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Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots is a youth-led action programme aimed at young people of all ages. The programme was founded in 1991 by Dr Jane Goodall under the Jane Goodall Institute , and it promotes the values of compassion and respect for all living things, as well as intercultural understanding and solidarity among all peoples.
Roots & Shoots groups take positive action through local and international projects that benefit the environment and improve the lives of people and animals. They learn about issues affecting our world, become better global citizens and share insights and ideas for making positive change happen. Most importantly they learn that….
Roots & Shoots USA is the youth action program of the Jane Goodall Institute empowering young people to be the change in their communities.
Now nearly 100 countries strong and growing, Roots & Shoots is an unprecedented multiplying force in conservation and service-based learning, giving young people the knowledge and confidence to act on their beliefs and make a difference by being part of something bigger than themselves.
Roots & Shoots, a program of the Jane Goodall Institute, is a global movement of youth just like you who are empowered to use their voice and actions to make compassionate decisions, influencing and leading change in their communities.
Beginning with 12 students in Tanzania who wanted to help solve the problems in their local community - the Roots & Shoots programme is now a global movement, with over 150,000 active groups in over 130 countries. Roots & Shoots Malaysia was established in January 2015.
Roots & Shoots was founded by Jane Goodall, DBE in 1991, to bring together youth from preschool to university age to work on environmental, conservation, and humanitarian issues. The organization has local chapters in over 140 countries with over 8000 local groups worldwide that involve nearly 150,000 youth.
