The majority of children living on the streets of South Africa were not born there. They moved away from an environment that was worse than the prospect of living on the streets. Their choice is not driven by a desire to live on the street; it is driven by the desire to escape from a life that is hurting them. They turn to the streets as the most promising alternative to their situation.
The “street-child” stereotype leaves them on the periphery of society, alienated and misunderstood more...
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UpToYouToo runs projects in Nairobi, one of the largest cities in Eastern Africa and the capitol of Kenya. We work in the violent ghettos of the Eastlands to help youth create jobs and discover and expose the rough talent present. We are not a big development organization but like to see ourselves as a lean & mean production house for development issues. Youth groups get entrepreneurship training through YIKE. In the past three years 600 youth in those groups got trained to set up their own busi more...
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TakingITGlobal is seeking ten E-course Mentors to join our vibrant international team. Overview - TakingITGlobal (TIG) is a non-profit, international youth organization with headquarters in Toronto, Canada. TIG connects youth to find inspiration, access information, get involved, and take action to improve their local and global communities.
Make IT Happen is an e-course that seeks to empower international young leaders by providing them with the necessary skills to become effective agents more...
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Grant Amount: $1,215,000 over three years
Award Year: 2006. SASE Awards/Skoll Foundation. On a trek to Nepal, John Wood visited a school whose crumbling library was almost devoid of books. Remembering how much his hometown library has affected his life, he returned a short time later on a yak carrying more than 3,000 books. He founded Room to Read in 2000 to provide educational resources for children who might otherwise face lifelong illiteracy. The organization has constructed 942 schools, est more...
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Room to Read was founded on the belief that 'World Change Starts with Educated Children' - and that education is the key to breaking the cycle of poverty. We strive to provide children access to education, one child at a time, one school at a time, and one village at a time. Through partnerships with local communities we work to create educational opportunities and establish educational infrastructure. Our efforts are currently focused in Cambodia, India, Laos, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, South A more...
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This project for children was created by Luis Szarán. Through the formation of music schools, musical groupings and cultural associations, it facilitates the shortcut to the musical education to more than 3.000 participants of scarce resources, in 72 communities of the Paraguayan countryside. Sonidos de la Tierra, is based on the concept of 'education through the arts' began in 2002 in 18 towns, with support from the AVINA Foundation. Today, with alliances with more than 100 other local, nation more...
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Grant Amount: $1,015,000 over three years
Award Year: 2008- SASE Awards/Skoll Foundation. As a child in the Philippines, Cecilia Flores-Oebanda helped her family survive by selling fish and scavenging garbage. As freedom-fighters against the Marcos dictatorship, she and her husband were imprisoned for four years and separated from their oldest son. Their two other children were born in detention. After democracy prevailed, Cecilia founded the Visayan Forum Foundation (VFF) in 1991 to eliminate more...
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