Aqeel Camal | Canberra, AUS

Name: Aqeel Camal

Location: Canberra, AUS

Do you work/volunteer for any organisations featured on TOWNHALL?

Futures Collective

What’s your role within the above organisation?

Founder & Chief Empowerment Office

A bit about yourself:

I’m a 17 year-old designer, problem solver and community builder. I’ve got a tendency to be extremely optimistic about people and the world we live in.

Work/Volunteer Experience?

Founder & Chief Empowerment Officer – Futures Collective
Content Strategist – Law Squared
Committee Member – Young Australia 21
National Exec Committee (Membership Engagement) – Youth Without Borders
TEDxCanberra – AX Designer
TEDxYouth@Canberra – Executive Producer
Contributer – Outlet Mag
Youth Ambassador – Fiftysix Creations
Change Agent – Community Shapers

What’s your ‘why’?

I truly believe that everyone has value to add in this world, but the systems of education currently in place don’t help us realise that potential. There are so many issues out there to be solved, and so many people with great ideas who want to make a difference but are not empowered to act on them. I think that if we were able to help young people around the world reach their potential, we’d have generations growing up who interact mostly through kindness, empathy and compassion, while being empowered with the skills to make the world a better place. The thought of such a world is what drives me.