Partners
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Global Partners
Partnerships are an essential component in the implementation of the New Global Citizens framework. New Global Citizens works with Global Partners to provide students with access to communities facing one or more of the 8+2 challenges. In order to provide students with a truly global perspective, NGC is currently working with the following organizations that address these challenges:
The Global Fund for Children
The Global Fund for Children (GFC) is a leading institution on the rights of children. GFC advances the education and dignity of young people around the world. They envision a world where children grow up to be productive, caring citizens of our global society. GFC supports over 150 small, community-based groups that improve education for children who would otherwise be left behind.
Global Fund for Children website
Global Fund for Children on Facebook
Ashoka: Innovators for the Public
Ashoka's vision is that of a global society that is able to respond quickly and effectively to social challenges everywhere. Ashoka's mission is to shape a citizen sector that is entrepreneurial, productive and globally integrated, and to develop the profession of social entrepreneurship around the world. Ashoka identifies and invests in leading social entrepreneurs - extraordinary individuals with unprecedented ideas for change in their communities - supporting them, their ideas and institutions through all phases of their careers. Ashoka has invested in more than 1,700 Ashoka Fellows in 60 countries. Those Fellows have transformed the lives of millions of people in thousands of communities worldwide.
International Development Exchange (IDEX)
IDEX, or International Development Exchange, is a San Francisco-bases non-profit organization that partners with grassroots groups in Africa, Asian, and Latin America, while actively engaging North Americans in the challenges facing communities in these regions. Since 1985, IDEX has channeled over $3.3 million to fund more than 500 self-help community projects working from social change and economic independence for all humanity, particularly women, children, and indigenous peoples.
Ms. Foundation
Founded in 1973 to support feminist, social justice organizing, the Ms. Foundation for Women builds women's collective power to ignite change on behalf of women, families and communities nationwide. The Ms. Foundation delivers strategic grants, capacity building and leadership development to organizations at local, state, Tribal and national levels working for policy change and culture change across the broad areas of women's health, economic justice, ending violence and building democracy. With its long history of bringing the leadership and perspectives of women who are most marginalized to the center, and building the capacity of diverse women and their organizations to connect across issues, geography and with other social justice groups, the Foundation strengthens social movements and brings our nation closer to its democratic ideals.
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FXB USA
The mission of FXB is to fight poverty and AIDS, and support the world’s orphans and vulnerable children left in the wake of the pandemic. FXB offers comprehensive support to families and communities that care for these children, and advocates for their needs and fundamental rights. FXB supports children in their own village by offering them schooling and providing them with nutritional, medical, and psychosocial support to the families that take care of them. This strategy is embedded in the logic of providing support and aid which is culturally individualized, adapted to each community, and is sustainable.
Community Links International
Community Links is an environmental, service-learning, immersion, volunteer, and international educational organization. Through cross-border, cross-cultural immersion experiences they provide people of all ages and backgrounds the chance to learn about the interconnectedness of our local, national, and global realities. Community Links also teaches participants to recognize how our lifestyles, values, choices and consumption patterns affect people, cultures and the environment the world over.
Creating Hope International
Creating Hope International (CHI) was founded on a vision of improving the daily lives of the underserved and often, silent victims of world strife, devastating natural disasters, crumbling economies, and political systems which suppress natural human rights. CHI begins projects with grassroots organizations to help them respond with local solutions when they face problems. Rather than short-term grants or limited-impact charity work, CHI invest in building local education, health resources, and training people with the skills they need to continue the work in the future. In the process, they restore their self-confidence, develop expertise, and create new, thriving communities out of the ashes of the old.
Creating Hope International website
Friends of Ecuador
Friends of Ecuador is a non-profit organization that serves an active community of over 500 members. The membership include former Peace Corps Volunteers, students, professionals, Americans and Ecuadorians who are committed to better understanding and greater cooperation between the peoples of Ecuador and the United States. Friends of Ecuador make small grants to community lead initiatives in Ecuador.
IFESH
Founded in 1981, IFESH helps improve the lives of people in sub-Saharan Africa by addressing the problems of poverty and illiteracy. Through self-help programs, IFESH specializes in education systems, health, community development and conflict mitigation. The work of IFESH supports the efforts of the eight United Nations Millennium Development Goals, particularly the eradication of poverty and hunger, achieving universal education, combating HIV/AIDS, promoting gender equality and maternal health.
One World Children's Fund (OWCF)
One World Children’s Fund networks resources directly to grassroots organizations around the world that serve disadvantaged children and their caregivers. They recognize that local people are best suited to solve problems in their communities when they have access to resources to build a brighter future for children.a.
