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The Next Generation Philanthropy Leadership Program by Good Soil Foundation aims to cultivate future philanthropists and social entrepreneurs, working together for the public good.

20/08/2026

Five days. Nine countries. 58 student fellows. One shared vision. 🌏💜

The Next Generation Philanthropy Leadership Program 2026 brought young changemakers together at The University of Hong Kong to learn, lead, serve and create meaningful social impact.

From classrooms to community spaces, new friendships to new possibilities, this was a journey to remember. ✨

13/08/2026

🌱 More Than a Seed

A seed can only grow when it has the right soil.

As this chapter comes to a close, we hope every NextGen student carries forward the courage to grow, lead and create impact.

Be good soil for someone else.

30/07/2026

Three years ago, Marian joined the Next Generation Philanthropy Leadership Program as a student.
What began as a single opportunity became a journey of service. She went on to co-found Silver Sayang, dedicating herself to monthly nursing home visits that bring
companionship and joy to seniors. Her commitment was later recognised with Chatsworth International School‘s Global Citizenship Award.
Today, she has come full circle, returning to NextGen as a Teaching Assistant to mentor and inspire the next generation of young changemakers.

15/05/2026

As a board member of the Good Soil Foundation, Etsu Egami shares the foundation's core mission: to promote the in-depth integration of art and philanthropy and build a bridge between art and public social issues.

Art 🎨x Impact: Etsu Egami teams up with JOOPITER (founded by Pharrell Williams) and God’s True Cashmere (co-founded by Brad Pitt) for the charity exhibition “Artists for Impact.”

29/04/2026

Growing together: Students’ Innovation Centre after 10 years

The Students' Innovation Centre (sic!) in Vienna believes in the transformative power of youth. Over the past decade, they've hosted around 100 events with over 5,000 participants and supported 100 entrepreneurial teams. Their mission is simple yet powerful: provide students with the space, time, and will to achieve their goals.

As a student-run centre at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU) in Austria 🇦🇹, they've been a driving force for sustainable student entrepreneurship. From co-organizing the ClimateLaunchpad to connecting students with resources, their vision is a world where students turn ideas into sustainable actions.

Youth can be linked to join together and collaborate for social good. Especially, students can do much more than in the classroom. At the end of the day, connecting people is not just about meeting as individuals at the same place and venue.

A leader shall create synergy 📈and let the team grow together 🌴!

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20/04/2026

*Linking philanthropy for youth and the rest*

Technology connects people and links ideas. Youth can be linked to join together and collaborate for social good. In the upcoming NextGen program, participants with diverse experiences and expectations can work together at the University of Hong Kong.

A participant, Huang, a female student, focuses on building connections through free-of-charge English teaching. In her current charity project, she leverages technology to bridge students to existing English learning materials. Huang’s key contribution is actually making English learning more accessible, which she calls “link.” Linking existing resources to people is definitely an indispensable element for the success of philanthropy.

Linking should also be about connecting people with different statuses and abilities. Another participant, Fu, is a male basketball lover who leverages basketball to connect children with autism. Fu first failed to find any basketball court available for this activity, while mutual trust and benefit were not matched. Fu and his team later changed their approach to find a local school as a venue. Eventually, the ball connected children with autism and the rest who do not have it.

Beyond the basketball court, with the same surname as Fu, is a female violinist who hopes to make full use of musical instruments for social good. Based in Beijing, she helps make music lessons freely available in rural China. Every Sunday, 60 students across China go online with the instruments borrowed from Fu in hand. In her team, a few university graduates who volunteer to teach are older than Fu but still willing to work with her. While we ask Fu, how can she manage the team and deliver the instruments from afar? She said, with a teenager’s smile, because I have been sociable since day one. At the end of the day, it’s not just a ball or an instrument that automatically connects people. It is about the leader who can do it for the social good.

14/04/2026

Beyond the Classroom, Advancing Social Good Through Sports and the Arts

The cultivation of youth leadership extends far beyond the classroom, fully harnessing the power of sports and the arts to create social value. The students joining the 2026 Next Generation Philanthropy Leadership Program come from diverse backgrounds and possess unique strengths, with their distinctive capabilities and philanthropic practices showcased below.

One participant, Wang, is a female fencing athlete who has long focused on the importance of spinal health. Deeply inspired by her own sports injury, she co-founded a spinal health club with her coach. In Beijing, her core public welfare service is promoting a simple ”daily spinal health routine“—small movements that deliver remarkable health improvements. As her motto goes: Small, consistent actions add up to big change.

