THE STARLING COLLECTIVE

The Starling Collective is a global fellowship that welcomes grassroots leaders into a learning community focused on movement building, peer support, and connection to GivingTuesday’s growing global network of movement leaders.

Every person has the capacity to transform their community, and each year when we meet thousands of passionate, innovative, and talented Starling Collective applicants from across the globe, we’re reminded of that exciting possibility.

The Starling Collective’s fourth and newest cohort, featuring 50 grassroots activists, artists, organizers, and changemakers from around the world, is inspiring generosity in innovative ways to tackle the most pressing issues and transform their communities.

This year’s fellows were selected from 1,400 applications submitted from 89 countries, and more than half came from the Global South. Our 2022 cohort represents 35 countries and ranges from ages 14 to 57. These incredible new members of the GivingTuesday community were selected to participate in the six-month program, which is supported by the Starling Collective’s global regional directors, who also serve as mentors to participants.

50 Leaders 35 Countries Ranging in age from 14 to 57

Hilman Arioaji is working to increase awareness of disaster risk reduction for communities in coastal at-risk areas in Indonesia through art and data.

Cristina is building and implementing environmental educational opportunities for youth to help inspire civic participation throughout Romania. a community volunteer in is highlighting the stories of visually impaired students to make the case for improved and accessible education.

During our 10th anniversary year, GivingTuesday’s global leadership network grew as several new leaders launched official country movements, and our Global Hubs in India and Africa worked to deepen support of proximate leaders in those regions. GivingTuesday’s 85+ country leaders make the generosity movement’s vision for a re-imagined world built on shared humanity, kindness, and giving truly global as they inspire generosity, community connection, and civic engagement across their countries throughout the year.

This year’s GivingTuesday on November 29 was the biggest yet with millions of people coming together for an inspiring and impactful day of community-centered generosity. People in every single country and territory in the world collectively prioritized giving back and celebrated that we all have something to give.

After several years of mostly virtual gatherings due to the pandemic, leaders returned to holding in-person events to inspire giving. They collected and delivered necessities, including meals, clothes, books, and other goods, to schools, community centers, nonprofits, and neighborhoods and encouraged people to take part in acts of generosity through compelling campaigns amplified across cities and towns.

Storytelling was a central theme this year, and country leaders in Italy, Lebanon, Senegal, Poland, the Philippines, Colombia and more encouraged and inspired generosity with moving photos, testimonials, videos, and art pieces explaining not only how people give but also why.

GivingTuesday unites communities under a shared mission to build a better world, and it has proven to be especially powerful and unifying for countries facing devastating disasters and crises, as it enables people to come together and organize to ensure the health, safety, and resilience of their communities. In 2022, several country leaders navigating continued crisis led impactful efforts to celebrate GivingTuesday even in the face of the harrowing circumstances.

Countries that have recently joined include Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Cyprus, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Eswatini, North Macedonia, and Zimbabwe.

In the midst of the ongoing war, GivingTuesday Ukraine hosted an online festival of giving, where 1,000 people shared words of kindness, made donations to local organizations, and inspired each other by posting about their good deeds.

GivingTuesday Pakistan and 70 volunteers visited floodaffected areas to bring much-needed supplies and support to communities in crisis after the devastating floods that ravaged regions across the country in June.

In Iquique in northern Chile, the “Arañitas Solidarias,” a group of knitting fanatics who teach free knitting classes and have delivered hundreds of knitted items to hospitals, rehabilitation centers, and schools, organized a solidarity knitting session to knit and support local nonprofits.

GivingTuesday Kenya launched a nationwide alumni giving movement, #WhenAlumniGive, and shared generosity stories and opportunities for alumni to give back to the educational institutions that shaped them.

GivingTuesday Zambia distributed 1,000 back-to-school kits to schoolchildren.

GivingTuesday Philippines distributed 2,000 meals to three local communities for their #OnetoBayanihan campaign.