China-Latin America Youth Responding to Global Challenges — 2026 Poverty Alleviation Challenge
Invitation to Recruit Mentors
Dear Alumni and Friends from All Sectors,
The global challenge of poverty alleviation is in urgent need of wisdom and innovation! In 2024, we witnessed the China-Latin America Youth Responding to Global Challenges — Poverty Alleviation Challenge spark a fervent wave of poverty alleviation dialogue led by Chinese and Latin American youth in China, Brazil and Chile. Witnessed by the mutual visits of national leaders and international summits, it has become a landmark project for the win-win development of China and Latin America. In 2025, the challenge expanded to four countries: China, Brazil, Chile and Peru, attracting the participation of over 310 teachers and students from 27 universities and enterprises, and receiving support from embassies of China and multiple Latin American countries as well as renowned enterprises.
Today, the Tsinghua University Latin American Center, the Research Center for China-Latin America Management Studies at the School of Economics and Management of Tsinghua University, and the Global Competence Development Guidance Center for Students of Tsinghua University, together with university and enterprise partners from multiple Latin American countries, sincerely invite elites from the government, industry and academia to participate in the 2026 China-Latin America Youth Responding to Global Challenges — Poverty Alleviation Challenge, and inject new impetus into the global cause of poverty alleviation!
1. Project Background
Global Attention, Shared Responsibility
Poverty alleviation is not only a common problem for developing countries, but also a shared challenge for the whole world. Through the guidance of an interdisciplinary mentor team, we aim to help young participants deeply understand the organic integration of poverty alleviation policies, practices and innovations, connect with cutting-edge global poverty alleviation methodologies, and transform high-quality poverty alleviation experience into replicable knowledge products and implementable projects, so as to address the complex poverty issues in reality.
Fruitful China-Latin America Cooperation
Launched in 2024, Tsinghua University has co-hosted two sessions of the China-Latin America Youth Responding to Global Challenges — Poverty Alleviation Challenge with top universities in Brazil, Chile, Peru and other countries. The initiative has not only inspired the enthusiasm of Chinese and Latin American youth to engage in the international poverty alleviation cause, but also gained extensive attention and recognition from the international community. Looking ahead to 2026, building on the successful experience of the first two sessions, we expect to further build a multi-stakeholder poverty alleviation community, smooth the channel for sharing South-South cooperation experience, and write a new chapter for the China-Latin America poverty alleviation cause!
Picture: On-site Mentoring of the Challenge
2. Mentor Responsibilities
As a professional mentor for the Poverty Alleviation Challenge, you will:
• Inspire with Experience and Wisdom: Leverage your valuable experience and unique insights in the government, industry and academia to help participating teams fully master the analytical methods and practical operations of poverty alleviation projects, and support them to accurately address real-world challenges.
• Empower Outcome Transformation: Sort out the project needs of participants, provide customized technical and practical guidance, match project incubation elements, facilitate interactions among multiple stakeholders in industry, academia and research, and accelerate the transformation and implementation of practical outcomes.
• Drive Long-term Development: Continue to follow and promote the sustainable development of poverty alleviation projects after the challenge, and help the outcomes bring far-reaching impacts to the global poverty alleviation cause.
3. Our Expectations for Mentors
We welcome alumni and interested friends from the government, industry and academia who:
• Based on professional expertise and career background, guide students to engage in in-depth dialogue with practice, focusing on the following aspects:
✅ The scientificity of topic selection (whether it addresses a genuine poverty alleviation issue)
✅ The stakeholder network involved in poverty alleviation
✅ The key pain points in poverty alleviation
✅ The evaluation and innovation of existing poverty alleviation strategies
✅ The similarity of poverty alleviation scenarios across countries and the transnational transferability of strategies
✅ Approaches to enhance the implementability of strategies, etc.
We encourage mentors to work with students to face real poverty alleviation challenges directly, explore the application of advanced ideas and tools, and improve the feasibility of project plans. This includes inspiring students' innovative thinking in various fields such as AI and digitalization, online education, technological innovation, economic growth, financial empowerment, environmental protection, sustainable development and corporate social responsibility.
Mentors are required to provide no less than 4 class hours of mentoring (45 minutes per class hour) online or offline, with the specific duration to be finally confirmed by the Organizing Committee according to the situation of participating teams.
We will take full account of the work arrangements of all mentors and provide flexible and convenient communication methods! We also expect every mentor to become a guide for Chinese and Latin American youth on their poverty alleviation journey with full enthusiasm and patience!
4. What You Will Gain
• International Poverty Alleviation Exchange Platform: Communicate face-to-face with Chinese and Latin American experts and youth, and jointly build a China-Latin America poverty alleviation cooperation network with us.
• A Sense of Achievement and Intellectual Inspiration: Participate in cultivating a new generation of innovative talents and experience the endless fun brought by the collision of ideas.
• Honors and Rewards: Obtain the honorary certificate of Excellent Mentor of the China-Latin America Youth Responding to Global Challenges — 2026 Poverty Alleviation Challenge and a financial subsidy. You will also receive exclusive invitations to various high-standard exchange activities during the challenge.
5. Application Method
Application Period: The official application channel is now open, with a deadline of April 30, 2026.
1. Send your personal resume to the email address: jiweifan2025@163.com. Please mark the email subject as: 2026 Poverty Alleviation Challenge Mentor + Full Name + Affiliation (e.g., 2026 Poverty Alleviation Challenge Mentor + Zhang San + Tsinghua University).
2. Or scan the QR code below to add the WeChat official account of Tsinghua University Latin American Center, with the note [Affiliation + Full Name]. After the review and approval by the administrator, you will be invited to join the 2026 China-Latin America Youth Responding to Global Challenges Mentor Recruitment Group.
QR Code Note: Tsinghua University Latin American Center — Scan the QR code above to add us as a friend.
Selection Process: The Challenge Organizing Committee will conduct a comprehensive evaluation of professional capabilities and poverty alleviation experience based on your application materials, and the final list will be notified by email. If you have served as a mentor or guest of the Poverty Alleviation Challenge before, please contact the Organizing Committee directly for a fast-track application channel.
Join Hands with Chinese and Latin American Youth to Meet Global Challenges!
We sincerely invite you to join the China-Latin America Youth Responding to Global Challenges — 2026 Poverty Alleviation Challenge, and become a pillar force to inspire youth and advance the global poverty alleviation process. We look forward to working with you to support Chinese and Latin American youth in responding to global challenges!
Picture: Tsinghua University Division
Picture: Chile Division
Picture: Brazil Division
