Environment ... ready to take the quest?

What happens when there is not enough water? Take action today!

Global health ... ready to take the quest?

Youth around the world are using digital media to create awareness around HIV/AIDS, you can too. Start taking action today!

Poverty ... ready to take the quest?

People across the globe are joining the fight against poverty in all different ways. You can too - act now!

Migration ... ready to take the quest?

People across the globe are migrating (moving) in record numbers. Learn more and help raise awareness on this issue today!

Education ... ready to take the quest?

Why are so many children not in school? Learn more on this issue and help other youth learn more too! Take action now!

World population day quest

The United Nation's Population Fund (UNFPA) has declared July 11 as World Population Day. Be a part of the efforts to raise awareness on the important issues around this event. I

Arts & media ... ready to take the quest?

Take this latest quest on how creative arts and digital media can address important global issues. It will be a solo journey but you will explore new possibilities and have something to share with others at the end of the road!

International year of languages

2008 was declared by the UN General Assembly the International Year of Languages.

Languages do matter. Do you know why? Are you ready to take action to protect them?

Disabilities

In places all over the world, children with mental or physical disabilities are facing prejudice and discrimination. Want to take a stand? Then do whatever you can!

Quests are...

These quests are designed for you to put your passion for social change in action! You will be led in a series of steps to learn more about an issue that interests you and then create an original piece of media based on what you learn. An ultimate quest is one where you put your ideas together with youth in other parts of the world and collaborate on any kind of media that will make an impact. Plus - quests are a way to score big points!

What's this?

Your chance to make your own quest that will be available to the entire ymex.org community! To begin, decide on a global issue that you want your quest to focus on, something other than the issues that already have a quest. Next, consider what you want other youth to take away from a quest - what skills do you want them to learn? What is the point of doing a quest? How does this contribute to positive action on an issue? (Keep the goals of ymex.org in mind for this - creating and sharing media on global issues!) Also keep in mind that you choose here how many steps a quest will have, it can be as few as 3 or as many as 13.

Unlike most of the activities on ymex.org, these user-created quests DO need approval before they go live to the public. So once you have completed your quest, submit it to us and we will review it before making it live. Ready to get started? Click 'hide/show form' to begin... [ Show/Hide Form ]

Quest Grabber
Before you get into the real stuff of the quest - the actions! - you need to start with the basics and grab people's interest so they'll want to take your quest. Look at the existing quests on the right of this page: the Issue/Title is what you see on the top in bold and right under that is the Call to Action. In the Quest Grabber, you will want it to be a very brief explanation that sums up the entire quest. The Final Statement is what the quest bubble will say only once at the end, when the quest is completed. Please enter the basic quest information below. Note: Please base your quest on a global issue other than the ones that already exist.
Issue/Title:
Call to Action:
Final Statement:

We will not be able to review your quest until you have marked it "Save & Done." Once you have added all the steps you wish, please click that button to submit it to us.
Note: You will NOT be able to make anymore changes once you submit it.