Countries:
South Africa
Themes: Children, Education, Human Rights
Themes: Children, Education, Human Rights
This project supports the Hope Centre in Cape Town, South Africa, which has been completely funded by donations. The centre provides free entry to pre-school for children whose parents are unemployed or cannot afford school fees.
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Cambodia
Themes: Women and Girls, Education
Themes: Women and Girls, Education
The Get Ready for Girls program prepares teenage girls between 11 and 19 years old who are at high risk of trafficking and abuse through intensive training to return to school, start vocational training or apprentice at safe jobs. We reach out to girls who have quit school and working at beer gardens, karaokes and on the street to support their families. We have seen over 60 girls graduated and are now running the 8th batch.
Countries:
Cambodia
Themes: Children, Education, Health, Arts and Culture
Themes: Children, Education, Health, Arts and Culture
Cambodian Children's House of Peace (CCHP) is a Local Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) registered with the Royal Government of Cambodia No. 294/SorChorNor, dated 12 December 2008.
CCHP is a residential home for 30 children between the ages of 6-18, and provides shelter, food, clothing, school and English language education, computer training, health care, recreation, arts, meditation and most other things that children need to grow and develop into productive citizens of their country.
Countries:
Ecuador
Themes: Education, Environment
Themes: Education, Environment
Education and conservation go hand in hand. By improving education opportunities for rural communities, we offer a chance for Amazonian people to develop alternatives for their own sustainable future, and the protection of their land.
Countries:
United States
Themes: Women and Girls, Education, Technology
Themes: Women and Girls, Education, Technology
Oasis's Technology and Leadership Program annually provides 60 high-school-aged girls with the skills, tools, and opportunities to use technology and media arts to learn about the world, discover and express their points of view, and advance academically while preparing for success in the workforce. Meeting three afternoons per week for 10 weeks and offered three times yearly, TLP combines hands-on technology training, vocational preparation, expressive media arts, and academic reinforcement.
Countries:
Cuba
Themes: Health, Education
Themes: Health, Education
Family doctors used to carry kits with all the tools necessary for primary care. Since 2008, Global Links has been providing "doctor kits" for medical students at ELAM, Latin American Medical School in Cuba. ELAM stresses social responsibility, and most of the students come from resource-poor communities around the world. They have also made a commitment to return to those communities after they have graduated. This project will provide at least 200 kits to students at the Santiago campus.
Countries:
Pakistan
Themes: Education
Themes: Education
This project will build a school in Guff village in rural Rawalpindi Pakistan, providing education for underprivileged children. Over 7.3 million children in Pakistan have no access to schools. Girls are often employed into child labour or forced to stay at home and look after young siblings. Many who are privileged enough to go to school often encounter dilapidated school buildings and under-qualified teaching staff. Our aim is to provide well-trained staff and a safe school for 250 students.
Countries:
Thailand
Themes: Education, Democracy and Governance, Women and Girls, Human Rights
Themes: Education, Democracy and Governance, Women and Girls, Human Rights
Burmese community and civil society organizations provide a huge range of critical services in support of disadvantaged and marginalized people. These include the provision of health care and education, and action on women's empowerment, human rights, democratization and community development. The Burma Volunteer Program supports these organizations by placing skilled volunteers who provide an array of services including teaching, report writing, fundraising and organizational development.
Countries:
Colombia
Themes: Education
Themes: Education
This project we will provide learning guides to 198,000 children in Colombia, and training for their teachers in participatory, collaborative learning approaches. Through this project, we promote a new type of school and role of the teacher, and renovated teaching practices that focus on the child to contribute to improve the quality of learning and help break the cycle of poverty by decreasing the education gap between rural and urban areas.
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Philippines
Themes: Education, Environment, Arts and Culture
Themes: Education, Environment, Arts and Culture
Senior architecture students at Foundation University in Dumaguete, Philippines get hands-on experience leading the design of a new daycare center for a remote village from community concept through construction.
