Welcome to ámaxa.
THE PROBLEM
It's too hard for people who want to make a difference to actually do it.
WHY DOES IT MATTER?
People facing poverty, conflict, health challenges, and more could be profoundly impacted if more of us knew how to turn our passion into meaningful change.
The Ámaxa Cohort Program takes you from start to finish of what's needed to truly effect change.
Through our 3-month 100% remote program, you meet weekly with a team from across the globe, guided by an ámaxa coach, to effect measurable change through one of our 10 partner nonprofits or initiatives.
The program is open to high school students, college students, and professionals.
Our Projects
ámaxa (άμαξα): Greek for vehicle
We aim to be a vehicle for impact for thousands of people globally.
Member Spotlight
Meet An Nhi.
16, Vietnam
Her team planted three trees native to their communities in the US, Vietnam, and Turkey. They completed measurements on the tree, and started the process of calculating the CO2 sequestration.
Guided by their coach, they implemented the project management techniques ámaxa developed based on 2 years of research and project iterations.
By meeting remotely every week for 3 months, they raised the funds to purchase the seedlings for each tree. Then, they identified a suitable place to plant it. Finally, they measured the tree and calculated the CO2 each sequesters.
Teammates: Mohamed (17, Turkey) & Lauryn (16, USA)
TEAM SPOTLIGHT
Meet Isabella and Zobia.
16 & 17, USA
"Change, in any capacity, can and should start with us." -Isabella
Through ámaxa’s student impact fellowship, and a partnership with the nonprofit Gaza Champions, Isabella, Zobia, and their program coach Delilah created Alliance Academy’s first “Melody of Alliance Fall Charity Concert”. After being told that the brainstormed event could happen in just two weeks, the team jumped into action. They had spent the few weeks prior getting an idea of their timeline based on their before-winter-break goal and now they’d met a crunch point where all tasks were vital to make the concert the best it could be. Isabella and Zobia worked together in and outside of the weekly meetings arranged by their coach to contact sponsors for the event’s raffle, create awesome marketing material, and make sure everything was approved by school authority. At the event, they had 20 attendants, 3 raffle prizes awarded, and almost $200 USD raised. The team reflected that they believe that they did an awesome job with the limited job they were given. A huge takeaway was to focus on what you are in control of.
TEAM SPOTLIGHT
Meet Panshul, Jad, and Yueqi.
UAE, LEBANON, & CHINA
“Since almost all students in Palestine have access to the Web, we aim to create an interactive, educational website where students can find pre-recorded lessons by tutors who will be recruited by our team.” Driven by their combined passions for education and technology, Zhao (16, China), Jad (16, Lebanon), Noor (16, Qatar), and Panshul (14, UAE), led by coach Sibel, created Accessifyed, which now offers 16 math lessons and 10 English lessons with tutoring
Panshul, Jad, and Zhao are now Ámaxa Student Ambassadors. The ámaxa leadership team will provide 1-1 coaching and guidance to expand Accessifyed from an MVP to a scaled solution for all of ISNAD’s students.
“My team members proved to be some of the most ambitious people with a strong wish to make a change. They approached the project wholeheartedly and wanted to put in the work to make something that would stay an important part of online, accessible education.” -Sibel, Team Coach