Changemakers Program Criteria

Application requirements

1. Participants in the Changemakers program are between the ages of 12 and 24.
2. The projects/initiatives within the Changemaker Program must promote the rights of children worldwide as mentioned in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
3. In the Changemakers Program KidsRights does not support projects focused on personal development of skills. In the Changemakers Program KidsRights wants to support sustainable changemaking by children, for children. Within the Changemakers Program we support projects focused on structural improvements for children (no emergency and individual aid).
4. Within the Changemakers Program, KidsRights supports changemakers that are initiators of a project and/or have a leading role in the project.
5. The projects/initiatives of the Changemaker Program promote sustainable improvements to the rights of children, which means that KidsRights does not support:
   • Sending goods overseas, or from one country to another;
   • Activities for or within orphanages and long term institutionalization
    • Random distribution of goods or food.
6.  The projects/initiatives of the Changemakers Program should not have bad side effects:
   • Projects/initiatives do not harm other people;
    • Projects/initiatives do not badly harm the environment.
7. Discrimination and conversion are not allowed in the projects/initiatives of the Changemakers Program.
8. With the Changemakers Program, KidsRights does not support projects/initiatives bound by political parties.
9. The changemaker is able to communicate with KidsRights in English, Spanish or Dutch. A supporter is allowed to translate, but the changemaker provides the supporter.

Project guidelines

Your project will be judged against the following criteria:

• how many children are impacted
• extent to which the project contributes to lessen the violation of children’s rights 
• extent to which the goal is clear and formulated SMART
• extent to which the targetgroup is described
• extent to which the execution of the project is clear
• extent to which the changemaker has local support (for materials, advise or guidance)
• extent to which the changemaker is incorporating other children from the community
• personal role of changemaker in overall project
• extent to which the project can be copies on a bigger scale and international level
• extent to which the project can be repeated in time
• extent to which the current situation is violating children’s rights
• extent to which the theme is relevant for an international public
• extent to which the changemaker is responsive
• extent to which changemaker has good evaluation skills
• extent to which the changemaker has previous experience in changemaking
• overall impression of the changemaker and the project plan

Funding guidelines

How much funds you can apply for differs per country, because the average income and the value of Euro’s differ per country. We want to avoid giving you an irresponsible amount of money to manage. We don’t want people to get unrealistic expectations from you because of the amount of money you are receiving. 

The maximum amount per country is based on the income classifications of countries by the World Bank. The World Bank makes a distinction between high income, higher middle income, lower middle income and low income countries. We used this classification to determine the maximum amount you can apply for in your country.

We are aware that this distinction is based on the general situation and that your individual situation can differ from this. KidsRights chooses to use this independent data to make a clear grouping of countries, since it is not feasible to make a decision on individual basis. 
Find your country below to see how much you can apply for:
 

• High income: Maximum €500
  Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Barbados, Belgium, Bermuda, Brunei, Canada, Cayman Islands, Chile, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, French Polynesia, Germany, Greece, Greenland, Guam, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Isle of Man, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, The Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay.

• Upper middle income: Maximum €400
  Albania, Algeria, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Gabon,Georgia, Grenada, Guyana, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Lebanon,  Libya, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Namibia, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Republic of Macedonia, Reunion, Romania, Russia, Saint Lucia, Samoa, Serbia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Venezuela.

• Lower middle income: Maximum €250
  Angola, Armenia, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Cambodia, Cameroon, Egypt, El Salvador, Ghana, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lesotho, Moldova, Montenegro, Morocco, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Senegal, Sudan, Swaziland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

• Low income: Maximum €150
  Afghanistan, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Gambia, Haiti, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nepal, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda.

And please keep in mind the following limitations when applying for funding:

• KidsRights does not pay loans or volunteer fees with the Changemakers Program;
• KidsRights does not cover the purchase of goods that require management or become devalued after long term use;
• KidsRights does not support sending goods overseas, or from one country to another; or random distribution of goods or food.