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NGC Supporters are organizations that are supportive of the NGC mission and vision and seek to support the passion of our student teams and the capacity of our alumni to impact global change beyond their NGC experience.
Global Leadership Adventures (GLA) provides NGC students the opportunity to travel, experience life in different communities, and participate in direct service learning experience.
GLA is an international community service program for high school students ages 15 to 18. Student participants spend 3 weeks of their summer in Brazil, Costa Rica, Ghana, India, or South Africa. GLA is unique because of its focus on learning first-hand about global issues and human rights. Community service projects vary based on the needs of the community – but all programs include working alongside local people on programs that they have identified as being important.
New Global Citizens works with GLA to offer our participants the opportunity to travel abroad and see firsthand the challenges NGC Global Projects address.
Amigos de las Américas (AMIGOS) is an
international, non-profit organization that provides unparalleled
leadership and community service opportunities for young people while
concurrently contributing to the well-being of hundreds of communities
throughout the Americas. Supported by a strong network of Pan-American
chapters, high school and college students from diverse backgrounds
work successfully with host communities and partner agencies to address
health and education priorities. AMIGOS Volunteers immerse themselves
in the lives of their host communities and truly experience
collaborative development work. During its 43-year history, more than
20,000 AMIGOS Volunteers have gained a life-long commitment to
community service, while strengthening multicultural understanding and
friendships in the Americas.
Santa Clara University Immersion Program
The Santa Clara University immersion program offers Santa Clara students opportunities to grapple with the gritty reality of marginalized communities in California and around the world.The Santa Clara delegation of students and faculty will spend ten days in the state of Puebla learning with and from community leaders. Santa Clara University partners with NGC Global Partner, Community Links International, whose mission is to connect the local with the global and help the Santa Clara delegation reflect on how consumption patterns, lifestyle, values and choices have a global impact.
Students will be involved in a few service projects including working at one of NGC Global Projects, Calpulli de los Ninos in Tlazcalantzingo, which is a community center that support child development and fosters community-based agriculture. After their experience with Calpulli de los Ninos, Santa Clara students will share their experiences with NGC students through the NGC Global Network.
The Institute for Economics and Peace is an independent not-for-profit research institute dedicated to developing the inter-relationships between business, peace and economic development. It aims to empower the academic community, civil society, private sector, international institutions and governments with the knowledge to proactively use peace to achieve their desired goals. The Institute for Economics and Peace conducts research and education, generates dialogue, and publicizes the output of its activities with a view to impacting the public agenda. It works in partnership with other stakeholders interested in creating peace including academic institutions, business, Governments, NGOs and peace institutes. The Global Peace Index is a core asset of the Institute.
The Global Peace Index (GPI), a project of the Institute for Economics and Peace, is the first ever study to rank the nations of the world by their peacefulness and to identify potential drivers of peace. The GPI is a ground-breaking milestone in the study of peace. Now in its third year, the Index ranks 144 nations according to their ‘absence of violence’. The GPI is composed of qualitative and quantitative indicators from highly respected sources, which combine factors internal to a country and external to it. The GPI was founded by Steve Killelea, an Australian international technology entrepreneur and philanthropist and the data is collated and calculated by the Economist Intelligence Unit.
