LIVE – EX

Virtual exchange · 8 countries

Connect with young changemakers across Sub-Saharan Africa

LIVE-EX helps you build digital and soft skills through virtual dialogues and hands-on community actions. Focused on digital inclusion and climate justice, it supports you to become an advocate for change, grow your employability and make friends across borders.

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8countries

10partner organisations

2000+young people under 30

Freeonline mentorship

What happens in LIVE-EX

Learn online, act locally

Virtual dialogues

Join online exchanges with peers from eight countries on climate justice, culture and inclusion.

Earth Advocacy Mentorship

Follow a free online mentorship programme led by experienced facilitators.

Community actions

Team up with young people near you and run a local action, supported by a partner organisation.

Who runs it

LIVE-EX is coordinated by ICYE and CCIVS together with 8 partners from 8 countries: AJUDE (Mozambique), Astovot (Togo), COFO (Malawi), ICYE Kenya, ICYE Nigeria, ICYE Tanzania, SAVWA (South Africa) and ZWA (Zimbabwe).

LIVE-EX is part of CCIVS’s Living Earth Campaign.

Aims and partners Meet the team

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Resource Hub and Certification

Learn, watch, get certified

Free materials on climate colonialism, sustainability and environmental justice advocacy, for youth workers, European Solidarity Corps Humanitarian volunteers, Earth Advocacy Mentorship participants and any volunteer or educator.

1Read the handbooksHandbook, toolkit and good practices 2Watch the videosPresentations and recorded dialogues 3Pass the assessmentGet your LIVE-EX certificate

Step 1

Handbooks and toolkits

For youth workers

Earth Advocacy Mentorship Curriculum Handbook

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For young people

Earth Advocacy Mentorship Programme Toolkit

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Lessons learned

Good Practices and Lessons for a Successful Virtual Exchange Programme

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Step 2

Videos

Recorded dialogues and sessions

Step 3

Get your Certificate of Completion

Once you have read the handbooks and watched the videos, answer the assessment questions. Passing gives you the official LIVE-EX Certificate of Completion, recognising your understanding of climate advocacy, sustainability and anti-colonial practice.

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Bonus certificate

Decolonise IVS

The Decolonise International Voluntary Service project tackles global inequalities and promotes anti-colonial approaches in volunteering and advocacy. Explore its resources and complete the free MOOC for an additional certificate.

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About the project

LIVE-EX: Living Earth Exchange

LIVE-EX tackles the digital and environmental challenges young people face in Sub-Saharan Africa. It builds digital and advocacy skills, works to bridge the digital divide and promotes climate justice by challenging colonial legacies and power structures.

Aims and objectives

What LIVE-EX sets out to do

Digital inclusion

Give young people the digital skills and access to take part fully in a connected world, overcoming barriers like weak ICT infrastructure and costly internet.

Climate justice

Educate and engage youth on climate colonialism and support them to advocate for sustainable and fair environmental practice.

Capacity building

Strengthen youth organisations in the region, including training youth workers in virtual volunteering and hybrid project management.

Intercultural dialogue

Build understanding and cooperation between young people from different backgrounds through virtual exchanges and joint community actions.

Youth empowerment

Help young people develop critical thinking, active citizenship and global competence, improving their employability and impact in their communities.

Partners and countries

Eight partners, eight countries

Coordinated by ICYE and CCIVS, the consortium brings long experience in international voluntary service and community development. Living in one of these countries? Contact the organisation near you to find out how to get involved.

Kenya

International Cultural Youth Exchange (ICYE Kenya)

Runs virtual exchange programmes and places volunteers in community projects, fostering intercultural interaction.

Malawi

Community Forum (COFO)

Active in virtual exchanges and climate change advocacy, promoting youth engagement and education.

Mozambique

Associação Juvenil para o Desenvolvimento do Voluntariado em Moçambique (AJUDE)

Works on digital access and intercultural exchange, promoting environmental awareness among local youth.

Nigeria

International Christian Youth Exchange (ICYE Nigeria)

Engaged in virtual exchanges and Erasmus+ projects, focusing on diversity, equality and sustainable development.

