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INTRODUCTION

"We have, we are, a mosaic of gifts, to nurture, to offer, to accept… In so many ways, we are the same. Our differences are unique treasures." - Mattie J.T. Stepanek

When my son, Mattie, was born with a rare and life-shortening disability, I was advised, “Do not bond with him,” and instead, “allow the disease to run its course” without life-extending intervention. I was also warned that if he survived, even for a brief while, he would probably never walk, talk, think, or in general – “be like” – other children and people.

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By Jeni Stepanek, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Mattie J.T. Stepanek Foundation

About Us

Project Voice+ is a youth-led and youth-run organisation focussing on ‘Gender and Sexuality’, not just by themselves, but in relation with their impacts on mental health, their roles at educational institutions and workplaces, and many more aspects. We aim to bring about behavioural change through awareness and sensitisation.

Since social media is the most used platform of communication around the world today, we encourage today's youth to use their voices to amplify conversations about subjects that most people usually consider ‘touchy’ or ‘taboo’.
By doing so, not only are we connecting youth across the globe to each other and encouraging discussions about certain subjects, but we're also letting them know that they are not alone and that whatever they are going through, nothing is a battle to be fought all by oneself.

To improve our approach and our reach, we create free to use educational modules on topics that a lot of people are unclear or confused about, curate real life stories in the form of blogs and interviews, and conduct events both online and offline.

We stand for intersectional feminism, the welfare of the LGBTQIA+ community, work towards changing the perspectives of people in resistant environments, and amplifying the voices of those who need to be heard.
We believe that the louder our voices, the more corners of the world we can reach and change. No matter how chaotic and difficult circumstances get, the youth of today will definitely bring about the change of tomorrow.