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Mahita - Nike Brain Trust Initiative - January 2...

Under Eight Initiative

GFC "IMAGINE" 1.18.09

Phulki | Bangladesh | Photos by Tadej Znidarcic

Shidhulai | Bangladesh | Photos by Tadej Znidarcic

Instituto para la Superación de la Miseria Urban...

Institute for Overcoming Urban Poverty - In 1992, several community-based organizations from marginal communities around Guatemala City formed Instituto para la Superación de la Miseria Urbana (ISMU) to engage in a wide range of community development efforts. ISMU now works in 22 communities totaling approximately 35,000 people. The organization provides training in areas such as alternative income generation, financial management, organizational development, and leadership skills. It also hel...

Frente de Salud Infantil y Reproductiva de Guate...

Guatemalan Front for Child and Reproductive Health - Founded in 1999, Frente de Salud Infantil y Reproductiva de Guatemala (FESIRGUA) works with poor indigenous communities in the remote rural highlands of Guatemala to improve health, education, and overall quality of life, with a particular focus on child and reproductive health. FESIRGUA’s programs include HIV prevention, testing, and counseling; reproductive health education and service referrals; prenatal and infant health and nutrition ed...

Asociación de Comunidades Eclesiales de Base

Association of Grassroots Christian Communities - Founded in 1990 by a group of Catholic laypeople, Asociación de Comunidades Eclesiales de Base (CEB) supports children in the shantytowns of Managua who work shining shoes, preparing and selling food, gathering and selling firewood, scavenging for recyclables, and performing other types of menial labor. CEB’s mission is to provide these children with the resources and opportunities to take control of their future and develop to their full poten...

Asociacion Educativa Aj Sya

Founded in 1994, Asociacion Educativa Aj Sya has graduated six classes of students from the sixth grade. Only recently, in 2006, was the organization formally registered as a secular, apolitical nonprofit organization that promotes spiritual, educational, cultural and economic development in communities located in Patzicía. The primary goal of this association is to guarantee access to bilingual primary school education to the children and youth in the municipality that have the least access t...

Asociacion Promocion y Desarrollo de la Mujer Ni...

Acahual Association for the Promotion and Development of Nicaraguan - Acahual uses education and community capacity building to prevent children of impoverished families living in the neighborhood of Acahualinca from having to scavenge in the nearby dump for items to sell or eat.