Alanda Kariza (born February 23, 1991) is an Indonesian writer, youth advocate, and social entrepreneur.
She initiated the Indonesian Youth Conference as a tool for young people in Indonesia to speak up and address their aspirations.
Fiction: Non-fiction: In 2009, Alanda was appointed to represent Indonesia in British Council's Global Changemakers Guildford Forum 2009[2] Following her initial involvement in the Global Changemakers, which is an international forum of young activists, she also represented Indonesia in the Global Changemakers at the G-20 London Summit where she got the chance to address young people's unprecedented solutions for the 2007–2008 financial crisis to former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown, the President of Mexico Felipe Calderón, the President of Indonesia Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, as well as other prominent figures such as Cherie Blair, David Miliband, and Hassan Wirajuda.
[3] Alanda has also presented her views on youth issues in front of the Pontifical Council for Culture, International Labour Organization, and World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos.
On early 2010, Kariza received the ASHOKA Young Changemakers Awards 2010: Innovation in Clean Water and Sanitation due to her voluntary work through The Cure For Tomorrow.