Global 180: Why We Exist

We believe that if youth can lead healthy, productive lives, make informed choices, encourage each other and network together, we have the potential to affect positive change in the fabric of society and make a significant impact in the world.

Since its inception in 1999, Global 180 has impacted thousands of teenagers in three countries. Canadian youth travelling for 1-2 weeks to a foreign country experience a life-changing adventure, but just as important, we impact our peers in that nation, challenging and empowering them to become catalysts for change.

Global 180 works with local schools and community agencies to inform and engage youth to take action on the peer, family, and community issues they care about most. Through school assembly presentations and interaction in classrooms, the Global 180 team inspires and challenges their peers to live up to their potential, to want more from their lives and to take action in their communities.

Global 180 is concerned with seeing youth become committed to excellence in all areas of life: developing character, making positive life choices, and knowing their life’s purpose. In order for this to happen, we present a youth-focused assembly which is relevant and informative to motivate and equip them with the information necessary to make wise choices.

The Global180 team interacts with youth at three different levels; school assemblies, classroom discussions, and a “180 CLUB” which continues in the school long after the Canadian team’s visit.

A Canadian youth worker for 26 years, our founder and Executive Director (Eldon Wright) has a deep concern for teenagers and hears their cries for help, for hope and for dreams to become someone who can make a difference in the world.

We believe that youth have something important to say, and they need to be heard. Youth are the future and we need to take responsibility for it. Global 180 has a message that will challenge youth to be actively involved in all aspects of society, and to desire to be leaders and role models in our communities.