#WorldChangers Podcast with AmickyCarol – Travel, Transformation & Global Good

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Send a text What if the secret to building wealth had nothing to do with your bank balance—and everything to do with how you think? In this episode, we meet Terrence Mugova , a Zimbabwean reformer and “son of encouragement,” whose journey turns personal struggle into community-building ventures. From almost being expelled over tuition deadlines to launching an education-financing company and a cit...

Send a text What happens when you graduate university at 18 and decide to transform your community instead of waiting for opportunities to arrive? Meet Emem Udom — product manager, social entrepreneur, mentor, and author of Jar of Oil . Growing up between Lagos and Akwa Ibom, Emem shares how early education, resilience, and a drive to serve others led her to launch feeding initiatives, train young...

Send a text In this episode, we meet Praveen Gomez , a Sri Lankan community-builder and global advocate working with World Without Orphans (WWO) , a movement active in 99 countries to ensure that children grow up in families rather than institutions. From his childhood during Sri Lanka’s 30-year civil war to his current role connecting churches, NGOs, governments, and communities, Praveen shares h...

Send a text In this episode, we meet an anthropologist, teacher trainer, and civic advocate whose mission is to ensure that education becomes a tool for equity, empathy, and empowerment. From a childhood in a Wi-Fi–less Mexican village to leading service-learning initiatives across Europe, Diana Chavez’s story reveals how privilege, sacrifice, and purpose can transform not only individual lives bu...

Send a text What does it mean when your mother tongue isn’t recognized in your own country?  In this captivating conversation, Jamaican cultural advocate and ethnodoxologist Jo-Ann Richards Goffe takes us on a journey through language, identity, and spiritual expression that transcends borders. Jo-Ann introduces us to ethnodoxology —helping communities worship through their indigenous languages an...

Send a text What happens when your cultural identity spans the breadth of an entire subcontinent? Smita Tharoor takes us on a journey from Mumbai to Kolkata, Rajasthan to Kerala—and into the heart of what it means to live, work, and connect across cultures. An expert on cultural behaviour and organisational change, Smita reframes unconscious bias as “making judgments without realising that you do....

Send a text In this inspiring episode, AmickyCarol visits Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, to meet three dynamic leaders transforming their communities through financial inclusion, digital skills training, and diversity initiatives. Marie-Josée Abbet shares how fintech is empowering market women to grow their businesses. Lou Vanié explains why she returned from abroad to champion diversity and inclusi...

Send a text In this wide-ranging conversation, Filipino-born community-development leader Marbuen Diaz joins AmickyCarol from Sydney to unpack what “flourishing” really means for newcomers, refugees and First Nations peoples. From building leadership pipelines in Burmese refugee churches to challenging Australia’s dominant systems to become culturally intelligent, Diaz shows how a life shaped by r...

Send a text In this revelatory conversation, urologist-turned-activist Dr Sunil Shroff joins AmickyCarol to show how one ordinary surgeon sparked an extraordinary movement—turning India’s reputation for illegal kidney trade into a blueprint for ethical, life-saving transplants. From London’s NHS wards to Chennai’s ICUs, Shroff proves that death can be recast as a celebration of life when families...

Send a text In a vibrant South African township, a handwritten year-book motto—“Dream Big, Stay Humble”—has grown into a nationwide movement equipping young people with the skills, mentors and mindset to build thriving futures at home rather than abroad. In this episode, social entrepreneur Khayelihle Nkabinde joins AmickyCarol on Durban’s sun-splashed Golden Mile to share how sports, Ubuntu and a...

Send a text High in Morocco’s Atlas Mountains, a simple idea — safe housing for girls who live too far from secondary school — is sparking a cultural sea-change.  In this episode, Education for All board member Juanita Folmsbee joins AmickyCarol in Marrakech’s storied La Maison Arabe to reveal how boarding houses are breaking the cycle of female illiteracy and rebuilding after a devastating 2023 e...

Send a text In this urgent and inspiring episode, nonprofit leader and fundraising powerhouse Martha Schumacher joins AmickyCarol to sound the alarm about the rapid dismantling of America’s nonprofit infrastructure—just 90 days into a new administration. From wolf restoration in Yellowstone to securing $21 million for affordable housing in DC, Martha shares her lifelong commitment to equity, justi...

Send a text In our first episode, 18-year-old Algerian changemaker, Ramy Zoghbi joins AmickyCarol to share how he's transforming his community through innovative educational and environmental initiatives despite cultural resistance and limited resources. Founder of ReoEnglishClub , a free online platform teaching practical English skills to Algerians Created Green Commu , a mobile app connect...

Send a text 🌍Welcome to the #WorldChangers Podcast , where your host AmickyCarol Akiwumi MBE — social entrepreneur and founder of The AVOCADO Foundation —travels the globe uncovering stories of everyday people making a difference. From Morocco to Nigeria, Côte d'Ivoire to Delhi, tune in each week to hear inspiring conversations with changemakers transforming their communities—and the world....