"We can end child marriage, because together we can achieve anything." Youth campaigner Nitu, India

In this new video from Girls Not Brides, campaigners from across South Asia – home to nearly half of the world's child brides – explain what motivates them and how they are playing their part in the struggle to end child marriage.

“It may be hard to measure their direct impact on the global task of ending child marriage, but this visit, for me at least, has me convinced that The Elders are creating a real tipping point.”

Pam Omidyar, founder of Humanity United and member of The Elders' Advisory Council, blogs about joining the Elders in India and their efforts to elevate the issue of child marriage.

“Monitoring school feeding is far easier; the combination of the UN working at the source, and the parents and teachers protecting it at the destination, provides assurance that aid reaches the right people.”

Katharina Zellweger, who has been involved with aid programmes for the people of North Korea since 1995, argues for the funding and implementation of a sustained school meals programme.

“Non-violent grassroots actions by Israelis and Palestinians need support if they are to succeed and grow.”

Julia Bacha, filmmaker and Media Director at Just Vision, blogs about their new short film series telling the stories of Israelis and Palestinians involved in an ongoing non-violent campaign in Sheikh Jarrah, Jerusalem.

After meeting the four Cypriot teenagers who feature in The Elders' documentary, Cyprus: Digging the Past in Search of the Future, former UK Minister for Europe Glenys Kinnock reflects on the role of young people in advancing reconciliation on the divided island.

Idil Cazimoglu, who appears in The Elders' documentary about the search for missing persons in Cyprus, reflects on growing up on a divided island and says it is up to ordinary Cypriots to build a shared future in which both communities live together in peace.

17-year old Michael is a member of the Cypriot Friendship Programme, which brings together Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot teenagers to promote coexistence between their two communities. Here he blogs about the challenges he faces from people who don't think peace is possible - as well as his experience meeting the Elders and featuring in their documentary, “Cyprus: Digging the Past in Search of the Future”.

Jerusalem City Council member Hilik Bar writes about why he believes the new plans for East Jerusalem will benefit the Palestinian residents, and why he disagrees with the Elders.

"At that moment, the cashier at the entrance to the Dead Sea was but an advocate for segregation - an apostle for the apartheid system." Sari Freitekh describes the day his darker-skinned Palestinian friend was denied entrance to a Jewish-only beach in the West Bank.

Tali Nir describes the violence and discrimination against Palestinians in East Jerusalem and argues that a new approach is needed to ensure that the rights of all residents are respected.