South Africa

South Africa Volunteer Work Camp Association (SAVWA)

Focuses on including disadvantaged communities and on environmental action, including community garden projects.

Tanzania

United Planet Tanzania (ICYE Tanzania)

Started virtual exchange programmes during the COVID-19 pandemic, with volunteer tasks including marketing and social media.

Togo

Association Togolaise des Volontaires au Travail (Astovot)

Promotes peace and better living conditions through work in education, environment, culture and health.

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe Workcamps Association (ZWA)

A leading organisation in the African volunteer network, with strong local youth engagement and virtual exchange experience.

Meet the people behind LIVE-EX

Intended outcomes

The change we are working towards

Digital skillsThousands of young people gain digital skills that open education and job opportunities.
Awareness and advocacyParticipants understand climate justice and can push for sustainable practice and policy, locally to internationally.
Stronger youth organisationsPartners grow their capacity to support and mentor young people over the long term.
Intercultural understandingVirtual exchanges build appreciation of other cultures and global solidarity.
Community actionsSmall youth teams run local actions that tackle social and environmental challenges.
Youth leadershipYoung people take on leadership roles in their communities and organisations.

Who is who

The people behind LIVE-EX

Coordinators, mentors and facilitators from the partner organisations.

ICYE International Office

Lead coordinator

Nicolaus Novatus MukasaProject ManagerProject Manager

Courtney KelnerProgramme and Grants ManagerSupport to project team

Katja WaltherFinance OfficerFinance Coordinator

CCIVS

Co-coordinator

Julieta BlancoCCIVS Communication OfficerCommunication and visibility, co-coordination of WP4

ICYE Kenya

Kenya

Kerubo NyariboProgramme DirectorCoordinator

Mercy Inyanya KubasuProgramme CoordinatorMentor

Mogoi NyariboProgramme SupportAssistant

COFO

Malawi

Joshua MalungaExecutive Director / Programmes ManagerProject Manager

AJUDE

Mozambique

Horacio Ernesto ChangaICYE Mozambique National CorrespondentPartner / Coordinator

Melanie Crescencio HouanaVolunteer / ICYE Youth Engagement MemberMentor

Belarmina Geraldo MarruculeICYE Mozambique Hosting CoordinatorMentor

ICYE Nigeria

Nigeria

Adeoluwa OnamadeNational Coordinator, ICYE NigeriaCoordinator

Fabunmi AyoolaProject CoordinatorMentor

Oluwakanyinsolami AyoolaCo-WorkerMentor

SAVWA

South Africa

Enock PedzeSAVWA Chairman / FounderSAVWA LIVE-EX Project Coordinator

Dorcas JenaSAVWA Volunteer CoordinatorFacilitator

United Planet Tanzania

Tanzania

Janeth Filbert MakunguSTePs CoordinatorProject Coordinator

Hassan PukeyUPTZ DirectorFirst Mentor

Abdallah MikuluProgramme SupportSecond Mentor

Zawadi MchonjoVolunteer LiaisonMentor

ZWA

Zimbabwe

Vitalis Tongesayi MadhawuZWA PresidentZWA President

Ian Tawanda MugowaResearch and Youth Innovation OfficerMentor

Stella-filda NyamandeMEAL OfficerMEAL Officer

Ratherford MwarutaCoordinatorProjects Coordinator

I want to join

Join the virtual exchanges and local community actions

LIVE-EX aims to involve over 2000 young people under 30. You can join if you live in one of the partner countries:

KenyaMalawiMozambiqueNigeriaSouth AfricaTanzaniaTogoZimbabwe

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Why join

What you get from LIVE-EX

Free Earth Advocacy MentorshipFollow a free online mentorship programme led by experienced facilitators.
New skillsLearn intercultural understanding, advocacy and how to run community actions for environmental protection.
A network across AfricaMake contacts and friends in other countries and grow your professional and personal network.
Community engagementTake part in community actions in your country, supported by the local partner organisation.
Future opportunitiesKeep the contacts for community engagement after the project ends.
International collaborationGet involved with international networks like CCIVS and ICYE through their Youth Engagement Committees.

How to join

Contact the partner in your country

Get in touch with the organisation in your country to ask about the next cohort and community actions near you.

Kenya