Region: Latin America and the Caribbean This program provides secondary education to teenagers who work during the day to support their families. The school is located in one of the poorest areas of Managua, where the crime rate is high and economic opportunities are few, where teenagers work in the informal market, often selling food … Read more
Region: Latin America and the Caribbean San Martin De Porres (Zaragoza, EL SALVADOR) is a school in the El Zaite community of Zaragoza. It includes a primary and secondary school for children, as well as academic, cooking, and hotel training courses for adults. Youth who attend San Martin De Porres often come from low-income families … Read more
Region: United States This program provides financial support, guidance counseling, food and school supplies to approximately 30 middle- and high-school-aged youth as well as support to their families in three counties of the Boot Heel region of Missouri, an impoverished area of the state. Students who receive this type of support are more likely to … Read more
Region: United States This program works with Eastern Shoshone tribal members to develop sustainable economic opportunities and promote native culture. The individuals work on traditional beadwork which they sell in order to educate the larger community on the Shoshone traditions as well as have an income source to support themselves and their families. In 2014, … Read more
Region: United States This program, in response to violence in the St. Louis Public Schools, is teaching students to communicate their needs in a non-violent and effective manner. This is done through the use of circles where the victim has the opportunity to have a voice and the offender has an opportunity to repair the … Read more