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BELL exists to transform the academic achievements, self-confidence, and life trajectories of children living in under-resourced, urban communities. In an effort to reverse a history of educational inequality, BELL offers robust after school and summer learning experiences to over 10,000 children in grades K-8 across the nation. Founded and headquartered in Dorchester, MA, BELL has been partnering with Boston Public Schools for twenty years to deliver programming for Boston children who may not otherwise have free access to quality tutoring, enrichment learning, and social support. BELL currently serves approximately 2,000 children across Boston, with a primary focus on families in traditionally underserved communities, such as Roxbury, Dorchester, and Mattapan.
We believe that the strongest way to assure healthy child development is to ensure the quality of relationships each child has in the critical early years with parents, caregivers and nurturing adults. FamilyACCESS strengthens families and the community by providing programs that nurture child development, promote effective parenting skills, and support working parents. In doing so, we actively engage a racially, economically, and culturally diverse population.
The mission of Haiti Projects is to empower women in rural Haiti to achieve self-sufficiency and build community.
The Iraqi Children Foundation intervenes with love and hope in the lives of Iraqi orphans, child laborers, and displaced children who are vulnerable to abuse, neglect, and exploitation by criminals, extremists, and human traffickers. The mission of the Iraqi Children Foundation is to invest in Iraq's orphans, street children, and displaced children by; being a voice for children with no voice, mobilizing resources to invest in education, health, protection, and trauma care, emphasizing sustainable hand-up initiatives over hand-outs, and, investing in training and capacity-building of Iraqis caring for children.
SustainUS is a youth-led organization advancing justice and sustainability by empowering young people to engage with policy at the international and domestic levels. Our vision is a sustainable world free from systemic injustice.
World University & School's mission (http://worlduniversityandschool.org - like Wikipedia with MIT Open Course Ware), in reaching out to the entire world, is to provide a free, wiki-based education platform for knowledge generation, and, through facilitating the development of broadband worldwide, to make our service accessible to under served parts of the world. The WUaS mission is thus to facilitate all levels of teaching and learning opportunities (and future degrees) through an open, editable wiki in all languages, nation-states and subjects with great universities, and for One Laptop per Child countries and everyone.
The One Race Foundation is dedicated to the growth of diverse voices in the international film community through training in film, video and new media production.
The mission of BJE is to enhance quality, increase access, and encourage participation in Jewish education throughout the Jewish communities of Greater Los Angeles. BJE, independently and in collaboration with schools and other community institutions, is an advocate, planner, catalyst and creative leader for strengthening and advancing Jewish learning, with special emphasis on children and youth, early childhood through high school, their educators and parents.
Founded in 2002, the Theory of Constraints International Certification Organization (TOCICO) is a global not-for-profit certification organization for companies, practitioners, consultants and academics to develop and administer certification standards, and facilitate the exchange of latest developments. for the Theory of Constraints (TOC). Our mission is to be the primary source of TOC knowledge and pathways for TOC practitioners with member resources and certification recognized worldwide. Our goal is to unite people who share a passion for win-win holistic thinking and share a vision that TOC will become the main way to manage organizations.
APR's mission is to empower urban students of all racial and ethnic backgrounds to achieve their full intellectual and social potential by combining the best of the East - high standards, discipline and character education with the best of the West - a commitment to individualism, creativity and diversity.
The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus is a non-profit 501(c)(3) state-of-the-art mobile audio and HD video recording and production facility. In its 18th year, with the very newest technology and gear, the Bus continues to be dedicated to providing young people with tours of the studios and participation in free songwriting and multimedia production workshops. With the assistance of three on-board engineers, students learn how to write, perform, record, and produce original songs, produce and shoot music videos and documentaries and complete a broadcast quality music video – all in one day!
The Possible Project utilizes entrepreneurship to inspire young people who have untapped potential, empowering them with the skills required to achieve enduring personal and professional success. We guide our students through a novel dynamic curriculum, hands-on work experience, and assistance with entrepreneurial endeavors and career goals. We strive to have all our students use their skills to move through a high-level career path and improve their communities while remaining committed to the principle that ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE!