Connect To Learnsub-Saharan AfricaEducation is not only a fundamental human right and a path to personal empowerment and opportunity, but is at the core of economic development and a key to ending poverty, especially for girls. Girls with secondary education are six times less likely to be married as children, and twice as likely to send their future children to school. …
Concern Worldwide
Concern WorldwideGlobalFounded in 1968, Concern Worldwide is an international, non-governmental humanitarian organization dedicated to the reduction of suffering and working towards the ultimate elimination of extreme poverty, with more than 3,200 workers in 25 countries across Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and the Middle East. Concern Worldwide targets the root causes of extreme poverty through programs in health and nutrition, education, livelihoods, …
Children’s Fund
Children’s FundGlobalChildren’s Fund works at the grassroots level with community leaders to meet the needs of children, youth and their families. Children’s Fund is a public charity that develops community capacity to address local needs and provides continuing support to keep worthy efforts going.Children’s Fund provides direct services to poor children, youth and families in less developed countries. We also …
Childhood Education International
Childhood Education InternationalGlobalChildhood Education International, a 501 (c) 3 charitable organization, is interested in sharing new approaches to the education of children and ensuring that these approaches are delivered in ways that enhance children’s individual skills and abilities and provide opportunities for success in life.Who Are We? Childhood Education International is a global community of educators and advocates who unite …
ChildFund International
ChildFund InternationalGlobalChildFund International is inspired and driven by the potential that is inherent in all children; the potential not only to survive but to thrive, to become leaders who bring positive change for those around them.The heart of ChildFund International remains the one-to-one connection made when you sponsor a child. Our work began in 1938 with an effort to support orphanages …
Child Labor Coalition
Child Labor CoalitionGlobalChild Labor Coalition formed in November 1989, as concerned groups mobilized following the Capitol Hill Forum, “Exploitation of Children in the Workplace.”The coalition believes that no child, regardless of race, sex, nationality, religion, economic status, place of residence, or occupation, should be exploited. Exploitative child labor is defined as employment (whether in the formal or informal sector; whether …
CARE
CAREGLOBALAs a leading humanitarian organization fighting global poverty for more than 65 years, CARE knows that basic education is fundamental to development. No country has reached sustained economic growth without achieving near universal primary education.Women and girls are at the heart of CARE’s community-based efforts to improve basic education. Experience shows that equipped with the proper resources, women have the …
buildOn
buildOnHaiti, Nicaragua, Nepal, Senegal, Malawi, Mali and Burkina FasobuildOn breaks the cycle of poverty, illiteracy and low expectations through service and education.In the U.S., buildOn runs intensive afterschool programs in challenged urban high schools. We empower youth to contribute direct service to their communities – working with senior citizens, the homeless, and younger children. These same students help build schools …
Building Tomorrow
Building TomorrowEast AfricaBuilding Tomorrow improves access to child-friendly, community-supported schools by providing an inclusive, quality education for underserved children in East Africa. Through our Thriving Schools Program, we deploy Building Tomorrow Fellows who recruit and train Community Education Volunteers, together bringing out-of-school children into the classroom while working with school leadership to ensure access to a quality, inclusive school environment. We …
Books for Africa
Books for AfricaAfricaThe mission of Books For Africa is to end the book famine in Africa. With your help, we will help create a culture of literacy and provide the tools of empowerment to the next generation of parents, teachers, and leaders in Africa.Books donated by publishers, schools, libraries, individuals, and organizations are sorted and packed by volunteers who carefully …