Four Years of Global Challenge Impact

The overall impact of GCA can be measured in both quantitative and qualitative ways. During the last 4 years, more than 6000 students from 50 countries registered, a figure which illustrates the popularity achieved by the program. GCA has also made grants of about $200,000 to these students in the form of college scholarships and training opportunities. These personal gains have been important to students, who continuously benefit from their GCA experience.
Using technology, GCA is helping children to become change agents for a better future. Youth gain skills that help them aspire to careers in international affairs, the green economy and entrepreneurship. Importantly, 85% of GCA students have shown continued commitment to global and climate issues after completing a GCA program. This impact on their awareness of climate change is multiplied by their concrete actions that are mitigating and addressing climate change effects around the world.
GCA's team-based experiences improve a student's confidence for solving local as well as global problems. Students learn to think outside-the-box and see that their creative global warming solutions can move from idea to reality. Students learn to work in cooperative teams, how to coordinate with each other and how to communicate.
Global Challenge thus has a three-fold impact on students: increasing climate change awareness and action, resulting in personal gains and gaining experience in global virtual teamwork.
Participating in GCA provides youth with many keys to success while engaging them in creative thinking and action for a Greener world.