| Founded in 1996, Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Support for Afghanistan (PARSA) is an NGO working directly with the disadvantaged people of Afghanistan. Grass root support has allowed PARSA to be highly creative in program development and to take the lead in the NGO community advocating the initiation of change in social protection programs that serve the disabled and destitute, women “heads of households” and orphans. 18 years later, PARSA is staffed by a highly dedicated team of Afghans and internationals who have a long-term commitment to the rehabilitation of Afghanistan. As a part of our list of accomplishments, PARSA has launched a nationwide rebirth of the Afghan Scouts program, instituted the Healthy Afghan Child program into the national orphanage system, and created a “fair trade” model of marketing for Afghan women’s businesses called “Trade Afghan”. PARSA programs resonate with and support Afghan communities of today, as they heal and take ownership of their future.
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Aid Afghanistan for Education
| Aid Afghanistan for Education (AAE) provides education for 3000 female and 104 male students in 9 provinces. AAE focuses on marginalized Afghans who were deprived of education during the years of war or don’t have access to formal education now due to early marriage, age, or returnees from Pakistan and Iran with no documentation. AAE works closely with the Ministry of Education (MoE) to ensure the students receive their high school diploma from MoE upon their graduation from AAE school. Since 2007, 1009 female students have graduated from 12th grade and most of them are now at universities or holding jobs and supporting their families.
AAE, also, provides vocational training, office management and basic accounting, for students in 12th grade to prepare them for the job market, if they wish not to continue with higher education.
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The Eastern Tibet Training Institute
| Founded in 2005, The Eastern Tibet Training Institute seeks to address educational and vocational gaps in rural areas of Eastern Tibet. As the economy of areas in Southwestern China is changing rapidly, many rural ethnic minorities are ill-equipped to take advantage of the resultant opportunities. A rapidly growing economy also brings social challenges that impact social and environmental aspects of traditional societies.
ETTI seeks to address these issues by providing vocational training that responds to market needs and educational tools to equip people to face social and environmental challenges. ETTI also seeks to positively influence local approaches to vocational training by working closely with governmental institutions. ETTI is a locally-registered not-for-profit organization led by a team of local and international experts. With the help of generous donors ETTI is in a unique position to positively influence the rural areas of Western China.
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Mitraniketan
| In the mountains of southern India, there are many rural communities where people still struggle to support their families. Since 1956, Mitraniketan has worked to help these communities break the cycle of poverty, exploitation, and lack of opportunities. Its work has had powerful impacts over the decades, and today Mitraniketan’s work in supporting community development and individual empowerment is a model to other NGOs around the world.
Mitraniketan – “The Abode of Friends” – is a non-profit organization founded by K. Viswanathan in his home village of Vellanad in the state of Kerala. Its focus has been in providing development-oriented education projects to empower disadvantaged children, youth, rural women, and marginal farmers. Education of children, particularly those from socially and economically disadvantaged tribal backgrounds, is Mitraniketan’s primary focus, as those children will in turn serve and support their families and their communities. Mitraniketan’s core educational principle is that rural communities and society as a whole can best be promoted through the total development of individuals, and all of Mitraniketan’s programs seek to support this vision. By supporting this fund, you will join Mitraniketan continue to serve the next generation of disadvantaged children, and expand its capacity to support rural livelihoods and community development. In particular, donations help sustain Mitraniketan’s scholarship fund. Students are not charged and are exempted from payment entirely. You can consider sponsoring a child; a full year’s expenses for a student, including tuition, educational materials, room and board, clothing, and other expenses, is only $250.
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Keio University
| Founded in 1858 by the renowned educator Yukichi Fukuzawa, Keio University enjoys a long history and prestige as the first private institution of higher learning in Japan. Keio sets its mission to develop leaders in every professional and academic field so as to make valuable contributions to general society. Anniversary events at a number of faculties at the university are scheduled to take place in the coming years, and various funding programs, as follows, have recently been established to further develop the university into a prominent global educational/research institution based on its past academic achievements. [Read more...] |
Teach for the Philippines
 Teach for the Philippines is a professional, non-government civil society organization that enlists the Philippines’ most promising future leaders in our mission to end education inequity. The Teach for the Philippines program is a two-year, full-time leadership development program modeled after the extremely successful Teach for America initiative.
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Sir Shapurji Billimoria Foundation
| Education today unfortunately reflects differences, sometimes accommodates, but rarely integrates. Sir Shapurji Billimoria Foundation (SSBF) was established primarily to promote inclusive (integrated) education in India. This is based on the premise that “all children are special” irrespective of their ability or disability, disadvantage or privilege. In view of UNESCO‟s policy of Education for All, adopted in India as “Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan” and the Right to Education Act, this becomes all the more relevant. And in view of the fact that 80 million children in India lack access to education, of which 25 million have special needs, for which only 1% have services and 5.5 million teachers have no knowledge of how to deal with them, the problem is all the more staggering! [Read more...] |
Teach for Japan
 Teach For Japan aims to achieve a Japan where all children, regardless of their region, type of school or socio-economic circumstances, have access to a quality education, so that they can reach their full potential.The mission of Teach For Japan is to recruit, encourage and prepare talented and ambitious young people to become effective and inspiring teachers and leaders in order to facilitate the access to a quality education for every child in Japan. As full-time teachers who commit to teaching for two years in Japan’s most high-need schools, Teach For Japan fellows will focus particularly on providing their students with the necessary 21st century skills, mindsets and behaviors to have increased life opportunities in an increasingly more global and complex world. Teach For Japan plans to place an initial cohort of 20 rigorously selected and trained fellows in April 2013 and 50 fellows in April 2014. Teach For Japan will use the funds raised to recruit and select and to provide training and on-going support to its fellows, who will in turn work relentlessly to significantly impact the lives of their students.
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La Trobe University
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La Trobe University was established in 1967. Its establishment at a time of significant social and political change nationally and globally has shaped its character as a University known for its excellence, creativity and innovation in relation to the big issues of our time. [Read more...] |
YK Pao School, China
YK Pao School is a pioneering not-for-profit school that aims to educate leaders of tomorrow’s China with a mission to develop the whole person, provide a foundation in Chinese language and culture as well as an international perspective. The School’s education combines academic rigour with an emphasis on sports and arts supported by a strong values program. YK Pao School is one of the first schools to have Chinese and international students studying side by side and to introduce international curricula to Chinese students in Primary and Secondary School. [Read more...]