to bring about lasting change. We all need to tap into our inner passion to grapple with the messy problems around us and be the change.
Changemaker Challenge Season 2
Inventure’s other innovative initiatives:
Round Square Youth Parliament
The inaugural Inventure Academy Round Square Youth Parliament – Our World, Our Voice was held from 15 to 19 August 2018.
The conference was conceptualised by Inventure Academy to equip children with the Right to Participate (guaranteed by Article 12 of the UNCRC) in the world that they are inheriting and to enable them to be positive change makers. This was achieved by exposing our youth to different perspectives, dialogues between nations and the process of decision-making through a blended platform of the Model United Nations (MUN) and Model Parliament (MP). The conference exposed students to the process of how laws are created and implemented through the interplay between various stakeholders, including international organisations such as the United Nations, National Parliament, Media and Civil Society. This helped to demonstrate how citizens (including children) can have an impact and be a part of the solution.
Model Parliament
Inventure initiated the Model Parliament (India), a first time simulation of the interaction between the Central and State governments, the Economic Council and the Media. The objective of this was to enable students to understand the importance of dialogue in society and in our political system, and enabling legislation that empowers and takes advantage of our demographic dividend. Through debate, discussion and perspective building, student delegates from various schools deliberated in different Committees on pressing issues like Child Safety, Water Crisis, Economic Development and Youth Involvement in Politics. Post this exercise, Committees drafted Bills, keeping as close as possible to Parliamentary procedures.
Our Core Purpose
To instill in students the ability and conviction to realize their full potential
and be socially responsible citizens who excel anywhere in the world.
