Reality Check! Our Future Depends More on Youth and Civil Society on the Frontlines of Climate Crisis than Results of Negotiations in Paris

"This Salon event is just the beginning of our work to support youth and civil society on the front lines of the climate crisis," said Thierry Gillet, CEO & Co-Founder of Action Connected with Simon Reckla, "We are announcing a new partnership with World Merit to challenge private citizens and businesses to come together to jumpstart investments in expertise and financial resources needed most by beneficiaries on the front lines."

"This Salon event is just the beginning of our work to support youth and civil society on the front lines of the climate crisis," said Thierry Gillet, CEO & Co-Founder of Action Connected with Simon Reckla, "We are announcing a new partnership with World Merit to challenge private citizens and businesses to come together to jumpstart investments in expertise and financial resources needed most by beneficiaries on the front lines."

Challenge participants represent traditional development project stakeholder groups - funders, implementers, and beneficiaries - working together through actionconnected.com to deliver equitable and sustainable solutions to mitigate the effects of climate change in some of the least developed and most vulnerable communities around the world.

Added Simon Reckla, commenting on the genesis of Action Connected's partnership with World Merit, "We have a very similar philosophy about supporting young people to ensure that climate change doesn't become a barrier to realizing their full potential. Regardless of the results from the UN-COP21, we must invest in them to save ourselves."

About Action Connected
Action Connected is a groundbreaking online fundraising platform promoting efficiency, sustainability and accountability in online fundraising for social change and community development projects anywhere in the world. Find out more about Action Connected's equitable impact project cycle and join our community of difference-makers at www.actionconnected.com.

Our Partners
World Merit (www.worldmerit.org), Giving Evidence (www.giving-evidence.com), The Verb (www.theverb.org), Tree Adoption Uganda (www.treeadoptionuganda.org), Youth Vision Alliance Network (www.youthvan.org), ICF International (www.icfi.com), Tonga Red Cross Society.

Contact:
Roselie Vasquez-Yetter
Phone: +1-240-462-7352
roselie@wia.us
www.actionconnected.com