Through the diversification of productive activities, preservation of natural resources, strengthening social identity, and increasing access to formal and non-formal education, this organization promotes the development of marginalized Mayan communities in eastern Yucatan to improve their quality of life.
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Friends of Thai Daughters was founded to prevent child trafficking in Northern Thailand with education, shelter, and love. FTD has helped protect and educate dozens of girls and young women through its family-scale program.
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This school plays an important role in maintaining the bridge between the Hopi tribal community and their history through the teaching of traditional Hopi skills and language. It also promotes a path out of poverty for many of the Hopi students who go on to earn a living from the skills they learn.
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This unique school incorporates a certified, eco-curriculum that provides a more contextual education for its students living in rural Mexico. Students learn environmental sustainability, green construction, eco-technology, and other environmentally-friendly practices in addition to their regular curriculum.
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The Gupta Values Scholarship is a $2.5 million endowed fund providing scholarships to MSU students that embody the specific values of integrity, dignity, excellence, and creativity. The endowment will annually support 20 students pursuing any field of study that reflects the Gupta values.
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The mission of VIC is to support people with disabilities in Cambodia who are victims of war and among the poorest and most marginalized in society. VIC empowers their beneficiaries to build better lives for themselves and their families through community-based rehabilitation.
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Xochitl is an innovative elementary school that aims to develop capable young people with high self-esteem and help them achieve integrated personal development. In addition to the Montessori-based education program, children at Xochitl grow orchids, raise crops in school gardens, and care for the school property.
Cornerstones is a nonprofit organization that promotes self-sufficiency by providing support and advocacy for those in need of food, shelter, affordable housing, quality childcare, and other human services.
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This program holds the strong belief that the integration of arts-centric educational strategies enhances early childhood development, including language and literacy, social/emotional growth, STEM skills, and “21st century skills”.
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Manavodaya, or Human Awakening, promotes a unique model of participatory development in the remote villages of India by helping beneficiaries establish and run their own self-financing groups.
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The mission statement of Los Angeles-based EmpowerTech reads: to educate, train, support, and empower people with physical and developmental disabilities through assistive technology.
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After adopting twin boys with developmental disorders and failing to find a single school or program in Abacos, Bahamas that catered to this need, Lyn Major and her husband decided to fill a very necessary hole in the system. The school now supports approximately 100 full-time students with a variety of disabilities.
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Child Aid Foundation provides a safe, clean home for 50 previously homeless children in Vijayawada, and education for about 300 children of the slums. The children keep it clean and tend the grounds themselves as part of their education in taking responsibility.
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Founded to educate and instill values of peace in children displaced by violence, Friends of UNIFAT has grown from several children under a tree to a large primary school serving 1,300 children nursery through P-7. Even with limited resources, the school provides grants, low tuition, and high-quality education.
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ASHA is a residential program for autistic children founded and run by a remarkable young woman, Jayashree Ramesh, who is trained in learning disabilities and whose family donated the house in Bangalore.
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Balavidyalaya is a nonresidential, private, and nonprofit voluntary educational center for hearing impaired infants and preschool children from birth to five years of age.
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OAR of Fairfax County focuses the energies of its 150 volunteers and 20 professional staff on helping offenders in the County criminal justice system and their families cope with extraordinary life situations and successfully integrate back into society.
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APD provides education, training, and medical services to children and adults with disabilities, with the aim of equipping them to become successful in mainstream society.
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