Beyond the Textbook: Youth in Pakistan Claim Their Space in the Global Conversation
What happens when you take a student used to the “right or wrong” world of textbooks and remind them that their perspective is the most valuable asset in the room? Since March 2024, Global Nomads Group joined forces with HETRiC to collaborate with 1000+ students and 100+ educators across nine institutions in Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Peshawar […]
Meet Our Newest Content Creation Lab Cohort!
Global Nomads’ 2026 Content Creation Lab is up and running, bringing together youth from across the Arab region to design our newest course, Qisasna Tejma’na, or “Our Stories Bring Us Together.” The course will be piloted in classrooms in Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, and Lebanon later this year, and will be launched globally in Arabic, English, […]
Global Nomads Receives Prestigious Montessori Global Education STAR Endorsement for Youth-Led Content Creation Lab
New York, NY — 11th of February 2026 — Global Nomads is proud to announce that its flagship program, the Content Creation Lab (CCL), has officially been awarded the STAR Endorsement by Montessori Global Education. This recognition marks a significant milestone in validating Global Nomad’s innovative, youth-first approach to global education and curriculum design. The STAR […]
Stories Bring Us Together: Global Nomads Launches Regional Youth Initiative to Counter Polarization Across the Arab World
New York, NY — January 5th, 2026 — Global Nomads announced today the launch of a regional initiative that engages youth from across the Arab world in co-creating an Arabic-language digital learning experience aimed at countering polarization and strengthening unity among young people. Through Global Nomads’ Content Creation Lab (CCL), a group of youth representing […]
The ABCs of Systems Change: Redesigning Learning with Youth at the Center
New York, NY — October 30th 2025 Earlier this month, I had the joy of attending the Partner Learning Event for the UP for Change Initiative, a project of the International Youth Foundation with funding from the Oak Foundation. The event marked the culmination of a two-year participatory grant-making project in which neurodiverse youth leaders […]
Global Nomads Launches Neurodiversity, Leadership, and Belonging Course Designed by Global Youth
New York, NY — October 1st 2025 — Global Nomads today announced the launch of its newest open-access course, Neurodiversity, Leadership, and Belonging, now available worldwide on its free learning platform, Nomadverse. Designed “by youth, for youth,” the course equips young people everywhere with tools to foster belonging and inclusive leadership, drawing on the lived experiences of a […]
People Behind the Mission – 2023 Globe Ball Honorees
On June 8th, 2023, we gathered to honor dynamic leaders in business, technology, and philanthropy and their outstanding contributions to advancing cross-cultural dialogue, collaboration, and community. Meet our 2023 Globe Ball Honorees: 2023 AWARD FOR CONNECTING ACROSS DIFFERENCE “We have to be really intentional to see the similarities in the heart and soul of human […]
Meet the 2023 Globe Ball Youth Ambassadors
At the 2023 Group Globe Ball on June 8th, Global Nomads youth ambassadors hosted a festive and inspiring evening with stories of self-discovery and shared humanity that shines a spotlight on our outstanding honorees. The following youth are exemplary Global Nomads and we were proud to have them present awards to our 2023 Globe Ball honorees. […]
Global Nomads Group Interns Create Environmental Justice Curriculum for California 7th Graders
33 youth. 17 countries. 1 course. Global Nomads Group’s 2023 Content Creation Lab (CCL) cohort, in partnership with Ten Strands, is developing an inquiry-based curricular unit on land subsidence and climate change with an environmental justice focus. Our youth-led internship program aims to create an inclusive curriculum for seventh grade classrooms in California, potentially […]
Climate Justice Curriculum by Youth, for Youth
When an estimated 400,000 middle school students across the state of California participate in the upcoming seventh-grade Climate Change and Environmental Justice Program (CCEJP) curriculum from Ten Strands, they will be a part of a one-of-a-kind experience designed by their peers across the state and around the world. When Ten Strands announced its search for […]