Teams
Duke University
Telecurso
Location: Brazil
Five Duke University students are traveling to Brazil to document Telecurso, Brazil’s most comprehensive youth and adult learning acceleration program. Telecurso has recently expanded to the Amazon region with the purpose of increasing the local population’s formal education level and raise awareness of socially and environmentally sound income generation strategies.
The University of Texas at Austin
Institute of Rural Research and Development (IRRAD)
Location: India
In June, six students from the University of Texas are traveling to India to work with IRRAD, an initiative of S. M. Sehgal Foundation. IRRAD empowers rural people across India to make their lives more secure and prosperous through education, better health, improved skills and supportive governance. It achieves this through a multi-pronged approach to individual rural village development.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Water.org
Location: India/Bangladesh
In July, six UNC students will travel to India and Bangladesh to work with WaterPartners. Since 1990, WaterPartners has been committed to providing safe drinking water and sanitation to people in developing countries. Working in partnership with donors and local communities, WaterPartners has helped thousands of people develop accessible, sustainable, community-level water supplies.
Columbia University
Sanam Vaziri Quraishi Foundation (SVQF)
Location: Kenya
In May 2009, five students from Columbia University are going to Kenya to document the work of The Sanam Vaziri Quraishi Foundation. In Salabwek, a village in Kenya’s Masai Mara region, SVQF is working closely with local organizations as well as other international aid organizations to help Salabwek help pull itself out of poverty.
Columbia University
Global Give Back Circle (GGBC)
Location: Kenya
In May 2009, five students from Columbia University are going to Kenya to document the work of Global Give Back Circle (GGBC), operating in Nairobi. GGBC is building a support system for thirty-five young Kenyan women, ultimately helping them use their high school education to land lucrative jobs or further their education by going to college.
New York Students
Tomorrow’s Youth Organization (TYO)
Location: Nablus
In May 2009, a team of five students is traveling to the West Bank to document Tomorrow’s Youth Organization (TYO), a group dedicated to educating children and their families in English, computer skills and the arts. In a volatile corner of the world where 50% of the population is under 25, TYO’s cause is not only noble, but also necessary.
The University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
Standard Chartered’s “Seeing Is Believing”
Location: Tanzania
Six students from the University of Michigan are traveling to Tanzania to document the work of Standard Chartered’s Seeing is Believing (SiB) initiative, which aspires to eliminate avoidable blindness around the world. Together with the International Agency for Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) and the World Health Organization, SiB launched the ‘Vision 2020 – The Right to Sight’, the global campaign to eliminate avoidable blindness by 2020.
Brown University
The Uganda Fund
Location: Uganda
This June, six students from Brown University will travel to Northern Uganda to work with the Uganda Fund. The Uganda Fund supports initiatives that focus on educating and reintegrating war-affected children and youth and facilitating processes of transitional justice and reconciliation. By helping young people help themselves, the Uganda Fund is enabling future generations to rebuild their communities and create conditions for lasting peace.