About us

We can go further and faster together.

Group photo at SOS-International conference

Did you know?

  • globally, less than 3% of people go to university, but 80% of leaders have a higher education degree
  • most universities don’t equip their graduates with the knowledge and competencies needed to be leaders for a sustainable and just future

Students have always been at the heart of social change…

  • We are witnessing an increasing number of student-led sustainability initiatives.
  • Most of these do not reach further than their own institutions, while students who want to develop such projects on the other hand, do not always know how to get started.

Our response

SOS-International aims to connect outstanding student-led or student-focused projects. We convene an international network of organizations to…

  • Support, enhance and accelerate action between institutions and organizations.
  • Scale programs and campaigns to have wider reach and greater impact.
  • Strengthen capacity and learning of member organizations to mobilize and empower student leadership.
  • Amplify the voice of students worldwide to influence systemic change.

Presidency

We operate a 2-year rotating presidency system, to ensure responsibilities and perspectives across our different members are shared and platformed equally. The 2023-25 presidency term is held by the All-Africa Students Union.

Board of directors

Peter Kwasi Kodjie
Peter Kwasi Kodjie
Chair person
Anselm T. Grahl
Anselm T. Grahl
Director
Jamie Agombar
Jamie Agombar
Co-founder
Kelo Uchendu
Kelo Uchendu
Director
Meg Baker
Meg Baker
Director
Rachel Drayson
Rachel Drayson
Director
Zamzam Ibrahim
Zamzam Ibrahim
Director

Staff team

The SOS-staff team are currently hosted by founding member SOS-UK with our communications officers kindly hosted by All-Africa Students Union as part of their presidency.

Meg Baker
Managing director
Darren Axe
SOS-International membership and engagement manager
Abigail Felitse
Communication officer
Josephine Worlali Adatsi
Communication officer
Belinda Mensah
Communication officer

Partners

SOS International is an associate member of the Global Student Forum (GSF). We are working with GSF on supporting students’ unions around the world to take action on climate emergency and ecological crisis.

SOS International is a formal educational partner of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). We are working together to garner insight about the attitudes and opinions of young people towards sustainability while also collaborating on a joint advocacy program on campuses across the world.