Atlas Champions are changemakers who use their platform, profile and passion to play a crucial role in helping vulnerable children thrive worldwide.
By sharing the Atlas Foundation’s mission with their audiences, endorsing Atlas on social media, attending key fundraising events or even visiting projects firsthand, Champions help us to make a lasting difference.
Explore the incredible individuals standing with us:
Nico came to Buenos Aires with his mother and two brothers not long after his father died. They found themselves in a shanty town sharing a squalid room with no sanitation, living in a neighbourhood ruled by gangs, and being forced to pay a costly rent that made...
Zola Nondwayi is an exceptional young girl living in the Masiphumelele township, where she has excelled even in the face of many difficulties. The area has serious problems with crime and alcohol, stripping many children of hope for the future, and leaving them to...
Tsakane is a small township just outside Ekurhuleni, South Africa. There are extremely high rates of gender inequality and violence which have been pushing female rights to the margins of society, profoundly impacting the quality of life for women and girls. Lebogang...
Vicky first picked up a rugby ball at the age of 11. Him and his brother Sunny were brought up by his Mum as his Dad passed away when he was much younger. Vicky is from the bustee (slum) community of Hyde Road in the port area of Kolkata’s docks – where...
My name is Sharan I’m 13 years old. People call me DJ as well because am very funny and active person. I used to work in a ration shop. My Mom and Dad work outside. There was no one to tell me the importance of studying, so I left school and started working at the...
This is Roukeya. She lost her leg in an accident when she was a child, impacting on her confidence and outlook on life. In 2006, she was enrolled in Les Enfants de l’Ovale in Niger, an Atlas partner organisation, to help her with her schoolwork. However, when Roukeya...
