Join the I CAN 2025 CHALLENGE!
Teachers, parents! You can empower youth leadership in your classrooms and homes by following these simple steps
Download the free 1 week toolkit.
Identify your group/s. (your learners, children)
Schedule a time to use the toolkit with your group. We suggest 5 consecutive days.
Empower your learners/children to take action on the issue they identify with their idea for change. Take photos and videos of each step. We suggest making a 2 - 3min video following the format of submitted stories.
Write up their story and submit it on the challenge platform. Click on SUBMIT YOUR STORY on the top right corner.
Entries received by September 30 are entered into the 2025 I CAN challenge and stand a chance to be selected as the winning story and country representative at the Be The Change Celebration. Entries received after September 30, 2025 are entered into the 2026 I CAN Challenge.




The quickest way to unleash the 'I CAN' superpower in children is to introduce the FIDS process in a week or a month. Download the toolkit to begin the process with your children.
This flexible and inclusive 1-week challenge is the quickest way to unleash the ‘I CAN’ superpowers in kids. Download the toolkit and lesson plan for the week and start making a difference!
1 WEEK TOOLKIT
1 MONTH CURRICULUM
TOOLKIT
RESOURCES
We have a wealth of free to download materials from lesson plans to affirmation cards, that teachers can use in the classrooms. Explore our DFC Global FIDS Resources Hub - where stories of changes inform best practice!
Get Free Downloadable Toolkit & Resources
Getting started
Learner Wellbeing Metrics
Curriculum Alignment and Assessment
Story Submission
GET SUPPORT
Online Consultation
BTC Experience with Delegate package
Write to us at design-for-change@edusoil.com to get started and get a quote with your support programme!
I CAN Trainings and Programmes
Online I CAN Teacher Training (1 Day programme)
I CAN VYE, self-paying / funded route (2 Scheduled Month programme. See 2025 Programme.)
I CAN Catalyst Labs ( 2 Day programme previously called Changemaker Catalyst)
I CAN Accelerators with Community Champions ( 2 Month programme previously called Changemaker Accelerator)
I CAN Regenerators ( Year long programme mapped out as an ecopreneur model for 18+ youth to run co-curricular after school clubs
Costing and programme plan for the global BTC conference held in Japan, 27th to 30th November 2025 ( we will update this space with more info about the programme shortly)
See more about BTC here: https://www.dfcworld.org/GlobalCelebration
DFC Chapters
Contacts


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