Another participant, Chen, is both a musician and a baseball player. He has been providing free baseball coaching with his team in Shanghai since 2023. He shared that over 100 hours of team coaching experience has equipped him to mentor peers and tutor local primary and secondary school students. Leadership is not innate; it is forged through self-challenge and continuous trial and error.

Li also aims to practice philanthropy through her talents in singing and performing. Inspired by her parents’ involvement in charitable work, she firmly believes that philanthropy is not just about donations, but about focusing on real local issues. To address the aging challenge in Hong Kong, she plans to create and stage musicals centered on elderly issues, speaking out for social concerns through art.

The Next Generation Philanthropy Leadership Program is designed exclusively for high school students by the Good Soil Foundation. It integrates leadership training, nonprofit knowledge learning, mentorship, and student-led projects. Aligned with the trends of experiential and purpose-driven education, the program empowers young people to develop leadership and social responsibility through structured, credible, and real-world practices.

07/04/2026

Beyond the classroom

Youth leadership education is shifting from workshops to real-world learning—hands-on projects, mentorship, and exposure to real institutions.

Globally, communities like Teach For All’s Global Student Network and the WEF Global Shapers show the value of practical problem-solving and collaboration. Across Asia, demand is rising for credible, practitioner-led programs that build leadership through action.

That’s why the Good Soil Foundation’s Next Generation Philanthropy Leadership Program combines leadership training with nonprofit learning journeys, mentors, and student-led projects—so students learn by doing.

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30/01/2026

🌱 Pioneering the Next Generation of Leadership

In today’s complex and fast-evolving world, leadership can no longer be taught in isolation from real social challenges. Young people must learn to think critically, act ethically, and engage meaningfully with the world around them.

At Singapore Good Soil Foundation, we have taken a pioneering approach to NextGen leadership development, reimagining how leadership, philanthropy, and social innovation can be integrated into youth education. Our work focuses not only on knowledge, but on values, responsibility, and action.

Over the years, our programmes have been shaped and delivered in collaboration with professional experts and practitioners from leading global institutions, including Harvard University, University of Cambridge, and Carnegie Mellon University, who have joined us as instructors and mentors. Their involvement brings academic rigour, global perspectives, and real-world relevance into our learning experiences.

Our work is also informed by national youth priorities in Singapore. We align closely with the vision of the SG Youth Plan, and have engaged with the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth (MCCY) to ensure that our programmes respond meaningfully to the aspirations, needs, and lived realities of young people.

Through immersive learning, mentorship, and hands-on engagement, we are cultivating a new generation of leaders who lead with empathy, discernment, and purpose. This is not a one-off initiative, but a long-term commitment to building credible and future-ready leadership pathways for youth in Asia and beyond.

23/01/2026

When Young Leaders Step Forward: What This Week’s Youth Stories Reveal

This week, youth leadership continues to surface in meaningful ways across different parts of the world, reminding us that leadership is not something young people wait to grow into. It is shaped early, through responsibility, exposure, and trust.

In Nigeria, youth leaders from the Ethnic Youth Leaders Council publicly supported new national tax reforms, calling for accountability and shared responsibility in the country’s economic recovery. Their engagement highlighted a less visible side of leadership: the willingness to step into complex, and sometimes unpopular, public conversations.

Closer to home, regional platforms such as the ASEAN Youth Fellowship continue to bring together young changemakers from across Southeast Asia for immersive leadership development, cross-sector dialogue, and collaboration on shared regional challenges.

In Singapore, students involved in the SG Youth Forum have been presenting policy ideas on mental wellbeing and digital inclusion directly to public-sector stakeholders. At the same time, young volunteers were recently recognised at the Singapore Red Cross Youth Awards for leading sustained community initiatives, including long-term outreach to vulnerable seniors.

These stories point to an important insight. Opportunity alone does not transform young people. Structure does. What makes leadership experiences formative is not visibility, but guidance, expectations, and the chance to engage seriously with real-world issues.

This is the space the Next Generation Philanthropy Leadership Program is designed to create. Through mentored learning, cross-sector exposure, and sustained reflection, students move beyond participation toward thoughtful action. Many enter the programme high-achieving but uncertain of their voice, and leave with greater clarity, confidence, and a stronger sense of responsibility toward society.

For parents and schools, these experiences matter. As youth leadership becomes more visible globally, depth and guidance are what turn opportunity into lasting growth.

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