Group Category: Education

The Nhaka Foundation provides access to education and health care for vulnerable and orphaned children in Zimbabwe. It is committed to supporting programs…

Help Our School is a Norway-based organization that was established to provide education to indigenous Tuareg children in Timbolo (Timbuktu/Mali). Indigenous Sami people came up with the idea for the organization because they wished to show solidarity with other indigenous people. The Timbolo School was built in 2016 and has seventy students between the ages of 7 and 14 from the nomadic Tuareg people. In the summer of 2019, arsonists burned down the school.

Since 2013, Les Enfants du K2 has financed a boarding school in Skardu, Pakistan, that houses children of porters from the village of Askole. Without this help, the children would not be able to continue their educations. Through Les Enfants du K2, they are fed, housed, equipped for school, and helped with their school work by extra tutoring in a private institute, all free of charge.

A 2019 grant from the Cultures of Resistance Network supported the housing and education of two students that are children of porters on K2 mountain.

As an estate of learning since 1965, the Honiara City Library is striving to provide educational services to all library users and to every Honiara citizen on the Solomon Islands.

A 2019 grant from the Cultures of Resistance Network supported the purchase of a projector, projection screen, and a sound system for the library.

Website: www.honiaracitycouncil.com/index.php/library/

The Iraqi and Syrian Student Project was created by Theresa Kubasak and Gabe Huck in 2008. Originally called the Iraqi Student Project, it became the Iraqi and Syrian Student Project (ISSP) in 2016. ISSP places aspiring young students displaced by the wars in Iraq and Syria in undergraduate degree programs in the United States. A grassroots effort to help Iraqi and Syrian refugees acquire the undergraduate educations they need to participate in rebuilding their countries, ISSP’s work largely involves seeking tuition waivers and scholarships from American colleges and universities.

PS 33 Chelsea Prep is a public elementary school in Manhattan’s District 2, with students in grades pre-kindergarten through grade 5. Chelsea Prep is proud to host a diverse community of learners. The school also offers a gifted and talented program. Its Parent Teacher Association (PTA) is a highly motivated and active body, thanks to the dedication of all its parent volunteers across the school. It is committed to building an inclusive and supportive school community while enriching each child’s academic experience.

L’association Comité Afro Européen RDC is an organization that provides assistance to vulnerable orphan children, particularly those who work in mines, in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

A 2018 grant from the Cultures of Resistance Network supported the association’s program to promote education for youth in mines by helping to set up a school library for children.

Website: www.caeasbl-afrique.com

Solidarité Féminine pour la Paix et le Développement Intégral (SOFEPADI) was founded in 2000 by a group of everyday women who were outraged by the high rates of sexual

Southern Poverty Law Center’s mission is to reduce prejudice, improve intergroup relations, and support equitable school experiences for children in the United States. The organization believes that schools must educate all students for full participation in a diverse democracy. SPLC uses litigation, education, and other forms of advocacy to work towards the day when the ideals of equal justice and equal opportunity will be a reality.

Donors Choose began in 2000, when Charles Best, a teacher at a Bronx, New York public high school, wanted his students to read Little House on the Prairie. As he was making photocopies of the one book he could procure, Charles thought about all the money he and his colleagues were spending on books, art supplies, and other materials. He thought there were people out there who’d want to help—if they could see where their money was going. Charles sketched out a website where teachers could post classroom project requests and donors could choose the ones they wanted to support.