PlanetRead
PlanetRead is dedicated to reading and literacy development around the world and has a solid track record of work in India. PlanetRead was originally created around the idea of Same Language Subtitling (SLS), now a globally recognized innovation for mass literacy and reading development on TV. SLS for literacy was first conceived and researched in 1996 at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. Then PlanetRead pioneered the concept of “Same-Language Subtitling” (SLS) for mass literacy, by suggesting its implementation on the immensely popular Bollywood film songs on TV in India.
Ruchika
Since 1985, Ruchika Social Service Organization with just a handful of dedicated volunteers and an underpaid staff, has committed itself to extricating street children from their apparently hopeless lives. Ruchika provides safety, nutrition, and education, giving street children an opportunity to grow in a world of endless potential and realize the dream of leading a safe and fulfilling life.
Sustainable Resources
Sustainable Resources LTD provides educational, technical and financial support and resources to business and educational enterprises in developing countries. The objective of Sustainable Resources is to identify and support local industries or projects that provide jobs, education, or basic human needs to people that are in most need. The vision of Sustainable Resources is to be a technical and educational resource, and also to be a source of "seed money" to create and support locally owned/operated sustainable industries and educational centers. Sustainable Resources believes that in order to create effective and long lasting development, they should not be a source of "charitable" donations, but rather, provide start-up assistance for local businesses and industries, and then join the abilities of the recipients to continue to sustain and benefit from each industry after it has been started.
World Action for Humanity
World Action for Humanity (WAH) is a U.S. non-profit organization supporting small, locally-owned projects assisting vulnerable children around the world. WAH help volunteers and donors who want to make a direct contribution to smaller projects abroad by connecting them with effective, on-the-ground groups providing critical services to children in need.
Program Partners
NGC is committed to providing students with the education and resources they need to fully understand the 8+2 Issues, sustainable development, and leadership. NGC works closely with our partner organizations to provide resources and develop our curriculum.
Institute for Economics and Peace
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.
Institute for Economics and Peace website
Global Peace Index
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.
Beyond NGC Partners
NGC is excited about your interest in global issues and leadership in your community and we want to continue help you to change the world. NGC has partnered with universities, gap year programs, and travel organizations that share our belief that in order for the world’s challenges to be solved, future leaders in the social sector should be actively recruited to academic programs, internships, conferences, and travel opportunities that serve the public good. By participating in one of NGC’s partner programs, NGC students receive special care, attention, and scholarships.
Arizona State University
ASU College of Public Programs is recruiting passionate, committed, globally minded leaders in the same way NCAA athletes are recruited. They offer six degree programs aimed at giving students a hands-on experience in the areas of social work, nonprofit management, tourism, parks and recreation, and urban studies. ASU gives NGC students direct access to staff and current students to help them explore COPP programs. They also work directly with ASU Admissions, Scholarships, and Financial Aid offices to ensure NGC students are financially supported.
Learn more about our partnership with ASU.
Thinking Beyond Borders
Thinking Beyond Borders takes 16 graduating high school seniors around the world for 8 months to study global development issues from social, political and economic perspectives. Students study the AIDS epidemic and public health in South Africa, sustainable agriculture in India, public education in China, and clean water issues in Ecuador. While in each country, students live with local families, work with non-government organizations, study with top professors and area experts, and meet with local politicians to create a broad perspective of the issue.
After 6 months overseas, students return to the United States to translate their learning into action. Students meet with representatives from the United Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Homeland Security and The Grameen Foundation. Students learn how each institution operates and affects development in the US and abroad. Students then create 45-minute multimedia presentations which they share with high schools to raise awareness and with various philanthropic groups to raise money for the organizations overseas. Our overall goal is to create a new generation of leaders who develop the skills necessary to investigate and solve complex global issues. It is a program designed to attack problems at the absolute seed and shape people who will understand the process of creating positive social change in the US and abroad.
Thinking Beyond Borders website
Amigos de las Americas (AMIGOS)
Founded in 1965 in Houston, 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.
Global Leadership Adventures
Global Leadership Adventures (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 has partnered with GLA to offer our participants the opportunity to travel abroad and see firsthand the challenges NGC projects address.
Global Glimpse
Global Glimpse is a US nonprofit and international NGO focused on developing the next generation of youth leaders to be successful and savvy global citizens. Our signature Global Explorer program takes high school juniors on a 3 week summer program in a select developing nation consisting of community service, cultural immersion and leadership development. The cultural immersion consists of a speaker series and field trips with local leaders from all walks of life form business to art to politics. Our service program consists of a local service project in addition to a second project students design while traveling with us. Finally our leadership program helps students develop as leaders working with a leadership coach and performing leadership development activities. Working with NGC, Global Glimpse supports the Las Tias program in Nicaragua and gives NGC high school juniors an opportunity to visit Las Tias as a Global Explorer.
