A learning exchange between Healthy Cities for Adolescents projects in Ghana and India has become the first example within HCA-II...
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From Participation to Personal Change: David’s Story (Ghana)
Every story of change starts with the person who experienced it. In this short video, David Zomayi from Ghana reflects...
International Youth Day 2026: Young people are building partnerships that shape healthier cities
From local councils to national parliaments and global institutions, adolescents across the Healthy Cities for Adolescents (HCA) programme are proving...
HCA partners in Vietnam validate situation analysis to shape the future of adolescent programming
Partners from across the Healthy Cities for Adolescents (HCA-II) and other Fondation Botnar supported programmes came together in Hoi An...
Giving young people the floor: How Youth Talks and Theatre Forums are opening new conversations in Senegal
In a school hall in Thiès, a group of adolescents stand in front of an audience of parents, teachers, community...
Healthy Cities for Adolescents at WUF13: Promoting Youth Perspectives on Urban Liveability
The Healthy Cities for Adolescents (HCA) Team from Ecorys UK co-hosted a networking event at WUF13 in Baku in partnership...
From temporary fixes to permanent change: How adolescents are reshaping public spaces in Indian cities
On a busy street in Bhubaneswar, a group of adolescents stood alongside city officials, assessing a public space many of...
Coding the City: How Adolescents Are Rewriting Da Nang’s Digital Playbook
On a humid afternoon in Da Nang, a group of teenagers stood in front of a panel of city officials,...
When Adolescents Begin to Shape the City: A Story from Quevedo, Ecuador
In Quevedo, a mid-sized city on Ecuador’s coast, Central Park sits at the centre of daily life. Families pass through...
Global Learning Forum 2026: A Week of Youth-Led Learning, Dialogue and City Change
From 2 to 6 February 2026, the Global Learning Forum (GLF) 2026 brought together adolescents, practitioners, city actors and partners...
Global Learning Forum 2026 is coming soon
On 2-6 February 2026, Healthy Cities for Adolescents is bringing together young people, project teams and city actors from across...
My place, my space: connecting with my territory, Palmira (Caimitos)
The change stories shared by adolescents were translated using Deepl, with no additional editing beyond translation. *** This change began...
How VMC influenced me, Palmira (Caimitos)
The change stories shared by adolescents were translated using Deepl, with no additional editing beyond translation. *** It all began...
Juanito Piquiña, Cali (Potrero Grande)
The change stories shared by adolescents were translated using Deepl, with no additional editing beyond translation. *** Juanito Piquiña was...
It’s never too late for change, Cali (Potrero Grande)
The change stories shared by adolescents were translated using Deepl, with no additional editing beyond translation. *** Once upon a...
Living together over the years, Cali (Potrero Grande)
The change stories shared by adolescents were translated using Deepl, with no additional editing beyond translation. *** In 2020, drugs,...